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[Agora Deposit] H 16:3: Cistern System

An extensive cistern system on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel ... Ca. 320-240 B.C ... Hesperia 26 (1957), pp. 108-128, fig. 12 ... Agora XXII, pp. 102, 108-109.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:6: Infant pot inhumation

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.

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[Agora Deposit] N 7:2: Lily Bowl Grave

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 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 107-108, pl. 26 c.

[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 ... #45-#92 and #106-#108 23 March ... April 1933 #2-#4 26 April ... 1933 #1-#2 8 May 1933 #26 9

[Agora Deposit] B 21:1: Cistern

Cistern in valley west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling of late 1st. to early 2nd. c. and of 5th to 6th century. Coins: 7 June 1939 #12 8 June 1939 #18-#19 9 June 1936 #26 ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D ... ΝΝ:108

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[Agora Deposit] S 17:2: Circular Pit and Irregular Cutting

Circular pit and irregular cutting north of it. Diam. of pit ca. 0.80m; Dimension of irregular cutting ca. 1.00x1.20m. The pit was dug into bedrock and filled with red earth which was packed with undisturbed ... Second half of 7th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 31 (2003), pp. 175-186, figs. 2.108 to 2.120.