Field diary·DII:3a·1928

Vouni IAlfred Westholm

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

Scan 128 of field diary DII:3a (Vouni I), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:3a, Public domain (CC0).

Unnumbered pageScan 128 of 180

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… hung and photographed. They lie without any visible connection loose in. the earth. They however hardly give the impression of having tocome to their present positions through natural collapse, something that the earth layers also do not suggest. Although not likely, it is however not entirely excluded that some of these stones, which do not rest directly on the rock, may be substructural and thus lie in situ. The earth namely differs clearly in a level at the level of the stones' lower edge, where the earth admittedly hardly changes colour but certainly consistency A closer examination of the conditions requires the removal of 4 - 5 clear collapse stones (ashlars). The upper firmer layer is removed. The lower layer, which is now exposed over its whole extent appears promising from the find point of view. The layer which occupies an area of approx. 1 m2 extends right into the temple's south-western inner corner. Furthest in … continues

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