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… clearly marked all through the work and of eliminating all danger of intrusions in the material collected from the undisturbed strata, but gave the site a confusing appearance with the floors scarred by pits of all shapes and sizes . (see Pl. IX, 1).
The collection of the sherds from the surface to the topmost floors proceeded in the various squares by depths of 0.20 m. or more, but once the first floors were reached and rooms distinguished we collected the pottery and other finds by floors and by layers between the floors. Levels were taken from a fixed point on the rocky plateau bordering the site on the east, which was considered as zero point. The levels, quoted therefore mean so much below this point. The surface of the ground in the area excavated by us had a mean level 10.50 m. below zero and the deepest level reached on the bedrock is 13.54 m. which represents a deposit of an approximate total depth of 3 m.
The total number of rooms identified is 33 but for the purpose of this report I have studied the … continues
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