Petra tou Limniti and VouniAlfred Westholm

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… full extent through owing to unfortunate circumstances [page number: 113] cannot be established exactly. To the south perhaps a very insignificant part has been lost to the excavators, but the original edge of the floor can hardly, even with the greatest care, have been found on this side, as the floor here was probably destroyed. To the north the layers at a sensitive point were disturbed during the Gunther excavation. To the west, on the other hand, the earth floor clearly ends all around the hearth in squares A1 - B1, which in turn abuts against a rock edge. Here the sections towards A and B give clear evidence. To the east the earth floor has been cut off when house I in Petra III was built. In square Γ3 a small piece of wall can, however, be interpreted as the limit of the earth floor. The extent is thus with certainty what has been dotted on the plan within the limits of squares A1 - A3 — B1 - Γ3. The hearth in the western part, squares A1 - B1, is of particular interest. Its extent in plan is shown in the drawing. The section … continues