"dc-creator","Redirect","UserLevel","Chronology","Id","dc-title","dc-date","Collection","dc-publisher","Icon","Name","dc-description","Type","dc-subject" "Homer A. Thompson","","","","Agora:Report:1951 Excavations","Excavation in the Athenian Agora: 1951","9 Apr-31 Aug 1951","Agora","","","1951 Excavations","A report on the 1951 excavations presented at the Open Meeting of the ASCSA, March 20, 1952. ; Field work was concentrated in the market place proper, and large areas in the west, north central and southeastern parts were cleared down to the early Roman level.; New topographical discoveries were made, among them a temple of the early Roman period, and new information was gained regarding previously known monuments such as the Peribolos of the Twelve Gods, the Temple of Ares and the Middle Stoa. Modest conservation and reconstruction were carried out on some monuments.; A number of chamber tombs and individual graves from the 16th to the 10th centuries B.C. were explored.","Report","Checked" "Homer A. Thompson","","","","Agora:Report:1951 Ζ","Section Ζ 1951","21 May-13 Jun 1951","Agora","","Agora:ReportPage:1951-Ζ-1::/Agora/Reports/1951 Ζ/1951 Ζ 001.jpg::1592::2048","1951 Ζ","The remaining pieces of the so-called Byzantine wall were removed, as well as a late Roman wall. Excavations in front of the Civic Offices revealed a hard road surface from the 3rd century A.D. More than 100 bronze coins and a couple of statues were found in a washout filling near the Great Drain. Two monument bases, cut off by a Turkish well, were discovered.; The northwest corner of the Middle Stoa was further examined.","Report","Checked"