"Collection","Chronology","dc-description","dc-title","dc-subject","dc-creator","Icon","Type","Name","Id","dc-publisher","dc-date","UserLevel","Redirect"
"Agora","","Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15.; Associated with the building lying under the Roman Street Stoa. Its fills divided into 5 separate  layers, with the bulk of finds belonging to Layer 1, the so-called Upper Dump fill. The well was dug into bedrock and is unlined. At its bottom it was round with a diameter of 1.00m. hand-holes roughly 0.42m apart, were noted on its east and west sides.; Layer 1. 64.73-51.25m (boxes 1-72, plus box 149 representing the fill immediately above). In this layer the bulk of sherds and vases was greater than the bulk of earth. It was noted at the time the well was dug that objects seem to come out in groups, i.e.  there would be many boxes of fine ware, followed by cooking ware, or mortars etc., but  the entire fill  seems to be of one date and joins were found  between upper and lower boxes. It was also noted that there were joins between  objects found in the well and those found  in the fill immediately above it, suggesting that the whole area was raised at the time the well was filled in.; Layer 2. 52.25m-50.43 (boxes 73-74) was a fill of almost pure earth, stones, and cut bedrock. It produced one box of pottery and three catalogued items.; Layer 3. 50.43m-49.93 (boxes 76-77). The fill consisted of stones, broken roof tiles, and disintegrated mud brick. It produced 12 boxes of pottery and 4 catalogued objects.; Layer 4. 49.93m-48.13m (boxes 78-80) was a fill of almost solid cut bedrock which produced 5 boxes of pottery and no catalogued objects. The fill of broken bedrock probably represents the partial collapse of the well which led to its abandonment. As we dug the well we noted many areas where the sides were no longer preserved.; Layer 5. 48.13m-46.71m (boxes 81-85) consisted of a fill of mixed earth, fallen bedrock, few stones, roof tiles, 27 boxes of pottery and 19 catalogued items. This fill probably represents the period of original use of the well.","Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15","","","Agora:Image:2013.01.0028::/Agora/2013/2013.01/2013.01.0028.tif::3788::2880","Deposit","U 13:1","Agora:Deposit:U 13:1","","14 June-21 August 1973","",""
"Agora","2nd. quarter - mid-5th. c. A.D.","Shaft (= well + caves) at 116-118/ΚΕ-ΚΣΤ","Shaft with caves","","","","Deposit","A 21:1","Agora:Deposit:A 21:1","","May-June 1939; 24 April 1940; July-August 1946","",""
"Agora","3rd c. B.C.; 2nd c A.D.","Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ.; The filling in the ""underground passages"" in section ΔΔ appears to be not later than 3rd c. B.C.; but drain channels, pits and cuttings, etc. in Υ are partly Early Roman, some mixed to Late Roman or later.; Section ΔΔ: west branch and east branch recorded separately and noted on cards for each find; not separated into subdivisions here.; Section Υ: pit at 31-32/ΜΘ-Ν, 31-32/ΜΣΤ-ΜΖ, 36-38/ΞΔ, 33/ΝΒ, 31-32/ΜΓ-ΜΣΤ, 31/ΜΑ-ΜΓ; ; two fragments of semi-glazed bowls with everted rim (late 2nd c.?) intrusive in west branch. More extensive disturbance in east branch indicated by fragments of dipper, 2nd c. plate, at least five moldmade bowls, a Roman lamp.","Drain System","","","","Deposit","K-L 18-20:1","Agora:Deposit:K-L 18-20:1","","18-26 February 1937; 17 May-9 June 1939; 6-11 May 1940","",""
"Agora","150-100 B.C.","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 of the Tholos. See nbpp. Section Β 2198-2199.; Twenty-five stamped amphora handles. Pottery similar to Thompson's Group E. Figured bowls have thick walls, small stamps, and were produced in worn molds of coarse workmanship. Half of bowls long-petal. One long-petal mold.","Fill of Early West Branch of Great Drain=Middle Drain","","","","Deposit","H 12:1","Agora:Deposit:H 12:1","","13-17 April 1937; 29 May-15 June 1937; 23-26 May 1938","",""
"Agora","9th-11th c. A.D.","Excavation in Room 3 of ΒΘ West revealed 5 ceramic vessels in a row against the eastern face of Wall 12. 3 complete vessels (ΒΘ 122, 124, and 125) were catalogued, along with the base of a plain glazed flat-bottomed basin (ΒΘ 121). In addition to the vessels along the face of Wall 12, 5 coins were found within the fill, as well as a bronze ring and fragments of painted plaster (ΒΘ 134) from a wall.; ; Numerous joining sherds were found in ΒΘ Lots 402-404, which could potentially lead to more complete vessels. At least 1 vessel with full profile, a plate with poorly preserved glaze, is stored in ΒΘ Lot 404. Other joining fragments include significant portions of course water jars and amphorae, and a large pithos lid with decorative grooves (west:2012:f:42).; ; The fill in Room 3 was uniform in consistency, and no floor levels were found. The approximate elevation at which the 3 complete vessels were found was 53.630. The ceramic vessels were dated by Dr. Fotini Kondyli to the 9th-11th centuries A.D, although the fill around vessels contained ceramic evidence dating to the 12th-13th centuries A.D. The primary types of glazed Byzantine pottery found in the fill included green and brown painted ware, plain glaze ware, Constantinople white ware, and monochrome glaze. ; ; Excavation of Room 3 progressed over the course of the 2012 season, and was only stopped due to the end of season. Fill below the end of season stopping point (elev.: 53.509) may contain sherds that join with those from the 2012 excavation season. See also ΒΘ Lots 139, 239 and 240 for possible joining sherds from previous excavation seasons.; ; ; ; 2013 Addendum:; ; During the 2013 field season, excavation in Room 3 of ΒΘ West revealed 3 ceramic vessels at approximately the same elevation as the pots assigned to Deposit K 3:2 during the 2012 season. In addition to the 3 vessels, a roof cover tile was mended from the tile debris in the same area, and 10 coins were found within the fill directly above and around the surface, mostly Anonymous Byzantine Folles datable to 1070-1075 A.D.; ; Excavation in Room 3 was restricted to a small area south of and adjacent to Wall 23. The fragmentary remains of a ceramic pithos (ΒΘ 178) were revealed after the removal of a reused threshold block above the pithos. Many fragments of a deep bowl with poorly preserved glaze (ΒΘ 171) were wedged between the wall of the pithos and the southern face of Wall 23. Half of a dish with poorly preserved glaze (ΒΘ 179) was found in the northern scarp of the trench. An illegible coin (ΒΘ-239) was found in the fill within the pithos (ΒΘ 178).; ; The fill within the pithos was removed separately (ΒΘ Lot 528), and after consultation with Dr. Joanita Vroom and the Agora staff, all fill from the pithos was saved, but not given an Agora Sample number. Removal of fill around the pithos (ΒΘ Lot 529, 10th-11th century A.D.) revealed a poorly preserved pale yellow clay floor sloping downwards from west to east (elev.: 53.803 ¬¬– 53.590). All of the 2013 cataloged objects included in Deposit K 3:2 were found in the fill above this floor, with the pithos and some of the coins resting on it. The floor was left in situ at the end of the season.; ; 2017 Addendum:; ; In 2017, we resumed excavation of Room 3, concentrating our efforts on the high baulk at the northeastern part of the room.; We began by excavating the eastern portion of the high baulk (Lots ΒΘ 951, 952, 953, 955). A plaster layer was exposed and removed over the course of several baskets in the southern half of the eastern portion at an average elevation of 53.883m, and ceramic material from these layers date from the late 11th-early 13th century AD. We also uncovered fragments of a Byzantine vessel at an elevation of 53.590m, which were later removed entirely (ΒΘ 302).; While excavating the western portion of the high baulk (Lots ΒΘ 954, 958), we documented and removed the majority of the tile concentration lying at K/6,8-3/1,2 as postulated in the 2016 season report (ΒΘ West, p. 11). Ceramic material from this removal dates the layer from the 11th-13th century AD.; With the evidence available, we can now interpret the large amount of tile uncovered this season and previous seasons in this part of Room 3 as the consequence of a roof collapse. The whole sequence of abandonment and collapse was completed sometime in the 13th century AD.","Byzantine Layer with Complete Pots","","James Artz","Agora:Image:2021.22.0040::/Agora/2021/2021.22/2021.22.0040.tif::2048::1374","Deposit","K 3:2","Agora:Deposit:K 3:2","","27 June-30 July 2012; 17-30 July 2013; 16 June-2 August 2017","",""