Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-5·1958

Excavation notebook of Contenson, 11th season, no. 3H. de Contenson

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

Scan 49 of notebook 34 CDF art. 128-5 (Excavation notebook of Contenson, 11th season, no. 3), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 128-5, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 23Scan 49 of 206

6/10/58 Pt^ 215: pocket of charcoal and black ashes beneath the E.-W. road south of the 1st Trench, north of Pt^ 211 (cf. p. 20) - depth: 1.75 -

Sketch of the section

Drawing: stratigraphic section with horizontal layers and a dark lens; labels: 0; route, grey stratified earth; 1.50; red brick earth; 1.75; red brick earth; the road again:; 1.90

It seems that at one point the road ceased to be in use - Beneath the N.-S. road, the layer of red brick earth appears also, with in places small pockets of charcoal - The carbonised wood from Pt^ 215 was recovered for C 14

Pt^ 216: bowl "wavy line" almost complete in the north part of the trench, between two dressed blocks, above Floor II, in layer 5 depth: 1.00 other fragments of the same style are associated.

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

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