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and unintentional collapse such as would be caused by earthquake. That the child was caught under the debris is proved beyond doubt by the stratification over its remains. (Pl. XIV,6) which showed no pit in which the body was buried but simply collapsed mudbricks and decomposed plaster. Floor II was preceded by Floor III which is of exceptional thickness; below we notice a layer of rubble and "chevare" representing an intentional filling, recalling that in rooms VI and III already described (see section AA).
Turning to the stratification in the area west of room VIII (squares K-Λ (-M) 18) at about level 12 m. we notice a line dividing the uppermost layer from a lower layer of decomposed plaster overlying floor II. The line of division would represent the level of floor I had one existed, while the thick layer overlying floor II is the result of demolition of plaster walls, evidence of the same catastrophe observed in other parts of the building. Floors IV-II succeed each other with thin intermediary layers.
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