Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (13.2001(2002))

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unfortunately). This layer is not connected
with the early wall in E.VII.
Another two layers were recorded
below it — a dark brown layer of soil and a
layer of dark clay. Both these layers reached
a wall, which turned out to cross the later
room, being a continuation of the wall
discovered in E.VII. Both layers contained
Hellenistic material mixed with earlier,
presumably Persian and Iron Age sherds.
The clay layer rests directly on bedrock.
STRUCTURE E. X
The outline of this room lying on the
western outskirts of the village was
recorded last year, leaving excavations for
the present season. The southern part of
the interior was now cleared except for a

small fragment by the wall on the eastern
side. A pavement of irregular slabs of
dressed stone was uncovered lying about
0.40 m below the ground surface. It turned
out to be present everywhere inside the
structure. The biggest slabs appear in the
center, in line with the square stone that
held the wooden support of the roof,
similarly as in E.VII. East and west of this
pillar, the flagging is less in evidence, even
disappearing completely in places.
STRUCTURE E. XI
This rectangular space (about 3-05 by
5.00 m) is accessible from the street
through structure E.XV (Fig. 3). The fill,
which is some 0.80-0.90 m deep, consists
of blocks that have collapsed from the


Fig. 2. House E. VII during excavations. Pre-Roman wall visible in the foreground
(Photo K. Kotlewski)

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