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[Agora Deposit] C 9:4: Simple cremation pit (pyre)

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 11 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XII: PG). Bones discarded. Burned deposit in a rectangular trench in bedrock. JP ... Late Protogeometric ... Grave 11 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XII: PG). Bones discarded. Burned

[Agora Deposit] B 15:2: Catch Basin in ΠΠ

Deposit of black glazed table ware found with a mass of bones, iron waste and burning. Coins (from above Hellenistic/associated floor): 7 April 1948 #10-#11 ... 375-325 B.C ... burning ... Coins (from above Hellenistic/associated floor): 7 April 1948 #10-#11

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:7: Inhumation, probably of a female

Grave X in notebook = RSY Grave 14. PD 731-g ... Ca. 525-500 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 96, fig. 11 and pl. 43 b-c (Grave 14).

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[Agora Deposit] B 20:4: Inhumation of a male

Grave XXI in notebook = RSY Grave 11. Pottery discarded; late Roman, mostly coarse. PD 731-e ... Ca. 530 B.C ... Grave XXI in notebook = RSY Grave 11.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:2: Urn cremation

Margaret Crosby ... Grave 1 (Grave XXVI: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male? [JP] Boots or Booties Grave. Near the west branch of the Great Drain, about 100m to the southwest of the Agora horos inscription ... Early Geometric I ... traces of burning on the

[Agora Deposit] Q 7:3: Trench Behind Stoa Stylobate

Soft Trench behind Stoa Stylobate, opposite Piers 21 and 22, along W face of Shop front wall. Herulian destruction debris at the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins: 20 February 1954 #1-#2 22 February ... Late 3rd c. A.D ... Crosby, Agora X, p. 121, pl. ... 120-121, pl. (30), no. L 320, ... -11 uninventoried tokens

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[Agora Deposit] B 17:4: Pyre in Room 1

Pyre in Room 1, area west of street (RSY=Pyre 11). Early in the third quarter of the 4th. c. B.C. In courtyard. Artifacts, bone, and cinders in irregular pit in floor sequence. The pit had been dug into ... 350-330 B.C ... Pyre in Room 1, area west of street (RSY=Pyre 11). Early in the third

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:2: Simple Trench Cremation

(Grave XXIX: EG). Rectangular cutting with remains of charred human bones and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Bones discarded. Rectangular trench cut through earth into bedrock, oriented east-west ... Middle Geometric I ... burned and unburned pottery ... hard-burned clay mixed with ... Burned and unburned sherds

[Agora Deposit] E 12:1: Disturbed Inhumation Tomb (?)

Eugene Vanderpool ... Disturbed burial: Pocket in bedrock (Grave 11: PG). In some records as Grave XI. No remains. No cutting or traces of burning nearby The coin listed here was found "cleaning bedrock", presumably at the ... Developed to Late Protogeometric ... Disturbed burial: Pocket in bedrock (Grave 11: PG) ... or traces of burning

[Agora Deposit] H-I 7-8:1: "Burnt Layer"

Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square. Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D ... layer above burning ... "Below burning", etc. Cf ... 1933 #1-#9 and #10-#12 11

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:3: Simple Trench Cremation

Homer A. Thompson ... (Grave XXX: EG) Rectangular cutting with burned bones of a female 40-45 years old, and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Rectangular trench, measuring approximately 0.80m long, 0.40m wide, with ... Middle Geometric I ... Hesperia 43 (1974), pp. 362-365, pl. 78, a-d ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 20, pp. 204-213, 537-538, figs. 2.119-2.125, pl. VIII.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:4: Urn cremation

Evelyn Lord Smithson ... Grave 3: (Grave XXVII: EG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male. Carbonized figs and grapes included in inventoried objects (no number). [JP] "Craftsman-Warrior" tomb: combination of weapons and ... Early Geometric I ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 13, pp. 104-118, 531-533, figs. 2.55-2.64, 3.18-3.20, pl. V ... AgoraPicBk 24 (1998), pp. 10-11, figs. 14, 15 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 379-293, figs. 1-2, pls. 73-75 (Grave XXVII).

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[Agora Deposit] B 22:3: Burned Deposit

Burned deposit: Middle Terrace, south of Archaic cemetery. RSY: Pyre 10. Pottery, burnt bone, charred logs, and heavy burning, recovered by tunneling under the cement floor of a Late Hellenistic workshop, ... Ca. 325-300 B.C ... Burned deposit: Middle Terrace, south of Archaic ... heavy burning, recovered by

[Agora Deposit] L 12:1: Well near Southwest Corner of Burned Building

Well near SW corner of Burned Building. Depth of well 1.50m. below the bottom of the trench of the Burnt Bldg. Estimated Grid ... Turkish ... Well near Southwest Corner of Burned Building

[Agora Deposit] J 11-12:1: Burned filling

Burned filling over area of NW Temple (apparently Herulian destruction debris) = Trench I, 18-22/ΛΑ-ΜΣΤ and northwest trench, center at 15-19/ΛΣΤ-Μ Coins: 28 March 1933 #25-#28 29 March 1933 #16-#21 30 ... 28-30 March 1933 5-6 April 1933 ... J 11-12:1 ... J 11-12:1

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[Agora Deposit] B 17:1: Strosis

Herulian Debris in a house on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs: House P = South House; Room 2 = Dining Room; Room 3 = Kitchen; Room 18; Room 23; Room 24. Coins: 9 August 1947 #1-#37, #47-#49 ... Mid 3rd c. A.D ... Hesperia 18 (1949), pp. 217-218, pl. 41 ... Agora XXXIV, pp. 11-12, 178-179.

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:11: Pit tomb, child inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 4 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XX: PG). Bones discarded. Grave of older child. JP Rectangular pit, cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.26m, approximately 0.97m long and 0.36m wide. Tomb oriented ... Late Protogeometric ... mixed with much burned earth ... burning. The skull of a child,

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[Agora Deposit] C 11:1: Pit tomb, child inhumation (?)

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 19 (In some records as Grave VIII). No remains, no burned matter or traces of burning. JP A small cutting with a single offering. The pit may have been for a simple child/infant inhumation, with ... Early Protogeometric ... remains, no burned matter or traces of burning. JP A small

[Agora Deposit] H 12:1: Fill of Early West Branch of Great Drain=Middle Drain

Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C ... Hesperia 45 (1976), pp. 11-15, pls. 1-4. Pillaging fill of Building F.

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[Agora Deposit] B 19:5: Pyre in House N, Room 2, Layer 5

Pyre in House N, room 2, layer 5 (RSY=Pyre 8). Near northern corner of room 6. Artifacts, bone, burnt logs, and cinders in square pit dug from level of layer 5, through layers 5 and 6; thin clay floor ... 325-300 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 124-125, pl. 52 b (Pyre 8).

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:11: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Early Geometric grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXIX) ... Late Protogeometric ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 108, pl. 27c ... Agora XIII, pl. 79b ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 75, pp. 462-466, figs. 2.320, 2.350-2.353, pl. III.

[Agora Deposit] A 18:2: Cremation in NN

Rodney Young ... Grave. RSY Grave 50. Outside archaic cemetery on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs, cremation burial. Roughly square pit (0.80x1.00m). This pit contained a heavy deposit of cinders and ash; its ... Beginning of the last quarter of the 6th century ... burned on the spot. Among the

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:6: Pyre in Cut in E-W Street

Pyre in cut in E-W street, layer 7 (Pyre 14). North edge of Piraeus street, west of the Great Drain Bridge, in the area west of Areopagus. RSY-Pyre. Pottery, a little burnt bone, and patches of charcoal ... 250-240 B.C ... burning in situ. The pottery shows signs of burning ... Organic material:" a minimum of bits of burned bone".

[Agora Deposit] G-H 11-12

G-H 11-12 was probably extended to G-I and is hereafter G-I 11-12. Asterisk: G-H 11-12* ... G-H 11-12 ... G-H 11-12

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:15: Inhumation a Man

Grave 14 in notebook. Length of shaft 2.12m; width 0.46m; depth from cover 0.60m. Man's skeleton stretched NE-SW with head at NE. Offering at foot of shaft, with the skyphos in the mouth of the pitcher ... 750-725 B.C ... burning. On the NE edge of the

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[Agora Deposit] Q 10:3: Chamber Tomb to West of Pier 12

Mycenaean Grave to W of Pier 12 (Burial 11). The northern part of the tomb had been cut away by the foundation trench for the south stylobate of the Square Building that preceded the Stoa, and the dromos, ... Myc. IIB-IIIA:1 ... Hesperia 23 (1954), pp. 57-58, pl. 16 b ... Agora XIII, pp. 232-233, 275, pls. 55, 67, 89 (Tomb XXXI).

[Agora Deposit] L 11:1: Well in a West Part of Odeion Cavea

Well a in west part of Odeion Cavea, probably unfinished. The dumped fill mostly potters' refuse including test pieces. Well D. Diameter ca. 0.90m ... Early Protogeometric ... L 11:1 ... L 11:1

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[Agora Deposit] B 19:3: Pyre in House C

Pyre in House C, Room 8 (RSY=Pyre 6). Near east corner of room 8. Artifacts, burnt bone, burnt sticks, and large cinders in a shallow pit dug into surface of layer 3, and covered by layer 2. Some cinders ... 350-325 B.C.-end of 4th c. B.C ... indicated burning in situ, with ... Organic material: "burned bones..found mostly together in a mass."

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:1: Pyre

Pyre in House D, Room 4 (RSY=Pyre 4) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Notebook refers to House N. Pottery belongs late in third quarter of the 4th. c. BC. Pyre burned near beginning of last ... 350-300 B.C ... burned near beginning of last ... Organic material: "a few fragments of burned bones" (missing).

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:2: Pyre in House C, Room 12

Pyre in House C, Room 12 (RSY=Pyre 9) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Notebook refers to House N. Beside west wall of room 12. Pottery, burnt bone, and cinders in a roughly round pit; disturbed ... Ca. 250 B.C ... suggests burning in situ; the ... burning.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:11: Urn burial

Grave XVI in notebook = RSY Grave 3. Bones of a young child found inside. Discarded? ... 6th. c. B.C ... B 21:11 ... B 21:11

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[Agora Deposit] R 11:5: Pyre in Stoa Shop VI

Shallow pit below layer I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre) Diameter 0.90; D. 0.15m Under shop VI of the Stoa of Attalos Pottery, ash, burning and packing of small stones in pit in stratum. The pyre was covered by ... Ca. 350 or 325 B.C. ? ... R 11:5 ... R 11:5

[Agora Deposit] H 11:2: Well in Tholos Trench Q

A well in room A of the Archaic House. Well with very irregular outline, cut down in the bedrock some 10m NE of the Tholos. Its filling yielded a handful of plain potsherds and the oinochoe P 13256 of ... Sub-Mycenaean(?) ... H/15,16-11/10,11

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:3: Urn Cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 1. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female 30-40 years old). Mentioned as Grave XVII in Deposit list. Consisted of a roughly circular pit, approximately 0.30-0.40m in diameter, cut into ... Late Protogeometric ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 6, pp. 57-62, 528-529, figs. 2.14-2.17, 2.21:d, 3.14, pl. IV.

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:13: Urn cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 6 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXII: PG). Bones discarded. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). JP Roughly rectangular trench cut through hard earth into bedrock to a depth of about 0.35m, approximately ... Late Protogeometric ... and baked hard by burning ... burned earth with pieces of

[Agora Deposit] N 11:4: Well

Well (diameter 1.10m). Neatly cut. Footholds on east and west at intervals of ca. 0.50m. Plentiful water ... Late 8th - Early 7th c. B.C ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 39, pl. 16a (marked D).

[Agora Deposit] M 12:2: Mycenaean (?) Grave

Grave of 38 year-old female, head NW, legs drawn up. Apparently unlined cist in bedrock or hard-packed dug-bedrock, its outlines no longer distinguishable from surrounding fill. Above skeleton, a number ... Mycenaean? ... "Burned Building". The only

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[Agora Deposit] C 11:2: Pit tomb, inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 20 (E.L. Smithson: Grave X: PG). Bones discarded. Pit tomb, inhumation (on bier or in coffin?), perhaps of a child. Little ash and carbon in the filling, but the grave offerings were unburned. JP ... Developed Protogeometric ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 43, pp. 307-313, figs. 2.209:a, 2.212-2.215, pl. II.

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:5: Pyre

Pyre in House T (= House D), Room 2 (5th c.) and fill east of pyre. Earlier than the other pyres of this house. Pottery, slivers of burnt bone, and heavy deposit of carbonized material and cinders in ... Ca. 420-410 B.C ... burning found outside pit. The

[Agora Deposit] R 20:1: Urn Cremation

John Travlos ... (Grave XXXII: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). Published as cremation burial of a warrior. The tomb was probably originally oriented north-south, with the urn-hole at the south end. The north side ... Transitional Early Geometric II-Middle Geometric I ... signs of burning.

[Agora Deposit] R 11:2: Well East of Stoa Room 6

Well East of Stoa Room 6 (well with Siana Cup); scanty dumped filling. No water. Well never used. Estimated Grid ... 600-550 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 61-63, pls. 31-32.

[Agora Deposit] P 21:4: Cistern at 53/NE

Cistern at 53/ΝΕ, bottle-shaped, stucco-lined, in the east aisle of the peristyle of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just west of andron). Lower diameter 2.73m. Homogenous fill all apparently ... Into early 2nd century B.C ... one time, traces of burning

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:3: Pyre

Pyre in House T, Room 2 through floor of second period (RSY=Pyre 5) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. 4th. c. BC. Concentration of artifacts, burnt bone, and charcoal in floor makeup consisting ... 375-350 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 119-120, pl. 51 b (Pyre 5).

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[Agora Deposit] T 15:1: Pit Grave, Adult Inhumation

John Camp ... Protogeometric Grave about 0.60m to the southeast of T 15:2. Unlined roughly rectangular-elliptical pit, oriented north-south, neatly cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.70m, with rounded corners. The pit ... Early-Developed Protogeometric ... Hesperia 42 (1973), p. 398-400, pl. 73, c, d.

[Agora Deposit] F 11:2: Well

Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins: 5 April 1934 #1-#4 10 April 1934 #1-#2 11 April 1934 #1 12 April 1934 #1 18 April 1934 #1-#2 19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C ... Hesperia 53 (1948), pp. 343-351, pl. 67:3, 10-16 (selection of pottery).

[Agora Deposit] P 8:9: Mycenaean Pit or Bothros Opposite Pier 17

Mycenaean Pit (Bothros?) opposite Pier 17. Diameter at top 1.30m Estimated Grid ... Mycenaean IIIA:2-B ... Agora XIII, pp. 251, 274, pls. 61, 75.

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[Agora Deposit] B 19:6: Pyre in House N, Room 4

Pyre in House N, room 4 (RSY=Pyre 7), in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Pottery, mall pieces of calcined bone, log, wood cinders, and charcoal in diamond-shaped pit in floor sequence. The pyre ... Late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 122-123, pl. 49 b, pl. 52 a (Pyre 7).

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:1: Pit Tomb, Adult Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXV. Adult female inhumation. Deposit summary and notebook write at 31/Θ-I ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Early Protogeometric ... Agora XIII, pl. 79, b.

[Agora Deposit] A 20-21:1: Drain cutting

Early cutting beside Great Drain: 103-111/Λ-ΛΓ (= "Deep cutting" Pit at 107/ΛΑ). Abandonment filling in channel for early drain; the fragment of a red figured bell krater, P 17000, probably to be dated ... Ca. 425-395 B.C ... Hesperia 16 (1947), pp. 211-212, pl. 47, 4-5.

[Agora Deposit] J 2:22: Filling under Layer of N-S Road

Filling under North-South Road surface, apparently to raise the level of the road as thickness of fill varies depending on height of road. Fill sits on earliest, cobbled road layer. The road surface set ... Mid-6th c. B.C ... J/11,14-2/19,3/2

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:3: Cist Grave in Σ

Mycenaean Burial. The cutting was roughly rectangular (1.60 by 0.50m) and was once covered with rough stone slabs, two of which were found over the body. The skeleton, presumably that of a man, lay in ... Myc. III A-B ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 108, pl. 27 a-b ... Agora XIII, pp. 208-209, 274, pls. 48, 79 (Grave XVII).

[Agora Deposit] C 19:11: Well

Well (diameter 0.91m, water level -7m) in House H, Room 10 (and pit over). Plain shaft cut in stereo; pit at mouth of well,reused as drainage pit at start of tile drain running west. Scanty use filling ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Agora XXX, pl. 360.

[Agora Deposit] B 12:1: Well on South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Coins: 23 March 1936 #5-#6 31 March 1936 #3 30 April 1936 #1 1 May 1936 #6 2 May 1936 #2 5 May 1936 #8 6 May 1936 #15-#16 14 May 1936 #5-#8 (#6 N 51520 is from ... 50 B.C-3rd c. A.D ... 21 May 1936 #10-#11 10

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[Agora Deposit] H 12:15: Well

Well A, early 5th c. B.C. Near the Agora Boundary Stone, northwest corner of Middle Stoa; diameter at top 0.92m, widening to 1.15m and more below. Shaft neatly faced with stones to a depth of 0.70m below ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... H/14,15-12/10,11

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[Agora Deposit] I 5:2: Cist Τomb, Adult Female Inhumation in ΒΓ

Susan I. Rotroff ... Grave 2. Adult female inhumation. Grave extending under the south retaining wall of the Temenos of the Royal Stoa. It is oriented ne-sw, with head at sw. Grave built of slabs of schist, with packing of ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... 2.303-2.308, pl. 1 ... Hesperia 44 (1975), pp. 370-374, pls. 83a, 84 a-f.

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[Agora Deposit] N 11:1: Cist Grave in Ο

N.A. Doenges Evelyn Lord Smithson ... "Near or in Grave" (width 0.50m) Grave to the east of the southeast corner of the great court of the Gymnasium. Shallow and superimposed on Well N 11:5. It is a simple cist oriented north and south, with ... 750-725 B.C ... superimposed on Well N 11:5. It is a

[Agora Deposit] Q-R 10-11:1: Construction Fill Below Floor of Brick Building

Construction fill below floor of Brick Building. Areas involved: a) Western portion of Room A: packing below floor. b) Room B: packing below floor of northern,larger room. c) Fill over water channel in ... First quarter 2nd century, before its end ... Hesperia 44 (1975), pp. 315-318, pls. 75-76.

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:4: Urn Cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 2. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). In some records as XXIII. Variously labeled as grid 7/Δ, 7/Γ and 7/Γ-Δ. Rectangular pyre trench cut through earth into bedrock, with only the lowest 0.04m surviving ... Transitional Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... with the burned material of

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[Agora Deposit] H 17:2: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Child's Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXVIII: G). Cf. Container Lot ΣΤ 165 (fill over geometric grave). Neat, rectangular, unlined trench, cut into bedrock to a preserved depth of 0.20m,below the level ... Early Geometric I ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 552-554, figs. 10-11.

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[Agora Deposit] C 11:4: Pit tomb, inhumation of two children

James H. Oliver ... (E.L. Smithson: Grave IX: PG). Two children's skeletons one on top of the other. Cf. PD 329 for PD 430 for second skeleton, same deposit. PG grave about 25m. SW of Cistern A at 46/ΜΔ. [In some records, ... Developed Protogeometric ... C 11:4 ... C 11:4

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[Agora Deposit] A 16:1: Bronze Casting Pit and Workshop

Debris filling in a bronze casting pit and workshop, characterized by mold fragments but including also a few plain vases and fragments of wine jars. Third quarter of 4th. c. BC. The pit was cut into the ... Ca. 350-325 B.C ... Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 100, pls. 28 a-b.

[Agora Deposit] R 12:1: ΘΡΑ Well East of Stoa Room 2

Thra (ΘΡΑ) Well (East of Stoa Room 2). Heavy dumped filling, including figured, black and plain wares, and also a quantity of animal bones, mostly skulls of oxen. On many of these the horns had been sawn ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... R/10,11-12/9,10

[Agora Deposit] H-K 12-14: Middle Stoa Building Fill

Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14) This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C ... Θ:11-13/Γ-Ε