Petra tou Limniti and VouniAlfred Westholm

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… area at the middle of the plateau earth is found to any appreciable extent. At the beginning of May 1928 a minor under-investigation was made here, whereby a trensh was dug to a depth of 1 metre without the bottom being found. The earth appears to lie in a depression in the rock, therefore the edges for of this depression are first determined Thereafter a grid of 1,50 m squares is laid out over the area thus delimited —

The slope is fairly steep from 1 down to 6, beyond which the rock edge falls steeply down. Squares 6 and 5 are excavated. Here however, layers that are difficult to determine and separate become apparent. At the same time it becomes clear that a continued excavation from this side is difficult and dangerous. The direction of excavation … continues