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 19 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 19 of 164

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… which naturally do not belong on the top of the island. Furthermore, animal bones from all periods were collected, as well as also fragments of worked horn (deer?) What, on the other hand, is in the highest degree noteworthy is the complete absence of all pottery. Not a potsherd was found during the entire excavation, and hardly any such can have been present at Petra. The distribution of the different find groups across the different periods is shown in this table.

FlintsObsid.Spindle wh.Bone PrickerAxeIdolStone bowlStone prickerStone Bead
Petra I812
Petra II75111
Petra III4311012

The axe in Petra II has only its edge slightly ground, but is otherwise unworked. Sten obetydligt ground The three axes in Petra III, on the other hand, are ground and polished over their entire surface. Sten- … continues

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