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 159 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.

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Opening of sector 115 in the new trench

Sector 96: rock reached at 1 m 60 in the part to the west of the N-S wall

Sect 98, below Pt 605, 1 m 80 depth small gold ring lying on the rock.

Pt 609 sect 97, on the east edge of the trench at 0 m 65 lead ingot (drawing)

11/11/61Opening of sectors 116, 117, 118 and 119 /and 120\ in the new trench.

Pt 611: sump in sector 99. see p. 82.

Sect 97. rock reached at the West at 2 m 00 Below point 601, between 1,75 and 2 m 00, concentration of spindle whorls in barely fired earth.

Sector 99. rock reached at the West at 2 m 30.

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

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