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[Agora Report] 1951 Ε: Excavation and Cleaning along the East Side of the Great Drain, 1951

R. C. Wood ... There had been four major Byzantine dwelling units in the northern part of section Ε. Two of them had been removed during earlier campaigns. Excavations manage to establish the outline of the four houses, ... 9 Apr-7 Jul 1951 ... major Byzantine dwelling ... houses, dating from the 10th to ... of Byzantine walls and

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[Agora Report] 1936 ΜΜ: Section ΜΜ Summaries for 1936

Homer A. Thompson ... Three main ancient features were excavated within Section ΜΜ: the North Stoa, the South Building and the ancient East-West Street passing between the two buildings. After the destruction of the buildings, ... 10 Feb-25 May 1936 ... Byzantine times, the area was ... presumably private houses.

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[Agora Report] 1958 Υ: Section Υ: 1958 Excavation Report

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Two areas at the north foot of the Areopagus were uncovered. The first area did not yield much of interest due to modern disturbances. Excavations of a well, three pits and a water channel produced however ... 3 Mar-3 May 1958 ... remains of some houses were excavated: the South House, the North House, and the

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[Agora Report] 1937 Χ: Section Χ 1937

Margaret Crosby ... The area signified as Section Χ lays outside the Agora proper and no signs of any public buildings were found. The area seems to have been used for private houses from the end of the 6th c. B.C. Apart ... 25 Jan-18 May 1937 ... houses, except for a Byzantine ... been used for private houses ... houses in the area during this

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[Agora Report] 1999 Excavations: Preliminary Report on the 1999 Excavation Season

John McK. Camp II ... Most of the work this season was concentrated in the northern half of Section ΒΖ where the Byzantine levels were further explored. Street walls along both sides of the north-south road were revealed and ... 7 Jun-30 Jul 1999 ... where the Byzantine levels ... three houses were uncovered ... within the houses

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[Agora Report] 1937 Υ: Section Υ 1937 Excavation Summary

Rodney S. Young ... 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 ... 1 Oct 1936-24 Apr 1937 ... Byzantine house still beneath modern houses. In one corner ... Byzantine and Roman periods were

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[Agora Report] 2014 Excavations: Agora Excavations Preliminary Report - Summer 2014

John McK. Camp II ... 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 ... 9 Jun-1 Aug 2014 ... Stoa, the Byzantine houses of ... was dug deeper; a pithos ... Byzantine settlement. Reused

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[Agora Report] 2019 Excavations: Agora 2019 - Summary Report

John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were carried out in four sections: in Section ΝΝ in the southwest corner of the archaeological site, and in the northwest corner of the Agora in Sections ΒΖ, ΒΘ East and ΒΘ West. Section ΝΝ ... 10 Jun-2 Aug 2019 ... of the Byzantine house ... in the Byzantine levels ... more pithos was found and

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[Agora Report] 1937 ΛΛ: Section ΛΛ 193 Excavation Summary

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Excavations in Section ΛΛ revealed that the original contour of Kolonos Agoraios had been much sharper than in modern times. No traces of early graves were found in the area; first sign of habitation is ... 1 Feb-23 Jun 1937 ... probably covered with houses of ... easternmost houses went out of use ... damage. In the Byzantine period

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[Agora Report] 2008 Excavations: Preliminary Report on the 2008 Excavation Season

John McK. Camp II ... Excavations took place in three sections, two north of Hadrian Street (ΒΗ and ΒΘ) and one in the old area south of the Tholos (Γ). In Section ΒΗ, layers in, over and behind the building identified as the ... 10 Jun-1 Aug 2008 ... Byzantine walls. The back wall ... middle Byzantine layers ... demolition of two houses. Mostly

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[Agora Report] 1946 Χ: Section X Miscellaneous Notes Compiled in Summer of 1946

Margaret Crosby ... This report is a summary of the excavations taken place in 1937 as well as in 1946. Some pottery indicate habitation in the area from the Geometric period. Two shallow graves of the 6th and 5th centuries ... 27 May-21 Jun 1946 ... under the house floor. A ... dug. Roman House A was ... Byzantine fill dug was an early

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[Agora Report] 1938 Ω: Section Ω 1938

M. Crosby ... 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 ... 16 Jan-17 Jun 1938 ... private houses. Part of the ... built up in Byzantine times; ... houses rested directly on the

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[Agora Report] 1939 ΝΝ: Section ΝΝ Season of 1939

Rodney S. Young ... Section ΝΝ lies at the mouth of the valley between Pnyx and Areopagus, which was the important thoroughfare from the Agora to the Pnyx and to the southern parts of the city, as well as to the Piraeus Gate, ... 26 Sep 1938-24 Jun 1939 ... down to ancient or Byzantine ... private houses and a bath of ... houses from earlier periods.

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[Agora Report] 2018 Excavations: Summary Report - Agora 2018

John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were carried out in Sections ΒΘ, ΒΖ and Ω. In Section ΒΘ the investigations continued in the area in front of and above the Stoa Poikile. In ΒΘ East, built into a late structure, a large inscribed ... 11 Jun-3 Aug 2018 ... Byzantine settlement continued ... large Roman house of the 4th

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[Agora Report] 2021 Excavations: Athenian Agora Excavation Summary for 2021

John McK. Camp II ... Excavations continued in sections ΒΖ and ΒΘ in and under the Classical Commercial Building, the Painted Stoa, and the orthostate enclosure suggested to be the Leokoreion. In section ΒΖ the goal was to ... 14 Jun-6 Aug 2021 ... perhaps houses or shops, ... beneath the late Byzantine houses. In the western trench,

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[Agora Report] 1936 ΚΚ: ΚΚ Excavation Report 1936

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Section ΚΚ, the area inside the modern fence around the so-called Theseion, was cleared to bedrock in order to determine the entire history of that portion of Kolonos Agoraios. Excavation revealed that ... 10 Feb-13 Mar 1936 ... uninhabited. Then simple houses and ... times private houses were ... settlement included sizable houses

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[Agora Report] 2003 Excavations: Preliminary Report on the 2003 Excavation Season

John McK. Camp II ... Excavations in 2003 were carried out largely in the northwest corner of the Agora known as Section BZ. The area was divided into two parts: the north-south road and areas to the west, and east of the road ... 13 Jun-25 Jul 2003 ... Byzantine houses of the 10th

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[Agora Report] 1937 Φ: Section Φ Season of 1937

Eugene Vanderpool ... 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 ... 25 Jan-17 Jun 1937 ... only by houses and small ... period a house was partly ... Byzantine period, and some from

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[Agora Report] 2009 Excavations: Preliminary Report on the 2009 Excavation Season

John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were conducted in four sections: Γ, ΒΘ, ΒΗ and ΒΖ. In Section Γ, the investigation of the Classical buildings south of the Tholos continued with the aim to find out if they were civil, commercial ... 8 Jun-31 Jul 2009 ... consists of three houses grouped ... inhabited area. Byzantine pottery ... presumably of modest houses of the

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[Agora Report] 2017 Excavations: Agora Volunteer Report 2017

John McK. Camp II ... Excavations took place in three sections, ΒΘ, ΒΖ and ΟΟ, covering a time span from the 14th century B.C. to the 12th century A.D. In Section ΒΘ work continued in later layers over and in front of the Stoa ... 12 Jun-4 Aug 2017 ... remains of the Middle Byzantine ... architectural remains of houses