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[Agora Deposit] J 3:7: Pyre in Room 1 of Classical Building II

David Scahill ... Beneath toichobate floor level in Room 1 of Classical Building II, against the south ashlar wall, ca. 1.50m. east of the southwest corner of the building. Deposit of broken pyre pots in small pit, 1.00m ... Ca. 325 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] K 1:3: Pyre

The remains of a pyre disturbed by the construction of Wall 106. The compact, light brown soil contained some ash and bone and 5 nearly complete pots or saucers ... First half 3rd. c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] L 17:4: Pyre 1

Pyre 1 in Central House, Room XI, strosis 3. Sacrificial pyre with characteristic small vases amid carbonized twigs and bone. Near north side of courtyard. This pit was cut slightly into strosis 3 (lot ... 1st quarter 4th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] L 17:5: Pyre 2

Pyre 2 in Central House, Room X, under strosis 9. Signs of burning, carbonized food, animal bone. In room south of courtyard. concentration of artifacts, bone, and charred material in floor makeup, no ... 290-275 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] M 17:8: Pyre in Pithos Y.

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.

[Agora Deposit] M 18:8: Well

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.

[Agora Deposit] N 7:3: Skytha Well

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.

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[Agora Deposit] O 17:9: Disturbed Pyre

Initially was recorded as disturbed saucer grave, but identified as pyre by SIR. Found by gardener washing out of scarp during the winter rains. The location is just south of an east-west road; there ... 1962