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Containers 23-35. Coins:
6 April 1937 #1, #6 ... 5th. c. A.D. |
Containers 17-22. Coins:
5 April 1937 #1-#2 (disintegrated) ... 2nd half 5th c. A.D. |
Containers 14-16 ... 6th c. A.D. |
Containers 5-13 ... 6th c. A.D. |
Containers 1-4 ... Late 6th c. A.D. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XVI: PG). Bones discarded.
Only the lower portion of the urn-hole was preserved in bedrock, roughly oval in outline, with a maximum preserved width at the top of 0.70m narrowing ... Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (adult female). (In some records as Grave XXXI).
The tomb was partly destroyed in antiquity; there are sherds of all periods down to Late Roman (and later) note din the fill immediately above it ... Middle Geometric I |
Big well at 61/ΙΖ.
A well on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter 2m ... Ca. 520-475 and shortly after |
Well at 69/ΚΔ (Well G: PG, ELS).
Diameter 0.75m. Fairly but not perfectly evenly cut; no foot-holds in sides. Very little water gathered. The well produced a small amount of pottery, the bulk of it coming ... Protogeometric |
Turkish well at 71/ΚΘ No coins noted ... Turkish |
Rectangular pit at 54/ΛΓ.
The pit's plan is irregular; its measurements approximately 2.00x1.10x1.15m. The wall foundations run a little over a meter deep at 53/ΛΓ-ΛΕ, consist of irregularly shaped and ... Ca. 450-425 B.C. |
| Contents of Pithos Y; probably belonging to sacrificial pyre III.
In northern corner of courtyard. Characteristic pyre pottery in fill of one of two pithoi set into the floor of the courtyard as part ... 400-350 B.C. |
Geometric Pit 58/ΛΒ.
It was started as a well, but after 2 meters crumbling bedrock must have discouraged the diggers. It produced only a few sherds, all of which were kept ... Geometric |
Pocket in bedrock at 62/ΚΑ ... Early 5th c. B.C. |
Filling of a well on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus, dug early in the 1st c. B.C. [construction fill]; in use into the the 2nd c. A.D.[well fill] (H Ms.) No apparent stratification.
Hellenistic ... 2nd c. A.D. |
Hellenistic construction fill mainly of amphoras used as packing between well tiles and bedrock. Estimated Grid ... 1st c. B.C. |
Estimated Grid ... 2nd c. A.D. |
Hellenistic Fill at 70/ΛΣΤ.
Fill in irregular hollow. Pottery resembles Sullan debris, but lack of late duoviri handles suggests deposit slightly predates the sack. Coins
6 March 1937 #1-#4 ... Late 2nd c. B.C. |
Tomb at 53-54/ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ-ΛΗ (Late Roman), on the lower north slope of the Areopagus Nb. says ΛΕ-ΛΗ. Deposit list and deposit DB say: ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ ... 350-400 A.D. |
Appears to be use filling from 3rd c. A.D., pre-Herulian into 4th c. or later. Lined with tiles. Coins:
6 May 1937 #1-#2 (disintegrated) ... Early 3rd-early 6th c. |
Drain Trench at 62/ΜΗ.
The presence of a number of fairly well preserved vases of good quality suggested to the excavator the possibility that the cutting might once have contained a burial. No skeletal ... 325-300 B.C. |
| Grave 3 in notebook. Outside Archaic cemetery, inhumation burial. Deposit list says black glaze pithos (P 8922) containing the bones of a child and four small vases. The pithos lay on its side with the ... Last quarter of 6th century B.C. |
| Pit at 74/ΜΑ (1.10x0.58).
Debris filling containing a quantity of animal bones; probably a household refuse pit Animal bones (domestic animals); cow, pig, goat, sheep, hen, dog, and several varieties ... Ca. 525-470 B.C.
480-440 B.C. |
Well at 73/Μ on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Diameter of 0.90m. It seems to have been abandoned because of the very soft stereo that kept falling in from all sides. Many pieces of terracotta ... Ca. 430-420 B.C. |
Well at 73/ΜΓ.
The upper walls were of small stones but changed to tiles at a depth of ca. 12m which suggests that it perhaps was originally built in Late Roman times ... Byzantine |
Well at 66/ΛΖ. Homogeneous fill.
14 stamped amphora handles. Rhodian and Knidian handles find parallels in Middle Stoa building fill. Type 27 D lamp agrees with this date. Fragments of 50 bowls and one ... 225-175 B.C. |
The cistern at 70/ΝΗ and the channel [65/ΞΑ] between chambers 70/ΝΗ and 63/ΞΒ seem to have a uniform dumped filling of first half 2nd c. A.D ... First half of 2nd c. A.D. |
Cistern at 63/ΞΒ and channel leading west from cistern to west edge of section; also manhole at 57-58/ΞΔ-ΞΕ.
Possible further connection with other cisterns, e. g. at east edge of section Υ and/or cistern ... |
Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.
Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
Top fill to 1.00m. = dump of late Hellenistic ware mixed with some Roman of 2nd c. to early 3rd. c. Intermediate fill 1.20-2.00m. = dump with tiles and stucco, almost no sherds. Coins:
6 February 1937 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D. |
Dump, Sullen clean-up. Coins:
9 February 1937 #6-#10
10 February 1937 #11-#13
11 February 1937 #16-#20 ... First quarter 1st c. B.C. |
"Not much earlier than middle fill" Coins:
12 February 1937 #5-#7 ... Fourth quarter of 2nd c. B.C. |
Well at 75/Ε. Dumped debris of Herulian destruction, including much material from the first half of the 3rd c ... 3rd c. A.D. |
Well at 69/ΟΒ (Late 5th c.)
Lower fill dated to 420-400 B.C. in Agora XXX.
There were no use filling and the well was apparently not a success as a water-supply: there was no concentration of water-jars ... 420-400 B.C. |
Well at 72/ΟΔ.
Partially excavated to depth of 8m. Turkish fill in upper 3m. Hellenistic fill mostly of roof tiles and coarse pottery. Coin
12 February 1937 #4 (disintegrated) ... 3rd c. B.C. |
| 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. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Burials ... Myc. III A:1-2 |
Small Mycenaean Chamber Tomb ... Myc. III A:1-2 |
Chamber of water system with one blind tunnel and two cisterns connected by tunnel. Pottery consistent throughout, late Hellenistic. Late 2nd c. B.C.
Ten stamped amphora handles. Most of bowls long-petal ... 100-75 B.C. |
Alison Frantz ... Vases from "Child's Grave" disturbed by the Late Hellenistic cistern. No remains. JP
But see P 27110 ... Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I |
Grave 3 ... Dark Ages - Byzantine |
Grave 9 ... Dark Ages - Byzantine |
Grave 10 ... Dark Ages - Byzantine |
Grave 11 ... Dark Ages - Byzantine |
Grave 12 ... Dark Ages - Byzantine |
Grave 13 Coin
2 May 1934 #1 (inside with B 167) ... Dark Ages - Byzantine |
Grave 15 ... Dark Ages - Byzantine |
Grave 18 ... Dark Ages - Byzantine |
South Stoa II Construction Fill.
About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c ... To ca. 140 B.C. |
| Cistern at 75/ΜΓ connected with cistern N 18:3 by tunnel.
Only coin is Bioiotian dating between 220 and 197. Only indications of date are 1st c. lamps, two long-petal bowls, and fragments of early Roman ... 1st. c. B.C. |
Destruction debris in Late Roman Buildings on Lower north slope of Areopagus (see summaries) see now O-Q 18-19. See Agora VII, p. 227 and lists in JP's file (JP is Judith Perlzweig)
Deposit list under ... |
Mudbrick Pithos at N/8-6/3.
Constructed in conical shape of mudbricks, including the floor. Top cut by modern basement wall. Diameter at floor 1.45m Coin
30 May 1930 #113 ... Byzantine |
Unlined Pit at N/9-6/3,4 partially cut into wall of Mudbrick Pithos (N 6:1). Dimensions 1.20x 2.m.
Soft green-gray with wet sandust consistency. Large number of sea shells, fish and animal bones. No pottery, ... Turkish |
| Classical dump at N/1,6-6/6,8.
Layer 14 in Early Trench E. A tremendously thick layer of dumped fill with ceramic contents ranging down through the second half of the 5th century and into very early years ... Late 5th c. (Early 4th c.) |
Pyre at N/9-6/1,2, layer 11a.
No formal limits, apparent limits about 0.30-0.40m N-S; 0.50-0.60 E-W (cut into by trench at east) ... Late 575-550 B.C. |
(now O 7:11) Asterisk: N 7:1* |
| 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. |
Well at 45/Θ (Skytha Well) near the north side of the market square. No period of use was distinguished, since it was impossible to clear the well to the bottom. The considerable quantity of dumped filling ... Ca. 460-440 B.C. |
Pit in Road at 52/ΚΖ-ΚΗ Coins:
11 March 1938 #10-#17
12 March 1938 #1-#6, #88-#93
14 March 1938 #8-#10
15 March 1938 #21-#23 Herulian? ... Roman |
On and over poros water channel (area of Room XX) ... 450-425 B.C. |
Pocket in wall of Turkish bothros. The uninventoried material includes along with earlier pieces, the fragment of a bolsal very close to those from the well R 13:4 ... 450-425 B.C. |
Well at 69/Ο Coins:
29 May 1935 #8
30 May 1935 #1-#2 11th c? ... Byzantine-Mid to late 2nd c. |
"Bothros Well" at 71/ΞΣΤ ... 1700 - 1750 A.D. |
"Fauvel Collection"
Collector's dump? Debris in the cellar of a modern house, probably once that of F.S. Fauvel.
The collection included vases of all periods, from Geometric to Turkish; a number of the ... Modern Context |
| Filling in footing trench at 63/ΝΔ Packing of coarse pottery, including numerous stamped jars and a small amount of kitchen ware ... Ca. 250-210 |
at 62-62/ΜΗ A. Walker coin deposit. |
| 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. |
Well at 74/ΜΒ ... Early Byzantine |
Well at 69/ΚΗ (diameter 1m).
The well forms the south apse of the apsidal cutting south of the late Roman entrance porch ... Late 8th c. B.C. |
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. |
Well at 69/ΛΕ (diameter 0.95m).
Narrows at bottom. Footholds on east and west. Uniform fill. Bones found in the well make it likely that it had cut through a grave, as it was itself overlain by one ... Late 8th c. B.C. |
Well at 71/ΛΒ (diameter ca. 1.10m) near the east wall of the entrance porch.
Narrows toward bottom, collapsed at top. Six footholds preserved at south, three at north, spaced at ca. 0.50m. Uniform fill ... Late 8th in early 4th c. B.C. |
Byzantine Well at 66/ΛΑ.
Semi-curbed well at the west wall of the Byzantine room.
From the mouth of the well, a few brown glazed sherds ... Byzantine |
| Mycenaean grave. It consisted of a shallow rectangular cutting in bedrock about 1.40m by 0.70m, but it was probably somewhat bigger, since the east side and a large part of the north side had been cut ... Myc. IIIA:1-2 |
Well at 70/Κ ... Middle Geometric |
Well at 15/ΜΓ (Well E: PG, ELS). Supplementary filling around its top Small partly glazed one handler
Fragment of black figured kylix
Small protogemetric cup
Fragment of skyphos
Rim fragment of Large Open ... Protogeometric-6th - 5th c. B.C. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb below Middle Stoa Terrace.
The tomb was entered from the west by a stepped dromos, at least 4.20m long by 1.10 to 1.50m. wide, splaying slightly toward the doorway, which was 1.26m ... Myc. IIIA:1 |
Debris of Odeon-purse? A. Walker coin deposit. |
Well at 16/ΚΗ, in SW corner of Gymnasium complex. Lowest Roman deposit. 9th-10th century Byzantine and Turkish
Coins:
24 April 1935 #3
Envelope 4 in Tin 14 ... 5th c. A.D. - 10th c. A.D. |
(now N 13:1) Asterisk: N 14:1* |
Well at 19/ΙΑ (corrected from O 13:2) Incised bowl
Graffito bowl
Water jug x2
Small amphora
Amphora x2
Canteen x2 Tins 132-138 (not found in notebook) ... 12th c. A.D. |
Mycenaean well and grave.
Single burial, that of a middle-aged man, had been made in the mouth of an unproductive well near the southeast corner of the South Square ... Myc. IIIB-C:1 |
Destruction debris in L.R. water basin, 6th-7th c. A.D, set against back wall of South Stoa II ... 6th c. or 7th c. A.D. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave III: SM).
The close proximity and similarity of this tomb and tomb M 16-17:1 strongly suggests that they were intentionally laid out in relation to one another and were contemporary ... Late Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Earliest Protogeometric |
Rectangular cutting at 58-60/ΚΘ-Λ, probably a plundered wall trench ... 350-290 B.C. |
| Homer A. Thompson ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, northern burial. In some records as Grave XLVII.
The western part of the offering trench of the tomb was lost to a Turkish cess pit, and ... Middle Geometric I |
| Homer A. Thompson ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, southern burial. In some records as Grave XLVI.
Neat trench, rectangular as preserved, but may have originally been square, cut partly through ... Early Geometric I |
Pit in colonnade of south Stoa I, north of S. half of room 4. Estimated Grid |
Stratified well; very late Roman verging on Byzantine. Coins
19 April 1939 #1-#8
22 April 1939 #1-#2
25 April 1939 #1
15 May 1939 #1 Subdivisions:
.1=0.00-15.25m.
.2=15.25-21.00m.
.3=21.00-22.00m ... 3rd-5th c. A.D.
9th c A.D. |
Containers 1-11 ... 9th c. A.D. |
Includes a transitional layer 15.25-16.50m. Containers 12-42. Coins:
19 April 1939 #1-#8 (#2-#8 from dump) ... 4th-5th c. A.D. POU |
Containers 43-47. Coins:
22 April 1939 #1-#2
25 April 1939 #1
15 May 1939 #1 ... 3rd c. A.D. |
Modern fill to 21.00m. at which depth a human skeleton weighed down with iron. ER fill from 21.00-28.00m. (bottom). A POU fill with a possible break around 25.00m ... 1st to mid-2nd c. A.D. |
Turkish Pit at 78/ΚΒ Sgraffito bowl x3
Painted bowl
Impressed bowl
Green-glazed bowl
Kioutakia bowl
Kioutakia egg cup
Bronze buckle No coins noted ... Turkish |
Turkish well at 78/ΚΖ Turkish bowl ... Turkish |
| Cistern at 79/ΜΗ.
A well dug through at a later date destroyed all cistern filling.
No filling preserved. No typed list ... Probably 3rd cent. B.C. |
Small deposit of undisturbed filling in pocket in bedrock at 85/ΛΖ ... Second Half of the 6th c. B.C. |
| Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1.
Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C. |
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