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… Ås a consequence of this method of cultivation, over extensive areas the traces of the original settlement have been completely wiped out. Besides these destructions caused by human hand, one should also mention a factor of no small importance of another kind, namely the heavy rainwash that swept over the slope before the construction of the cultivation terraces. The stratification shows, as will be demonstrated later, clear traces of these in the form of massive layers of sand and pebbles. That the Neolithic settlement has therefore been found in a fairly disturbed condition is not surprising, rather that it could be found at all. The difficulties in judging its original extent are thus quite considerable. My opinion … continues
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