Report on the soundings carried out in September–October 1958 at EnkomiH. de Contenson

Layers 2 and 1: Mixed pottery, partly Iron I final phase.

Conclusions – The traces of an installation of the beginning of the Late Bronze are succeeded by an important level of the Beginning of the Iron Age.

Stratigraphy – 310 to 280 cm: virgin floor, rock. To the North: Layer 12: 310-230 cm: earth mixed with charcoal, gravel and eléments calcaires, probably floors. Layer 11: 230-225 cm: white floor linked to the lower architectural level; kiln with very burnt walls (Pt 40), of oval shape, present top at 175 cm. Layer 10: 225-200 cm: greenish clayey earth. Layer 9: 200-195 cm: floor of burnt brick-red earth and charcoal. Layer 8: 195-175 cm: greenish clayey earth with abundant charcoal. Layer 7: 175-170 cm: white floor, with bed of stones and second level architectural; at Pt 40, new bread oven, vaulted and provided with openings for smoke; of oval shape, top at 90 cm, h. 80 cm, length 75 cm, depth 70 cm. Layer 6: 170-115 cm: fine greenish earth. Layer 5: 115-110 cm: slightly marked floor, respecting the upper part of the kiln (Pt 40), which must nevertheless have been unusable ; charcoal and sherds. Layer 4: 110-90 cm: greyish earth, burnt in places. Layer 3: 90-70 cm: series of floors in grey, ashy earth, with abundant horizontal sherds, charcoal, bones; linked to a third architectural level; hearth of baked earth, rectangular in shape, oriented North-South, to the North of Pt 40. Layer 2: 70-60 cm: floor, represented to the North by a hearth of baked earth red, similar to the previous one, but to the West;– to the South by a cemented area sloping towards the North and with raised edges (Pt 31);