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Flower Pot Pits. Coins:
10 March 1936 #2
11 March 1936 #9
12 March 1936 #1
13 March 1936 #1-#3, #7
14 March 1936 #1, #9
2 April 1936 #1
7 January 1937 #1-#2
8 January 1937 #1
12 January 1937 #1-#2 ... 9-18 March 1936
1-2 April 1936
7-12 January 1937 ... D-F 6-8:1 ... D-F 6-8:1 |
Filling accumulated between the time of the Persian sack and the building of the Stoa.
Cf. Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 14-18 and H 6:5 ... Stoa.
Cf. Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 14-18 and H 6:5. |
| Pit (f) in bedrock used for casting archaic bronze statue for the first Temple of Apollo Patroos (Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 82-84) ... 6th c. B.C ... Apollo Patroos (Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 82-84). |
Deposits containing much ash and charcoal, probably to be associated with the Persian sack. Layers IV-VI of trial pit between Stoa piers IV and V ... 1st quarter 5th c. B.C ... H 5-6.1 ... H 5-6.1 |
| Pit and drain at SE corner of Apollo Temple. Antedates building of Apollo Temple which was assigned to a date 'late in the third quarter' ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 101-102 ... Hesperia 78 (2009), pp. 389-396. |
Pithos in NW corner (room) of Poros Building. Marble chips ... Mid-4th c.? ... Hesperia 20 (1951) pp. 180-181, fig. 6, pl. 64b. |
Investigations in the Hellenistic Metroon, various levels. Stoa Pits A, B, C, D, E, F, H and I (various layers).
Locations include:
SW corner of Primitive Bouleuterion; from contemporary filling alongside ... 8th-6th c. B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 117-138, and 120, fig. 64 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 8-15, fig. 9. |
Fills associated with construction of New Bouleuterion, i.e. inside porch, unused foundation trenches on west side and south side ... Down to last quarter of 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 153-156. |
A very homogeneous dumped filling and no period of use. Apparently a failure as a well.
T 263-T 289 resorted and reduced August 1967. Cf. BI 157 "from behind the curbing of the well by Stoa pier 3." Estimated ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... H/15,16-6/6,7 |
Undisturbed filling to E of Archaic Temple in Eleusinion; fill consisted of a layer of working chips of Kara limestone above a layer of mud brick ... Late 6th c. B.C. and earlier ... Late 6th c. B.C. and earlier |
| 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 35 (1966), pp. 45, 55-78, pls. 19-24 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), pp. 103, 105, tables 6.1, 6.2 ... Agora XIII, pp. 242-247, 274, pls. 59, 75, 90 (Tomb XL). |
Filling behind retaining wall of Stoa of Zeus. The remains of unfired clay adhering to the interior of various pieces make it probable that the material in this filling is a mass of debris from the floor ... Ca. 435-425 B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 19-21 and 49-53. |
| 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 ... ΠΘ:6/ΝΖ |
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 6 (1937), pp. 165-166 ... Agora XXXVII, pp. 59, 221 ... Lawall (2004), pp. 447-448. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 4 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XX: PG). Bones discarded. Grave of older child.
JP
Rectangular pit, cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.26m, approximately 0.97m long and 0.36m wide. Tomb oriented ... Late Protogeometric ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 368 and fig. 31 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 51, pp. 352-358, figs. 2.180, 2.247-2.250, pl. IV. |
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 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 349-352 ... Hesperia 24 (1955), pp. 283-285, pl. 80. |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 23 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave IV: SM). Few bones: discarded. JP says 46/ΜΖ-MΗ
Negs. KK 99, KK 100, KK 101, X-61, X-62, X-63 PD 433 ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 364, 366, fig. 28 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 36, pp. 289-293, figs. 2.193-2.198, pl. 1. |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 15 in notebook. Burial of child (E.L. Smithson: Grave XIV: PG). Single bone. Nb. says: few bones.
Skull fragment, few ribs and fingers (bones discarded). Negs. KK 24 and KK 30 431 ... Developed to Late Protogeometric ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 364-365, 367, figs. 29-30 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 45, pp. 322-328, figs. 2.224-2.227, pl. III. |
Undisturbed filling inside foundations of small Rectangular Building = Temple of Zeus and Athena. Household pottery, both fine and coarse, and other objects, together with working chips from the construction ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 88-90 ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 186. |
Burnt Layer inside retaining wall of Middle Stoa Terrace (Θ) and NW Corner of Middle Stoa, burnt debris inside terrace retaining wall (Ζ). Coins Ζ: Coins Θ:
1 June 1951 ... Mid-3rd c. A.D ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 115 ... Agora XXXIII, pp. 361-362 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 110. |
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 6 (1937), pp. 165-166 ... Hesperia 53 (1948), pp. 343-351, pl. 67:3, 10-16 (selection of pottery) ... Agora XXXVII, pp. 59, 81, 86, 221. |
Packing under cobblestones 7 or 8 meters west of the Temple of Hephaistos. A similar filling found in a small hole in bedrock three or four meters north of the Temple. The high quality of the pottery from ... Ca. 500-440 B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 344-345 ... Hesperia Suppl. 5, p. 126 ... Hesperia Suppl. 8, p. 397, under no. 7 c. |
| 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 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 368 "Six vases were secured from an adult's ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 43, pp. 307-313, figs. 2.209:a, 2.212-2.215, pl. II. |
Investigations within the Stoa of Zeus, the north part, various levels.
Notebook references: Stoa Trench E Layers IV and V, Stoa Pits A, B and C, and Layers I and II of area between back wall and retaining ... 5th c. B.C ... H 5-6 ... H 5-6 |
Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C ... Ca. 375-160 B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 207-208 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 126-128, figs. 13-14 and p. 454 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 18, 77. |
| Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus.
Latest of thirteen amphora handles dated ca.199; twelve legible coins, the latest dating ca. 196-190. Three intrusive pieces:two semiglazed fragments and piece ... 260-190 B.C ... Hesperia 32 (1963), pp. 301, 317 ... Hesperia Suppl. 10 (1956), pp. 95, 107-108, nos. 1-6, p. 108, no. 1 ... Agora XXXIII, pp. 363-364. |
| Upper mixed dumped fill (last quarter 3rd c.-4th c.) with Roman POU below 10.40m. Coins:
16 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated)
17 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated)
8 April 1937 #5-#10 (dump)
9 April 1937 ... 2nd half of 1st c.-first half of 3rd c. A.D ... Hesperia 90 (2021), pp. 360, 361, fig. 1 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 146, 147, figs. 3, 4. |
| Gerald V. Lalonde ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female with fetus/neonate. One box with burnt animal bones is stored with the skeleton AA 302 in drawer 97.
Objects also recorded frm Section ΣΤ. PD 1692, PD 1807 ... Early Geometric II, 850 B.C ... H 16:6 ... H 16:6 |
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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 111-121 ... Agora X, pp. 136, 137. |
| Use filling of middle of 1st to late 6th c. (Roman Group M); dumped filling of 9th and 10th c. Down to a depth of about 21.00m. the fill of the well contained very few objects, the latest of them being ... 1st-6th c. A.D ... Hesperia 24 (1955), pp. 283-284, nos. 8, 14, 17 ... Agora V, pp. 82-120, 125 ... Agora XXXIV, pp. 13-14, 183. |
Essentially uniform fill of III-IV c. A.D. with a Byzantine upper fill. Coins:
14 June 1937 #1-#3
15 June 1937 #2
16 June 1937 #1
17 June 1937 #1-#2
18 June 1937 #1-#4
19 June 1937 #1-#4
9 June 1938 #1-#3 ... Late 3rd-mid-4th c. A.D ... Coins:
14 June 1937 #1-#3
15 June 1937 #2
16 June 1937 #1
17 June 1937 #1-#2 |
| 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 ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 411-412, figs. 6-7, pls. 88, 91 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 277, noted. |
| Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1.
Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C ... Agora X, pp. 68, 137 ... Hesperia 31 (1962), p. 246, no. 10. |
| 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). ... Hesperia 5 (1936), p. 29, fig. 27. |
| Second century B.C. fill with early 13th c. A.D. fill in mouth.
The Byzantine objects from the mouth are P 13713-P 13718, L 3585.
Lower fill contained bones of many infants and dogs.
The bones from this ... Mid-2nd c. B.C ... Hesperia 83 (2014), pp. 190, 221, nn. 3, 54 ... Hesperia 8 (1939), pp. 238-239 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 1-157. |
Early Roman pit at P/3-6/6,7
Layer 4a in Room 6 of Greek House δ, area P/2,3-6/6,8.
Pit in NW corner of Room 6 bounded by walls of Room to North and West, cut into preexisting layers to east, cutoff by ... 17 May 1971 ... P 6:2 ... P 6:2 |
From disturbances in original floor of Tholos with ash and burning. Probably reflects the military and political conditions of 307 B.C.
The broken pottery, both that left lying on the floor of the building ... Ca. 340-295 B.C ... G/3,4-12/5,6 |
| Susan I. Rotroff ... Grave 4 under Royal Stoa. Cist Grave cut into bedrock and lined with limestone and schist slabs. There were two layers of cover slabs with a layer of dirt between. Grave measured 0.98x0,25-0,32x0,25-0,30 ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Hesperia 87 (2018) pp. 226, 227 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 64, pp. 428-431, 550, figs. 2.290-2.292, 2.309-2.313, pl. 1 ... Hesperia 44 (1975), p. 373, n. 102, pl. 84,h. |
| Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III.
Diameter 1m. Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2.
Similar the well filling, H 6:5 Originally called H 12:5
Ann Steiner ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... filling, H 6:5 |
| Disturbed pyre dispersed in fill of Room 5, House D.
Pyre pots in very fragmentary condition were noticed by Barbara Tsakirgis in later analysis of pottery that had been excavated in 1938; no mention of ... 14 June 1938 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 59, p. 173, figs. 109, 110. |
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 57 (1988), pp. 87-93 ... Hesperia 54 (1985), pp. 1-54 ... Hesperia 45 (1976), pp. 29, 32. |
Well at 115/ΣΤ (all the 5th c. fills of 116/ΣΤ). The lower part of the shaft contained a heavy deposit of pottery and other objects of the late archaic period, both coarse and finer wares; probably a post-Persian ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.-Roman ... Coins:
7 June 1937 #1-#6 ...
Top to -6.50m, 4th c. dump, |
May be of Hellenistic origin when cistern system went out of use.
For a general note on the cistern see Nb. ΟΕ III, pp. 246 ff.
Objects from B 586 various depths (no subdivision): S 2324-S 2330,
P 34894, ... Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D ... Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D. |
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 V, pp. 22-45, 124 ... Agora VII, pp. 224-225 ... Agora XXVI, pp. 304-305. |
"Oinophorus Well".Tiled well in House H (diameter 0.80m, water level -4.70m). Height of tiles 0.64m Heavy well deposit; lamps,, type XXVII; many basket-handled water jars; oinophoros with labors of Herakles ... Use filling of early 2nd-mid.-3rd c. A.D ... Height of tiles 0.64m |
| 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 ... tomb measured 1.64m long |
| Grave V, under room 18 in House 3, plus burned deposit at 94/IΘ. Identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR on Agoraios Kolonos:
In southeast corner of house 3. 35 artifacts, bone and charred material in pit, ... Ca. 300-275 B.C ... Hesperia 7 (1938), pp. 354-355 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 21, pp. 123, 124, figs. 1, 50, 51 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 17, n. 39. |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Bronze foundry north of bridge on Piraeus street, east of Great Drain.
Keyhole-shaped bronze casting pit, cut into bedrock.
2016: Continuation of the excavation of a rectangular pit with foundry debris, ... Late 6th-early 5th c. B.C.
(Late Archaic/ Early Classical) ... maximum depth of 59.781m by the |
| 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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 95-96, 129-132 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 30. |
| Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15.
Associated with the building lying under the Roman Street Stoa. Its fills divided into 5 separate layers, with the bulk of finds belonging to Layer 1, the ... 14 June-21 August 1973 ... Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15 ... 64.73-51.25m (boxes 1-72, plus box ... Apart from the catalogued items 59 tins of pottery, 1 tin of loom weights, |
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 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 115. |
| Marcie Handler ... Cist grave for two infants. The grave was cut into a sterile rocky layer on its southern and western sides, and a sterile fill layer on its northern and eastern sides. No obvious grave marker was present, ... Early Iron Age ... J/13,14-2/6,7 |
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