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| Excavation and Cleaning along the East Side of the Great Drain, 1951 ... R. C. Wood ... There had been four major Byzantine dwelling units in the northern part of section Ε. Two of them had been removed during earlier campaigns. Excavations manage to establish the outline of the four houses, ... 9 Apr-7 Jul 1951 ... There had been four major Byzantine dwelling units in the northern part of section Ε. ... The demolition of Byzantine walls and street levels gave many architectural fragments from the Temple of Ares, and also several inscriptions.
Two monument bases that had stood along the west side of the Great Drain were found beneath the Byzantine debris. |
| Section Ν 1937 ... R.H. Howland ... Report on the excavation in the northern end of Section Ν, which started at Byzantine level and went down to the first classical level. A strip of the Byzantine and Vandal road was the largest area exposed ... 25 Jan-30 Mar 1937 ... Report on the excavation in the northern end of Section Ν, which started at Byzantine level and went down to the first classical level. A strip of the Byzantine and Vandal road was the largest area exposed. |
| Section ΠΠ March-June, 1956 ... A. Boegehold ... The ruins unearthed in section ΠΠ represent six roughly defined periods: 4th century B.C. to Hellenistic, Augustan, pre-Herulian, post-Herulian, Byzantine and Turkish.
The results of the excavation are ... 20 Feb-29 Jun 1956 ... The ruins unearthed in section ΠΠ represent six roughly defined periods: 4th century B.C. to Hellenistic, Augustan, pre-Herulian, post-Herulian, Byzantine and Turkish.
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| Section ΜΜ
Summaries for 1936 ... Homer A. Thompson ... Three main ancient features were excavated within Section ΜΜ: the North Stoa, the South Building and the ancient East-West Street passing between the two buildings. After the destruction of the buildings, ... 10 Feb-25 May 1936 ... During Byzantine times, the area was covered with large buildings, presumably private houses. |
| Agora Excavations
Season Summary 2015 ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were carried out in three areas: in Byzantine levels over the Painted Stoa in Section ΒΘ; at the north end and beneath the Classical Commercial Building in Section ΒΖ; and in Section ΟΟ in ... 8 Jun-31 Jul 2015 ... Excavations were carried out in three areas: in Byzantine levels over the Painted Stoa in Section ΒΘ; at the north end and beneath the Classical Commercial Building in Section ΒΖ; and in Section ΟΟ in the old excavations. |
| Section Υ
1937 Excavation Summary ... Rodney S. Young ... Section Υ had suffered from modern leveling operations and in some parts there were no visible antiquities. In the southeast corner were traces of Proto-Geometric grave cuttings. Excavation revealed the ... 1 Oct 1936-24 Apr 1937 ... Excavation revealed the foundations of a large rectangular structure, probably the court of a Byzantine house still beneath modern houses. ... The well was excavated and objects from Byzantine and Roman periods were found. ... A rectangular stone structure turned out to be a Byzantine tomb containing thirteen skeletons. |
| Preliminary Report on the 2013 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were carried out in several areas, spanning Mycenaean to Byzantine times.
Full exploration in Section ΒΘ East was prevented since the Byzantine walls could not yet be removed, but a trial trench ... 10 Jun-2 Aug 2013 ... Excavations were carried out in several areas, spanning Mycenaean to Byzantine times.
Full exploration in Section ΒΘ East was prevented since the Byzantine walls could not yet be removed, but a trial trench was opened in front of the Poikile Stoa. ... In Section ΒΘ West, the Middle Byzantine levels continued to be explored revealing more of the settlement found throughout the entire area north of Hadrian Street.
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| Sections Rho and Eta 1937 ... James H. Oliver ... Byzantine settlements in Sections Η and Ρ were removed and the foundations of the Temple of Ares exposed.
The most noticeable feature was the road serving as the main thoroughfare in the neighborhood from ... 24 Feb 1937 ... Byzantine settlements in Sections Η and Ρ were removed and the foundations of the Temple of Ares exposed.
The most noticeable feature was the road serving as the main thoroughfare in the neighborhood from the earliest Byzantine times until present days. |
| Report on Excavations in the Athenian Agora 1992 ... T. Leslie Shear, Jr ... This is a report on the archaeological excavations in the Athenian Agora during 1992. The investigations continued in two areas: on the south side of Hastings Street and along the north side of Hadrian ... 8 Jun-7 Aug 1992 ... In the northernmost section Byzantine levels were dug, revealing a complex of two rooms and a courtyard bounded by streets. ... A well, first used in the Roman period and then reused in the Byzantine period ,was dug and produced a large number of finds, amongst them a herm head from the Classical period. Further southeast along the street, the remains of a small Byzantine chapel was uncovered.
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| AGORA 2022 - Preliminary Report ... John McK. Camp II ... The initial plan to excavate under the modern building at 14 St. Philip Street had to be postponed due to delayed demolition. Instead, excavations were carried out around and inside the Stoa Poikile.
In ... 14 Jun-5 Aug 2022 ... In ΒΘ East, Byzantine levels were excavated and more of several rooms were explored.
In ΒΘ West, Byzantine and Roman levels inside the western part of Stoa Poikoile were removed. |
| Section Ζ 1951 ... Homer A. Thompson ... The remaining pieces of the so-called Byzantine wall were removed, as well as a late Roman wall. Excavations in front of the Civic Offices revealed a hard road surface from the 3rd century A.D. More than ... 21 May-13 Jun 1951 ... The remaining pieces of the so-called Byzantine wall were removed, as well as a late Roman wall. |
| Preliminary Report on the 2008 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations took place in three sections, two north of Hadrian Street (ΒΗ and ΒΘ) and one in the old area south of the Tholos (Γ).
In Section ΒΗ, layers in, over and behind the building identified as the ... 10 Jun-1 Aug 2008 ... In Section ΒΗ, layers in, over and behind the building identified as the Painted Stoa were excavated to down below the middle Byzantine walls. The back wall and the interior colonnade were explored and detailed information about the building construction were gained. Behind the back wall a small fragment of a large terra cotta pipe was found in situ in middle Byzantine layers. Layers contemporary with the Stoa were not reached this season. ... Mostly late fills were dug but the top of Byzantine walls came to sight in some places, as was large worked blocks that may have come from one or several Classical buildings.
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| Preliminary Report on the 2004 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... All the work during the season 2004 was concentrated on the northwest corner of the Agora north of the Panathenaic Way.
In BZ North, the last remains of Byzantine fills and walls were removed and Hellenistic, ... 7 Jun-16 Jul 2004 ... In BZ North, the last remains of Byzantine fills and walls were removed and Hellenistic, early Roman and late Roman fills were explored. ... In Section ΒΗ, excavation of the Byzantine remains behind the Painted Stoa continued. |
| Agora 2019 - Summary Report ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were carried out in four sections: in Section ΝΝ in the southwest corner of the archaeological site, and in the northwest corner of the Agora in Sections ΒΖ, ΒΘ East and ΒΘ West.
Section ΝΝ ... 10 Jun-2 Aug 2019 ... In section ΒΘ West, work continued in the Byzantine levels above the Painted Stoa. ... In some parts of the area the bottom of the Byzantine house walls were reached to just a few centimetres above the floor level of the stoa.
... The digging of an Archaic well was finished and the removal of a Middle Byzantine wall started. |
| Section X
Miscellaneous Notes Compiled in Summer of 1946 ... Margaret Crosby ... This report is a summary of the excavations taken place in 1937 as well as in 1946.
Some pottery indicate habitation in the area from the Geometric period. Two shallow graves of the 6th and 5th centuries ... 27 May-21 Jun 1946 ... No traces of the latest Romans period were found, and the only Byzantine fill dug was an early Byzantine well. |
| Agora Excavations Preliminary Report - Summer 2014 ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations in 2014 were carried out in three sections: ΒΘ, ΒΓ and ΒΖ.
In Section ΒΘ, overlying the Painted Stoa, the Byzantine houses of the 11th century A.D. were further exposed in the western part ... 9 Jun-1 Aug 2014 ... In Section ΒΘ, overlying the Painted Stoa, the Byzantine houses of the 11th century A.D. were further exposed in the western part and two more pithoi were found. The eastern half was dug deeper; a pithos discovered at a lower level suggests an earlier phase of the Byzantine settlement. |
| Excavations in the Athenian Agora, 2025: Preliminary Report ... John K. Papadopoulos Debby Sneed ... The 2025 excavation is the third excavation season in the ΒΚ section, divided into three trenches: ΒΚ North, ΒΚ South, and ΒΚ West, and covers the central part of the Stoa Poikile. The excavation practices ... 9 Jun-1 Aug 2025 ... The architectural remains from this season include part of the Middle Byzantine (10th to 12th centuries CE) neighborhood and later features, such as Ottoman-period pits and wells. ... The study of pottery revealed that only Byzantine, Ottoman, and Early Modern pottery came from closed stratified deposits, whereas Greek and Roman period pottery came from disturbed contexts. |
| Preliminary Report on the 2002 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations continued in the northwest corner of the Agora (sections ΒΕ and ΒΖ) and in the Eleusinion area (ΕΛ), and a trial trench was opened up in the Panathenaic Way (Σ).
In section ΒΖ, the exploration ... 10 Jun-2 Aug 2002 ... In section ΒΖ, the exploration of the Byzantine settlement and the late Roman remains underneath them continued. Within the Byzantine walls some ancient blocks were found, several of them probably coming from funerary monuments. |
| Preliminary Report on the 2012 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were carried out in four areas during the 2012 season: three in the area of the Painted Stoa at the northwest corner of the Agora (sections ΒΗ, ΒΖ, ΒΘ), and one in the Panthenaic Way (section ... 11 Jun-3 Aug 2012 ... In section ΒΘ, in the eastern trench, excavation continued within several rooms of the Byzantine period; in the western trench, the upper part of Byzantine walls were exposed. |
| Preliminary Report on the 1998 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Most work this year was concentrated to a new area at the extreme northwest, where a modern building had been demolished. Fill from modern to Byzantine times were excavated. The principal feature uncovered ... 8 Jun-31 Jul 1998 ... Fill from modern to Byzantine times were excavated. |
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