K 6:4: Pit

Found while cleaning wall running east-west over 57. Contained late glazed pottery ... Byzantine ... Found while cleaning wall running east-west over 57.

L 19:4: Well

A well, apparently unfinished, with footholds in east and west sides ... 2nd c. A.D ... A well, apparently unfinished, with footholds in east and west sides.

R 12:2: Geometric Well East of Stoa Room 4

Geometric Well East of Stoa Room 4. Diameter 1.10m; narrows at bottom. Rough-cut, with irregular footholds north-south and east-west sides. Little water; no use fill Estimated Grid ... 725-700 B.C ... Geometric Well East of Stoa Room 4. ... Rough-cut, with irregular footholds north-south and east-west sides. Little water; no use fill

N 11:4: Well

Well (diameter 1.10m). Neatly cut. Footholds on east and west at intervals of ca. 0.50m. Plentiful water ... Late 8th - Early 7th c. B.C ... Footholds on east and west at intervals of ca. 0.50m.

S 22:2: Well at 43/ΙΕ

Well at the southeast corner, almost on the line of the east-west street. Upper Fill: Late Roman dumped fill. Lower Fill: Dark Age: ca. 7th c. A.D. Coin 30 March 1939 #34 ... 7th-Late 6th century ... Well at the southeast corner, almost on the line of the east-west street.

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E 19:2: Grave 2, Inhumation of 6-Year-Old Child

Cut in bedrock (P.L. 0.50m, W. 0.57m). Head at east, looking west; skull stood upright when found. Lower part of skeleton missing. PD 435 ... 750-725 B.C ... Head at east, looking west; skull stood upright when found.

K 7:1: Hellenistic Fill

Hellenistic fill, north of Temple of Ares, on either side of wall running east-west over 50/ΙΓ. Mostly coarse pottery including many stamped amphora handles. Cf. also nb. P XII, pp. 2297-2298. Coins: 13 ... 275-200 B.C ... Hellenistic fill, north of Temple of Ares, on either side of wall running east-west over 50/ΙΓ.

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F 13:4: Coin Hoard

Laura Gawlinski ... Coin hoard of Athenian tetradrachms. Dug into fill under floor (floor level not preserved) on east side of Strategeion near the NE corner of room formed by the eastern poros block wall and an east-west ... Second half of 4th c. B.C ... Dug into fill under floor (floor level not preserved) on east side of Strategeion near the NE corner of room formed by the eastern poros block wall and an east-west polygonal crosswall. The hoard describes an oval with its widest point running roughly east-west (0.211m), narrow dimension roughly north-south (0.140m) Forty-six found loose, the remainder fused together in cone-shaped mass, point at bottom, weight 6.280 kg (estimated 400 coins).

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 ... Set into a shallow roughly ovoid pit measuring ca. 0.27m east-west by 0.33m north-south.

N-P 20:1: Dump

East-West Street (63-64/ΙΣΤ, etc.) Packing in line of ancient east-west street along Areopagus north slopes. Lower fills, predominantly late 6th-early 5th c. B.C. Middle fills, last quarter of the 5th ... Various levels and dates ... East-West Street (63-64/ΙΣΤ, etc.) Packing in line of ancient east-west street along Areopagus north slopes.

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O 17:9: Disturbed Pyre

Initially was recorded as disturbed saucer grave, but identified as pyre by SIR. Found by gardener washing out of scarp during the winter rains. The location is just south of an east-west road; there ... 1962 ... The location is just south of an east-west road; there were traces of houses in this general area.

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 ... Footholds on east and west. Uniform fill.

H 6:6: Well to East of Cave

Cut down through the west back foundation of the Royal Stoa immediately to the east of the 'Cave' ... Byzantine ... Cut down through the west back foundation of the Royal Stoa immediately to the east of the 'Cave'.

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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 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.

P 6:2: Early Roman Pit at P/3-6/6,7

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 ... Pit in NW corner of Room 6 bounded by walls of Room to North and West, cut into preexisting layers to east, cutoff by Byzantine pithos to South. ... Top elevation: 55.64m (w); 55.59m (e) Depth: 0.55m East-West Width: 1.37m Preserved North-South length: 1.45m max.

R 7:1: Chamber Tomb under Valerian Wall, Burial 12

Mycenaean Tomb under Valerian wall (Burial 12). It was impossible to fix the limits of the tomb in any direction, since at the north and south it was cut by the wall, an operations could not be extended ... Myc. III B ... It was impossible to fix the limits of the tomb in any direction, since at the north and south it was cut by the wall, an operations could not be extended to the east and west, owing to the rapid flow of water from the surface of bedrock.

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C 9:9: Urn cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 2 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XV: PG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female. JP It consists of a roughly rectangular pit or trench cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.35m., measuring ... Late Protogeometric ... The trench was oriented east-west, urn-hole to the east.

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B 14:5: Pit

A flask-shaped storage pit or cellar, cut in the rock at the south edge of the levelled top of Kolonos Agoraios. Filled late in first quarter of 6th. c. B.C. (2.95m from east to west by 2.70m from north ... First quarter 6th. c. B.C ... B.C. (2.95m from east to west by 2.70m from north to south).

O-P 6:1: Drain Fill

Area I; layer I. Soft, loose destruction fill of Street Drain in front of Greek House δ. Represents closing of drain in preparation for construction of Basilica. Top elevation 55.40m at west, 55.96m at ... 1st c. A.D ... Top elevation 55.40m at west, 55.96m at east.

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Q 10:6: Chamber Tomb by Stoa Pier 12, Burial 10

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb by Stoa Pier 12 (Burial 10). The entire north side of the chamber had been cut away by Stoa Pier 12 and most of the depth by leveling operations in connection with Square Building, ... Early Myc. IIIA ... What remained of the chamber measured 1.30m east-west by 0.90m north-south. Despite the disturbance two skeletons were found in order as far as their thighs, lying inn a north-south position with their heads to the south; the east skeleton lay on its right side with the right hand under the head, the left over the chest; the west skeleton had the left arm raised to its chin, the right arm at its side.