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 137 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.

Page 68Scan 137 of 204

_Trench III -_ Stratigraphy: 0 to 35 cm: greyish earth: layer 1 35 to 40 cm: white floor - Hearth (pt 1) to the north 40 to 50 cm: burnt layer grey to black: layer 2 50 cm: virgin soil (Konos) to the S.W., holes dug into virgin soil) layer 3 and filled with rubble)

Material: Layer 1: fairly abundant pottery Characteristic forms: bowl "wavy lines" 1 hammerstone and 1 polished stone pebble Proposed date: 1150-1050 - end of Iron I Layers 2 and 3: fairly abundant pottery (pt 1) Characteristic forms bowls "base ring" very thin (black) bowls "milk bowl" bowls with red slip, MB type Proposed date: 1400-1200 Late Bronze II-III 2 loom weights: 1 pyramidal, 1 ovoid.

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

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