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 50 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 50 of 164

Continued from p. 19

… is about 0,40 m thick. Above this gravel layer, which is possibly one of – sifted fill to level the courtyard over the quarry – the refuse pit, follows another, darker gravel layer c 0,50 m thick. This last dark gravel layer is the same as that which will later be described in room 24 above the pit. It extends all the way down into the eastern corner and can be followed on the next section. Above everything lies the modern dark surface layer. A measurement at the middle of the pit thus gives the following appearance:

1.1,90 mdark ploughed surface layer
2.1,70 mDark, brown pottery-poor
gravel layer come from above
the slope
3.1,25 mLight brown pottery-poor
gravel layer courtyard fill.
4.0,85 mDark, greasy ash-mixed layer
Pottery-rich refuse
5.0,00 mThe rock

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