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Friday 19 Sept. Temp. 27° at 9h 33° at 12h00 16 men 17 women The discovery of a skeleton lodged in a cavity rocky (tr. 9) led to the opening of trenches (6.34) and 31 with similar reactions. Material limited to the pottery which is supervised by de Contenson, the trenches on the W edge bring clearer architectural features. 8h30. two representatives and one female representative of the workmen come to present a request, which no doubt poorly prepared, runs aground on some questions and comes to an abrupt end. they go back to work without knowing themselves what they wanted. Problem cancelled for the moment Aitken continues his sampling in trench 3-4 after lunch, he begins the test of the 3rd area and I hope he will work fast enough so that we can directly make the trenches there, without touching the central area (Temple area) which I prefer not to pierce with these small soundings, with a view to future, more systematic trenches. had the roof overhang of the house repaired which was very severely stripped,
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