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 73 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 35Scan 73 of 206

Detailed analysis of layer 3: 70 to 165 cm - It is masked by the floor of layer 2 - A/ from 70 to 100 cm : Along the east wall, heap of bricks burnt; along the south wall, collapsed stones; along the west wall, fallen stones and bricks burnt - Against the east wall, stone bowl caught in the burnt bricks - Against the west wall, barque or trough in earth sun-dried, filled with burnt bricks - Against the north wall - whose stones are calcined in places - and in the centre: ashes and piled sherds - The pottery consists almost exclusively of common jars crushed in place; near the S.W. corner, fragments of a bowl of type "wavy lines" -

B/ from 100 to 130 cm : Burnt earth, except in the centre where the pottery piled continues, slightly less dense

C/ from 130 to 150 cm : Bed of pottery crushed in place extending up to the four walls, with gaps or patches of fill earth - Animal bones - The jars predominate; some have distinctive marks on the handles; two

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

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