Petra tou Limniti and VouniAlfred Westholm

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… practically the same as in b). The uppermost red earth layer immediately below the surface layer in b) is, however, missing in c. The ploughing of the farmer has carried it down the slope to the north. The lower dark layer extends over the whole floor right up to wall 43. There are te- things indicating that a certain period of time elapsed between the formation of the lower dark bottom layer and the lighter one lying above it. In the section line the smaller stele was found lying directly on the bottom layer, to be described later with its lower gable edge otherwise surrounded by and embedded in the lighter upper layer. This upper layer has, near the corona, a number of very large cobblestones which evidently followed along in the collapse. Among these stones a piece with dressed edges was also found. Its shape and base surface seem to indicate that it belonged to one of the suggested columns.