Q-R 10-11:1: Construction Fill Below Floor of Brick Building

Construction fill below floor of Brick Building. Areas involved: a) Western portion of Room A: packing below floor. b) Room B: packing below floor of northern,larger room. c) Fill over water channel in ... First quarter 2nd century, before its end ... Construction fill below floor of Brick Building. Areas involved: a) Western portion of Room A: packing below floor. b) Room B: packing below floor of northern,larger room. c) Fill over water channel in smaller, southern room B; channel discovered by builders of Brick Building,rebuilt by them and covered over. d) Foundation trench of earlier building beneath Brick Building, filled and covered by builders of Brick Building. e) "Apparently from below floor of building" (nb.p. 1282). ... Coins: 14 July 1950 #1 (disintegrated) 18 July 1950 #1-#3 (disintegrated) SS 11078-SS 11079 Uncertain from Q-R 10-11:2 or Q-R 10-11:1

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J 1:4: Infant burial

In NE corner of Room D. In a Byzantine vessel=P 34464. The position of the vessel in the corner of the room suggests that the burial was made after the construction of Byzantine Walls G and E. This type ... 10th-11th c. A.D.

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A 19:1: Sacrificial Pyre in House N

Pyre(?) in House N, S.W. Room. (=House C, Room 10) In room 10. Vessels from an earlier pyre were found dispersed in the makeup of the latest "floor" in the room, with tile fragments trodden into its surface ... First quarter of the 4th c. B.C.

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J 1:8: Pyre J 1:8

Marcie Handler ... The Pyre was revealed in a layer of 4th c. fill in the north end of Room 6, just south of Wall 8. Room 6 is defined by the street wall (Wall A) on the west, Wall 7 on the east, Wall 9 on the south (preserved ... 4th c. B.C ... The Pyre was revealed in a layer of 4th c. fill in the north end of Room 6, just south of Wall 8. Room 6 is defined by the street wall (Wall A) on the west, Wall 7 on the east, Wall 9 on the south (preserved only as a stub on the east side of the area), and possibly Wall 8 or Wall 6 on the north. 2.5 meters SW of the pyre, a patch of floor surface at J/10-1/20 at 52.188 masl. was found. This small patch of floor may represent the floor surface that originally overlaid the pyre deposit.

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B 19:1: Rubbish Pit/Pyre

Rubbish Pit . Pit cut through a house floor. In courtyard, beside door to room 3. Artifacts, bone and scattering of large cinders in roughly rectangular pit dug through floor bedding and covered by red, ... 325-300 B.C.

U 14:1: Well at U/10-14/4

Well at U/10-14/4, in Byzantine Room I. Well is ca. 1.20m in diameter, dug into bedrock. Excavated to depth of roughly -8.00m; sides started collapsing and thus did not dig to full depth. Some stone-lining, ... June 15-16, 17-31 July 1972 ... Well at U/10-14/4, in Byzantine Room I. Well is ca. 1.20m in diameter, dug into bedrock. ... Some stone-lining, varying in depth from 0.50m to 0.75m., between stone floor of room and beginning of bedrock. Above floor a later collar added in Frankish-Turkish times (?)

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B 18:1: Pyre

Pyre in House D, Room 4 (RSY=Pyre 4) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Notebook refers to House N. Pottery belongs late in third quarter of the 4th. c. BC. Pyre burned near beginning of last ... 350-300 B.C ... Pyre in House D, Room 4 (RSY=Pyre 4) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. ... The pyre pit was dug through layer 1 and into layer 2, both of which overlay the foundation of the wall between rooms 3 and 4. ... The hardened and reddened floor of the pit and the location of cinders under the pottery indicate the pyre was burnt in situ.

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J 1:10: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

Brian Martens ... It was partially excavated during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The tomb, located at the center of Room III in the NE area of section ΒΖ, was found under fill surrounding perpendicular mid-to late 6th c ... LHIIIA ... The tomb, located at the center of Room III in the NE area of section ΒΖ, was found under fill surrounding perpendicular mid-to late 6th c. ... The tomb contents were found spread over the tomb of the floor, but especially concentrated at the back east and south walls. A strip of fill at the north side of the cutting, just below the scarp of Wall L remained unexcavated at the end of the season (J/17,18-1/10,11; 51.290-51.376 masl.) 2018: We removed a final strip of fill in the chamber below the scarp under Wall K (J/17,19-1/10,11).