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 77 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 42Scan 77 of 196

Sector 14: area of Pts 396, 440 and 443 1°/ from 0 to 1m25: rare Iron Age sherds nothing preserved

2°/ from 1m25 to 1m90: some sherds rare sherds and Bronze Age not very characteristic.

3°/ beyond the white floor at 1m90: abundant pottery. - Early Late Bronze: bichrome sherds (drawing) large dish: (drawing) hemispherical bowl with dark red decoration (drawing)

- Middle Bronze: "base ring" ware, "red on red" "red on black", carinated bowls: (drawing) pale pottery with black decoration or brown: (drawing)

It would be necessary to dismantle part of the baulk of the white floor at 1m90 for a control stratigraphic check.

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

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