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| Mycenaean grave.
Small pit grave (0.50m by 1.35m by 0.75m deep) containing the skeleton of an infant girl. Although a simple grave with a single interment, the pit was packed with gifts. These consisted ... No later than mid-15th c ... JHS LXXII, 1952, p. 96 ... AJA LVI, 1952, p. 122 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 107-108, pl. 26 c. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb.
Although badly disturbed at various times in antiquity, it was clearly a chamber tomb with the chamber little more than a cubby-hole at the end of a steep dromos, entered at the ... Myc. III A-B ... AJA LVI, 1952, p. 175 ... BCH LXXVI, 1952, p. 210 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 106-107, pl. 25 b, c. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb with niches.
One of the few tombs found in the Agora that has an almost architectural regularity with squares chamber (1.75m wide by 2.10m deep) and axially centered dromos (4m long ... Myc. III A 1:2 ... AJA LVI, 1952, p. 178 ... BCH LXXVI, 1952, p. 212 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 105-106, fig. 4, pl. 25 b, c. |
West Terrace, South End, Layers IV and V. Heavy dumped filling associated with terrace walls at the extreme south end of the excavations in the Areopagus industrial area. The proportion of figured and ... Ca. 420-390 B.C ... A-B 21-22:1 ... A-B 21-22:1 |
| Rubbish Dump in mouth of abandoned well in Tholos Trench F, Kitchen. Filled with ash, charcoal, broken pottery, roof tiles.
Also from Trench L.
13 March 2014 by Ann Steiner
The deposit has four components ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 30 ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Agora VIII, p. 128. |
Burnt Layer inside retaining wall of Middle Stoa Terrace (Θ) and NW Corner of Middle Stoa, burnt debris inside terrace retaining wall (Ζ). Coins Ζ: Coins Θ:
1 June 1951 ... Mid-3rd c. A.D ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 110 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 115 ... Agora VI, p. 99. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb under north side of Temple of Ares, towards its west end.(1951).
The tomb had a hasty and unfinished appearance oddly at variance with its long history and the quality of the pottery ... 1st: Myc IIB-IIA:1-2, 2nd: Myc. IIIC:1 (1450-1200 B.C.) ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 107 ... Hesperia 91 (2022), p. 114, n. 69 ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 598, n. 12. |
Cistern at 17-18/ΛΑ (Coroplasts' Dump) outside the market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way.
Upper and lower fill distinguished during excavation, but material from both appears to ... To ca. 330-320 B.C ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 120-164 ... Agora IV, p. 244 ... Agora XII, p. 399. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXV. Adult female inhumation. Deposit summary and notebook write at 31/Θ-I ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Early Protogeometric ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 108 ... Agora XXVII, p. 226. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Early Geometric grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXIX) ... Late Protogeometric ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 108, pl. 27c ... Agora XXVII, p. 226. |
| 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 XXVII, p. 226 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), pp. 103-105, tables 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXVIII: PG)
Shallow oval cutting in natural bedrock lintel of Mycenaean chamber tomb O 7:5, containing a large two-handled cooking pot. Within, the unburned bones of a foetal ... Developed-Later Protogeometric ... Hesperia 73 (2004), p. 26, n. 74 ... Hesperi 21 (1952), pp. 104-108, fig. 4 ... Agora XXVII, p. 226. |
| 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 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 379-293, figs. 1-2, pls. 73-75 (Grave XXVII) ... Hesperia 19 (1950), p. 330 (mentioned). |
| 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 ... nb. p. 321.]
JP |
"Red Fill" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance. Coins:
17 April 1936 #10-#13
18 April 1936 #1
20 April 1936 #13-#17
21 April 1936 ... 1st-2nd c. A.D ... March 1952 #8-#15
21 March ... April 1936 #13-#17
21 April ... March 1952 #1-#6
10 March |
Irregular depression in bedrock (ca. 7x5m), ca. 2m deep; area south of E-W Late Roman wall. Dumped filling apparently intended to level off the area. Coins:
11 March 1952 #10
12 March 1952 #1-#5
13 March ... Ca. 400-325 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 70 ... Grace (1979), p. 126 ... Hesperia 40 (1971), pp. 63-64, nn. 26, 31, p. 78, n. 66. |
| 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) ... Agora XXIII, p. 330. |
| Grave XIV in notebook = RSY Grave 13. PD 731-f ... Late 6th. c. B.C ... B 21:9 ... B 21:9 |
| Grave XVII in notebook = RSY Grave 15.
Only lower half of skeleton preserved. Bones discarded? ... Last quarter of the 6th. c. B.C ... B 21:12 ... B 21:12 |
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 ... figured bell krater, P 17000, ... Hesperia 20 (1951) 255-256. |
| Mycenaean Grave F.
It seemed to be more as a collection of bones and offerings, presumably swept aside to make room for later burials; they are east of and slightly higher than children's graves A and ... Myc. IIIA ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 41. |
| Stucco-lined bottle-shaped cistern, with tunnel and subsidiary manhole, in SW Baths, Room Α 10. Homogeneous dumped fill, mostly of mold-made bowls and and molds for terracotta figurines. Sixteen stamped ... 225-190 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 73, n. 15 ... Rotroff (2005), p. 25 ... Agora XXII, p. 100. |
Diameter 0.80m. Water level -2m. Tiled well; height of tiles 0.67m. well in court (Room 3) of House N.
Late Hellenistic destruction fill (Pergamene etc) to -7m;
Sand without a well deposit (lamp Type ... 1st c. B.C. to 1st c. A.D ... Agora XXI, p. 96 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 153. |
| 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 83 (2014), p. 156, n. 51 ... Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 100, pls. 28 a-b ... Agora XXI, p. 96. |
A well on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Last quarter of the 5th. c. B.C. But upper fill dated to 3rd. to mid-2nd. century B.C. and lower fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C. in Agora XXX. Coins: ... 425-400 B.C ... Agora XXI, p. 96 ... Agora IV, p. 234 ... Agora VIII, p. 125. |
Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C ... May 1947 #1-#21
16 July ...
19 July 1947 #2-#13
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| 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 ... XXV, p. 25). During October |
| Mycenaean Double Grave (Graves A and B).
Grave A was in Layer II. We laid a skull and a few other bones, three vases and a stone bead. We have dug to a maximum of about 0.06m below the top of Layer II ... Myc. IIIA/B ... children. Cf. Agora XIII, p. 195, |
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