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[Agora Deposit] C 9:4: Simple cremation pit (pyre)

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

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[Agora Deposit] C 19:1: Urn burial of an infant

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 ... C 19:1 ... C 19:1

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[Agora Deposit] C 8:10: Pit tomb, adult inhumation.

Homer A. Thompson ... Grave XIII in notebook. Cutting in bedrock. One skeleton. Bones discarded. No offerings. JP ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... C 8:10 ... C 8:10

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[Agora Deposit] C 8:7: Cist grave/adult inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 16 in notebook. Adult skeleton. In some records as Grave XXXIII (JP) ... Middle Geometric I ... Dorothy Burr Thompson

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:5: Pit tomb/child inhumation

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

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[Agora Deposit] C 8:6: Urn cremation

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 ... Dorothy Burr Thompson

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:3: Pit tomb, inhumation

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) ... Dorothy Burr Thompson

[Agora Deposit] E 14:11.1: Early 5th c. B.C. Fill over Bedrock

Filling over bedrock. Coins: 14 March 1934 #44-#48 ... Early 5th c. B.C. and earlier ... Early 5th c. B.C. Fill over Bedrock

[Agora Deposit] C 17:4: Well

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 ... C 17:4 ... C 17:4

[Agora Deposit] C 18:4.2: Layer 2

First half of 5th c. B.C ... C 18:4.2 ... C 18:4.2

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[Agora Deposit] C 19:3: Bronze Casting Pit in House H, Room 13

Located in House H, Room 13 on the lower northwest slope of the Areopagus ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... C 19:3 ... C 19:3

[Agora Deposit] C 17:6: Well

No objects catalogued ... Late 4th c. B.C ... C 17:6 ... C 17:6

[Agora Deposit] B-C 9-10:1: Fill Along West side of Kolonos Agoraios

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.

[Agora Deposit] C 18:1: Well

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

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:14: Cremation

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

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[Agora Deposit] N 16:3: Disturbed Urn Cremation

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

[Agora Deposit] B 19:2: Inhumation

RSY Grave 49. Outside Archaic Cemetery ... 550-525 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 108, pls. 47 c, 48 a (Grave 49).

[Agora Deposit] N 19:1.3: Lower fill

Baskets 54-56 (containers 48-49). Construction of cistern ... Early 3rd c. B.C ... Baskets 54-56 (containers 48-49). Construction of cistern.

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[Agora Deposit] N 16:4: Urn cremation

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.

[Agora Deposit] Q 15:3: Greek Deposit

Greek Deposit at 42/ΙΖ Lot Ι 164a: fish plates, rouletting etc ... 4th c. B.C. and possibly into 3rd c. B.C ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 218 (deposit XXI).

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[Agora Deposit] L 17:7: Aischines Street Cistern: South Chamber

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 ... 310-220 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 22:1: Pit

Pit at 48/ΚΕ; circular cutting in bedrock (diameter ca. 1m) ... Ca. 500-470 B.C. (?) ... Pit at 48/ΚΕ; circular cutting in bedrock (diameter ca. 1m).

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[Agora Deposit] Q 8:6: Cist Tomb, Child Inhumation

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 ... Homer A. Thompson

[Agora Deposit] D-E 15:1: Great Drain Fillings

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

[Agora Deposit] I 16:1: Well

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 ... 1st-3rd c. A.D., 5th century

[Agora Deposit] N 16:2: Rectangular Cutting

Rectangular cutting at 58-60/ΚΘ-Λ, probably a plundered wall trench ... 350-290 B.C ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 218 (deposit XIX) ... Hesperia 25 (1956), p. 11, no. 48.

[Agora Deposit] BB 17:1: Well

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 ... Hesperia 48 (1979), pp. 215-216 (Deposit IV).

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[Agora Deposit] A 20:4: Pyre

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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 48, pp. 161, 162, figs. 78, 94, 95.

[Agora Deposit] D 10:3: Channel Mouth 3

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 ... Coins: 20 February 1936 #2-#3 Five stamped amphora handles; Type 48 A lamp;

[Agora Deposit] I-O 15:1.4: Industrial period

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.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 17:6: Urn burial

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 ... Late 8th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 16:1: Cistern A

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.

[Agora Deposit] K-L 18-20:1: Drain System

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 ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 218 (deposit XVII).

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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 ... 4th c. The pyre is ... first half of the 3rd c. B.C

[Agora Deposit] I-O 15:1.5: Construction fill of South Stoa II

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

[Agora Deposit] D 16:7: Well

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 ... As late as 6th c. A.D ... ΠΠ:48/ΙΒ

[Agora Deposit] I-O 15:1.1: Post Hadrianic cleanup

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 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] I-O 15:1.6: Drain and drain channels/trenches at Stoa back wall

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

[Agora Deposit] P 20:2: Cistern at 72/ΛΘ

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 ... finds parallels in Thompson

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:4: Archaic Well

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.