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 165 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 82Scan 165 of 204

22/9/58 Trench XXI- Stratigraphy 0 to 25: surface grey earth: layer 1 cm 25 cm: virgin soil (Konos), except in the northern third, where the layers archaeological continue 25 to 60 cm: brown earth with calcareous particles white = layer 2 60 to 70 cm = burials, mixed with stones = layer 3 70 to 130 cm = reddish earth with | white particles | layer 4 130 to 180 cm: alternating beds of earth | reddish and greenish | layer 5 180 to 210 cm: greenish clayey earth = layer 6 210 cm = virgin soil (Konos).-

Material: Layer 1: sherds rare and mixed (not kept)

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

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