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| Pyre in House C, Room 8 (RSY=Pyre 6).
Near east corner of room 8. Artifacts, burnt bone, burnt sticks, and large cinders in a shallow pit dug into surface of layer 3, and covered by layer 2. Some cinders ... 350-325 B.C.-end of 4th c. B.C ... Artifacts, burnt bone, burnt sticks, and large cinders in a shallow pit dug into surface of layer 3, and covered by layer 2. Some cinders from pyre in layer 2. These strata lay above the first floor of the third phase of the house. |
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 ... A.D.
Layer II: 1st-2nd c. ... B.C., Geometric, Helladic
Layer IX: Late-Middle Helladic
See also cut on 20m. line (F-G 3:1) ... Coins:
8 March 1939 #1 (stoa, layer IV), #2 (stoa, layer V), #3 (road, layer VI)
9 March 1939 #1-#1a (road, layer VII), #2 (stoa, layer VII)
10 March 1939 #1-#2 (road, layer VII-VIII), #3 (road, dump) |
| 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 ... 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 flat-bottomed basin (ΒΘ 121). ... The fill in Room 3 was uniform in consistency, and no floor levels were found. The approximate elevation at which the 3 complete vessels were found was 53.630. |
Destruction Layer, Brick Building.
It represents material from the layer of fallen brick covering the floor and wall socles of the Brick Building and therefore marking the destruction of the structure ... To ca. 165 ... Destruction Layer, Brick Building.
It represents material from the layer of fallen brick covering the floor and wall socles of the Brick Building and therefore marking the destruction of the structure. ... Coins:
14 February 1936 #1
15 February 1936 #2
21 February 1936 #1, #3
22 February 1936 #1 |
Within the precinct of the Hephaisteion, about 10m. north of the north stylobate of the temple.
Flask-shaped pit (W. (bottom) 3.14 x 2.73m) probably originally intended as a cistern; used for dumping ... Ca. 375-310 B.C.-Byzantine ... At 1.60m. a layer of stones, also containing some pottery, had been dumped in over the furnace waste. ... Subdivisions:
.1=Layer I, top (Mid-late Byzantine)
.2=Layer II of stones
.3=Layer III, bottom |
Road SE of altar, below 51.56m.
In 1981, p. 1883: "A single pass, ca. 0.03m. thick and we hit another surface, at 51.56m. which we take as Layer XV. Fairly loose gravelly fill under surface, sandy, greenish ... 1st c. B.C ... In 1981, p. 1883: "A single pass, ca. 0.03m. thick and we hit another surface, at 51.56m. which we take as Layer XV. Fairly loose gravelly fill under surface, sandy, greenish and deep. Masses of pottery at J/5-3/15,16." and "Patch of fill to south at a level of ca. 51.62m. which we take down ... Similar gravel and sand and sherds as above." ... A note on p. 1961 of the field notebook: "Same as Layer XV, p. 1883" justifies including the finds from that layer in this deposit. |
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 ... A.D.
Layer V: "Augustan"
Layer VI: chiefly 4th c. ... Area of Stoa:
Layer I: Early Roman
Layer II: Hellenistic
Layer III: 1st c. ... B.C.
Layer V: 8th-7th c. |
| "Koumanoudes' Well.
Tile-lined well (diam. 0.85m) at SE corner of courtyard of Roman House E, at top built wall of stones and mortar, bedrock at bottom. Coin
7 August 1971 #495-#500
13 August 1971 #507 ... 28 July-6 August 1971 ... Layer 1 :0-13.20 Backfill from Koumanoudes' excavation ... Layer 2: 13.20-15.05 Destruction (Herulian) debris, plaster, revetment, bones, horns. ... Layer 3:15.05-16.20 POU. |
| Classical dump at N/1,6-6/6,8.
Layer 14 in Early Trench E. A tremendously thick layer of dumped fill with ceramic contents ranging down through the second half of the 5th century and into very early years ... Late 5th c. (Early 4th c.) |
Crosscut between Middle stoa Piers 1 and 2 from west (south aisle), layer II.
Chiefly late 5th to mid-4th c. B.C. Coins:
2 July 1965 #1 ... Late 5th to mid-4th c. B.C. |
Accumulated fillings in the Bouleutrion Plateia beginning in late 5th c. B.C. and continuing into the 3rd c. A.D., reaching a depth of 0.20-0.30m. (Hesp. 6 (1937), p. 168. Subdivisions:
.1=Layer I
.2=Layer ... 5th c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... Subdivisions:
.1=Layer I
.2=Layer II
.3=Layer III
.4=Scraping Bedrock |
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 |
A great shaft 2.65m in diameter and over 10m deep cut out in the mid 1st c. to serve in some connection with the Brick Shaft system (U 22:1). Filled in to top (layer 2) in late 1st- early 2nd c. A.D. with ... 18 March 1937,
1-13 April 1937,
24 May-14 June 1937 |
Fillings below the courtyard floor of the Poros Enclosure west of the Areopagus. The lowest layer, over bedrock, is of the archaic period and may have accumulated on the spot before the start of building ... First half of 5th c. B.C ... The lowest layer, over bedrock, is of the archaic period and may have accumulated on the spot before the start of building operations. ... Subdivisions:
.1=layer 1, surface
.2=layer 2
.3=layer 3 |
| Pyre in north central room of house, measuring 0.50m east-west by 0.35m north-south. Pottery, bone, and burnt material in pit dug into layer IIb (crushed bedrock floor: lot Ω 464, 4th c.) and covered by ... 350-325 B.C. |
| 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 |
| Dumped filling mostly of 3rd c. A.D., but dumped as late as 5th century. Nbp. 143: The fill in this cistern was of three kinds: to within .60m. of the floor plain broken bedrock with no sherds; then a ... 10-17 February 1937 |
| 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. |
| Julia Shear ... Burial. Roman Temple south half, in fill south of temple crosswall and norh of polygonal wall, layer 37a.
Small, roughly circular pit. The diameter of the pit appeared to be only slightly greater than ... Late Helladic IIIC Late-Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean |
| Pyre in House T, Room 2 through floor of second period (RSY=Pyre 5) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
4th. c. BC.
Concentration of artifacts, burnt bone, and charcoal in floor makeup consisting ... 375-350 B.C ... The pyre was partly covered by a pebble floor associated with phase 3 of the house, but the fill in which it was found cut through a floor associated with the second phase, and it predates the abandonment of the house substantially. The artifacts rest on a heavy layer of charcoal and ash, with burnt bone throughout, suggesting burning in situ. |
Nbp. 3104: When dug, the fill of the well divided itself into 3 deposits.
Objects catalogued from the "earth" are: L 4838, P 21602, P 21603, P 21604. Dumped filling of Turkish times. Coins:
17 May 1937 ... Late 6th-7th c. A.D. |
| Artifacts, burnt bone, ash, cinders and charcoal in pit in bedrock. The pyre lay directly under mosaic floor A. the deposit is not badly disturbed, however, and it is possible that it was laid immediately ... Early second quarter of 4th c. B.C. |
| Tiled Well at S edge of E-W Road, 73/ΜΗ. Contemporary upper and lower fills separated by layer of sterile mud.
Latest coin dates ca. 200. Koan amphora handle with stamped handle dates slightly after 200 ... 210-160 |
"Foundry Pit": N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Stoa, Layer VII, with slag). A foundry pit in the courtyard of a small metalworking establishment outside the Agora to the northwest.
Both the courtyard and ... Ca. 375-350 B.C. |
| Pyre in Horos Terrace Trench, East end, set into Strosis 5.
In room 1 (court), near north wall. Concentration in stratum, no pit discerned; described as a "little nest of pots" within layer V (Lot ΜΣ ... 350-325 B.C. |
| Well cut into bedrock, associated with late Roman building G in ΕΛ 1.2m in diameter, narrows to 0.5m at bottom. Disturbed by later pits at top. Excavated from 85.77-79.25m (6.52m), but bedrock at 85.91m ... Late 4th/early 5th AD |
Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square.
Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D ... "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", etc.
... Apparently the burnt layer runs through sections Α, ΟΕ and Ε as well. ... Coins:
4 March 1933 #1-#4
8 March 1933 #1-#2
9 March 1933 #1-#12
10 March 1933 #1-#9 and #10-#12
11 March 1933 #1-#17 (Below burning)
13 March 1933 #1-#3 and #4-#7 and #8
14 March 1933 #1-#3
15 March 1933 #1-#4
16 March 1933 #1-#29 (above burning) and #30-#44 and #45-#48
17 March 1933 #1-#68 and #69-#88
18 March 1933 #1-#14 (above burning) and #15-#17
20 March 1933 #36-#50 and #51-#53
21 March 1933 #1-#51 and #52-#59
22 March 1933 #45-#92 and #106-#108
23 March 1933 #1-#12
24 March 1933 #1-#20
28 March 1933 #1-#29
31 March 1933 #1-#7
1 April 1933 #3-#13
3 April 1933 #1-#3 and #4-#7
5 April 1933 #22
10 April 1933 #3-#27 (SE corner of Dorpfeld's Stoa Bas.)
11 April 1933 #1-#38
12 April 1933 #38-#39 (SE corner of Dorpfeld's Stoa Bas.)
20 April 1933 #7-#14
21 April 1933 #13-#17
22 April 1933 #6-#20 (#19, #20 from dump)
24 April 1933 #2-#6
25 April 1933 #2-#4
26 April 1933 #1-#3
27 April 1933 #1-#7 and #8-#12
28 April 1933 #1-#6
3 May 1933 #5-#123
4 May 1933 #1-#21 and #22-#42
5 May 1933 #1-#22
6 May 1933 #1-#2
8 May 1933 #26
9 May 1933 #5-#6
12 May 1933 #1-#73
13 May 1933 #1-#9
15 May 1933 #1-#22
16 May 1933 #1-#13 and #17-#18
17 May 1933 #6-#16 and #17-#19 and #20-#32
18 May 1933 #1-#10 (Lowest layer above class. floor)
19 May 1933 #1-#15 and #16-#19
20 May 1933 #1-#21 and #22-#29
22 May 1933 #1-#62
23 May 1933 #1-#34 and #35-#36
24 May 1933 #1-#6
27 May 1933 #1-#25 and #26-#28
29 May 1933 #1-#31 and #32-#33
30 May 1933 #1-#5 and #6-#11
31 May 1933 #1-#5 and #6-#8
1 June 1933 #1-#15 and #19-#22
2 June 1933 #16-#33 and #35-#37
3 June 1933 #1-#9
5 June 1933 #1-#22 and #23-#25 and #27-#28
6 June 1933 #1-#3 and #9-#11 and #12
7 June 1933 #29 (disintegrated)
8 June 1933 #24
9 June 1933 #1-#2
15 June 1933 #9-#13 |
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 ... Subdivisions:
.1=Layer VIII
.2=Layer VII
.3=Layer VI
.4=Layer V
.5=Layer IV
.6=Layer III
.7=Layer II
.8=Layer I
Estimated Grid |
Pit in House T, Room 3 (through layer 6), in the industrial area west of Areopagus. Very likely pit may have been respectable archaic context, but nothing to go on beyond the two catalogued pieces (LT ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... Pit in House T, Room 3 (through layer 6), in the industrial area west of Areopagus. ... No container for this pit, and also apparently none for layer 6? Layer 5 us described as "5th-4th c. |
Investigations in Room to N of Tholos, various layers and periods. ... 470 B.C.-post-Herulian reuse ... Layer VI-X.2 Repairs at the end of 5th c. or early 4th c. B.C.
Layer V.3 Second period; reconstruction in third quarter of 4th c. ... B.C., towards end of first quarter.
Layer III and IV.5 Debris over Hellenistic floor; end of 2nd. c. |
| Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15.
Associated with the building lying under the Roman Street Stoa. Its fills divided into 5 separate layers, with the bulk of finds belonging to Layer 1, the ... 14 June-21 August 1973 ... Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15.
Associated with the building lying under the Roman Street Stoa. ... In this layer the bulk of sherds and vases was greater than the bulk of earth. ... It produced one box of pottery and three catalogued items.
Layer 3. 50.43m-49.93 (boxes 76-77). |
Roman Group L.
Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90).
Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90).
Layer III (cont. 17-41) -4th c. (10.00 ... Second half 3rd c.-early 5th c. A.D ... Roman Group L.
Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90).
Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c ... Layer IV (cont. 1-16) nearly 5th c. |
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 ... 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.
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Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned.
Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C ... Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. ... Moldmade bowls with thick walls and small indistinct figures similar to those on bowls in G 5:3 and some examples in Thompson's Group C. ... Coins:
3 June 1937 #1-#4
4 June 1937 #5-#9
7 June 1937 #1-#4 |
Well by Stoa Pier 3.
Mouth was discovered in 1950 (p. 2273). Between first and second POU; no joins between the groups, which were separated by nearly sterile fill. No apparent chronological difference ... Mid-2nd c. B.C ... Well by Stoa Pier 3.
Mouth was discovered in 1950 (p. 2273). ... Above this filling, to the top of the tiles, the well contained broken bedrock, along with a few chips and pebbles, topped by a layer 50 cm deep of hard-packed dark blue clay, forming a lid, as it were, over the lower, tiled part of the well. Above this clay layer, for the lower 60cm of the unlined part of the shaft, the loose broken bedrock fill continued, followed by a meter of buff poros chips filling, with some marble chips and many water-jars, a second "workmen's period". |
| Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ.
Oval pyre; 0.60 (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w).
The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it. Small bone fragments, ... 325-300 B.C ... Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ.
... The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it ... No pottery remaining, bones in plastic bag in tin 212 (deposit P 6:3). |
| Pit in Layer 9, lined on the sides and bottom with small stones ... Late 5th c. B.C. |
| 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. |
"South Triangle" abandonment filling over Brown House (House A) in the industrial area. Layers 1-3 and layer 4, to floor of second period. As late as the 3rd. c. B.C. but composed largely of earlier material ... 3rd c. B.C. and earlier ... Layers 1-3 and layer 4, to floor of second period. ... Coins:
16 April 1948 #1-#2
17 April 1948 #1-#2
19 April 1948 #1-#3
20 April 1948 #1-#2 |
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