[Agora Deposit] L 6:1: Refuse Pit

Coins: 30 May 1933 #19 ... Turkish ... Hesperia 11 (1942), p. 22, fig. 17.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:6: Disturbed Pyre

Marcie Handler ... The remnants of a disturbed pyre in a layer of dumped Hellenistic fill. The fill was found in the area on top of and east of the eastern wall of the Classical Commercial Building at its north end. Fragmentary ... Ca. 225 B.C ... J/15,17-1/11,13 ... J/13,17-1/10,14

[Agora Deposit] M 21:3: Disturbed Chamber Tomb

Small Mycenaean Chamber Tomb ... Myc. III A:1-2 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 158.

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[Agora Deposit] A-B 18:1: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

Mycenaean tomb: Myc. III A:1-2. SAI Small rectangular chamber, 2.30m wide by 1.80m deep,, entered from the east through a dromos 1.10m wide which contracted to a doorway 0.92m. wide. the doorway preserved ... 2nd half of 14th c ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 163-165.

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[Agora Deposit] B 14:5: Pit

A flask-shaped storage pit or cellar, cut in the rock at the south edge of the levelled top of Kolonos Agoraios. Filled late in first quarter of 6th. c. B.C. (2.95m from east to west by 2.70m from north ... First quarter 6th. c. B.C ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 159, n. 15

[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 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 166 (noted) ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 108-109, pl. 47 d, 48 b (Grave 50), plan, pl. 33.

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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 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 159 ... Hesperia 43 (1974), pp. 359-362, pl. 77, b-e.

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[Agora Deposit] A 18-19:1: Ostrakon Area

Pit (6x10) in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Large cutting in bedrock with 540 ostraka, mainly of the late eighties of the 5th. c. B. C. Much pottery, principally of the early ... Ca. 500-450 B.C ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 193 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 253 ... Agora XXV, pp. 20-22, 163.

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[Agora Deposit] J 18:4: Pit B

Thamneus' Cellar, a storage cellar on the north slope of the Areopagus. Lower filling of mid-6th c. B.C., upper filling of last quarter of 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C ... ΑΡ:17

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:1: Pit Tomb, Adolescent Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Rectangular pit, oriented east-west, cut party into filling of Early Protogeometric pit-well (I 18:4), to a preserved depth of about 0.30m. A late Byzantine wall founded below the floor of the grave destroyed ... Middle Geometric I ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 158-159, pl. 41, 1 ... Hesperia 43 (1974), pp. 352-359, pls. 75b, 76, 77a.

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[Agora Deposit] A 17:2: Well in Industrial Area of Areopagus

A well in the industrial area of the Areopagus, about 7.00m. west of the West Bath, to a depth of 14.60m. This well was the direct successor to A 17:1, replacing it when it collapsed. The use filling at ... Second quarter 6th. c ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 184, pl. 65, 1 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 118, fig. 3, no. 8; p. 126, pl. 8.

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[Agora Deposit] A 17:1: Well on Lower Slope of Hill of the Nymphs

A well on the lower slope of the Hill of the Nymphs, (diam. 1.20m -water level -7m), to 7.90m. The scanty use filling at the bottom contained water jars and pitchers as well as the inventoried objects; ... Second quarter of 6th. c. B.C ... A 17:1 ... A 17:1

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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 17 (1948), p. 159 ... Hesperia 43 (1974), pp. 362-365, pl. 78, a-d ... Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 470.

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[Agora Deposit] M 21:2: Tomb of the Bronzes

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Burials ... Myc. III A:1-2 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 154-158 ... Hesperia 35 (1966), pp. 381-396.

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[Agora Deposit] C 19:3: Bronze Casting Pit in House H, Room 13

Located in House H, Room 13 on the lower northwest slope of the Areopagus ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 170-171, fig. 7 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 156, n. 51 ... Hesperia 46 (1977), pp. 366-367.

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[Agora Deposit] C 17:2: Pyre North of House G

North of House G (RSY=Pyre 13). Concentration of artifacts, small pieces of bone, and burnt material in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre is cut by the trench of a wall of a Roman house to north. It ... 290-250 B.C ... C 17:2 ... C 17:2

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[Agora Deposit] M 21:1: Komos Cistern

Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill. Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 160-161 ... Rotroff (2005), pp. 17-20 ... Hesperia 32 (1963), pp. 276-292.

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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 ... #1-#17 22 March 1948 #1-#33, #36-#40 5 April 1948 #18 7 April 1948 #1 4 May 1949

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:2: Small Chamber Tomb

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Only the bottom 0.10 to 0.20m of the chamber was preserved along with the partial skeletal remains of two or three occupants. The plan revealed a square chamber (1.80m by 1.80m), ... Myc. III A 1:2 (14th c.) ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 47, pl. 17 a,b ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), p. 103, tables 6.1, 6.2 (AA 132)

[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 ... April 1933 #13-#17 22 April ... Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 209 ... March 1933 #1-#17 (Below