Petra tou Limniti and VouniAlfred Westholm

One may proceed from assume that the fire layer no. 3 is connected with the fire layer in room 7a, and in that case derives from one and the same fire. The underlevel of this layer has thus at one time been exposed at the same time as the floor of room 7a. Thus The boundary level between 3 and 4 would then constitute equal to the original courtyard surface. Layers 4 and 5 then belong to the original fill beneath the courtyard. Another assumption is more probable. The fire-layer does not belong together with the fire in room 7a but with a layer of black ash-earth, which was previously described in section c. The levels agree perfectly. In section c it was proved that the upper level of the black layer was equal to the courtyard surface and that layer 3 itself was thus older than the courtyard levelling. If this is correct, the courtyard level in section e will be determined by the boundary between layers 2 and 3. This of course fits better with the conditions in section c. The … continues