Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-7·1960–1961

Excavation notebook of Contenson, 5th notebook, 1960 and 1961H. de Contenson

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

Scan 151 of notebook 34 CDF art. 128-7 (Excavation notebook of Contenson, 5th notebook, 1960 and 1961), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 128-7, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 79Scan 151 of 196

Sect 99, below this floor, at 1 m 20, layer of destruction: black ashes, burnt earth brick red.

Pt 590: sector 91, hole dug into the rock table which lies at 1 m depth, at the edge of the trench which cuts the cavity through the middle. In the hole, sherds of the period of the end of the Middle Bronze and brown earth. At 1 m 75 depth, large sherds coarse horizontal and large pieces of charcoal. (one box taken for C14). (samples also taken for identification of the wood) Excavation continued - It had never been [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]. Rock base reached at 1 m 80 depth - Excavation complete: silo with flat base of 1 m 00 diameter -

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

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