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Grave 3 in notebook. Grave partly destroyed by well B. Skeleton and offerings lost. The amphora mouth was doubly stopped by the bases of two other amphoras, one in its neck, the other in its mouth ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 34-36, figs. 1, 21 (Grave VIII) ... Agora VIII, p. 127. |
Area of early road and Geometric Cemetery: late, disturbed or uncertain levels. Includes Geometric/Proto Attic material thrown in the Turkish well at 35/Δ. Includes between road and bedrock in Β'. Four ... 5 May 1934
19-23 March 1935
2 April 1935 ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 105-138 ... Agora VIII, p. 126. |
Grave 12 in notebook. Probably an adult burial ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. (1939), pp. 73-75, figs. 1, 47-48 (Grave XV) ... Agora VIII, p. 127. |
Rectangular shaft cut in rock with NE-SW orientation. Upper part of grave cut into fill over bedrock; this fill later swept away. Paving of small stones. Few human teeth and ribs.
(Dimensions: L. 1.62m, ... 725-200 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 99-100 and fig. 69 (Grave XXIII) ... Agora VIII, p. 126. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 13 in notebook.
Two skeletons of small children lay in a pithos which had been put on its side; its mouth was stopped by a stone slab.
Most offerings were inside the pithos, but two kantharoi and ... Late Geometric ... Agora VIII, pp. 127-128 ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 36-41, figs. 1, 22-25, 73 (Grave IX). |
Grave 11 in notebook. Grave disturbed by diggers of pit A.
Only skull and left arm of man's skeleton remained in position, head toward N.E. Cover slabs were piled near head ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 67-71, figs. 1, 43-44 (Grave XIII) ... Agora VIII, p. 127. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 4 in notebook. Amphora, no other pots but carbonized remains of food offerings. Over urn two stone slabs, on top, mass of small stones containing Late Geometric sherd ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 24-26, figs. 1, 12-13 (Grave IV) ... Agora VIII, p. 127. |
Rodney S. Young ... Grave 15 in notebook.
Skeleton of infant inside the hydria which lay on its side, its mouth stopped by cup; a pitcher stood by the neck of the hydria ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 42-44, figs. 1, 26-28 (Grave X) ... Agora VIII, p. 128. |
| Urn Burial in Tholos Cemetery. Grave 9 in notebook.
Amphora containing bones of a small child. Little pots had been put under its neck ... Late 8th-Early 7th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 28-31, figs. 1, 16-18 (Grave VI) ... Agora VIII, p. 127. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 5 in notebook.
The grave had been somewhat disturbed by the digging of Well B. The hydria lay on its side; in it was found the skeleton of a small child lying on its side with the knees drawn up ... Late 8th-early 7th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 26-28, figs. 1, 14-15 (Grave V) ... Agora VIII, p. 127. |
Grave 2 in notebook. The burial was destroyed by the digging of Pit A, at the edge of which was found a mass of sherds belonging to the grave amphora. Among the sherds were found small cups, fragments ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 31-34, figs. 1, 19-20 (Grave VII). ... Agora VIII, p. 127. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1 ... AJA XLII, 1939, pp. 578-586 ... JHS LIX, 1939, pp. 189-190 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), pp. 274-291, fig. 15. |
| Burned Deposit. A thick deposit of ash, cinders and pottery fragments extending alongside wall of cemetery. Character of pottery like the pyre of F 12:2 ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 55-67, figs. 1, 2, 37-42, 73 (Grave XII) ... Agora VIII, p. 128. |
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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 139-230 ... Agora VIII, p. 125. |
| Geometric burial. Burial A in notebook.
Shaft in bedrock dug to 0.30m, oriented NE to SW. Upper part was disturbed by Grave XXIV. Skeleton of youth. L. as it lay 1.34m. Pots laid across grave at feet of ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 101-103 and figs. 1, 70-72 (Grave XXV) ... Hesperia 4 (1935), pp. 364-365 and figs. 20-21 ... Agora VIII, p. 126. |
Rodney S. Young ... Shallow round pit scraped out of bedrock. Grave 18 in notebook. The confusion here is that P 5347 found in the grave was catalogued in B' but the large bowl fragment (P 6482) was catalogued in B (see nb ... 700-650 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 23-24, figs. 1 and 10 (Grave III) ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 304, no. 77 (Grave XVIII) |
| Grave 7b in notebook. Inhumation in Tholos Cemetery; The skeleton positioned directly below the male in Grave 7, but with direction reversed, i.e., head at southeast end. Most grave offerings at lower ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 305-307, no. 83, figs. 7, 8, pl. LIII (Grave XX) ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 94-97, figs. 1, 65-67 (Grave XX) ... Agora VIII, p. 127. |
| Grave 8 in notebook.
Inhumation in Tholos Cemetery. Length of shaft 1.75m; Width at upper end 0.95m; Depth from cover 0.70m.
One end cut into sloping rock.
Skeleton of a woman, with head southeast. Most ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 87-93, figs. 1, 58-64, 73 (Grave XVIII) ... Agora VIII, p. 127 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), no. 77, p. 304, pl. LI. |
| Grave 20 in notebook. Objects recorded in nb. from Grave 21 (earlier and disturbed by Grave 20) are included here. A pyre [using pieces of pots from Grave 21] was probably burned beside grave 20 and some ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 44-55, figs. 1, 29-31, 32-36, 73 (Grave XI). ... Agora VIII, p. 128 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 306, no. 83. |
Rodney S. Young ... Grave 1 in notebook. Slightly disturbed by the digging of Pit A.
A large oil jar/amphora lay on its side with a flat stone stopping its mouth. The three small vases offered at the burial were found, together ... Ca. 600 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 21-23, figs. 1, 8-9. (Grave II) ... Agora VIII, p. 127. |
| Grave 19 in notebook. Bones only AA 3.
Length 2.15m; width 0.63m; depth 0.52m.
Woman' skeleton with head at north. Cover slabs piled at foot of grave, probably by the diggers of Well J 18:8, who rifled ... Late Geometric ... Agora VIII, pp. 126-127 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 305, no. 82 (Grave XXXI) ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), p. 98 and figs. 1, 29-30, 68 (Grave XXI). |
| Grave 14 in notebook.
Length of shaft 2.12m; width 0.46m; depth from cover 0.60m. Man's skeleton stretched NE-SW with head at NE. Offering at foot of shaft, with the skyphos in the mouth of the pitcher ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 71-73, figs. 1, 22, 45-46 (Grave XIV) ... Agora VIII, p. 128 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 304, no. 78, pl. LII (Grave XIV). |
| Geometric Burial. Burial B in notebook.
Overlay E 14:13. Skeleton lay on smoothed bedrock, head southward, arms folded on chest, hands below chin. Legs, cut off by later disturbance, probably bent, with ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 99-100 and figs. 70-71 (Grave XXIV) ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 306, no. 85. |
| Grave 7 in notebook. Area disturbed in Roman times; outlines of the shaft had been obliterated.
The northwest end, however, was preserved in a cutting in the rock of the sloping hillside. This cutting, ... 750-700 B.C ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 306, no. 86, figs. 7, 8, pl. LIII (Grave XIX) ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 93-94, figs. 1, 64, 73 (Grave XIX). ... Agora VIII, p. 127. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 10 in notebook. No remains. Probably grave of a woman.
Only a small portion of the inhumation pit was preserved at the northeast edge of pit A, a large oval cutting of modern date dug for the construction ... Middle Geometric II ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 75-76, figs. 1, 49-50 (Grave XVI) ... Agora VIII, p. 127 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 59, pp. 385-390, figs. 2.272-2.276. |
Filling of early N-S road and related fills, in the area of the Geometric Cemetery south of the Tholos; various levels including plundered foundation trench.
For late, disturbed or uncertain levels over ... 7th-6th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 8-13, 105-138 ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4, p. 106. |
Cistern-chamber on the northwest side of Kolonos Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the end of the Hellenistic Building. Dimensions at bottom 2.50m x 2.75m.
The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two ... Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C ... Agora VII, pp. 224-225 ... Agora V, pp. 22-45, 124 ... Agora XXVI, pp. 304-305. |
| Grave 16 in notebook.
Length of shaft 1.81m; width 0.64m; depth from cover 0.54m.
Skeleton of a woman , head at northwest end. Most of pots piled over feet and legs of skeleton at southeast end.
An iron ... 750 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 76-87, figs. 1, 2, 51-57, 73 (Grave XVII) ... Hesperia 5 (1936), pp. 30-31, figs. 28-30 ... Agora VIII, p. 128. |
Klepsydra: Filling in antechamber, behind the parapet of the Klepsydra. Dated to the time of the rebuilding of the springhouse after the Sullan sack, but containing earlier material. Coins:
31 May 1938 ... Second quarter of 5th c. to middle of 1st c. B.C ... Hesperia 12 (1943), pp. 240-241 ... Hesperia 8 (1939), p. 225 ... Delos XXVII, pp. 311 (under no. E 29), p. 382. |
| Grave XXV in notebook = RSY Grave 4. PD 731-b ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 87-88, fig. 6 and pl. 38 a-c (Grave 4) ... Agora VIII, p. 125. |
| 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 ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 412-413, pls. 88, 91-92 ... Agora VIII, p. 130 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 24, pp. 230-236, figs. 2.139-2.145, pl. VIII. |
A well outside the market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way; Diameter 1.10m ... 600-550 B.C ... Agora IV, pp. 244-245 ... Agora VIII, p. 131 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 201, table 2. |
| 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 ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 271, noted. |
| Cut in bedrock (P.L. 0.50m, W. 0.57m). Head at east, looking west; skull stood upright when found. Lower part of skeleton missing. PD 435 ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 409-411, fig. 5, pl. 88 ... Agora VIII, p. 126. |
| Grave I in notebook = RSY Grave 2.
Inhumation burial in Cemetery on West Slope of Areopagus. Outline of grave disturbed by later cutting. Outstretched skeleton, probably of adult female. PD 731-a ... Late 8th century B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 85-87, fig. 5 and pl. 37 a-b (Grave 2) ... Agora VIII, p. 125. |
| Rodney S. Young ... RSY/JP Disturbed Geometric burial over "Sacrificial Pit VI" (Grave B 21:22). Grave IX in notebook. Bones discarded?
Pottery found in the upper filling of a sixth century cremation pit, which had perhaps ... Middle Geometric II/Transitional to Late Geometric ... Excavation date more likely 31 May 1939 (p. 1929). |
| 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 ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 403-407, pls. 88, figs. 1 and 2 ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 271, noted. |
| Grave XV in notebook = RSY Grave 1.
Part of a burial jar with bones of 18-month-old child. Position of body not determinable. Foot of jar had been broken to insert body of child and stopped with stones ... Second half of 8th. c. B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 82-85 and pl. 35 c-d (Grave 1) ... Agora VIII, p. 125. |
Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2.
Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin
28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C ... Lawall (2004), pp. 447-448 ... Hesperia 8 (1939), p. 216 ... Agora XXIX, pp. 466-467. |
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