Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-8·1961

Excavation notebook of Henri de Contenson, sixth notebook, 1961H. de Contenson

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

Scan 21 of notebook 34 CDF art. 128-8 (Excavation notebook of Henri de Contenson, sixth notebook, 1961), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 128-8, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 10Scan 21 of 116

16/11/61 Secteur 99, in the well Pt 611, numerous fragments of a large common jar, fragment of a bone style (drawing) pestle in steatite of truncated conical form (drawing)

Secteur 126: trace of a new floor at 1,20 = burnt earth.

Excavation resumed in sectors 117 to 120.

Secteur 129 in the part not affected by the earlier excavations, one can distinguish two floors: one at 0,75 the other at 1,25

Secteur 120: rock reached at 1m00 depth. At 0,75, over almost the whole surface of the trench, a sort of irregular paving - either a pavement, or collapsed walls, whose stones would have spread over the floor. This formation extends over the the southern half of Secteur 119.

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

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