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| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 4 in notebook. Amphora, no other pots but carbonized remains of food offerings. Over urn two stone slabs, on top, mass of small stones containing Late Geometric sherd ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 24-26, figs. 1, 12-13 (Grave IV). |
| 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 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), pp. 275-297, figs. 2-12, pls. 66-72. ... Coldstream (1968), pp. 10-13, pl. I, a-j ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 11, pp. 77-101, figs. 2.31-2.52, 3.17, pl. VI. |
| Mycenaean grave to west of House N, room 5, with the burial of two young children. Rough rectangular cutting in soft stereo (0.95x0.64x0.28), lying under the western wall of a Geometric house, contained ... Myc. III C:1 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 215 ... Agora XIII, pp. 181, 274, pls. 38, 82 (Grave VI) ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 598, n. 12. |
| 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 ... April 1948 #1
4 May 1949 #1-#3
5 May 1949 #1
30 March ... Room 12, at some distance |
Investigations within the Stoa of Zeus, the north part, various levels.
Notebook references: Stoa Trench E Layers IV and V, Stoa Pits A, B and C, and Layers I and II of area between back wall and retaining ... 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 12-20, figs. 3 and 7 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), no. 157. |
Found in 13/06/1935.
Dumped filling in an unfinished well originally dug only to a depth of 5.50m. Probably a post-Persian cleanup, perhaps in one of the public buildings near the SW corner of the square ... Ca. 520-490 B.C ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 439-440 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 345, no. 163 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 31. |
Rodney S. Young ... Shallow round pit scraped out of bedrock. Grave 18 in notebook. The confusion here is that P 5347 found in the grave was catalogued in B' but the large bowl fragment (P 6482) was catalogued in B (see nb ... 700-650 B.C ... F 12:1 ... F 12:1 |
Grave 12 in notebook. Probably an adult burial ... Late Geometric ... G 12:13 ... G 12:13 |
Stoa Construction Fills (n.b. for all Stoa and pre-Stoa fills later than construction filling of Square Peristyle see P-R 6-12)
Over 100 stamped amphora handles in fill. No long-petal bowls, but one fragment ... Before ca. 150 B.C ... Hesperia 71 (2002), pp. 303, 315, 319, n. 39 ... Hesperia 45 (1976), pp. 29, 32 ... Hesperia 44 (1975, pp. 313-318 (deposits IV, V), pls. 75-76. |
Well behind Stoa Shop 18 (Well G: EB). Provides useful antecedents for many later shapes both black and plain.
Diameter at bottom 0.88m. Eight pairs of footholds preserved. The influx of water during excavation ... 650-625 B.C ... quarter.
NOTE: XVIII has been |
Cistern in Room 12, House C=House N.
Simple flask-shaped chamber with draw shaft, in House M, Room 1; no tunnels. Excavated as single fill, but later analysis of material suggested two fills. Coins:
24 ... 4th. c. B.C ... Cistern in Room 12 |
Displaced curbing stone had fallen into top of shaft; fill with and around it is presumably second half of 2nd c. A.D. Below tumbled filling at top, shaft was empty to 10.80m. Tiles were missing to ca ... Late 1st-early 2nd c ... -12.08m. |
Unfinished well, south of the annex to the Poros Building, west of the Areopagus. The shaft was apparently never used as a well. The lower dumped filling contained a quantity of clean red clay, as if from ... Ca. 350-325 B.C ... Agora XXXVII, pp. 219-220 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 182. |
Child's Chamber Tomb opposite piers 16-17.
Miniature chamber tomb complete with a dromos and a door closed with stones, but with a chamber measuring only 0.50m by 0.70m and just large enough to contain ... Myc. III B ... Agora XIII, pp. 212-213, 274, pls. 49, 87 (Tomb XX) ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 188, n. 4. |
Casting pit near SE corner of Poros Building, Room C 3. Combined with D 18:4 ... 1st c. B.C.-1st c. A.D ... Hesperia 46 (1977), pp. 375-376. |
Lined with small stones.
Difference noted between the pottery from the top and that from the bottom. Coins:
11 April 1933 #13 (disintegrated)
12 April 1933 #1-#6 (disintegrated) (Coin no. 1. N 18194 found ... Turkish ... Hesperia 11 (1942), pp. 25-28. |
| Grave 8 in notebook.
Inhumation in Tholos Cemetery. Length of shaft 1.75m; Width at upper end 0.95m; Depth from cover 0.70m.
One end cut into sloping rock.
Skeleton of a woman, with head southeast. Most ... 750-725 B.C ... G 12:9 ... G 12:9 |
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 48 (1979), pp. 217-218 (deposit XVI) ... Hesperia 40 (1971), pp. 63-64, nn. 26, 31, p. 78, n. 66 ... Lawall (2004), pp. 447-448. |
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 ... Hesperia 57 (1988), pp. 87-93 ... Hesperia 54 (1985), pp. 1-54 ... Hesperia 45 (1976), pp. 29, 32. |
Associated with the Tholos.
Originally a well but after it had been in use for a short time the shaft was partially filled in and the upper part widened to form a large cistern.
The pottery falls into ... 335-250 B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 165-166 ... Lawall (2004), pp. 447-448 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 98-101, fig 75 (Marked C). |
Archaic house with Distyle Porch (= Building J) in southeast of section: packing beneath floors (Layers a and b of Tholos Trench S.Layer b=Beneath original floor dated to ca. 500 B.C.
Layer a=Between original ... 6th-early 5th c. B.C ... H 12:18 ... H 12:18 |
Mycenaean Grave, disturbed, in scarp E of Stoa, a little to the south of the group of tombs clustered around Pier 12. No remains (perhaps a child's grave whose bones had completely disintegrated).
Small ... Myc. IIIA:2-B ... Agora XIII, pp. 236-237, 275, pl. 57 (Grave XXXVI) ... Hesperia 19 (1950), p. 326, pl. 100 d. |
Well in Marble-Saw Shed. No distinct use filling. Estimated Grid ... Submycenaean ... O/12,13-8/9,10 |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 13 in notebook.
Two skeletons of small children lay in a pithos which had been put on its side; its mouth was stopped by a stone slab.
Most offerings were inside the pithos, but two kantharoi and ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 36-41, figs. 1, 22-25, 73 (Grave IX) ... Agora VIII, pp. 127-128. |
| Susan I. Rotroff ... Grave 5. Adult (female?) inhumation.
Cist grave lined and covered with slabs of limestone, sandstone and schist. Cut into virgin soil under Royal Stoa at I/12,13-5/3,4. Grave measures 1.79x0.39-0.49x ca ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Royal Stoa at I/12,13 |
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 ... H 12:1 ... H 12:1 |
| Geometric Burial. Burial B in notebook.
Overlay E 14:13. Skeleton lay on smoothed bedrock, head southward, arms folded on chest, hands below chin. Legs, cut off by later disturbance, probably bent, with ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 99-100 and figs. 70-71 (Grave XXIV) ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 306, no. 85 ... Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 364, fig. 20. |
| Classical Pyre between floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II.
Below floor at 51.66 7masl. Broken pyre pots in fill of ash and carbon, from 51.541-51.513, resting on next floor at 51.513 masl, next ... Ca. 400-390 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 6, pp. 108, 109, figs. 22-24, 29, 30. |
| Sacrificial Pyre = Pit in floor (identified as pyre by SIR); with the characteristic small plates and saucers. "Saucer Grave" at 12/ΚΑ.
Dimensions: 2m (length)x 0.70 (width).
North of north wall of building ... First half 4th c. B.C ... H 13:2 ... H 13:2 |
Flower Pot Pits. Coins:
10 March 1936 #2
11 March 1936 #9
12 March 1936 #1
13 March 1936 #1-#3, #7
14 March 1936 #1, #9
2 April 1936 #1
7 January 1937 #1-#2
8 January 1937 #1
12 January 1937 #1-#2 ... 9-18 March 1936
1-2 April 1936
7-12 January 1937 ...
11 March 1936 #9
12 March 1936 #1
13 March 1936 #1-#3, ... #1-#2
8 January 1937 #1
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| Pyre in Room 2, area west of street (RSY=Pyre 12).
In courtyard. Artifacts, bone, ash, carbon, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The rectangular pit was cut into a white strosis with marble chips (ΠΠ ... 315-300 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 36, pp. 145, 146, figs. 4, 67, 74, 75 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 128-129, pl. 53 c (Pyre 12). |
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 ... B 12:1 ... B 12:1 |
Filling of early N-S road and related fills, in the area of the Geometric Cemetery south of the Tholos; various levels including plundered foundation trench.
For late, disturbed or uncertain levels over ... 7th-6th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 8-13, 105-138 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4, p. 106. |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Fill excavated south and west of Early Building Ii, Room E latrine, with a high concentration of votive material, such as pyre saucers, miniature loom weights, and ribbon handled plates. Some traces of ... 400-350 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 28, pp. 137, 138, figs. 57, 63. |
| Date of filling early third c. B.C.
Little pottery. Seven stamped amphora handles. Latest coin dates in first third of 3rd c. One small fragment of moldmade bowl of undetermined type. Coins:
12 August ... 310-220 B.C ... Coins:
12 August 1957 #1-#3
13 August 1957 #1 |
| Disturbed Mycenaean chamber tomb.
It was the first Mycenaean burial found in the Agora. It is situated about 20m due south of Tomb VII, only a few meters beyond the south edge of the Augustan foundation ... Myc. IIIA (1st half of 14th c.) ... Hesperia 4 (1935), pp. 318-320 ... Agora XIII, pp. 190-193, 274, pls. 41, 77, 84 (Tomb VIII). |
| Well in Stoa Shop 3. Diameter at top 1.20m. The mouth o the well was overlaid by a large conglomerate block placed by the Stoa builders to seal it. Masses of pottery including many water-jars filled the ... Ca 520-480 B.C ... R/2,3-12/14,15 ... -13.25m. |
Deposits containing much ash and charcoal, probably to be associated with the Persian sack. Layers IV-VI of trial pit between Stoa piers IV and V ... 1st quarter 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 12-14, fig. 6. |
Well near southwest corner of market square; successive use fillings, and dumped filling.
Lower use filling, second half of 4th century B.C.
Main use filling, second quarter of 2nd century B.C. to shortly ... 10 April-31 May 1935 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), pp. 126, 128. |
Klepsydra: Filling in antechamber, behind the parapet of the Klepsydra. Dated to the time of the rebuilding of the springhouse after the Sullan sack, but containing earlier material. Coins:
31 May 1938 ... Second quarter of 5th c. to middle of 1st c. B.C ... Coins:
31 May 1938 #1
4 May 1938 #1-#7
13 June 1938 #1 |
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