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[Agora Deposit] B 19:6: Pyre in House N, Room 4

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) ... Agora IV, p. 235.

[Agora Deposit] F 16:1: Demeter Cistern

Cistern at 9/Β (10/Β on plan), at the NW foot of the Areopagus, some 200m to the west of the Coroplast's Dump. It had evidently belonged to one of the small houses in that thickly populated residential ... Second half 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia 43 (1974), pp. 194-198 ... Hesperia 23 (1954), pp. 87-88 ... Agora IV, p. 238.

[Agora Deposit] N 7:3: Skytha Well

Well at 45/Θ (Skytha Well) near the north side of the market square. No period of use was distinguished, since it was impossible to clear the well to the bottom. The considerable quantity of dumped filling ... Ca. 460-440 B.C ... Archaeology 10 (1957), pp. 191-197 ... Hesperia 22 (1953), pp. 59-115, pls. 21-41 ... Agora IV, p. 242.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:5: Unfinished Well, Well G

Found in 13/06/1935. Dumped filling in an unfinished well originally dug only to a depth of 5.50m. Probably a post-Persian cleanup, perhaps in one of the public buildings near the SW corner of the square ... Ca. 520-490 B.C ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 439-440 ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 31.

[Agora Deposit] F 19:5: Unfinished Well Shaft

A well on the NW slope of the Areopagus; unfinished well-shaft dug to a depth of only 3.05m., and refilled with broken pottery and other debris. The shaft clearly was begun with the intention of digging ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 442-444 ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375.

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:3: Cistern System

An extensive cistern system on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel ... Ca. 320-240 B.C ... Hesperia 32 (1963), pp. 325-327 ... Hesperia 26 (1957), pp. 108-128, fig. 12 ... Hesperia 3 (1934), pp. 330-345, fig. 12.