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B 1, 2 etc. We dig in 20-cm. levels. Westward, at the periphery of the area, a trial pit is dug, to ascertain the approximate extent of the settlement in and for the earth cutting (trial pit 1)
1In this trial pit find no. 1 was found, a fragment of a stone axe l. 3.3 cm. at a depth of 0.85 m. The fragment consists of the axe's butt and edge and is of well artefacted and polished red stone. The pottery at this depth consists of Red Polished of the earliest type, with slightly flaking polish and extremely poorly fired fabric. Of the so-called "Neolithic" painted patterned ware there is so far nothing. Over the whole the earth is poor in sherds and seems little cultivated: hard, compact plough clay. Westward it appears richer and the finds of pottery are also more plentiful. In any case no earth trench can occur in that direction. In trial pit 1 com … continues
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