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 87 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 47Scan 87 of 196

An upper architectural phase corresponds to the floor at 1 m 00 - A lower architectural phase, shifted towards the West, is sealed by the floor at 1 m 30 and rests on the rock.

Stratigraphy trench West, square 22, south part - and square 23 - (1 control) - 0 m 75: floor of burnt earth with pt 475 - 0 m 75 - 1 m 30: ashes and mud-brick earth, with pt 493 - 1 m 30: floor of burnt clay on which are placed pts 499 and 505 (2 controls) - 1 m 70: clay floor immediately above the rock, - 1 m 90: rocky table, except at the location of former tombs, as at pt 515. For the architectural study, see above and p. 33 - 34, where the development is already described -

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

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