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 99 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 99 of 180

25/5Can a clearing of the area be done: A larger, partly badly destroyed cement floor extends toward the east. Between this floor and the slope toward Karavostasi two freestanding houses can be made out, in plan somewhat similar to what was previously excavated on the top with finds 150 - 153! This earlier house is called House 1 and the two new ones 2 and 3. No. 2 furthest to the west. From the point of view of finds, the area between House 1 and 2 is of greatest interest. Here the rock lies sunk c 0,50 m deeper than the floor levels. It shows no trace of smoothing. The area here is bounded to the northwest by a row of quoin stones lying as edging for the large cement floor. Between the two houses the earth conditions are of great importance. Any horizontal stratification of the earth cannot be established, with the exception of the very deepest parts where a negligible … continues

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