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[Agora Deposit] G 15:5 BIS: Pit inhumation

Lucy Talcott ... Light-boned person. Bones discarded. No grave goods ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... Light-boned person. Bones discarded. No grave goods.

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[Agora Deposit] D 6:3: Urn cremation

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 ... Smithson: Grave I: SM). Bones discarded ... Notebook says (p. 947) contents: hard earth, no bones. Lisa's list says bones discarded.

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[Agora Deposit] D 6:6: Simple cremation pit (pyre)

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 27. In some records as Grave I bis. Bones discarded; nothing catalogued. Notebook says: few burned bones, few burned sherds. Cf. negs. KK 228, KK 237 ... Probably Late Geometric or Early Geometric I ... In some records as Grave I bis. Bones discarded; nothing catalogued. Notebook says: few burned bones, few burned sherds.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:26: Grave in Ceall of Hephaisteion (Grave XXV)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXV in notebook. Smashed bones ... 23-24 February 1939 ... Smashed bones.

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[Agora Deposit] N 21:6: Disturbed inhumation

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 ... 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.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:29: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXA)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXA in notebook. No mention of bones ... 13 March 1939 18 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

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[Agora Deposit] F 9:1: Pit tomb, child inhumation

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 ... Nb. says: few bones. Skull fragment, few ribs and fingers (bones discarded).

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[Agora Deposit] D 7:5: Pit tomb, child/infant inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 26. In some records as Grave I ter. Bones discarded. Notebook says: child bones (no skull), no offerings. Circular cutting in bedrock, about 3m south of D 6:3. Neg. KK 234 ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... In some records as Grave I ter. Bones discarded. Notebook says: child bones (no skull), no offerings.

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[Agora Deposit] M 18:7: Pit

Pit at 74/ΜΑ (1.10x0.58). Debris filling containing a quantity of animal bones; probably a household refuse pit Animal bones (domestic animals); cow, pig, goat, sheep, hen, dog, and several varieties ... Ca. 525-470 B.C. 480-440 B.C ... Debris filling containing a quantity of animal bones; probably a household refuse pit ... Animal bones (domestic animals); cow, pig, goat, sheep, hen, dog, and several varieties of fishes.

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[Agora Deposit] C 8:10: Pit tomb, adult inhumation.

Homer A. Thompson ... Grave XIII in notebook. Cutting in bedrock. One skeleton. Bones discarded. No offerings. JP ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... One skeleton. Bones discarded. No offerings.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:20: Cremation, Sacrificial Pit III

Sacrificial Pit III in notebook = RSY Grave 6. Small bit of calcined bones (discarded?) ... Ca. 550-530 B.C ... Small bit of calcined bones (discarded?)

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[Agora Deposit] C 8:6: Urn cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 14 in notebook. Cutting in bedrock. Cremation: bones in pit (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXIV: PG). Bones discarded. [JP] Nb. says at 16-17/ΞΖ and 16/ΞΖ on cards and on deposit list.(SD) ... Early Geometric I ... Cremation: bones in pit (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXIV: PG). Bones discarded. [JP]

[Agora Deposit] E 7:15: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XVII)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XVII in notebook. Many tumbled bones. Neg. KK 347 ... 22 February 1939 ... Many tumbled bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:21: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXII)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXII in notebook. One skull with messy disintegrated bones ... 22 February 1939 ... One skull with messy disintegrated bones.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:11: Urn burial

Grave XVI in notebook = RSY Grave 3. Bones of a young child found inside. Discarded? ... 6th. c. B.C ... Grave XVI in notebook = RSY Grave 3. Bones of a young child found inside.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:12: Inhumation of a child

Grave XVII in notebook = RSY Grave 15. Only lower half of skeleton preserved. Bones discarded? ... Last quarter of the 6th. c. B.C ... Only lower half of skeleton preserved. Bones discarded?

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[Agora Deposit] D-E 7:2: Grave in Opisthodomos of Hephaisteion (Grave LII)

Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave LII in notebook. No mention of bones. Neg. KK 362 ... 16 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:32: Grave North of Hephaisteion (Grave IX)

Grave north of Hephaisteion. Grave IX in notebook. Bundle of bones. A bronze ring, not inventoried ... 18 May 1936 ... Bundle of bones. A bronze ring, not inventoried.

[Agora Deposit] P 6:3: Early Roman Pit at P/7-6/4,6

Early Roman pit at P/7-6/4,6 layer Ia in Room 7 of Greek House δ. Black earth fill with much carbon. Plaster, nails, glass, bones (also bones from deposit P 6:4). Coin 5 June 1971 #395 ... Early Roman ... Plaster, nails, glass, bones (also bones from deposit P 6:4).

[Agora Deposit] E 7:1: Grave in North Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LVIII)

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LVIII in notebook. No mention of bones. Neg. KK 391 ... Byzantine ... No mention of bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:14: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXI)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXI in notebook. Disintegrated bones. Coins: 22 February 1939 #2-#3 ... 22 February 1939 ... Disintegrated bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:25: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXIX)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXIX in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 25 February 1939 #1 ... 23 February 1939 8 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:27: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXVI)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXVI in notebook. Loose earth with bones. Coins: 14 March 1939 #1 ... 25 February 1939 18 March 1939 ... Loose earth with bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:28: Grave in Cella of hephaisteion (Grave XXX)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXX in notebook. Filling: loose earth. No mention of bones. Lot 401b ... 8 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

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[Agora Deposit] E 7:31: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXVIII)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXVIII in notebook. No mention of bones. Negs. XV-74 , KK 357 ... 25 February 1939 ... No mention of bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:18: Grave in Cella of hephaisteion (Grave XLVI)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XLVI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 9 March 1939 #1-#4 ... 8 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:16: Grave in Cella of Temple of Hephaisteion (Grave XLVII)

Grave in cella of Temple of Hephaisteion. Grave XLVII in notebook. Rotted bones, head to west (adult). Neg. KK 352 ... 9 March 1939 ... Rotted bones, head to west (adult).

[Agora Deposit] E 7:23: Grave in Cella of Hephaiston (Grave XXIII)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXIII in notebook. Disintegrated bones, grave disturbed to bottom. Coins: 23 February 1939 #5 ... 23 February 1939 ... Disintegrated bones, grave disturbed to bottom.

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:4: Simple cremation pit (pyre)

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 11 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XII: PG). Bones discarded. Burned deposit in a rectangular trench in bedrock. JP ... Late Protogeometric ... Smithson: Grave XII: PG). Bones discarded. Burned deposit in a rectangular trench in bedrock.

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:5: Pit tomb/child inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 12 in notebook. Cut in bedrock. (E.L. Smithson: Grave VII: PG) Few bones (discarded). Rectangular cutting in bedrock. JP ... Early Protogeometric ... Smithson: Grave VII: PG) Few bones (discarded).

[Agora Deposit] D 8:2: Grave South of Hephaisteion

Grave south of Hephaisteion. Grave I in notebook. Four sets of lower leg bones. No offerings. No sherds. Lot 227 ? ... Byzantine ... Four sets of lower leg bones. No offerings.

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:5: Pyre

Pyre in layer "9d" in SW corner of Room 6 of Greek House δ. Ashes and fragments of small bones ... Ca. 225 B.C ... Ashes and fragments of small bones.

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[Agora Deposit] D-E 7:1: Grave in Opisthodomos of Hephaisteion (Grave LIII)

Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave LIII in notebook. No mention of bones. Coin 9 March 1939 #16 Neg. KK 361 ... Turkish ... No mention of bones.

[Agora Deposit] D-E 7:5: Grave in North Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXIII)

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXIII in notebook. Filling: loose earth and bones. Lot 404 (a) Neg. KK 377 ... 6 March 1939 ... Filling: loose earth and bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:19: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXV)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXV in notebook. Filling: loose earth and confused bones. Coins: 6 March 1939 #11-#13 ... 8 March 1939 ... Filling: loose earth and confused bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 18:2: Grave 6

Small deposit in earlier grave cutting. No bones or any other indication that the cutting had been reused as a grave ... Mid-5th c. B.C ... Small deposit in earlier grave cutting. No bones or any other indication that the cutting had been reused as a grave.

[Agora Deposit] D 7:9: Grave in West Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XLIII)

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XLIII in notebook. No mention of bones; pottery Turkish. Coins: 8 March 1939 #21 ... 11 March 1939 ... No mention of bones; pottery Turkish.

[Agora Deposit] K 6:2: Filling West of Peribolos of the Twelve Gods

4th century sandy fill west of Peribolos of the Twelve Gods, with animal bones, metal waste and much pottery. Estimated Grid ... 350-325 B.C ... 4th century sandy fill west of Peribolos of the Twelve Gods, with animal bones, metal waste and much pottery.

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[Agora Deposit] E 7:5: Grave in Opisthodomos of Hephaisteion (Grave XLIX)

Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave XLIX in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 9 March 1939 #8-#13 Neg. KK 365 ... 9 March 1939 16 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:6: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LVII)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LVII in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 10 March 1939 #2 Neg. KK 389 ... 9-11 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:11: Grave in North Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LX)

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LX in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 11 March 1939 #9-#11 Neg. 397 ... Byzantine ... No mention of bones.

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[Agora Deposit] E 7:30: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXVII)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXVII in notebook. Two skulls and messy bones. Coins: 8 March 1939 #2 Neg. XV-74 (left) ... 8 March 1939 13 March 1939 ... Two skulls and messy bones.

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[Agora Deposit] D 7:10: Grave in West Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XLI)

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XLI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 8 March 1939 #6-#20 Neg. XVI-19 ... 10 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

[Agora Deposit] D 7:14: Grave in West Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXVI)

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXVI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 7 March 1939 #1-#6 Neg. KK 355 ... 7-19 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:10: Urn-Burial of a Small Child

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 ... Amphora containing bones of a small child.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:23: Disturbed grave/inhumation

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 ... Grave IX in notebook. Bones discarded? Pottery found in the upper filling of a sixth century cremation pit, which had perhaps cut through a Geometric inhumation to which the disturbed human bones close by may have belonged.

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[Agora Deposit] E 7:4: Grave in Opisthodomos of Hephaisteion (Grave LI)

Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave LI in notebook. No mention of bones. Neg. KK 363, XIX-8 (dismantling of the walls of the graves( ... 10 March 1939 16 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

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[Agora Deposit] E 7:8: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXVII)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXVII in notebook. Crammed with bones (13 skulls): osteotheke. Coins: 13 March 1939 #26-#27 Neg. XV-86 ... 13-14 March 1939 ... Crammed with bones (13 skulls): osteotheke.

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[Agora Deposit] D 7:6: Pit tomb, child/infant inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Circular cutting. Grave 24 in notebook. In some records as Grave IV bis. Baby's bones: discarded. No offerings. Negs. KK 99, KK 100, X-61 ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... Baby's bones: discarded. No offerings.

[Agora Deposit] D 7:13: Grave in West Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXVII)

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXVII in notebook. No mention of bones. Orlandos Grave A. Coins: 7 March 1939 #7-#10 Neg. KK 354 ... 7-10 March 1939 ... No mention of bones. Orlandos Grave A.

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[Agora Deposit] E-F 8:1: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXIII)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXIII in notebook. Filling: decayed bones. Coins: 13 March 1939 #5-#20 14 March 1939 #6 Neg. XV-87 ... 13 March 1939 ... Filling: decayed bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 8:2: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXIV)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXIV in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 13 March 1939 #21-#23 14 March 1939 #7 Neg. KK 395 ... 13-15 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

[Agora Deposit] B 15:2: Catch Basin in ΠΠ

Deposit of black glazed table ware found with a mass of bones, iron waste and burning. Coins (from above Hellenistic/associated floor): 7 April 1948 #10-#11 ... 375-325 B.C ... Deposit of black glazed table ware found with a mass of bones, iron waste and burning.

[Agora Deposit] F 7:2: Grave in North Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXII)

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXII in notebook. No mention of bones. Pottery discarded. Coins: 11 March 1939 #15 14 March 1939 #5 Neg. KK 385 ... 18 March 1939 ... No mention of bones. Pottery discarded.

[Agora Deposit] E 7-8:1: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXVI)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXVI in notebook. Burned layer with bones, skulls. Coins: 13 March 1939 #25 14 March 1939 #9-#10 Neg. KK 394 ... Byzantine ... Burned layer with bones, skulls.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 8:14: Child Burial

Child burial at SE corner of original North Extension of Stoa Terrace. A tiny skeleton. No furniture. See neg LXV-55 and ΣΑ 749. Bones not found (2022) ... Mycenaean(?) ... See neg LXV-55 and ΣΑ 749. Bones not found (2022)

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[Agora Deposit] R 10:3: Dog's Grave

Dog's Grave, the bones carefully disposed. It contained a small amount of contemporary pottery in the fill, of which some deposited nearby, may have been intended as offerings ... Third quarter of 4th c. B.C ... Dog's Grave, the bones carefully disposed.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:10: Grave in North Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LIX)

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LIX in notebook. No mention of bones. Containers 473 and 474 represent filling between graves. Coins: 11 March 1939 #16 Neg. KK 391 ... Byzantine ... No mention of bones. Containers 473 and 474 represent filling between graves.

[Agora Deposit] S 28:1: Late Neolithic Well H in ΟΑ

Well H: Late Neolithic. West of Klepsydra. Diameter, top ca. 0.90m; at -4.50m ca 0.75. Water level ca. -2.00m 1) Some extremity bones of Bos sp. 2) Cardium sp. shells ... Late Neolithic ... 1) Some extremity bones of Bos sp. 2) Cardium sp. shells.

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:2: Simple Trench Cremation

(Grave XXIX: EG). Rectangular cutting with remains of charred human bones and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Bones discarded. Rectangular trench cut through earth into bedrock, oriented east-west ... Middle Geometric I ... Rectangular cutting with remains of charred human bones and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Bones discarded. Rectangular trench cut through earth into bedrock, oriented east-west and measuring 1.10m long, 0.70m wide and under 0.30m deep. ... According to the excavator, cremated skull fragments were encountered at the east end of the trench, leg bones near the west end.

[Agora Deposit] A 18:2: Cremation in NN

Rodney Young ... Grave. RSY Grave 50. Outside archaic cemetery on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs, cremation burial. Roughly square pit (0.80x1.00m). This pit contained a heavy deposit of cinders and ash; its ... Beginning of the last quarter of the 6th century ... Among the ashes and cinders were found a few splinters of calcined bones, evidently human ... Human bones found in ΝΝ 892.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:7: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXI)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 11 March 1939 #12-#14 13 March 1939 #4 14 March 1939 #2-#4 Neg. KK 393 ... 11-13 March 1939 18 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:9: Grave in North Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXII)

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXII in notebook. Loose earth and bones filling. Coins: 25 February 1939 #5-#6 6 March 1939 #2-#4 15 March 1939 #1 Neg. 378 ... 25 February 1939 6 March 1939 ... Loose earth and bones filling.

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[Agora Deposit] D 7:1: Pit tomb, child inhumation

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 ... Smithson: Grave IV: SM). Few bones: discarded.

[Agora Deposit] O 6:1: Archaic Dump

Trench at O/7,8-6/1,5. Layer 5 of Trench A cut in Rooms 1 and 2 of Greek House γ. Soft green clay with bones, ash, much pottery. Probably leveling fill ... Archaic ... Soft green clay with bones, ash, much pottery.

[Agora Deposit] E 8:1: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXV)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXV in notebook. Coins: 13 March 1939 #24 14 March 1939 #8 (Vandal, not kept?) Notebook says: wall of LXIV rests on bones. Neg. KK 396 ... 13-14 March 1939 16 March 1939 ... Notebook says: wall of LXIV rests on bones. Neg. KK 396

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[Agora Deposit] D 7:11: Grave in West Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXIX)

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXIX in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 7 March 1939 #12-#13 8 March 1939 #4-#5 10 March 1939 #3-#9 Neg. KK 367 ... 7-10 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:6: Pyre

Pyre in layer 2a in Room 9 SE of Greek House δ. Sand, gravel, ashes, iron nails, carbon, some bones partially cut away by foundation trench of SYPE wall. Coin 1 July 1971 #459 ... 260-200 B.C ... Sand, gravel, ashes, iron nails, carbon, some bones partially cut away by foundation trench of SYPE wall.

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[Agora Deposit] H 17:1: Child's urn burial

Grave 4 in notebook: urn burial. Lower part of a storage jar (P 15407) containing the bones of a small child along with a black glazed kantharos (P 15409) and a banded pelike (P 15408) ... 325-300 B.C ... Lower part of a storage jar (P 15407) containing the bones of a small child along with a black glazed kantharos (P 15409) and a banded pelike (P 15408).

[Agora Deposit] E 7:3: Grave in North Peristyle of Temple of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXI)

Grave in north peristyle of Temple of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 25 February 1939 #4 27 February 1939 #5-#11 6 March 1939 #1 Negs. KK 376, KK 379 ... 25-27 February 1939 6 March 1939 ... No mention of bones.

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[Agora Deposit] B 19:1: Rubbish Pit/Pyre

Rubbish Pit . Pit cut through a house floor. In courtyard, beside door to room 3. Artifacts, bone and scattering of large cinders in roughly rectangular pit dug through floor bedding and covered by red, ... 325-300 B.C ... Although the contents included chicken bones and carbonized matter along with pottery, the evidence indicates that the burning did not take place on the spot but was dumped in from elsewhere. ... Coins: 26 April 1947 #8-#13 Organic material: "animal bones, among them recognizable chicken bones" (missing).

[Agora Deposit] J 12:1: Well

Fill to 6.50m., masses of stone, animal bones and coarse pottery with some unfinished poros sculpture at 6.50m. - a dump of early 3rd c. ... At 6.50m. begins use filling with numerous BHWJs and other water ... Late 1st c. to early 3rd cent. and of 4th and 5th cents ... Fill to 6.50m., masses of stone, animal bones and coarse pottery with some unfinished poros sculpture at 6.50m. - a dump of early 3rd c. ...

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:6: Urn Cremation/The Rich Athenian Lady

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 ... One box with burnt animal bones is stored with the skeleton AA 302 in drawer 97.

[Agora Deposit] D 7:15: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LIV)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LIV in notebook. No bones mentioned in description. Photo on p. 1847 (KK 369) is probably Grave LVI and photo on p. 1851 (KK 388) is probably Grave LIV ... 9-11 March 1939 ... Grave LIV in notebook. No bones mentioned in description.

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:2: Disturbed Chamber Tomb (?)

Mycenaean Grave F. It seemed to be more as a collection of bones and offerings, presumably swept aside to make room for later burials; they are east of and slightly higher than children's graves A and ... Myc. IIIA ... It seemed to be more as a collection of bones and offerings, presumably swept aside to make room for later burials; they are east of and slightly higher than children's graves A and B.

[Agora Deposit] J 12:2: Well

Empty to 4.00m. From there to 9.20m. much coarse pottery, stucco fragments, animal bones, lead defixiones. ... The presence of fragments of stelae and architectural members near bottom point to dumped ... Late 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D ... From there to 9.20m. much coarse pottery, stucco fragments, animal bones, lead defixiones. ...

[Agora Deposit] N 11:5: Well

Well at 69/ΛΕ (diameter 0.95m). Narrows at bottom. Footholds on east and west. Uniform fill. Bones found in the well make it likely that it had cut through a grave, as it was itself overlain by one ... Late 8th c. B.C ... Uniform fill. Bones found in the well make it likely that it had cut through a grave, as it was itself overlain by one.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:10: Urn burial of an infant

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 ... Part of a burial jar with bones of 18-month-old child.

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[Agora Deposit] E 7:13: Vaulted Tomb

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XX in notebook. This deposit includes also an infant grave at the corner of Grave XX (cf. pp. 1714, 2141 and catalogued objects B 673 and B 674). Many bones, skulls ... 22 February 1939 ... This deposit includes also an infant grave at the corner of Grave XX (cf. pp. 1714, 2141 and catalogued objects B 673 and B 674). Many bones, skulls.

[Agora Deposit] N 21:8: Pit in Bedrock, Possible Disturbed Child's Grave

Pit in bedrock (disturbed child's grave?). No bones or ashes. No lots. No coins listed. P 14520 was certainly from the north end, doubtless a grave offering; few sherds (first half of 5th century) came ... Late 6th - early 5th c. B.C ... Pit in bedrock (disturbed child's grave?). No bones or ashes. No lots.

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[Agora Deposit] F-G 12:3: Inhumation of a Woman

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 ... Grave 19 in notebook. Bones only AA 3. Length 2.15m; width 0.63m; depth 0.52m.

[Agora Deposit] R 10:4: Disturbed Grave

Mycenaean Grave, disturbed, in scarp E of Stoa, a little to the south of the group of tombs clustered around Pier 12. No remains (perhaps a child's grave whose bones had completely disintegrated). Small ... Myc. IIIA:2-B ... No remains (perhaps a child's grave whose bones had completely disintegrated).

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[Agora Deposit] G 5:3: "Bone Well"

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 ... Lower fill contained bones of many infants and dogs. The bones from this well are all in very good condition. ... Lower fill contained bones of 100-200 infants and 85 dogs; Byzantine upper fill.

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:3: Double Pit Grave

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 ... We laid a skull and a few other bones, three vases and a stone bead. ... All of the pottery and bones in both graves are badly crushed ... The skeletal material (AA 177) ... does not agree with the evidence of the plan and the excavator’s description since AA 177 consisted of bones of a M. about 40 to the north, and a F.(?)

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[Agora Deposit] B 10:1: Infant Pot Inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... Disturbed burial (no remains), probably an infant pot inhumation. Inhumation grave 17 in notebook. (E.L. Smithson: Grave XIX: PG). Shallow oval cutting containing a banded amphora on its side, mouth ... LPG ... Shallow oval cutting containing a banded amphora on its side, mouth to west, sheathed in a large two-handled cooking jar, split irregularly lengthwise, south to east. No bones or offerings; 4th. c. ... JP Young: "It is possible that a baby whose bones have completely disappeared was placed in the larger coarse amphora, and that the other amphora was a Beigabe (offering)" The fact that no precedent exists in Athens at this time for a full-sized amphora as an offering in an infant or child grave renders such a suggestion unlikely. ... Deposit list says 28/ΞΔ, notebook says 28/ΞΓ. No bones recorded.

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:3: Pit tomb, inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 10 in notebook *(E.L. Smithson : Grave VI: PG). Bones discarded. Multiple inhumation of two children in an unlined trench in bedrock. No offerings. Nb. says two skeletons. JP *Note in nb.: we continue ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... Smithson : Grave VI: PG). Bones discarded. Multiple inhumation of two children in an unlined trench in bedrock.

[Agora Deposit] G 12:6: Rubbish Pit

Indicated as "Grave 6" in notebook but recognized as not a grave: "probably a rubbish pit" [deposit notebook summary]. Concentration of pottery, burning, animal bones, snail shells and seashells, probably ... Late 4th-early 3rd c B.C ... Concentration of pottery, burning, animal bones, snail shells and seashells, probably a refuse pit [Agora XXIX, p. 453).

[Agora Deposit] N 6:2: Turkish Garbage Pit

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 ... Large number of sea shells, fish and animal bones. No pottery, otherwise saved.

[Agora Deposit] O 19:3: Fifth Century Pit

Pit at 57/ΚΑ; small pit on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, measuring 1.05x0.80mx0.80m deep. There were traces of burning and a few bones in it, since none of them are recognizably human it is probably ... 480 - 470 B.C ... There were traces of burning and a few bones in it, since none of them are recognizably human it is probably a refuse pit rather than a grave.

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:3: Simple Trench Cremation

Homer A. Thompson ... (Grave XXX: EG) Rectangular cutting with burned bones of a female 40-45 years old, and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Rectangular trench, measuring approximately 0.80m long, 0.40m wide, with ... Middle Geometric I ... (Grave XXX: EG) Rectangular cutting with burned bones of a female 40-45 years old, and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. ... The filling consisted of hard-packed burned earth with scattered fieldstones, crude pieces of mudbrick, ash, charcoal, the cremated remains of, the deceased, described by Angel as an arthritic woman about 45-50 years old, as well as what was originally published as a few unburned bones of a dog. Recent reanalysis of the human remains, which were poorly preserved, yielded results consistent with Angel's estimation of age, but Liston noted the possibility that it is a male rather than female. As for the animal bones, probably the belonged to two sheep or goats, at least one specimen of cattle, a hare and a bird,, but there is nothing clearly identifiable as dog; of the 65 fragments of animal bones recovered, only four were clearly burnt.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:25: Inhumation, Probably of a Man

Grave 21 in notebook. Grave twice disturbed. Of the skeleton only the thigh bones were found. No offerings. Objects listed in nb. as from Grave 21 are taken to be with grave 20 (probably pyre objects) ... Late Geometric ... Of the skeleton only the thigh bones were found. No offerings.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:9: Pyre

Excavation of this pit began in 1995, tentatively identified as a pyre. This proved to be so with continued excavation in 1996. The deposits J 2:8 and J 2:9 were combined to become J 2:9. Miniature vessels ... Ca. 300 B.C ... Miniature vessels and burnt caprine bones.

[Agora Deposit] F 12:1: Urn-Burial of an Infant

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 ... 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. page B 1985)(SD). Bones in container B 377.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:20: George Watson's Tomb

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion with cover slab with inscription (I 5885). Grave XXXIV in notebook. One skeleton and two leg bones. The remains of G. Watson were replaced in his original position. Pottery ... 15 August 1810 ... One skeleton and two leg bones. The remains of G.

[Agora Deposit] F 16:7: Child's Burial- Pyre

Child's burial in south wall of Marble Worker's House. Bones examined 20 June 1975 and found to be an immature animal, not human (canid-puppy?). Identified as pyre by SIR. Set into a shallow roughly ovoid ... Late 4th c ... Child's burial in south wall of Marble Worker's House. Bones examined 20 June 1975 and found to be an immature animal, not human (canid-puppy?).

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:7: Pyre in Room 1 of Classical Building II

David Scahill ... Beneath toichobate floor level in Room 1 of Classical Building II, against the south ashlar wall, ca. 1.50m. east of the southwest corner of the building. Deposit of broken pyre pots in small pit, 1.00m ... Ca. 325 B.C ... Deposit of broken pyre pots in small pit, 1.00m. by 0.60m., with ash, bits of carbon and animal bones. Basket 19.

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[Agora Deposit] C 10:2: Pot inhumation, probably infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 9 (E.L. Smithson: Grave XVIII: PG). Bones discarded. JP Roughly circular pit, about 0.59m in diameter, cut into soft bedrock to a depth of 0.42m. Tomb encountered only about 0.12-0.15m below the ... Protogeometric ... Smithson: Grave XVIII: PG). Bones discarded. JP Roughly circular pit, about 0.59m in diameter, cut into soft bedrock to a depth of 0.42m.

[Agora Deposit] Q 6:1: Turkish Pithos at Q/14,15-6/7

Top slightly broken by 19th century disturbance. Built of soft mortar and stones, lined with stucco. Diameter at bottom (inside) 1.05m; at (maximum) center 1.18m. Fill soft and green with consistency of ... 16th-17th century A.D ... Many bones (especially knucklebones) and fragments of glass.

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[Agora Deposit] N 20:8: Cremation Burial in Ω

Margaret Crosby ... Grave, disturbed. Rectangular cutting in bedrock 1.70m long and 0.60m deep. The north half was cut away by a modern cellar wall and only 0.20-0.10m of fill was left. A the bottom there was a thick layer ... 510 - 490 B.C ... A the bottom there was a thick layer of burning. also present fragments of long bones and ribs, probably animal.

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[Agora Deposit] K 1:5: Well

Tom Milbank ... An unlined and relatively narrow (ca. 0.82m. in diameter) well cut through hard-pack and bedrock. Although three periods of use can be discerned in the stratigraphy of the well below a depth of ca. 5.47m., ... Middle Geometric I ... B.C. and includes the bones of an infant and an adolescent ... AA 345 (includes both human and animal bones).