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 148 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 148 of 164

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——House 2… following upon defective paleolithic hygiene. The earth floor can, with the exception of certain smaller patches, be traced over the entire preserved part of house 1. In the southern parts it is, however, covered by the previously mentioned repair with tschakilli. (Square A4 – C4). The termination in square A4 next to post hole 2 is sharply marked by a fairly well laid rounded wall. In A5 the wall is, however, destroyed. The wall rises somewhat above the floor level. The earth above the floor in house 1 is not thick It consists of a surface layer grey powder, a so-called light black layer, which is very loose in its consistency. This is simply the surface layer

In this surface layer lies house 2, scarcely covered by any earth. Despite this the house is completely undisturbed. The floor consists entirely of tschakilli, which is edged with large stones. The shape is irregularly oval and the extent in each de- … continues

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