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| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave. Bones discarded.
Burial lies over dromos of Mycenaean chamber tomb N 21-22:1. The roots of a tree had upturned the bones, but the head probably lay at the northeast ... Middle Geometric II ... N 21:6 ... N 21:6 |
Well at 71/ΛΒ (diameter ca. 1.10m) near the east wall of the entrance porch.
Narrows toward bottom, collapsed at top. Six footholds preserved at south, three at north, spaced at ca. 0.50m. Uniform fill ... Late 8th in early 4th c. B.C ... N 11:6 ... N 11:6 |
Pocket in bedrock 35/Ε. The filling consisting chiefly of coarse ware and roof tiles; some of the material Archaic, but the deposit as late as the mid-5th c. B.C ... Ca. 500-450 B.C ... N 18:6 ... N 18:6 |
Cistern at 60/ΙΕ; bell-shaped cistern with a channel 1.65m high and 4.60m long, leading to a dead end against bedrock. This channel runs north with a slight curve to the east and looks as though it was ... Second half of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd c. B.C ... N 20:6 ... N 20:6 |
| Pyre in House N, room 4 (RSY=Pyre 7), in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
Pottery, mall pieces of calcined bone, log, wood cinders, and charcoal in diamond-shaped pit in floor sequence. The pyre ... Late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C ... B 19:6 ... B 19:6 |
Cesspool in N Exhedra ... Turkish ... Cesspool in N Exhedra |
| Grave 3 in notebook. Outside Archaic cemetery, inhumation burial. Deposit list says black glaze pithos (P 8922) containing the bones of a child and four small vases. The pithos lay on its side with the ... Last quarter of 6th century B.C ... Last quarter of 6th century B.C. |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Well in courtyard of Early Building I, adjacent to wall of Room B. Tile lined; upper course in situ, lower two collapsed probably in antiquity. Letters inscribed on rims (eta, phi, omicron, theta). Medium ... First quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... H/6,7-13/7,8 |
Pyre at N/9-6/1,2, layer 11a.
No formal limits, apparent limits about 0.30-0.40m N-S; 0.50-0.60 E-W (cut into by trench at east) ... Late 575-550 B.C ... Pyre at N/9-6/1,2 |
Unlined Pit at N/9-6/3,4 partially cut into wall of Mudbrick Pithos (N 6:1). Dimensions 1.20x 2.m.
Soft green-gray with wet sandust consistency. Large number of sea shells, fish and animal bones. No pottery, ... Turkish ... Unlined Pit at N/9-6/3,4 partially cut into wall of Mudbrick Pithos (N 6 |
| Classical dump at N/1,6-6/6,8.
Layer 14 in Early Trench E. A tremendously thick layer of dumped fill with ceramic contents ranging down through the second half of the 5th century and into very early years ... Late 5th c. (Early 4th c.) ... N 6:3 ... N 6:3 |
Mudbrick Pithos at N/8-6/3.
Constructed in conical shape of mudbricks, including the floor. Top cut by modern basement wall. Diameter at floor 1.45m Coin
30 May 1930 #113 ... Byzantine ... N 6:1 ... N 6:1 |
| Shaft oriented N to S (L. 1.30, W. 0.43 at bottom). Fill shot through with cinders and wood ash. Skeleton of a male about 50 years old.
Brann. PD 1065a ... 750-700 B.C ... Shaft oriented N to S (L. 1.30, W. 0.43 at ... old.
Brann. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXVIII: PG)
Shallow oval cutting in natural bedrock lintel of Mycenaean chamber tomb O 7:5, containing a large two-handled cooking pot. Within, the unburned bones of a foetal ... Developed-Later Protogeometric ... O 7:6 ... O 7:6 |
| Rubbish Dump in mouth of abandoned well in Tholos Trench F, Kitchen. Filled with ash, charcoal, broken pottery, roof tiles.
Also from Trench L.
13 March 2014 by Ann Steiner
The deposit has four components ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... 6th-late 5th c. B.C)
Component ... (Geometric-late 6th c.)
Component 4: |
Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area).
Shallow pit in bedrock against N. face of wall. dMax. depth 0.20m.d.
Many fills in areas ... Ca. 325-300 B.C ... A 19:6 ... A 19:6 |
Unstratified pit below east part of Odeion Cavea (Trench K).
Brann Well or Pit O. Estimated Grid ... To ca. 725 B.C ... M/5,6-11/16,17 |
Cistern System #3: West Chamber at 69/ΛΣΤ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/Λ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos. Upper fill of early 1st ... 175-125 B.C ... E 6:2 ... E 6:2 |
Diameter of top of well 0.80m.
An early well east of Roman Building, north of Temple of Ares and thus in the region of the Mycenaean cemetery. Sherds almost entirely Mycenaean with nothing later and a ... Mycenaean ... K 6:1 ... K 6:1 |
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 ... E 6:1 ... E 6:1 |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb below Middle Stoa Terrace.
The tomb was entered from the west by a stepped dromos, at least 4.20m long by 1.10 to 1.50m. wide, splaying slightly toward the doorway, which was 1.26m ... Myc. IIIA:1 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), pp. 103, 105, tables 6.1, 6.2. |
Crescent-shaped cutting in bedrock at 47/ΙΓ; on the north slope of the Areopagus, slightly to the west of the dromos of the Mycenaean Chamber Tomb.
Dimensions of cutting : max. diameter ca. 2.50m.; depth ... Ca. 500-450 B.C.
400-350 B.C ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 179, no. 6. |
Cistern at 6/ΛΓ.
Hellenistic lower fill, with mixed Hellenistic and late Roman fill above, and Byzantine fill in mouth. Coins
1 June 1938 #1-#8
2 June 1938 #1-#6
3 June 1938 #1-#3
4 June 1938 #1-#2
6 June ... 2nd century, with Byzantine disturbance ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 92, n. 88. |
| Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ.
Oval pyre; 0.60 (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w).
The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it. Small bone fragments, ... 325-300 B.C ... (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w).
The pyre ... 212 (deposit P 6:3). |
A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30.
Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C ... Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 335, n. 53. |
Well in Stoa Shop 6 (5th century).
No evidence for period of use. Considerable dumped filling of fragmentary black and plain vases; no figured fragments are preserved, but the small amount of impressed ... 450-425 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 27. |
Destruction debris in L.R. water basin, 6th-7th c. A.D, set against back wall of South Stoa II ... 6th c. or 7th c. A.D ... 6th c. or 7th c. A.D. |
House N, Room 4, Pit through layers 5-6. Debris filling, mixed context. Estimated Grid ... Late 4th. c. B.C. into early 3rd c. B.C ... Pit in House N Room 4 |
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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 77, n. 32 ... Hesperia 71 (2002), pp. 303, 315, 319, n. 39. |
Pit in Road at 52/ΚΖ-ΚΗ Coins:
11 March 1938 #10-#17
12 March 1938 #1-#6, #88-#93
14 March 1938 #8-#10
15 March 1938 #21-#23 Herulian? ... Roman ... Coins:
11 March 1938 #10-#17
12 March 1938 #1-#6, #88-#93
14 March 1938 #8-#10
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| Construction filling of well N 20:3 which was dug through this cistern; a few later sherds at upper levels may result from late repairs to well tiling. Coins:
6 April 1938 #14-#15
8 April 1938 #4 Some ... Second half 1st c. A.D ... N 20:2 ... N 20:2 |
| Cistern and well in Marble Worker's House. Coins:
5 August 1968 #1-#6 (#5 and #6 disintegrated. Missing 19/7/1973)
6 August 1968 #1bis-#25 (#5 in Lot 503 not a coin but bronze bits of nail. #6 not a coin ... 325-275 B.C ... #1-#6 (#5 and #6 disintegrated. Missing 19/7/1973)
6 ... bronze bits of nail. #6 not a |
| Well at 52/Ι, on the lower northeast slopes of the Areopagus. It was cut down and re-used in the late Roman period, in connection with the water channel. Use fill of 1st to early 2nd c.
Dump fill 5th to ... Early to Late Roman ... Use fill of 1st to early 2nd c.
Dump fill 5th to 6th c. |
Well at 112/Ν.
Shallow well with a short period of use. The scattering of fragments in the upper dumped filling is consistently earlier. Lot Τ 12 (all sherds saved) and Lot Τ 13a (Dirt Pile) ... 520-500 B.C ... -6.25m. |
Well at 70/Κ ... Middle Geometric ... N 12:2 ... N 12:2 |
'Upper fill' on deposit list. Containers 3-8. Terminus post quem in 190s given by coins. Some mixing with upper fill. Coins:
9 May 1939 #4, #6, #8
10 May 1939 #2-#3(?)
11 May 1939 #3
12 May 1939 #3
13 ... Ca. 225-175 B.C ... N 21:4.2 ... N 21:4.2 |
Filling inside N room of Temple of Apollo, including directly under the foundations of the N room ... Ca. 350 B.C. and earlier ... Filling inside N room of Temple of Apollo, including ... of the N room. |
Well at 32/ΣΤ ... Late 6th c. B.C ... N 18:7 ... N 18:7 |
Dumped filling of 6th c. A.D. Coins:
3 May 1939 #1-2 (red earth above well)
9 June 1939 #1
10 June 1939 #1
12 June 1939 #1-#5
13 June 1939 #1
19 June 1939 #1-#2, #3 (Dump)
7 May 1940 #1
9 May 1940 #1
27 ... Early 1st-5th c. A.D. POU ... N 21:1 ... N 21:1 |
| Cistern at 75/ΜΓ connected with cistern N 18:3 by tunnel.
Only coin is Bioiotian dating between 220 and 197. Only indications of date are 1st c. lamps, two long-petal bowls, and fragments of early Roman ... 1st. c. B.C ... Cistern at 75/ΜΓ connected with cistern N 18:3 by tunnel.
Only coin is Bioiotian ... Coins
27 February 1937 #1-#2
1 March 1937 #4-#6 |
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