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 91 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 49Scan 91 of 196

- 1 m 60 to 1 m 90: fine brown earth, with pottery Late Bronze II (pt 428) Late Bronze I and Middle Bronze

- In the southern part, a large hole is dug into the rock down to 2 m 50 from depth -

Stratigraphy West Trench, sector 26 - 0 m 75: [illegible] floor of white lime, with well pt 502 and sherd pt 501 - In the northern part, one meets the same stratigraphic sequence as in sector 25: 1 m 00 to 1 m 60: RB III - 1 m 60 to 2 m 50: RB I - II, MB - From 0,75 to 1,00 [illegible] succession of white floors: [illegible] sherds Iron Age.

Stratigraphy West Trench, sector 27 the pt 524 rests on a floor situated at 1 m 30 which is still Iron Age.

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

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