Field diary·DII:1d·1928

Idalion and Lapithos, PlakesErik Sjöqvist

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 58 of field diary DII:1d (Idalion and Lapithos, Plakes), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:1d, Public domain (CC0).

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other Neolithic. Right at the bottom stratum a couple of such sherds are found. It is thus in the Geometric period filled in with earth and stones from the Neolithic settlement. The same is the case in E1-Z1. In line with the first tomb here a hole opens in the rock which without doubt is the roof of a filled-in tomb. At a suitable distance north of this hole begins a cutting in the rock which is evidently its dromos, and in and above-this lies the above-mentioned stone mass. The conditions are completely analogous. The stratification also supports the assumption. Above the stones lies namely a higher, lighter chavara-mixed clay, which is evidently the traces of the dromos cutting. The undisturbed Neolithic cultural layers are thus to be sought above (south of) the stone setting in the reddish charcoal- and sherd-mixed earth. At the lower part of the stone setting … continues

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain