[Agora Deposit] F-G 12:2: Road Fills

Area of early road and Geometric Cemetery: late, disturbed or uncertain levels. Includes Geometric/Proto Attic material thrown in the Turkish well at 35/Δ. Includes between road and bedrock in Β'. Four ... 5 May 1934 19-23 March 1935 2 April 1935 ... Area of early road and Geometric Cemetery: late, disturbed or uncertain levels. Includes Geometric/Proto Attic material thrown in the Turkish well at 35/Δ.

[Agora Deposit] B 19:4: Geometric Grave, RSY Grave A

RSY Grave A. Under the Roman House with three rooms floored with mosaic near the southwest side of the area. The burial consisted of a pot laid on its side over the bedrock, presumably containing a child ... 7 August 1947 ... Under the Roman House with three rooms floored with mosaic near the southwest side of the area. The burial consisted of a pot laid on its side over the bedrock, presumably containing a child. ... Pottery nondescript geometric, a little proto-geometric, discarded.

[Agora Deposit] F-G 3:1: Fill

N-S Cut on 20m. line (area of Road, area of Stoa, area N of Stoa) various levels and dates over the three areas. Investigations to the northwest of the market square in the area of the road that bordered ... Protogeometric to Late Roman ... N-S Cut on 20m. line (area of Road, area of Stoa, area N of Stoa) various levels and dates over the three areas. Investigations to the northwest of the market square in the area of the road that bordered it to the north. ... Plundered trench of early N-S wall: geometric to 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] F-G 12:1: Road Fills

Filling of early N-S road and related fills, in the area of the Geometric Cemetery south of the Tholos; various levels including plundered foundation trench. For late, disturbed or uncertain levels over ... 7th-6th c. B.C ... Filling of early N-S road and related fills, in the area of the Geometric Cemetery south of the Tholos; various levels including plundered foundation trench. For late, disturbed or uncertain levels over and in the area see F-G 12:2.

[Agora Deposit] E-F 2-3:2: Fill

N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Road, area of Stoa, area N of Stoa) various levels and dates over the three areas. Investigations to the northwest of the market square in the area of the road running out ... Prehistoric to Roman ... N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Road, area of Stoa, area N of Stoa) various levels and dates over the three areas. Investigations to the northwest of the market square in the area of the road running out of the square and of the stoa that bordered it to the north; explanatory cut at the west boundary of the excavated area. ... B.C., Geometric Layer XI-XVIII: prehistoric to Neolithic (?)

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[Agora Deposit] E-F 13:1: Prehistoric Burial

Laura Gawlinski ... Burial of a woman (young adult female ca. 18-20); precise dating difficult due to disturbance by later features, but the amount of Neolithic and Geometric pottery extracted from the trench is significant ... Prehistoric ... Burial of a woman (young adult female ca. 18-20); precise dating difficult due to disturbance by later features, but the amount of Neolithic and Geometric pottery extracted from the trench is significant. No cutting found for grave, but area seems to have been demarcated by rows of stones to the north and south, bedrock to west.

[Agora Deposit] B 18:6: Well in House T, Room 2W

A well in House T, Room 2W (Publ. House D), industrial area west of the Areopagus. Lower filling of dug bedrock including a small amount of pottery of the Geometric period. Gravelly filling in collapsed ... 3rd. quarter of 8th. c. B.C ... House D), industrial area west of the Areopagus. Lower filling of dug bedrock including a small amount of pottery of the Geometric period. Gravelly filling in collapsed upper part of well shaft containing a few vases and fragments of the early 5th. c.; the filling in the well antedates the building of the house, shortly before the mid-century.

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[Agora Deposit] H 17:2: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Child's Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXVIII: G). Cf. Container Lot ΣΤ 165 (fill over geometric grave). Neat, rectangular, unlined trench, cut into bedrock to a preserved depth of 0.20m,below the level ... Early Geometric I ... Container Lot ΣΤ 165 (fill over geometric grave). Neat, rectangular, unlined trench, cut into bedrock to a preserved depth of 0.20m,below the level of the floor of the so-called Geometric House. The tomb was located in the area between pits A and D, and was just over 2m to the east of the preserved west wall of the Geometric House. ... Two other empty trenches were found within the area of the Geometric House, ,thought to be rifled tomb pits.

[Agora Deposit] N 10:1: Cellar

"Fauvel Collection" Collector's dump? Debris in the cellar of a modern house, probably once that of F.S. Fauvel. The collection included vases of all periods, from Geometric to Turkish; a number of the ... Modern Context ... The collection included vases of all periods, from Geometric to Turkish; a number of the pieces are non-Attic and many of them apparently derive from graves. The deposit is thus without chronological significance and without any ancient association with the Agora area. Compare the similar dumps, K 14:1 and O 17:2.

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[Agora Deposit] R 20:1: Urn Cremation

John Travlos ... (Grave XXXII: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). Published as cremation burial of a warrior. The tomb was probably originally oriented north-south, with the urn-hole at the south end. The north side ... Transitional Early Geometric II-Middle Geometric I

[Agora Deposit] G-H 10-11: Passage between Metroon and Tholos

Investigations to the south of the Metroon, in the passageway between the Metroon and the Tholos; accumulated layers, from the Geometric and earlier periods to the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. Cf. Hesperia ... Geometric to second c. B.C ... Investigations to the south of the Metroon, in the passageway between the Metroon and the Tholos; accumulated layers, from the Geometric and earlier periods to the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 131, fig. 71, for a section of the layers, and notebook p. 1169 for a sketch plan of the area delineated by this deposit. ... However, as it represents an area south of the polygonal wall it has been included with G-I 11-12 and the other Tholos Trenches of section Ζ.

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[Agora Deposit] H 17:4: Terracotta Deposit

An area about 10m2. on the lower northwest slopes of the Areopagus, southeast of the archaic fountain house. A dumped fill to the end of the 3rd quarter of the 7th c. B.C., containing many votives, overlying ... 7th c. - 625 B.C ... An area about 10m2. on the lower northwest slopes of the Areopagus, southeast of the archaic fountain house. ... B.C., containing many votives, overlying the fallen clay walls of the houses of Geometric times.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:2: Urn cremation

Margaret Crosby ... Grave 1 (Grave XXVI: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male? [JP] Boots or Booties Grave. Near the west branch of the Great Drain, about 100m to the southwest of the Agora horos inscription ... Early Geometric I

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:3: Amphora Deposit

Marcie Handler ... A deposit of six amphorae and one micaceous water jar was excavated between 20 June and 6 July 2005 in the area north of Wall K. The neck and one handle of one of the amphorae (BZ 1213) had been poking ... Ca. 1st c. A.D ... A deposit of six amphorae and one micaceous water jar was excavated between 20 June and 6 July 2005 in the area north of Wall K. ... We removed two layers of fill in the area around this amphora, the first of which (lot 1540) was highly contaminated and contained material dating from the Late Geometric through the Byzantine periods.

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[Agora Deposit] H 12:6: Rubbish Dump

Rubbish Dump in mouth of abandoned well in Tholos Trench F, Kitchen. Filled with ash, charcoal, broken pottery, roof tiles. Also from Trench L. 13 March 2014 by Ann Steiner The deposit has four components ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... B.C) Component 3: A second set of collapsed curb stones, ,below the first two, and the material below it to the top of what was still preserved of the well shaft proper: Lots Ζ 691-693; and Ζ 686 (Geometric-late 6th c.) ... well shifts into area of well shaft, both at just above the top-most curbing stones (Lots Ζ 687-690) but below the burning that signifies bottom of Kitchen Dump and below those curbing stones (Lots Ζ 686; 691-693).

[Agora Deposit] T 19:3: Well

Well at 15/ΙΕ = Pocket in side of Turkish Pit at 15/ΙΔ. Shallow well on the lower slopes of the Acropolis, east of the Panathenaic Way, in the area later occupied by the Archaic Building. Located 3.5m ... 700-675 B.C. with intrusions ... Shallow well on the lower slopes of the Acropolis, east of the Panathenaic Way, in the area later occupied by the Archaic Building. ... Early Ware: Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; Protogeometric; Late Geometric-Protoattic: miniatures; banded amphora; amphora decorated; oinochoe; krater; bowls; bowl with return handle; shallow bowl; small bowl; standed bowl; lekanis; plate; large skyphos; skyphos; cup/skyphos; kotyle; one-handled cup; one-handled mug with graffito; lid; pyxis lid; assorted shapes, not identifiable; distinctive for decoration: krater; jug; hydria; decorated lid; kantharos; bowl; large closed pot.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:11: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

Brian Martens ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11, located in the area north of Wall K, was partially excavated during the 2014 season. At this point the full western extent of the chamber has not been located because of ... LHIIIA ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11, located in the area north of Wall K, was partially excavated during the 2014 season. ... The chamber was disturbed during the Late Geometric period (ca. 700 B.C or the decades shortly thereafter), when it was packed with fill, apparently as part of a deliberate operation.

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[Agora Deposit] K 3:2: Byzantine Layer with Complete Pots

James Artz Pirisino Daniele Kylindreas Miltiades ... Excavation in Room 3 of ΒΘ West revealed 5 ceramic vessels in a row against the eastern face of Wall 12. 3 complete vessels (ΒΘ 122, 124, and 125) were catalogued, along with the base of a plain glazed ... 9th-11th c. A.D ... In addition to the 3 vessels, a roof cover tile was mended from the tile debris in the same area, and 10 coins were found within the fill directly above and around the surface, mostly Anonymous Byzantine Folles datable to 1070-1075 A.D. Excavation in Room 3 was restricted to a small area south of and adjacent to Wall 23. ... Plain glaze ware; Constantinople white ware; monochrome glaze; green and brown painted ware; combed ware; ridged ware; gouged ware; amphora toe; incised coarse ware; Roman lamp fragment and red wares; classical red and black glaze (including geometric, archaic, and classical); coarse base with strange shape, handle and neck close to base; coarse handles, bases, rims, and body sherds; micaceous body; cooking ware, including joining lid fragments; painted and unpainted plaster; roof and floor tile fragments; pithos lid, rim and body fragments; worked stone; stone revetment; bone; metal; glass