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"The 2025 excavation is the third excavation season in the ΒΚ section, divided into three trenches: ΒΚ North, ΒΚ South, and ΒΚ West, and covers the central part of the Stoa Poikile. The excavation practices included total collection, dry-sieving all the soil, and flotation samples from each basket. Apart from the specialists and staff, 26 volunteers, five assistant supervisors, and six supervisors from different universities.; The architectural remains from this season include part of the Middle Byzantine (10th to 12th centuries CE) neighborhood and later features, such as Ottoman-period pits and wells. Noteworthy was the discovery of an in situ block of the toichobate of Stoa Poikile, during the excavation of an Ottoman or later Pit in ΒΚ West.; Specialists also studied material during this season. The study of pottery revealed that only Byzantine, Ottoman, and Early Modern pottery came from closed stratified deposits, whereas Greek and Roman period pottery came from disturbed contexts. Faunal analysis included animal bones and shells. The study of the animal bones showed caprines as the most represented species. The study of the shells indicated the use of shells for Murex dye production and basket-fishing practices. Lastly, archaeobotanical analysis, large amounts of samples were collected to be processed during the academic year.","","","","","9 Jun-1 Aug 2025","Agora:ReportPage:2025-Excavations-1::/Agora/Reports/2025 Excavations/2025 Excavations 1.jpg::1583::2048","2025 Excavations","Excavations in the Athenian Agora, 2025: Preliminary Report","","","Agora","Agora:Report:2025 Excavations","John K. Papadopoulos","Report"
"A summary of the second excavation season in Section ΒΚ, in the area beneath the former building at 14 St. Philip Street.; The area was divided into three trenches and yielded mixed material from the Modern to Late Roman periods. Notable features from this season were walls in ΒΚ North from the Middle Byzantine period and pits from both ΒΚ West and South, the purpose and dating of which is still under investigation. The excavation followed a strategy of total collection and 100% dry sieving with flotation and phytolith samples from all the baskets.; Experts sorted and examined pottery. They counted the tiles and kept a sample.; Aerial and ground photogrammetry were conducted on a regular basis.; The study of the ancient DNA from burials in the Agora was resumed.","","","","","10 Jun-2 Aug 2024","Agora:ReportPage:2024-Excavations-Summary-1::/Agora/Reports/2024 Excavations Summary/2024 Excavations Summary 001.jpg::2063::2233","2024 Excavations Summary","Excavations in the Athenian Agora, 2024: Preliminary Report","","","Agora","Agora:Report:2024 Excavations Summary","John K. Papadopoulos","Report"
"A summary of the first excavation season in Section ΒΚ, an area beneath a building demolished in the fall of 2022. ; Prior the excavation a geophysical survey was undertaken. ; Modern, Ottoman, and Byzantine contexts were excavated and several features were revealed, such as foundation walls and pits. All material was collected and kept (pottery, bone, shells, etc.). All soil was dry sieved and flotation samples and phytolith samples were taken for each context. ; The pottery was sorted and read by experts.; Aerial photography was performed regularly and photogrammetry models were created.; In addition, a Geomatics study was conducted in order to produce a model of the Hephaisteion, and a study of the ancient DNA from burials in the Agora was initiated.","","","","","12 Jun-4 Aug 2023","Agora:Image:2023.09.0002::/Agora/2023/2023.09/2023.09.0002.jpg::2500::1667","2023 Excavations","Athenian Agora 2023: Preliminary Report","","","Agora","Agora:Report:2023 Excavations","John K. Papadopoulos","Report"
"The initial plan to excavate under the modern building at 14 St. Philip Street had to be postponed due to delayed demolition. Instead, excavations were carried out around and inside the Stoa Poikile.; In ΒΘ East, Byzantine levels were excavated and more of several rooms were explored. ; In ΒΘ West, Byzantine and Roman levels inside the western part of Stoa Poikoile were removed. A reused Ionic column base was found, and more of the lowest step of the façade of the stoa was revealed.; In Section ΒΖ, the area of a collapsed late Roman wall was cleared, and excavation took place in late Archaic and early Classical layers, where a large number of ostraka was found.; A small excavation was carried out in Section ΒΓ to clarify certain issues at the Crossroads Enclosure.; In collaboration with the A’ Ephoreia, an exhibition with drawings of Athens in the early nineteenth century was mounted on the upper floor of the Stoa of Attalos.","","","","","14 Jun-5 Aug 2022","Agora:Image:2022.09.0029::/Agora/2022/2022.09/2022.09.0029.jpg::3041::2027","2022 Excavations","AGORA 2022 - Preliminary Report","","","Agora","Agora:Report:2022 Excavations","John McK. Camp II","Report"
"Excavations continued in sections ΒΖ and ΒΘ in and under the Classical Commercial Building, the Painted Stoa, and the orthostate enclosure suggested to be the Leokoreion.; ; In section ΒΖ the goal was to find out more about the later Archaic remains, perhaps houses or shops, underlying the Classical building. Pottery of the 8th century B.C. and the discovery of another well suggest that the area was used for habitation in the Iron Age after centuries as a burial ground. A number of ostraka were found in Persian destruction fills, and a fragment of a small gravestone of the 4th century, probably of a slave, was discovered.; ; In Section ΒΘ West, two trenches were opened to examine part of the floor of the Stoa Poikile beneath the late Byzantine houses. In the western trench, fragments of a Roman inscription were found. In the area further east, rubble walls of the late Roman period and other disturbances have destroyed most of the original stoa floor.; ; In Section ΒΘ East, three new inscriptions were revealed on the sides of the large statue base built into the Roman tank. The statue which stood on the base was probably of some importance. The inscriptions on all three blocks in the enclosure suggest that their original location was in an nearby area in the care of the tribe Leontis, the Leokoreion.","","","","","14 Jun-6 Aug 2021","Agora:Image:2021.01.0017::/Agora/2021/2021.01/2021.01.0017.jpg::2048::1329","2021 Excavations","Athenian Agora; Excavation Summary for 2021","","","Agora","Agora:Report:2021 Excavations","John McK. Camp II","Report"
"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 lies in the industrial district of the ancient Athens. Excavations took place in an area where a deposit of terracotta figurines had been found in the 1940’s. It was determined that the buildings in the area were not workshops.; In section ΒΘ West, work continued in the Byzantine levels above the Painted Stoa. One more pithos was found and others were explored. In some parts of the area the bottom of the Byzantine house walls were reached to just a few centimetres above the floor level of the stoa.; In section ΒΘ East excavations continued in front of the Painted Stoa. The Roman basin set into the western corner of an enclosure, the possible Leokorion, was cleared. The building technique and the closeness to the river suggest that the tank was hydraulic in its function. 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. It was most likely part of an exedra, a common type of Hellenistic dedication monument designed to carry several statues.; Two large limestone blocks along the south side of the enclosure wall were further examined. They were probably part of a large building or monument which now lies under the scarp.; In Section ΒΖ the exploration of the lower layers under the floors of the Classical Commercial Building continued. Early pottery was found but no tomb. The digging of an Archaic well was finished and the removal of a Middle Byzantine wall started.","","","","","10 Jun-2 Aug 2019","Agora:Image:2019.10.0001::/Agora/2019/2019.10/2019.10.0001.tif::1950::2048","2019 Excavations","Agora 2019 - Summary Report","","","Agora","Agora:Report:2019 Excavations","John McK. Camp II","Report"
"Excavations were carried out in Sections ΒΘ, ΒΖ and Ω. ; In Section ΒΘ the investigations continued in the area in front of and above the Stoa Poikile. In ΒΘ East, built into a late structure, a large inscribed block was uncovered just south of the Eridanos river. In ΒΘ West the exploration of the Byzantine settlement continued. Also, the foundations of the southwest corner of the Stoa Poikile, which had been backfilled, were exposed. ; In Section ΒΖ more burials from the Bronze and Iron Age cemetery along the ancient road were explored.; As part of clearing and restoration by the ephoreia in Section Ω, excavations took place around a large Roman house of the 4th century A.D., mostly in the area of a mosaic from the 2nd century A.D.","","","","","11 Jun-3 Aug 2018","Agora:Image:2018.10.0001::/Agora/2018/2018.10/2018.10.0001.tif::4836::3405","2018 Excavations","Summary Report - Agora 2018","","","Agora","Agora:Report:2018 Excavations","John McK. Camp II","Report"
"Excavations took place in three sections, ΒΘ, ΒΖ and ΟΟ, covering a time span from the 14th century B.C. to the 12th century A.D.; In Section ΒΘ work continued in later layers over and in front of the Stoa Poikile. In ΒΘ West, more of the remains of the Middle Byzantine settlement were explored; in ΒΘ East, deeper fills were excavated. A collapse of the fill over the Eridanos river opened up part of its south channel and it was possible to see large Doric column drums used as part of the channel construction. Excavation over the northern channel revealed a cover slab decorated with a large hoplite shield.; In Section ΒΖ North, some walls were dismantled and a lion’s head spout was recovered. Late archaic levels produced more ostraka and a rare sample of reeds came out of 5th century B.C fills. Also, work was resumed in the collapsed Mycenaean chamber tomb (J 10:1).; In Section ΒΖ South, excavation of Room 4 of the Classical Commercial Building was completed, and more levels of the North-South Road were explored.; In Section ΟΟ the investigation of the architectural remains of houses and/or industrial establishments continued. A casting pit was excavated and produced large fragments of moulds for a bronze statue. An unusual type of bone dice came out while cleaning a scarp.","","","","","12 Jun-4 Aug 2017","Agora:Image:2017.10.0001::/Agora/2017/2017.10/2017.10.0001.tif::2088::2953","2017 Excavations","Agora Volunteer Report 2017","","","Agora","Agora:Report:2017 Excavations","John McK. Camp II","Report"