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[Agora Deposit] G 12:22: Refuse Dump in Tholos Trench E

Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III. Diameter 1m. Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2. Similar the well filling, H 6:5 Originally called H 12:5 Ann Steiner ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III. ... P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2. Similar the well filling, H 6:5

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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

[Agora Deposit] H 11:3: Pillaging Fill of Building F

Dug as Tholos Trench V, Room E, burnt filling of plundered wall trench of S wall of court. See also lot Ζ 484 ... Late 6th c. B.C ... Dug as Tholos Trench V, Room E, burnt filling of plundered wall trench of S wall of court.

[Agora Deposit] H 5-6: Fillings

Investigations within the Stoa of Zeus, the north part, various levels. Notebook references: Stoa Trench E Layers IV and V, Stoa Pits A, B and C, and Layers I and II of area between back wall and retaining ... 5th c. B.C ... Notebook references: Stoa Trench E Layers IV and V, Stoa Pits A, B and C, and Layers I and II of area between back wall and retaining wall of Stoa. Also in Trench E the footing trench of Pier V, all layers; also Trench D, Pier III, all layers; also trench F, layers III and IV.

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[Agora Deposit] N 6:3: Classical Dump

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.) ... 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 of the 4th century B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 6:4: Pyre at N/9-6/1,2

Pyre at N/9-6/1,2, layer 11a. No formal limits, apparent limits about 0.30-0.40m N-S; 0.50-0.60 E-W (cut into by trench at east) ... Late 575-550 B.C ... No formal limits, apparent limits about 0.30-0.40m N-S; 0.50-0.60 E-W (cut into by trench at east).

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[Agora Deposit] 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

[Agora Deposit] H 12:21: Pit

Pit in Tholos Trench V (below Layer e). In plan it would seem to have been oval, though its east end is c/../ by the south wall of the North Archaic Home. Its N-S width is 1.25m, its E-W length is 1.40m ... 7th-early 6th c. B.C ... Pit in Tholos Trench V (below Layer e). ... Its N-S width is 1.25m, its E-W length is 1.40m.

[Agora Deposit] H 8-10: Fillings

Investigations in the Hellenistic Metroon, various levels. Stoa Pits A, B, C, D, E, F, H and I (various layers). Locations include: SW corner of Primitive Bouleuterion; from contemporary filling alongside ... 8th-6th c. B.C ... Stoa Pits A, B, C, D, E, F, H and I (various layers). ... B.C. but with much earlier material - back fill in footing trench of Hellenistic Metroon=footing trench of Period IV of mixed fill ... Coins: 20 April 1934 #1 (from Pit F, footing trench of Period IV, foundation of colonnade) - #2 (Pit E, from dump, probably from footing trench of Period IV).

[Agora Deposit] L 5:2: Debris Pit

"Debris Pit" beneath starting line in Panathenaic Way. Dug as Trench B (1971), pp. 1631-1649 (notebook not seen, PF); finds record both Layer 28 and beneath Layer 28. Trench I, pit 16a, (1973), pp. 3010-3022 ... 2 August 1971 4-6 July 1973 27 June-11 July 1980 ... Dug as Trench B (1971), pp. 1631-1649 (notebook not seen, PF); finds record both Layer 28 and beneath Layer 28. Trench I, pit 16a, (1973), pp. 3010-3022. E. Trench (1980), pp. 3802-3811, 3815.

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[Agora Deposit] N 16:4: Urn cremation

Homer A. Thompson ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, southern burial. In some records as Grave XLVI. Neat trench, rectangular as preserved, but may have originally been square, cut partly through ... Early Geometric I ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, southern burial. ... The north side of the trench was destroyed by the a Turkish cess pit. As preserved, the trench measured ca. 1.05x 0.60m, and was presumably oriented east-west, but as the north side was destroyed it is possible that the trench extended toward the north and may, therefore, have had a north-south orientation.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:27: Pyre J 2:27

Marcie Handler ... It was situated in the NW corner of Room 3 in the Classical Commercial Building, just S of Wall 11, the cross-wall that divides Room 3 from Room 4 to the north. The pyre pots were found surrounded by ... Late 4th c. B.C ... The pyre pots were found surrounded by fill with charcoal and burnt bone below a floor surface preserved immediately to the E (J/13,14-2/7,8; 52.20 masl.). The pyre deposit continued up to the north face of late Roman Wall C, suggesting that these lower courses of Wall C were packed into a narrow trench instead of built up within a wider foundation trench.

[Agora Deposit] I-O 15:1.6: Drain and drain channels/trenches at Stoa back wall

Material from trenches: a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa. b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa. c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa. d) 51.00-53.00m. from East End of Stoa. e) 79.00-81.00m. from ... 2nd c. B.C ... Material from trenches: a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa. b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa. c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa. d) 51.00-53.00m. from East End of Stoa. e) 79.00-81.00m. from East End of Stoa. Includes drain trench in front of back wall of Stoa (some disturbed, some undisturbed fill), soft fill above stone drain, fill from within stone drain, channel behind stylobate.

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[Agora Deposit] N 16:3: Disturbed Urn Cremation

Homer A. Thompson ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, northern burial. In some records as Grave XLVII. The western part of the offering trench of the tomb was lost to a Turkish cess pit, and ... Middle Geometric I ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, northern burial. ... The western part of the offering trench of the tomb was lost to a Turkish cess pit, and disturbances at least as early as the 7th c. B.C. had cut away the upper part of the cinerary urn and the adjoining trench filling. The tomb was found directly below a Classical wall.

[Agora Deposit] I 13:5: Late Geometric Burial

Burial disturbed. Located in Middle Stoa, north aisle, "upper trench", piers 3 and 4. Two individuals: small child (ca. 5 yrs. old) and adult female. In its disturbed state the burial was found (at elevation ... First half of 7th c. B.C ... Located in Middle Stoa, north aisle, "upper trench", piers 3 and 4. ... In its disturbed state the burial was found (at elevation -57.58m E to -57.52 W), resting against the cut scarp of the bedrock in a pocket 0.65m deep and 0.70m across; evidently, it was originally covered by a mass of cobblestones.

[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 ... Plundered trench of early N-S wall: geometric to 4th c. ... Area North of Stoa: Habitation earth above gravel: gray minyan, protogeometric See also cut on 50m. line (E-F 2-3:2).

[Agora Deposit] 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 ... 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).

[Agora Deposit] R 7:2: Chamber Tomb to East of Stoa Shop 19

Mycenaean Tomb to E of Stoa Shop 19 (ΣΑ 2). Found while digging just east of Stoa Shop XIX, when came upon some bones, Mycenaean sherds and a pot. As the excavation was enlarged the legs of two skeletons ... Myc. III A:2 (2nd half of 14th c.) ... Mycenaean Tomb to E of Stoa Shop 19 (ΣΑ 2). ... As the excavation was enlarged the legs of two skeletons were exposed in a trench about one meter wide, with the whole pot and the coil of lead wire found between two sets of legs.