Vouni, Korakas and the palaceAlfred Westholm

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… the urp originally consisted of smaller, unhewn more or less flat slabs which were broken from the surface level of the rock, preprobably at the making of the dromos. The uppermost half metre is be considerably harder than the parts in which e.g. the tomb chamber is hewn This is throughout Vouni a continuous feature. – After the vessels have been removed from the dromos and a sufficient opening in the tomb the doorway has been obtained the chamber is taken in examination. From the gateway there is an large inward sloping collapse layer, extending c. 2 m in over the floor. In the collapse are discerned parts of vessels. At 2 m the floor appears to lie very close and here are observed at least two uncovered burials of which vessels and bone remains are present. In the innermost parts of the chamber a minor collapse has taken place. Already before the excavation can … continues