Field diary·DII:3b·1928–1929

Vouni, Korakas and the palaceAlfred Westholm

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

Scan 115 of field diary DII:3b (Vouni, Korakas and the palace), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

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

Unnumbered pageScan 115 of 165

Continued from scan 114

… been exposed to heat and mixed with ash. A section through the layers in passage a immediately inside the point where the cross-passage d opens out has the following appearance (section drawn):

12,00 mDark surface layer
21,80 "Brown layer, clayey with in-
sprinkled gypsum pieces passes upward
into a solid gypsum crust.
30,96 "Light grey (of ash ?) layer finely
distributed, greasy. Insignificant
traces of burnt charcoal.
40,62 "Thin yellowish finely distributed level
50,58 "Same as no. 3
60,52 "Greenish black layer with
charcoal fragments (isolated), somewhat
sandy. Pottery-containing
7.0,00 "The rock floor

It is clear that throughout the whole structure a horizontal stratification prevails, which … continues

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