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[Agora Publication] AgoraPicBk 21 (1984): Ancient Athenian Building Methods

Camp, J. Dinsmoor, Jr., W. B ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... While this booklet is illustrated solely with materials from the Athenian Agora, it also provides a concise introduction to building styles and techniques that will be useful to anyone interested in ancient ... 1984 ... From financing to tools, and from mason’s marks to the clamps that held blocks together, no detail is ommitted in this well-illustrated text.

[Agora Publication] Corinth I.4: The South Stoa and its Roman Successors

Broneer, Oscar ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... After a discussion of the fragmentary evidence for several buildings of the Greek period which were swept to construct it, the South Stoa at Corinth is treated in detail. Careful description of all the ... 1954 ... Careful description of all the remains, both those in situ and reused blocks, forms the basis of the reconstruction of this extensive two-story building of the third quarter of the 4th century B.C. which stretched the full length of the south side of the Corinthian Agora and, more than any other single building, established the size and shape of the center of the Hellenistic and Roman city.

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[Agora Publication] Agora XXVII: The East Side of the Agora: The Remains beneath the Stoa of Attalos

Townsend, R. F ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The Stoa of Attalos now covers the remains several centuries of previous occupation. Mycenaean and Protogeometric burials represent the early use of the area. By the Late Geometric period, the presence ... 1995 ... The physical reconstruction is accompanied by a catalogue of archtitectural blocks; the discussion of the chronology is supported by the stratigraphic evidence and a catalogue of pottery.