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| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave II: SM).
Unlined trench, roughly the size of the deceased, cut into bedrock to a depth of just over 1.50m. Oriented north-south, the tomb pit measured 1.69m in length (length ... Late Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Earliest Protogeometric ... depth of just over 1 ... pit measured 1.69m in ... in situ, 1.65m), and had a |
| A well in the industrial area of the Areopagus, about 7.00m. west of the West Bath, to a depth of 14.60m. This well was the direct successor to A 17:1, replacing it when it collapsed. The use filling at ... Second quarter 6th. c ... (1948), p. 184, pl. 65, 1) and ... successor to A 17:1, replacing it ... 1.90m., where the walls of the |
A well in room A of the Archaic House. Well with very irregular outline, cut down in the bedrock some 10m NE of the Tholos. Its filling yielded a handful of plain potsherds and the oinochoe P 13256 of ... Sub-Mycenaean(?) ... Agora XIII, pp. 254-255, 274, pl. 61 ... Hesperia 92 (2023), pp. 115, 120, 173, 174, n. 46, fig. 1 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 3. |
West Terrace, South End, Layers IV and V. Heavy dumped filling associated with terrace walls at the extreme south end of the excavations in the Areopagus industrial area. The proportion of figured and ... Ca. 420-390 B.C ... Hesperia 16 (1947), p. 210, pl. 47, 1 and 3. |
| Evelyn Lord Smithson ... Grave 3: (Grave XXVII: EG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male. Carbonized figs and grapes included in inventoried objects (no number). [JP]
"Craftsman-Warrior" tomb: combination of weapons and ... Early Geometric I ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 13, pp. 104-118, 531-533, figs. 2.55-2.64, 3.18-3.20, pl. V ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 379-293, figs. 1-2, pls. 73-75 (Grave XXVII). |
| Mycenaean Burial.
The cutting was roughly rectangular (1.60 by 0.50m) and was once covered with rough stone slabs, two of which were found over the body. The skeleton, presumably that of a man, lay in ... Myc. III A-B ... Mycenaean Burial.
The cutting was roughly rectangular (1.60 by 0.50m) and was once |
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 ... chamber (rectangular, ca. 1.80m by 1.30m). The dromos, |
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Coins:
23 March 1936 #5-#6
31 March 1936 #3
30 April 1936 #1
1 May 1936 #6
2 May 1936 #2
5 May 1936 #8
6 May 1936 #15-#16
14 May 1936 #5-#8 (#6 N 51520 is from ... 50 B.C-3rd c. A.D ... B 12:1 ... B 12:1 |
| Grave cut into bedrock (L. 2m, W. 0.58m), head toward E; offerings at south end. Skeleton of a male about 40 years old, laid out with knees slightly bent.
Brann. PD 434, PD 1058 ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 408-409, figs. 3-4 and pl. 88. |
Well a in west part of Odeion Cavea, probably unfinished. The dumped fill mostly potters' refuse including test pieces.
Well D. Diameter ca. 0.90m ... Early Protogeometric ... L 11:1 ... L 11:1 |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXV. Adult female inhumation. Deposit summary and notebook write at 31/Θ-I ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Early Protogeometric ... Agora XIII, pl. 79, b ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 67, pp. 435-437, 551-553, figs. 2.320-2.323, 3.36-3.37. |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 25 in notebook. (E.L. Smithson: Grave I: SM). Bones discarded. In some records as Grve XIV (JP)?
Notebook says (p. 947) contents: hard earth, no bones. Lisa's list says bones discarded.
Negs. X-75, ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... D 6:3 ... D 6:3 |
Mycenaean well and grave.
Single burial, that of a middle-aged man, had been made in the mouth of an unproductive well near the southeast corner of the South Square ... Myc. IIIB-C:1 ... Agora XIII, p. 247, pl. 61 (Grave XLI) ... Hesperia 92 (2023), fig. 1. |
| John Camp ... Protogeometric Grave about 0.60m to the southeast of T 15:2.
Unlined roughly rectangular-elliptical pit, oriented north-south, neatly cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.70m, with rounded corners. The pit ... Early-Developed Protogeometric ... T/11-15/3,4 |
Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C ... A-B 19-20:1 ... A-B 19-20:1 |
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 53 (1948), pp. 343-351, pl. 67:3, 10-16 (selection of pottery). |
| Shallow cutting into bedrock (L. 1.70m, W. 0.55m.) oriented north and south, head at south. Skeleton stretched out , with head on left side. Southern top edge of grave projects to form protective niche ... 750-725 B.C ... Shallow cutting into bedrock (L. 1.70m, W. 0.55m.) oriented north and south, head |
| Herulian Debris in a house on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs: House P = South House; Room 2 = Dining Room; Room 3 = Kitchen; Room 18; Room 23; Room 24. Coins:
9 August 1947 #1-#37, #47-#49 ... Mid 3rd c. A.D ... #1-#3
5 May 1949 #1
30 March 1956 #1-#3
2 April 1956 #1 ... = Dining Room; Room 3 = ... #1-#37, #47-#49
11 August 1947 |
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 ... Hesperia 45 (1976), pp. 11-15, pls. 1-4. Pillaging fill of Building F. |
Mycenaean Pit (Bothros?) opposite Pier 17.
Diameter at top 1.30m Estimated Grid ... Mycenaean IIIA:2-B ... Agora XIII, pp. 251, 274, pls. 61, 75. |
Soft Trench behind Stoa Stylobate, opposite Piers 21 and 22, along W face of Shop front wall. Herulian destruction debris at the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins:
20 February 1954 #1-#2
22 February ... Late 3rd c. A.D ... Q 7:3 ... Q 7:3 |
Small Mycenaean Chamber Tomb ... Myc. III A:1-2 ... Myc. III A:1-2 |
| Mycenaean Grave to W of Pier 12 (Burial 11).
The northern part of the tomb had been cut away by the foundation trench for the south stylobate of the Square Building that preceded the Stoa, and the dromos, ... Myc. IIB-IIIA:1 ... Q 10:3 ... Q 10:3 |
Early cutting beside Great Drain: 103-111/Λ-ΛΓ (= "Deep cutting" Pit at 107/ΛΑ).
Abandonment filling in channel for early drain; the fragment of a red figured bell krater, P 17000, probably to be dated ... Ca. 425-395 B.C ... A 20-21:1 ... A 20-21:1 |
| John Camp ... Protogeometric grave (female inhumation) located about 0.60m northwest of T 15:1. It consisted of a roughly rectangular pit, with the corners slightly rounded, oriented approximately north-south. The pit ... "Submycenaean"/Early Protogeometric ... Hesperia 42 (1973), pp. 398-399, pl. 73 a, b ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 26, pp. 254-259, 538-540, figs. 2.161-2.166, 3.25-3.26. |
Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C ... Hesperia 54 (1985), pp. 1-54 ... Hesperia 44 (1975), pp. 303-311, pls. 75-76. |
| 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 |
John Travlos ... (Grave XXXII: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). Published as cremation burial of a warrior.
The tomb was probably originally oriented north-south, with the urn-hole at the south end. The north side ... Transitional Early Geometric II-Middle Geometric I ... Hesperia 16 (1947), pp. 196-197, fig. 1, pl. 41. |
Well in Stoa Shop 2. Diameter at top 1.20m. P 2527, P 25280 and P 25281 found at the bottom indicated a short period of use. The dumped filling above consisted in large part of clay of different colors, ... Ca. 525-500 B.C ... Well in Stoa Shop 2. Diameter at top 1.20m. P 2527, P 25280 and P 25281 found at |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 4 in notebook. (E.L. Smithson: Grave XLIV). No remains (not really a grave, note on p. 331).
Roughly rectangular patch of unworked fieldstones, measuring about 1.20x0.80m neatly laid on bedrock, ... 19-21 March 1932 ... about 1.20x0.80m neatly laid on bedrock, about 3m east of F 16:3 and F 16:4.
The |
Hellenistic fill South of Middle Stoa near NW corner of Heliaea. This fill contained material later in date than that which made up the middle Stoa Building Fill.
Only the coins (and a few amphora handles ... To ca. 140 B.C ... Hesperia 57 (1988), pp. 89-90, fig. 1 ... Hesperia 44 (1975), pp. 311-313, pls. 75-76. |
| Well South of Soft Yellow Poros Foundation. Dumped filling of a collapsed well, that, due to hazardous conditions, could not be cleared below- 2.50m. The well was partly cut on the east side by a Byzantine ... Protogeometric-Early Geometric II, ca. 850 B.C ... graves.
At -1.50m a complete |
| A well on the lower slope of the Hill of the Nymphs, (diam. 1.20m -water level -7m), to 7.90m. The scanty use filling at the bottom contained water jars and pitchers as well as the inventoried objects; ... Second quarter of 6th. c. B.C ... A well on the lower slope of the Hill of the Nymphs, (diam. 1.20m -water ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill (fill 1), dumped ... 3), use filling |
Well (diameter 1.10m).
Neatly cut. Footholds on east and west at intervals of ca. 0.50m. Plentiful water ... Late 8th - Early 7th c. B.C ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 39, pl. 16a (marked D). |
Mycenaean Grave W. of Circular Building. Measuring 1.40m by 0.55m and it was covered with a few rough stone covering slabs, under which lay the skeleton of an adult with the head to the north and the knees ... Myc. III A2-B ... O 8:3 ... O 8:3 |
Well (diameter 0.91m, water level -7m) in House H, Room 10 (and pit over). Plain shaft cut in stereo; pit at mouth of well,reused as drainage pit at start of tile drain running west.
Scanty use filling ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Subdivisions:
.1=Pit above well
.2=Fills 1, 2 and 3 ... 3rd. c.
a) use and lower ... filling (3rd c. B.C.) |
| Pyre in House D, Room 4 (RSY=Pyre 4) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
Notebook refers to House N.
Pottery belongs late in third quarter of the 4th. c. BC. Pyre burned near beginning of last ... 350-300 B.C ... layer 1 and into layer 2, ... rooms 3 and 4. Hence the pyre |
| Well A, early 5th c. B.C. Near the Agora Boundary Stone, northwest corner of Middle Stoa; diameter at top 0.92m, widening to 1.15m and more below. Shaft neatly faced with stones to a depth of 0.70m below ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... 0.92m, widening to 1.15m and ... bedrock to about 1m from the ... ca. 1.15m to ca. 0.70m. |
Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated.
Chamber conical in shape, with a depressed draw basin in the center of the floor ... Early Roman-3rd c. B.C ... second half of 3rd c. Latest ... 21:1, 20 meters to southwest, ... Bion. N 21:4 and m 21:1 are |
| Debris filling in a bronze casting pit and workshop, characterized by mold fragments but including also a few plain vases and fragments of wine jars. Third quarter of 4th. c. BC.
The pit was cut into the ... Ca. 350-325 B.C ... A 16:1 ... A 16:1 |
| Susan I. Rotroff ... Burial 3 beneath the floor of the Stoa Basileios. It consisted of a rectangular pit cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.44m, lined on all sides and covered with an admixture of narrow stone slabs of soft ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Burial 3 beneath the ... tomb measured 1.64m long ... dimensions): 1.90m long, 0.65m |
| Pyre in House T, Room 1, Layer 5-6 (RSY=Pyre 3) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
First quarter 4th. c. B.C.
Artifacts, bone, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The pyre was found in digging ... 400-375 B.C.(?) ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 116-117, pl. 50 c (Pyre 3). |
| Plundered Chamber Tomb. (Tomb XII). A few meters SE of the great white marble altar. The chamber is an irregular rectangle, oriented roughly N-S, with dromos leading in at a very gentle slope from the ... LH III A ... J 10:1 ... J 10:1 |
Thra (ΘΡΑ) Well (East of Stoa Room 2). Heavy dumped filling, including figured, black and plain wares, and also a quantity of animal bones, mostly skulls of oxen. On many of these the horns had been sawn ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... 12:3; here the black-figure |
Well 15: Mycenaean. It was situated about 35 meters down the slope northwest of the exit of the Mycenaean Fountain.
Well circular or roughly oval in section.
Diameter max. width to -4.0: ca. 1.50, below ... Late Mycenaean ... -4.0: ca. 1.50, below |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 1. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female 30-40 years old).
Mentioned as Grave XVII in Deposit list.
Consisted of a roughly circular pit, approximately 0.30-0.40m in diameter, cut into ... Late Protogeometric ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 6, pp. 57-62, 528-529, figs. 2.14-2.17, 2.21:d, 3.14, pl. IV. |
| 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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 46, pp. 158, 159, figs. 1, 4, 78, 91 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 122-123, pl. 49 b, pl. 52 a (Pyre 7). |
| Susan I. Rotroff ... Grave 5. Adult (female?) inhumation.
Cist grave lined and covered with slabs of limestone, sandstone and schist. Cut into virgin soil under Royal Stoa at I/12,13-5/3,4. Grave measures 1.79x0.39-0.49x ca ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Royal Stoa at I/12,13-5/3 ... 1.79x0.39-0.49x ca. 0.30 deep, oriented |
| Well in Stoa Shop 3. Diameter at top 1.20m. The mouth o the well was overlaid by a large conglomerate block placed by the Stoa builders to seal it. Masses of pottery including many water-jars filled the ... Ca 520-480 B.C ... R/2,3-12/14,15 |
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 ... Coins:
14 July 1950 #1 (disintegrated)
18 July 1950 #1-#3 ... 10-11:1 |
| A cave-in not long after the digging of this shaft destroyed its possible usefulness as a well and thereafter it was used as a dump. Two principle periods of such use were noted, and within these several ... Ca. 575-480 B.C ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill, 0.00m. to 12.00m.
.2=Lower fill, 12.00m. to |
| Margaret Crosby ... Grave 1 (Grave XXVI: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male?
[JP]
Boots or Booties Grave. Near the west branch of the Great Drain, about 100m to the southwest of the Agora horos inscription ... Early Geometric I ... Grave 1 (Grave XXVI: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male?
[JP]
Boots ... (15-20) 17.3mm.
Substantial |
| N.A. Doenges Evelyn Lord Smithson ... "Near or in Grave" (width 0.50m)
Grave to the east of the southeast corner of the great court of the Gymnasium. Shallow and superimposed on Well N 11:5. It is a simple cist oriented north and south, with ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 413-414, pls. 88, 91-92 ... Agora XXXVI, 405 and n. 422, 407, table 2.3, 408 fig. 2.289, 603 n. 89. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 6 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXII: PG). Bones discarded. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole).
JP
Roughly rectangular trench cut through hard earth into bedrock to a depth of about 0.35m, approximately ... Late Protogeometric ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 52, pp. 358-370, figs. 2.180, 2.251-2.256, pl. IV. |
| Mycenaean Double Grave (Graves A and B).
Grave A was in Layer II. We laid a skull and a few other bones, three vases and a stone bead. We have dug to a maximum of about 0.06m below the top of Layer II ... Myc. IIIA/B ... Agora XIII, pp. 195-196, 274, pls. 42, 65, 84 (Grave XI). |
Dromos of a Mycenaean Tomb at N end of Stoa Terrace (Burial 3). No remains. Perhaps to be associated with dromos of a Mycenaean chamber tomb (?) observed in this area (XIV, p. 2707).
Tomb found when workmen ... Myc. III A ... Agora XIII, pp. 218, 274, pls. 51, 75 (Tomb XXII). |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 2. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). In some records as XXIII.
Variously labeled as grid 7/Δ, 7/Γ and 7/Γ-Δ.
Rectangular pyre trench cut through earth into bedrock, with only the lowest 0.04m surviving ... Transitional Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... 1.25m long and was 0.52 m ... overlying tombs
F 16:3 & F |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 20 (E.L. Smithson: Grave X: PG). Bones discarded. Pit tomb, inhumation (on bier or in coffin?), perhaps of a child. Little ash and carbon in the filling, but the grave offerings were unburned.
JP ... Developed Protogeometric ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 43, pp. 307-313, figs. 2.209:a, 2.212-2.215, pl. II. |
| James H. Oliver ... (E.L. Smithson: Grave IX: PG). Two children's skeletons one on top of the other. Cf. PD 329 for PD 430 for second skeleton, same deposit.
PG grave about 25m. SW of Cistern A at 46/ΜΔ.
[In some records, ... Developed Protogeometric ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 303-304, 350-351, no. 75 (AA 29) pl. LI (read ΠΘ where KK on ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 44, pp. 314-321, 544, figs. 2.216-2.223, pls. II, III ... Kerameikos I, p. 154, n. 3 (cups). |
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