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… of brown sand. The vessel gets number
| 41. — The appearance of the cross-section41 |
is clearly apparent from the drawing. It is evident that the earth above the stone benches has been disturbed in recent times by plunderers. Several circumstances point to this. The earth above the stone benches is very loose and easy to work, which also shows the large differences in vertical direction, so that the earth has been worked through. Between the stone benches on the other hand the layers appear to have been deposited in connection with water, in such a way that rain and moisture entered through the door (see the longitudinal section) and in connection therewith horizontal levels were formed. Possibly some vessel was carried up to the surface by the water and then deposited in connection with the sand or the clay. The bottom layer, on the other hand, which contains abundant decayed bones and skeletal remains … continues
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain