Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-4·1957–1958

Henri de Contenson excavation notebook, 10th and 11th seasons, no. 2H. de Contenson

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 133 of notebook 34 CDF art. 128-4 (Henri de Contenson excavation notebook, 10th and 11th seasons, no. 2), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 128-4, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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17/9/58Aitken magnetic soundings - Trench O - Stratigraphy: - 0 to 60 cm: brown earth: layer 1 - Beyond 60 cm, north part: virgin soil - south part: 60 to 90 cm: ash and ) grey burnt earth ) layer 2 beyond 90 cm: virgin soil (Konos).

Material: Layer 1: Abundant pottery Characteristic forms: - Bowls with "wavy lines" decoration - carinated bowls with horizontal lug (drawing) and red concentric decoration: - bowls with flat base, straight wall and (drawing) black concentric decoration: - large sherd in yellow fabric with decoration in black concentric - - annular bases - Proposed date: 1150-1050 - end of Iron I.

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

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