Field diary·DII:2b·1928

Milia, Soli and KythreaAlfred Westholm

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

Scan 70 of field diary DII:2b (Milia, Soli and Kythrea), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:2b, Public domain (CC0).

Page 73Scan 70 of 95

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… the remains of a small (hardly full-grown) woman. From the position of the lower jaw (skel 7) it seems that the child was laid down at the same time as skel 3, which therefore may be considered to be the mother. The ratio between the breadth of the thorax and the distance between the femurs (skel 3) is 18/19, which should be accepted as evidence of the femininity, provided it is also mentioned that all the bones are extremely thin and fragile. The person's total length is estimated at 1,55. — After this description of the skeletons we come to the question of the mutual chronology. In this connection not the slightest consideration may be given to the age of the pottery that has been established to belong to the various skeletons. The investigation must be based entirely on earth and layer conditions (levellings) and on the mutual position of the skeletons. Since the remains from skel 1 lie on a … continues

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