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Excavations at El Merj (Ancient Barca): a First Report on the 1991 Season

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

J. N. Dore*
Affiliation:
Newcastle upon Tyne

Abstract

Trench 330, begun in 1990, was extended. The earlier phases of building II were examined and in two places what is thought to be the bottom of the sequence has been found. A further area of building I was exposed. It is now thought likely that building I wholly post-dates building II and general considerations suggest that the whole sequence should be accommodated within the Ottoman Turkish period. Below the sequence a thick layer of possibly natural clay was discovered, which has interesting implications for the location of earlier settlement.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1992

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