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LONDON. Royal Anthropological Institute, November 6.— Prof. C. G. Seligman, president, in the chair.—Miss M. A. Murray: The Percy Sladen Memorial Fund Excavations at Borg en Nadur, Malta. The apsidal building found last year was completely excavated, and further excavations were carried on to the east and south. The main entrance to the megalithic enclosure was cleared; on each side of the gateway was a tall megalith, and just within the enclosure on each side was a small chamber built of megalithic blocks. In an angle of each of these chambers a pot of the Bronze-age was found, evidently in position. The enclosure wall curves away from the main entrance towards the south and west; but there was not time to clear this completely. The outer blocks of the apsidal building were laid bare; they occur only round the west end and the north-west apse. Originally, they were probably six feet or more in height; now, however, they are about three feet high, as the tops have been broken off to bring them to the level of the field. Numbers of small flint implements were found in all parts of the site, chiefly in and near the apsidal building. To the. west of the apsidal building the so-called “Neolithic stratum” was clearly marked, the earth being of a different colour from that above and below, and Neolithic potsherds occurring in large numbers. As this part of the excavation was at the boundary of the next field, it was not possible to continue the excavation further in that direction. It is hoped that the Maltese Government will buy the fields which contain the megalithic structures, and thus ensure that all the buildings of Borg en Nadur may be completely excavated.
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Societies and Academies. Nature 112, 850–852 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112850a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/112850a0