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"","","Excavations in 2014 were carried out in three sections: ΒΘ, ΒΓ and ΒΖ.; In Section ΒΘ, overlying the Painted Stoa, the Byzantine houses of the 11th century A.D. were further exposed in the western part and two more pithoi were found. The eastern half was dug deeper; a pithos discovered at a lower level suggests an earlier phase of the Byzantine settlement. Reused blocks, of which some may be associated with the Painted Stoa, were recovered from the walls. A fragment of an inscribed opisthographic stele turned out to be part of the records of the Poletai.; In Section ΒΖ, excavation continued in early layers in the area north of the Classical Commercial Building. A Mycenaean chamber tomb, collapsed in antiquity and cleaned out and filled in the late 8th century B.C., was partially excavated. Two skeletons were found along with pottery and beads from a necklace.; In Section ΒΓ, the exploration of the Panathenaic Way continued. Several road surfaces of Hellenistic date were encountered. No traces of wheel ruts were found which suggest that this road was closed to wheeled traffic. In Classical levels, numerous post-holes of various sizes and depths were dug.; A large number of images of Section ΒΘ were taken with the use of a drone.","John McK. Camp II","2014 Excavations","","Agora Excavations Preliminary Report - Summer 2014","Checked","Agora:Report:2014 Excavations","Report","9 Jun-1 Aug 2014","Agora:Image:2014.04.0617::/Agora/2014/2014.04/2014.04.0617.tif::1949::1336","Agora",""
"","","Section Υ had suffered from modern leveling operations and in some parts there were no visible antiquities. In the southeast corner were traces of Proto-Geometric grave cuttings. Excavation revealed the foundations of a large rectangular structure, probably the court of a Byzantine house still beneath modern houses. In one corner of the court was a well and a trough. The well was excavated and objects from Byzantine and Roman periods were found. In addition, a Hellenistic chamber cistern was dug and amongst the finds were several stamped amphora handles. A rectangular stone structure turned out to be a Byzantine tomb containing thirteen skeletons. Through the section runs a drain which probably went out of use in time of the Herulian intrusion. At the north end the drain was cut in an ancient road fill and probably the ancient street originally ran over the drain for the whole length of its course. Beside the road, parts of two ancient retaining walls are preserved. A skeleton, probably a victim of the Greek War of Independence, was uncovered. Finally, seven more wells and one more cistern were dug.","Rodney S. Young","1937 Υ","","Section Υ; 1937 Excavation Summary","Checked","Agora:Report:1937 Υ","Report","1 Oct 1936-24 Apr 1937","Agora:ReportPage:1937-Υ-1::/Agora/Reports/1937 Υ/1937 Υ 001.jpg::1624::2048","Agora",""
"","","Section Ω lies in the east end of the north slope of the Areopagus, well to the southeast of the market square proper. Excavation showed, as expected, that the area was a residential district throughout antiquity. ; A few sherds of prehistoric date was found but there were no definite sign of habitation before the end of the 6th century B.C. By that time however, there was a street running diagonally up through the section, and remains of buildings, wells, cisterns, etc. from that period and onwards were found. Not until the end of the 4th or early 5th century A.D. are there any traces of buildings other than private houses. Part of the area was covered by a mass of destruction debris from the 7th or 8th century A.D., and it was probably not built up in Byzantine times; the Turkish and modern houses rested directly on the late Roman fill at the north and southeast, on Classical and Hellenistic in the center, and on bedrock in the southwest.","M. Crosby","1938 Ω","","Section Ω 1938","","Agora:Report:1938 Ω","Report","16 Jan-17 Jun 1938","Agora:ReportPage:1938-Ω-1::/Agora/Reports/1938 Ω/1938 Ω 001.jpg::1575::2048","Agora",""
"","","Excavations took place in five sections: ΒΗ, ΒΘ, ΒΖ, Γ and Δ.; In Section ΒΗ, excavation continued and late fills overlying the Stoa Poikile were cleared. A good cross-section of the stoa foundations was exposed. Also recovered were fragments of a terracotta aqueduct running along the back wall of the Stoa. Two Byzantine wells within the interior of the building were left undug. A Hellenistic cistern was recovered in the area behind and north of the stoa. Fragments of painted wall plaster were found within it.; In Section ΒΖ, excavations were concentrated on the northern parts of the Classical Commercial Building, in an attempt to clarify its plan and building history. In several places levels which preceded the construction of the building late in the 5th century B.C. were reached. Below the floor in one of the rooms, several dozen ostraka were found.; In Section ΒΘ West, excavations continued and numerous animal bones from a pit were recovered. The pit dates from the 15/16th century A.D. and presumably lay outside the town. The reason for this large deposit is not clear. Lower down, numerous Frankish bronze coins were found.; In Section ΒΘ East, more walls of the Byzantine settlement were recovered. Several walls contained reused ancient blocks. Two rooms were larger than the usual rooms found in this area in this period. Ιn one of them a deep fill or large pit was uncovered. It contained fine, dark ash and a very large number of goat horns. A trophy base with the representation of a pile of military equipment was found. It is Hellenistic in date and was probably set up in front of the Stoa Poikile honoring a military victory.; In Section Δ, shallow fill was excavated, much of it hard gravel showing few signs of human activity. This area was apparently not built on for much of antiquity. In the Classical period there are some signs of landscaping, and in the Hellenistic and Roman periods the area was crisscrossed with small terracotta drains.","John McK. Camp II","2010 Excavations","","Preliminary Report on the 2010 Excavation Season","Checked","Agora:Report:2010 Excavations","Report","15 Jun-6 Aug 2010","Agora:Image:2010.15.0171::/Agora/2010/2010.15/2010.15.0171.tif::5616::3744","Agora",""
"","","In antiquity the area included in Section Φ lay outside the Agora proper and were apparently occupied only by houses and small buildings. The earliest period of which any considerable remains were found was the Geometric: three Protogeometic graves and one well, as well as one Geometric grave and one disturbed well, were discovered and excavated.; Pottery from the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the 6th century B.C. were found in a small hollow in the bedrock. A big well was excavated and black-figured and red-figured pottery was found. Some of the objects from the well belong to the early years of the 5th century B.C. ; In the northeast corner fragments of terracotta water pipes were found, some in situ, dating from the late 6th or the 5th century B.C.. A small building with polygonal limestone walls were cleared, its purpose uncertain. It was built in the early 4th century B.C. and continued in use until the end of the 2nd century B.C.; Remains of the Hellenistic period are few. From the Roman period a house was partly cleared. It was destroyed in the late 3rd century A.D. Two Roman wells were excavated, as well as a late Roman tomb. A late Roman building covered almost the whole section and was probably part of the great complex of late Roman buildings that covered most of the center of the Agora. The most prominent feature is an apse. The building was destroyed in the 6th century A.D.; Numerous traces of dark age habitation were found, but few from the Byzantine period, and some from the Turkish period.","Eugene Vanderpool","1937 Φ","","Section Φ Season of 1937","Checked","Agora:Report:1937 Φ","Report","25 Jan-17 Jun 1937","Agora:ReportPage:1937-Φ-1::/Agora/Reports/1937 Φ/1937 Φ 001.jpg::1555::2048","Agora",""
"","","Section Μ was to be refilled this year and supplementary explorations took place to resolve some remaining obscurities. The most significant discovery was a road running northwest-southeast, probably the principal road in antiquity between the region of the Agora and that of the Sacred and the Dipylon Gates. The history of the road is well documented by the pottery from its successive layers of gravel, the earliest being Neolithic, going down to at least Roman times.; New evidence for the history of the lesser roadway between the main road and the foot of Kolonos was also brought to light. Originally an alley, it was buried in earth filling and formed into a new wider road in the Augustan period. It was bordered by a Doric colonnade on the north side and by buildings and enclosures on the south side, where also foundations of a monumental stairway giving access to the hilltop were revealed.; Apart from the roadways, an interesting discovery was a pit filled with refuse from the Persian destruction.; Remains of various buildings from various periods were also documented.","Homer A. Thompson","1939 ΜΜ","","Section ΜΜ; Season of 1939","Checked","Agora:Report:1939 ΜΜ","Report","20 Feb-8 Apr 1939","Agora:ReportPage:1939-ΜΜ-1::/Agora/Reports/1939 ΜΜ/1939 ΜΜ 001.jpg::1582::2048","Agora",""