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| Laura Gawlinski ... Fill excavated south and west of Early Building Ii, Room E latrine, with a high concentration of votive material, such as pyre saucers, miniature loom weights, and ribbon handled plates. Some traces of ... 400-350 B.C ... Excavations | 2008 | Trenches | Gawlinski | Early Building II | Baulk SW of Room E Latrine | Deposit G 13:14 |
Now G 13:9. Asterisk: G 14:4* ... Now G 13:9 ... Asterisk: G 14:4* |
Now H 13:4. Asterisk: G 13:5* ... Asterisk: G 13:5* |
Formerly deposit G 14:4.
Turkish context; pottery discarded ... 10 March 1932 ... G 13:9 ... G 13:9 |
Cistern at 14/Κ. (now H 6:9) Asterisk: G 6:1* ... Asterisk: G 6:1* |
The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... Ca. 200 B.C ... The following objects are published together with those from G 6:2 but were found in the west chamber of the cistern system which is deposit F 6:3: A 230, P 366, P 367, P 403-P 407, P 2387-P 2393, L 459, L 461, L 462, L 464, L 1114, L 1115, T 133, T 134.
... Date based on comparison with F 5:1 and G 5:3. |
Well 8 (in Tholos), put out of use by a fall of the rock walls and replaced by well G 11:3. Scanty use filling at and near the bottom, separated by a mass of fallen rock from a debris filling in the upper ... Ca. 550-500 B.C. and 480 B.C ... G 11:8 ... G 11:8 |
Wells at 24/ΙΓ at 26/ΙΑ near the SW corner of the market square, about 10m west of the Southwest Fountain House (the party wall between them broken through in antiquity). ... Ca. 500 B.C ... G 15:1 ... G 15:1 |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Circular pit uncovered in Early Building II, south of Room E latrine, adjacent to the preserved latrine floor surface. Continues beneath the latrine surface and the western scarp (unexcavated). Fill relatively ... Late 5th c. B.C ... G/12-13/8 |
Estimated Grid ... G 8:1.1 ... G 8:1.1 |
Exploration over bedrock inside the Tholos; levels of 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C ... G 11 |
Hellenistic filling at NE corner of section. Estimated Grid ... Hellenistic ... G 13 |
| 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 ... G 12:25 ... G 12:25 |
Middle Helladic Pit at NW corner of church of St. Athanasius Estimated Grid ... Middle Helladic ... G/7,8-19/6,7 |
Estimated Grid ... G/4,5-8/10,11 |
| Not completely excavated due to instability of chamber walls and water. Sherds of all periods - Greek, Roman and Byzantine - were found in it [nbp. 424].
Re-examined in 2010. Photos and notes on NB pages ... 10th c. A.D ... Photos and notes on NB pages listed below.
2010 Final Report
Cistern G 14:3 is plaster lined and built with stone, at least in its upper portion, and contains a series of footholds at the northeast and southwest. ... It connects with cistern G 14:5 through an underground passage (No new lots or finds). |
| Roasting pits associated with the archaic buildings which preceded the Tholos ... Ca. 500-470 B.C ... G-H 11 |
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 12:20 ... G 12:20 |
Estimated Grid ... 275-150 B.C ... G 13:4.1 ... G 13:4.1 |
| Herm head deliberately buried in a pit with coins of the 2nd half of the 4th c. Head found at an elevation of 51.907. Bottom of the pit at 51.637 m. Coins:
27 June 1972 #199-#205
Bits of bronze, iron ... 2nd half 4th c. B.C ... G 4:3 ... G 4:3 |
| 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 ... G 6:3 ... G 6:3 |
Estimated Grid ... Ca. 510-480 B.C ... G/7,8-6/4,5 |
Estimated Grid ... Early 6th c. A.D ... G 11:2.1 ... G 11:2.1 |
Coins:
2 June 1937 #1 Estimated Grid ... 5th c. A.D ... G 11:2.2 ... G 11:2.2 |
Coins:
7 June 1937 #1-#7 Estimated Grid ... 4th c. A.D ... G 11:2.3 ... G 11:2.3 |
Well (stone-curbed shaft) near middle of Tholos which served the prior building.
Period of Use dated to ca. 500-480(?) B.C., Upper fill dated to ca. 480-470 B.C. or soon after in Agora XXX (a gradual ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... G/12,13-11/4,5 |
See cistern system wells F 11:2 and F 12:3, part of Tholos water system. Estimated Grid ... Ca. 350-294 B.C ... G 11:4 ... G 11:4 |
Estimated Grid ... 325-260 B.C ... G/16,17-13/4,5 |
Containers Lot Α 306-Lot Α 340. Estimated Grid ... Ca. 575-535 B.C ... G 6:3.2 ... G 6:3.2 |
Estimated Grid ... Mid-3rd c. A.D ... G 11:2.5 ... G 11:2.5 |
Estimated Grid ... Early 3rd c. A.D ... G/3,4-11/2,3 |
Estimated Grid ... Early 3rd c. A.D ... G/3,4-11/2,3 |
Estimated Grid ... Late 2nd c. A.D ... G 11:2.8 ... G 11:2.8 |
| 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 ... G 12:24 ... G 12:24 |
Estimated Grid ... Third quarter 3rd. c. A.D. ? ... G 11:2.4 ... G 11:2.4 |
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 ... G/3,4-11/2,3 |
Well on Slopes of Kolonos, apparently with two periods of active service. The earlier dating from ca. the turn of the era well down into the 1st c. A.D. Probable that the well was never cleaned out in ... POU Early to second half 1st c. A.D ... G/4,5-8/10,11 |
Connected with G 14:3.
There was a layer of Late Roman fill. It rested over a layer of 2nd c. B.C Hellenistic and then another of 4th c. B.C Hellenistic; the passage between the two cisterns contained ... Late Hellenistic ... G 14:5 ... G 14:5 |
Basin in rock at NW corner of Church of St. Athanasius. Walls lined with small stones and bricks and covered with plaster or mortar.
Dimensions length 1.99, width 0.37, depth 0.77. Coins:
1 April 1939 ... 3rd c. A.D ... G 19:2 ... G 19:2 |
Cf. P 3736, from the original "packing behind poros benches". Not from the pit itself it is therefore not listed with this deposit ... 5th c. B.C ... G 7:1 ... G 7:1 |
Cistern system West of Bouleuterion: (see also B: cistern system to West of Tholos). Third Chamber from North. A well was dug through the bottom in Byz. times. Cf. deposit F 9:2. Coins:
3 May 1934 #1 ... 160-140 B.C., with Byz. disturbance
Early 3rd to late 2nd c. B.C. POU ... G 11:1 ... G 11:1 |
Investigations in Room to N of Tholos, various layers and periods. ... 470 B.C.-post-Herulian reuse ... G 11:7 ... G 11:7 |
| 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 ... G 12:9 ... G 12:9 |
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 ... G 12:12 ... G 12:12 |
Grave 12 in notebook. Probably an adult burial ... Late Geometric ... G 12:13 ... G 12:13 |
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 ... G 12:16 ... G 12:16 |
Kitchen Dump in Tholos Trench T ... 375-350 B.C ... G 12:23 ... G 12:23 |
Two narrow trenches at right angles to each other.
Small deposit in bedrock cutting Good black glaze ware ... 430-420 B.C ... G 14:6 ... G 14:6 |
Wells at 24/ΙΓ at 26/ΙΑ near the SW corner of the market square, about 10m west of the Southwest Fountain House (the party wall between them broken through in antiquity).
Use filling middle to third quarter ... Ca. 550-525 B.C ... G 15:2 ... G 15:2 |
Brown fill (Lebes fill) over bedrock, (28)30-32/Δ-Ε. Some later disturbances. Coins:
1 March 1932 #9-#10 ... Early 6th c. B.C ... G 15:3 ... G 15:3 |
Coins:
20 February 1932 #1-#2 ... 4th c., with Roman intrusion ... G 15:4 ... G 15:4 |
No description in Deposit folders ... Geometric ... G 15:5 ... G 15:5 |
Filling on bedrock.; accumulation extending to about the middle of the 6th c. with earlier material. Some later intrusions to late Roman (?) ... Ca. 600-550 B.C ... G 15:6 ... G 15:6 |
Well on the lower north slope of the Areopagus. The pottery apparently belongs to a filling of one period, since it exhibited no marked difference in character to the bottom. No where was the deposit very ... Ca. 410-390 B.C ... G 16:1 ... G 16:1 |
Pit H ... Second half of 4th c. B.C ... G 17:1 ... G 17:1 |
No independently datable objects. Coins:
17 February 1932 #29
18 February 1932 #4 ... 325-300 B.C ... G 17:2 ... G 17:2 |
Dumped filling in a well on the west slope of the Areopagus (apparently separate, no mends between them, but differing little in date) the bottom filling apparently thrown in towards the beginning of the ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. and earlier ... G 18:1 ... G 18:1 |
A smaller deposit, but with some good household pottery, and red-figure both Meidian and sub-Meidian ... 17-22 May 1939 ... G 18:1.1 ... G 18:1.1 |
Heavy deposit of good black and plain wares ... 450-425 B.C ... G 18:1.2 ... G 18:1.2 |
High proportion of material in unusually complete codition ... 475-450 B.C. and later ... G 18:1.3 ... G 18:1.3 |
Coins:
15 June 1939 #1 ... 15 June 1939 ... G 18:1.4 ... G 18:1.4 |
Also noted as 32-33/Μ. The N wall collapsed. A very shallow deposit of ancient fill over its stuccoed floor. Coins:
10 May 1939 #3-#4 ... Hellenistic, 4th-early 3rd, Roman, 4th c. A.D ... G 19:3 ... G 19:3 |
| Pit with burned debris north of the ancient road leading from the Agora to the Dipylon Gate, probably to be associated with the Persian sack [deposit notebook]. Also includes a similar filling lying over ... Ca. 500-470 B.C ... G 3:1 ... G 3:1 |
| 7th-8th c. A.D ... G 3:2 ... G 3:2 |
Bothros at 18/ΙΒ (= 18/ΙΓ) ... Middle Byzantine ... G 3:3 ... G 3:3 |
Well at 16/Γ = Well at 15/Β.
Dug to 14.90m. and abandoned due to influx of water. Coins:
15 May 1936 #1
20 May 1936 #2-#5
18 June 1936 #1, dump ... 3rd c. B.C ... G 4:1 ... G 4:1 |
Coin:
17 March 1936 #9 ... Dark Ages(?)-Byzantine ... G 4:2 ... G 4:2 |
The fill in this cistern is Byzantine with considerable admixture of Greek IV-III c. B.C. Coins:
7 March 1932 #9
9 March 1932 #1
10 March 1932 #1-#2
11 March 1932 #2
12 March 1932 #1 ... 11th-12th c. A.D ... G 5:1 ... G 5:1 |
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 ... G 5:2 ... G 5:2 |
| 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 ... G 5:3 ... G 5:3 |
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 ... G 12:1 ... G 12:1 |
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 ... G 12:2 ... G 12:2 |
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 ... G 12:3 ... G 12:3 |
| 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 ... G 12:4 ... G 12:4 |
| 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 ... G 12:5 ... G 12:5 |
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 ... G 12:6 ... G 12:6 |
| 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 ... G 12:7 ... G 12:7 |
| 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 ... G 12:8 ... G 12:8 |
| 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 ... G 12:10 ... G 12:10 |
| 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 ... G 12:11 ... G 12:11 |
| 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 ... G 12:14 ... G 12:14 |
| 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 ... G 12:15 ... G 12:15 |
| 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 ... G 12:17 ... G 12:17 |
Rodney S. Young ... Grave 17 in notebook. No offerings.
Amphora containing skeleton of small child was laid on its side in pit. RSY
Lot Β 304 Fill over Grave 17 ... Early 6th century B.C (?) ... G 12:18 ... G 12:18 |
| 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 ... G 12:19 ... G 12:19 |
Circular well cut through the old road after it had gone out of use, and filled probably at the time of the building of the drain and building A, and the throwing of fill over the road ... Ca. 430-400 B.C ... G 12:21 ... G 12:21 |
| 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 ... G 12:22 ... G 12:22 |
John Camp ... Late Geometric or Early Proto-attic ... G 12:26 ... G 12:26 |
Green Earth at 03-04-05/ΚΑ-ΚΔ, to at least -3.50m. near the southwest corner of the market square. Terracotta figurines; lamps; fragmentary pottery ... Ca. 500-475 B.C. and later ... G 13:1 ... G 13:1 |
| Identified as pyre by SIR.
In room E. Burnt "pocket" found while digging red earth that contained late Hellenistic pottery, including a fragment of Pergamene (discarded). No pit was discerned, but concentration ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C ... G 13:2 ... G 13:2 |
| In room A. Concentration of artifacts and burning in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre lay below a Late Hellenistic fill with a smooth earth surface. It is described as a black patch of earth with sherds, ... 350-250 B.C ... G 13:3 ... G 13:3 |
Tiled well, ca. 30m south of the Tholos. Associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary ... 325-260 B.C ... G 13:4 ... G 13:4 |
First half 4th c. B.C ... G 13:7 ... G 13:7 |
The following objects may be from this level or from the 'Mixed Classical Level at 10/Δ: SS 449, SS 450, SS 451 (nbp. 186, 2819). Coins:
4 March 1933 #1-#6 (cf. #7-#13)
7 March 1933 #39 ... 150-86 B.C ... G 13:8 ... G 13:8 |
Filling over and behind blocks of E. wall of Great Drain at 10-15/Α-Γ. Coins:
10 May 1954 #1-#2 ... 3rd c. B.C ... G 13:10 ... G 13:10 |
9/Ι at 59.00m. General. Coins:
8 May 1933 #1-#11
9 May 1933 #36-#39 ... 8-9 May 1933 ... G 13:11 ... G 13:11 |
Sandy Intrusion. Coins:
15 May 1933 #1-#25 A. Walker coin deposit ... 2nd c. A.D ... G 13:12 ... G 13:12 |
Called a Turkish pit, located under a Byzantine wall and filled with an upper level of Byzantine material under which a level of Roman material. Coins:
5 April 1932 #1-#3
6 April 1932 #1-#5
7 April 1932 ... 6-11 April 1932 ... G 14:1 ... G 14:1 |
Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery ... 4th-2nd c. B.C.
100-70 B.C ... G 14:2 ... G 14:2 |
Late first quarter 1st c. B.C ... G 14:2.1 ... G 14:2.1 |
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