Field diary·DII:3c·1928–1930

Petra tou Limniti and VouniAlfred Westholm

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

Scan 147 of field diary DII:3c (Petra tou Limniti and Vouni), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

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

Unnumbered pageScan 147 of 164

Continued from scan 146

… the entrance to house 1, which may have been here. [page number: 117] The levels however are h The lower levels of the post-holes nevertheless have a difference of 60 cm, which is natural since the ground slopes steeply. Interestingly the calculated ththickness of the lower post is almost twice as large as that of the upper. The lower post must have been sturdier, both longer and thicker, if one assumes that they ended at the top at the same level. The entrance is thus assumed to be from the south (the usual lee side when the wind blows from the camp.) The inner, preserved parts of the house floor are of hard-stamped earth, which rests on a setting of very large stones. This stone setting sinks towards the more central parts of the house. The outer, somewhat higher edge is thus clearly marked. The stones are in fact held together by a light yellow very hard clay probably the same as that which forms the earth floor above, but which here has darkened to … continues

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