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| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 11 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XII: PG). Bones discarded. Burned deposit in a rectangular trench in bedrock.
JP ... Late Protogeometric ... C 9:4 ... C 9:4 |
| RSY Grave 51.
The grave lay on the slope of the Areopagus in Roman house O, just east of the line where the hillside is scarped for the foundation of the west wall of the house.
Cutting:the pit cut in ... Archaic period/6th or 7th c ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 109, pl. 48 c, d (Grave 51), plan pl. 33. |
| Homer A. Thompson ... Grave XIII in notebook. Cutting in bedrock. One skeleton. Bones discarded. No offerings.
JP ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... Homer A. Thompson |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 16 in notebook. Adult skeleton.
In some records as Grave XXXIII (JP) ... Middle Geometric I ... Dorothy Burr Thompson |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 12 in notebook. Cut in bedrock. (E.L. Smithson: Grave VII: PG) Few bones (discarded). Rectangular cutting in bedrock.
JP ... Early Protogeometric ... C 9:5 ... C 9:5 |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 14 in notebook. Cutting in bedrock. Cremation: bones in pit (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXIV: PG). Bones discarded.
[JP] Nb. says at 16-17/ΞΖ and 16/ΞΖ on cards and on deposit list.(SD) ... Early Geometric I ... C 8:6 ... C 8:6 |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 10 in notebook *(E.L. Smithson : Grave VI: PG). Bones discarded. Multiple inhumation of two children in an unlined trench in bedrock. No offerings. Nb. says two skeletons.
JP *Note in nb.: we continue ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... C 9:3 ... C 9:3 |
Filling over bedrock. Coins:
14 March 1934 #44-#48 ... Early 5th c. B.C. and earlier ... Early 5th c. B.C. and earlier |
This is associated with Building A. It had a circular marble well-head with a rectangular well slab beneath. The construction throughout was of well tiles. It produced little to a depth of -8.60m. Between ... 4th c. A.D ... 4th c. A.D ... ΠΠ:48/ΛΒ |
First half of 5th c. B.C ... C 18:4.2 ... C 18:4.2 |
| Located in House H, Room 13 on the lower northwest slope of the Areopagus ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... Agora XIV, pp. 189-190, fig. 48, pl. 97c. |
No objects catalogued ... Late 4th c. B.C ... C 17:6 ... C 17:6 |
Cleaning over bedrock along west side of Kolonos Agoraios. Context Protogeometric-Geometric disturbed. Objects from ΠΘ 24-28/ΝΗ-ΞΔ are added because P 8141 is published in Hesp. Suppl. 20, p. 153 as this ... To 2nd. c. B.C ... To 2nd. c. B.C. |
POU 3.50-10.30m. dumped filling of 5th or 6th century. Coins:
10 May 1949 #1
16 May 1949 #1
17 May 1949 #1-#2
19 May 1949 #1-#2
20 May 1949 #1-#12
21 May 1949 #1-#4 from dump
23 May 1949 #1-#3 from dump ... 3rd-5th c. A.D ... 3rd-5th c. A.D ... ΝΝ:48/ΛΘ |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 7 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXI: PG). Bones discarded. Disturbed and damaged cremation (originally trench-and-hole), the east end cut away, probably contained the burial urn.
JP
It consisted ... Late Protogeometric ... C 9:14 ... C 9:14 |
| 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 |
RSY Grave 49. Outside Archaic Cemetery ... 550-525 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 108, pls. 47 c, 48 a (Grave 49). |
Baskets 54-56 (containers 48-49). Construction of cistern ... Early 3rd c. B.C ... Early 3rd c. B.C. |
| 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 ... Hesperia 25 (1956), pp. 48-49. |
Greek Deposit at 42/ΙΖ Lot Ι 164a: fish plates, rouletting etc ... 4th c. B.C. and possibly into 3rd c. B.C ... 4th c. B.C. and possibly into 3rd c. B.C. |
| Date of filling early third c. B.C.
Little pottery. Seven stamped amphora handles. Latest coin dates in first third of 3rd c. One small fragment of moldmade bowl of undetermined type. Coins:
12 August ... 310-220 B.C ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 221 (deposit XXXI). |
Pit at 48/ΚΕ; circular cutting in bedrock (diameter ca. 1m) ... Ca. 500-470 B.C. (?) ... Ca. 500-470 B.C. (?) ... ΕΕ:48/ΚΕ |
| Homer A. Thompson ... PG grave to NW of Stoa Pier 19 (Tomb no. 5 in notebook). In some records as Grave XLII.
It consisted of a rectangular pit, oriented north-south, cut into bedrock. The sides of the pit were lined and the ... Earlier-Developed Protogeometric ... Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 58, pl. 16a-c ... Agora XIV, p. 13, pl. 19a-c. |
Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers).
Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C ... H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: ... in last quarter of 2nd c ... in Thompson's Group E; two |
Homer A. Thompson ... Well at the northwest foot of the Areopagus. Use filling of the Roman period. After the abandonment of the well and the collapse of the well-curb, the upper 2m of the shaft were filled with a dump apparently ... 1st-3rd c. A.D., 5th century ... the 5th c. B.C., but ... the early 4th c. B.C |
Rectangular cutting at 58-60/ΚΘ-Λ, probably a plundered wall trench ... 350-290 B.C ... 350-290 B.C. |
Well at west side of Theseion Plataea, partly cleared to a depth of ca. 5.30m. Dumped filling, apparently the debris from a sculptor's workshop, as indicated by both the quantity of marble chips in the ... Second quarter 4th. c. B.C ... Second quarter 4th. c. B.C. |
| A compact group of four complete vases and a lamp, found on a house floor; possibly the remains of a sacrificial pyre but without evidence of burning or the characteristic votive vases.
Layer II, "nest ... 425-400 B.C ... before the early-4th c |
Water channel in north part of section. Coins:
20 February 1936 #2-#3
Five stamped amphora handles; Type 48 A lamp; one-third of bowls long-petal; one long-petal mold ... Second half of 3rd c.-Early third quarter of 2nd c ... Second half of 3rd c.-Early third quarter of 2nd c. |
Material from trenches:
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa.
d) 51.00-53.00m. from East End of Stoa.
e) 79.00-81.00m. from East End of Stoa. Coins:
12 July 1960 #1-#2 (illegible)
9 July 1965 #4 ... 2nd c. B.C.-2nd c. A.D ... 2nd c. B.C.-2nd c. A.D. |
| Homer A. Thompson ... Child's grave, Geometric.
The bones of a child about one month old had been placed into P. 25787, which was lying on its side. The upper side of the pot was cut away in later times. The mouth was closed ... Late 8th c. B.C ... Homer A. Thompson |
Cistern (diameter 0.90m) with two channels; the fill of the cistern proper, below the scant upper (Byzantine) deposit, appears to have been dumped all at the same time, to 325-275 B.C. Notebook says "all ... 325-275 B.C ... 325-275 B.C. |
Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ.
The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to ... 3rd c. B.C.
2nd c A.D ... 3rd c. B.C.
2nd c A.D. |
| 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 ... 4th c. The pyre is ... first half of the 3rd c. B.C |
Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa, with some disturbed fill including 1st c. A.D. material.
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa.
d) ... 2nd c. B.C ... including 1st c. A.D. material.
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East |
Tiled well cleared only to a depth of 6.60m. where fallen tiles and broken bedrock made further work impossible. So far as dug, a dumped filling as late as the 6th c. A.D. Coins:
16 May 1949 #2
18 May ... As late as 6th c. A.D ... filling as late as the 6th c |
Layer I.
Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa.
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa.
d) 51.00-53.00m. from East End of Stoa.
e) 79.00-81.00m ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D ...
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East |
Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa.
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa.
d) 51.00-53.00m. from East End of Stoa.
e) 79.00-81.00m. from ... 2nd c. B.C ...
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East |
Cistern at 72/ΛΘ. Under NW corner of Roman House H. Stucco-lined, bottle-shaped cistern, poor condition. Diameter at bottom -2m.
Two tunnels, one leading east, one west, ca. 1.65m high and 0.80m across ... 150-110 B.C. with a few earlier pieces ... 150-110 B.C. with a few earlier pieces |
| Initially uncovered with a diameter of c. 1.05m. Its south side extends under the south wall of the Classical structure and so clearly predates it. The highest preserved portion of the well shaft (at the ... 22 July-9 August 1994
26 June 1995
3-7 July 1995 ... From top of well to a level of c. 49.76 masl : gray clay with many small ... From 49.76 masl to 48.73 masl : gravelly fill with large quantities of pottery. |
Well E (diameter 1.10-1.20m) just outside the northwest corner of the southwest Fountain House.
Dug initially as a pit (J 15:2) partially covered by an early Roman wall ... Early 7th c. B.C ... Early 7th c. B.C ... Κ:48/ΙΕ |
Mycenaean Chamber Tomb W. of Circular Building (at Σ:30/ΛΕ?)
It had been badly disturbed by a fourth-century B.C. pit which cut into the northeast part of the chamber (rectangular, ca. 1.80m by 1.30m) ... Myc. III A 2 ... Agora XIII, pp. 209-211, 274, pls. 48-49, 65, 67, 86 (Tomb XVIII). |
Hellenistic fill, north of Temple of Ares, on either side of wall running east-west over 50/ΙΓ. Mostly coarse pottery including many stamped amphora handles.
Cf. also nb. P XII, pp. 2297-2298. Coins:
13 ... 275-200 B.C ... 275-200 B.C ... Η:48-53/ΙΒ-ΙΓ |
Containers 1-5. Coins:
8 April 1949 #17-#20 ... 150-100 B.C ... 150-100 B.C ... -1.48m. |
North of east branch of Great Drain. Coins:
21 June 1973 #1 ... 4th c. A.D ... 4th c. A.D ... Λ:44-48/Γ-Ε |
| Mycenaean Grave.
One of the first Mycenaean burials found in the Agora. It consisted of a regular cist, carefully cut with vertical sides and a flat bottom, measuring 1.90m by 0.55m. There were apparently ... LH III (c. 1200) ... LH III (c. 1200) ... 5--.48m. |
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 ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 221 (deposit XXXII). |
Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C ... 150-100 B.C. |
Red fill with burning over south part of Heliaea. Post Herulian Metal- Worker's establishment. Coins:
20 May 1953 #1-#2
4 May 1953 #1 P 30199 (Κ 4282), B 1544-1546 (Κ 4281, Κ4283-4284) catalogued on May ... Late 3rd. c. A.D ... Late 3rd. c. A.D ... Κ:36-48/Δ-Ι |
Associated with the Tholos.
Originally a well but after it had been in use for a short time the shaft was partially filled in and the upper part widened to form a large cistern.
The pottery falls into ... 335-250 B.C ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 217 (deposit XI) ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 98-101, fig 75 (Marked C). |
Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned.
Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C ... early 1st c. Moldmade bowls ... some examples in Thompson's Group C. No long-petal bowls. |
Containers 6-9. Coins:
9 April 1949 #1-#6 ... 225-150 B.C.? ... 225-150 B.C.? ... -2.3--1.48m. |
Cistern on the lower Acropolis slopes, west of Panathenaic Way; dumped filling of 1st century B.C.
Bottom diameter 3.90m. Cistern with connecting draw-shaft and a dead end tunnel dates from Late Hellenistic ... 1st century B.C ... 1st century B.C. |
Pit and well at eastern edge of Kolonos Agoraios with uniform fill.
Diameter 1.90m; straight round shaft ... Late 8th-first half 7th c. B.C ... Late 8th-first half 7th c. B.C ... ΠΘ:45-48/ΚΔ-ΚΣΤ |
Cistern System #3: East Chamber at 69/Λ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/ΛΣΤ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos ... 175-125 B.C ... 175-125 B.C. |
Tiled well, ca. 30m south of the Tholos. Associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary ... 325-260 B.C ... last quarter of 3rd c. No |
Irregular depression in bedrock (ca. 7x5m), ca. 2m deep; area south of E-W Late Roman wall. Dumped filling apparently intended to level off the area. Coins:
11 March 1952 #10
12 March 1952 #1-#5
13 March ... Ca. 400-325 B.C ... Hesperia 48 (1979), pp. 217-218 (deposit XVI). |
Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins:
5 April 1934 #1-#4
10 April 1934 #1-#2
11 April 1934 #1
12 April 1934 #1
18 April 1934 #1-#2
19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 217 (deposit) X). |
Stoa Construction Fills (n.b. for all Stoa and pre-Stoa fills later than construction filling of Square Peristyle see P-R 6-12)
Over 100 stamped amphora handles in fill. No long-petal bowls, but one fragment ... Before ca. 150 B.C ... Before ca. 150 B.C. |
Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C.
Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C.
Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D ... pottery chiefly of the 3rd c ... half of 3rd c. but evidence |
Construction fill below floor of Brick Building.
Areas involved:
a) Western portion of Room A: packing below floor.
b) Room B: packing below floor of northern,larger room.
c) Fill over water channel in ... First quarter 2nd century, before its end ... northern,larger room.
c) Fill over ... 48 A lamp. No long-petal |
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 ... burning) and #30-#44 and #45-#48 |
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