Vouni, Korakas and the palaceAlfred Westholm

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283284288… confirmations of the rooms' similar character Due to practical difficulties the investigation must be limited to this incomplete stage. The two southern corner walls are excavated, as well as the large north-east wall. This, however, is here preserved only to a slight height. In the vicinity of the south-west wall, or directly upon it, some finds were made: an arrowhead of bronze (283) and a fragment of a bronze nail (284), the latter located on in a stone drain running at right angles to the wall, extending partly down towards room 19 and partly up in under the floor of room 14. In the drain some fragments of bronze sheet (288) were also found. The drain is of course to be understood as a drainage channel for rainwater and the like from room 14. It is hardly likely that it is connected with the hole that is found in the centre of room 14. In the drain the earth was dark and greasy, however without traces of charcoal or ash. The drain will be followed at a more suitable time … continues