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[Agora Report] 1992 Excavations

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 ... The investigations continued in two areas: on the south side of Hastings Street and along the north side of Hadrian Street. In ancient times the latter area lay at the northwest corner of the Agora; the former lay north of the market square along the street leading out of the Agora. ... A series of poros Doric column drums used in the north wall of the channel were partly uncovered.

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[Agora Report] 2007 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2007 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavation continued this year in the sections ΒΖ, ΒΗ and Γ. In Section ΒΖ South, two areas were investigated: the north-south road and the areas west of the road. In the road, hard-packed gravel surfaces ... 13 Jun-3 Aug 2007 ... In Section ΒΖ South, two areas were investigated: the north-south road and the areas west of the road. ... More of its eastern back wall was exposed, along with several cross-walls. ... More of the back wall of the presumed Stoa Poikile was found.

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[Agora Report] 2008 Excavations

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 ... 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). ... 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.

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[Agora Report] 2010 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2010 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations took place in five sections: ΒΗ, ΒΘ, ΒΖ, Γ and Δ. In Section ΒΗ, excavation continued and late fills overlying the Stoa Poikile were cleared. A good cross-section of the stoa foundations was ... 15 Jun-6 Aug 2010 ... Also recovered were fragments of a terracotta aqueduct running along the back wall of the Stoa. Two Byzantine wells within the interior of the building were left undug. A Hellenistic cistern was recovered in the area behind and north of the stoa. Fragments of painted wall plaster were found within it.

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[Agora Report] 2019 Excavations

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 ... Some pots and architectural elements were found within the basin, which was probably abandoned in the 3rd century AD. North of the tank, a corner of a marble bench or seat was uncovered. ... Two large limestone blocks along the south side of the enclosure wall were further examined. ... The digging of an Archaic well was finished and the removal of a Middle Byzantine wall started.

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[Agora Report] 1936 ΚΚ

ΚΚ Excavation Report 1936 ... Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Section ΚΚ, the area inside the modern fence around the so-called Theseion, was cleared to bedrock in order to determine the entire history of that portion of Kolonos Agoraios. Excavation revealed that ... 10 Feb-13 Mar 1936 ... In Hellenistic times private houses were built outside the terrace wall, and some time after the middle of the second century B.C. the hill was included in the general scheme of enlarging the Agora region. A closed building, which purpose has not yet been determined, was set into the north side of the hill. ... A fragment of the Turkish fortification wall of 1778 was cleared just to the west of the temple.

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[Agora Report] 2006 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2006 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... This summer the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the excavations and the 50th anniversary of the reconstruction of the Stoa of Attalos were celebrated. Excavation were concentrated on two areas: northwest ... 13 Jun-4 Aug 2006 ... In Section ΒΖ excavation continued in the north-south road and in the buildings to the east and west of it. ... A poros block, incorporated in a pit, can perhaps be associated with the eastern part of the Stoa Poikile, just within its northern wall.