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[Agora Report] 1946 Excavations ΝΝ, ΞΞ

Sections ΝΝ - ΞΞ Excavation Summary 1946 ... Rodney S. Young ... The objective of this year's excavation was to clear the southern part of the section to bedrock. Features earlier investigated (the 6th century cemetery, the Hellenistic-Early Roman terrace and one large ... 31 May-14 Aug 1946 ... Features earlier investigated (the 6th century cemetery, the Hellenistic-Early Roman terrace and one large Roman tank), as well as some discovered this season (a second Roman water tank, a great built shaft, a part of the Great Drain and early house walls), were removed.

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[Agora Report] 2004 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2004 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... All the work during the season 2004 was concentrated on the northwest corner of the Agora north of the Panathenaic Way. In BZ North, the last remains of Byzantine fills and walls were removed and Hellenistic, ... 7 Jun-16 Jul 2004 ... In BZ North, the last remains of Byzantine fills and walls were removed and Hellenistic, early Roman and late Roman fills were explored. ... In the building, further cleaning took place, revealing more of an early Roman structure. ... Various walls representing several buildings and phases were exposed.

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[Agora Report] 1949 ΟΟ

Section ΟΟ 1949 Grave Area ... Margaret Crosby ... A report on the excavation in the immediate vicinity of the Early Geometric burial found in 1948 in Section ΟΟ. Two Geometric graves were uncovered, and also walls and drainage systems belonging to the ... 28 Mar-9 Nov 1949 ... A report on the excavation in the immediate vicinity of the Early Geometric burial found in 1948 in Section ΟΟ. Two Geometric graves were uncovered, and also walls and drainage systems belonging to the industrial establishments of the later 6th and 5th B.C. centuries, as well as sporadic remains from later periods, such as a 4th B.C. century pit and a Hellenistic cistern.

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[Agora Report] 1937 Excavations Η, Ρ

Sections Rho and Eta 1937 ... James H. Oliver ... Byzantine settlements in Sections Η and Ρ were removed and the foundations of the Temple of Ares exposed. The most noticeable feature was the road serving as the main thoroughfare in the neighborhood from ... 24 Feb 1937 ... None of the superstructure of the temple is preserved in situ, but several fragments were found built into late walls or in otherwise unimportant fills. ... B.C. and moved to the Agora in the early Imperial times.

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[Agora Report] 1937 Χ

Section Χ 1937 ... Margaret Crosby ... The area signified as Section Χ lays outside the Agora proper and no signs of any public buildings were found. The area seems to have been used for private houses from the end of the 6th c. B.C. Apart ... 25 Jan-18 May 1937 ... Apart from few scattered sherd from the Geometric period, the earliest remains indicating habitation were two graves of the late 6th or early 5th c. B.C. Close by the graves was a garbage pit from about 480 B.C., one well from ca. 420 B.C, and another well from ca. 375 B.C. No traces of walls of the Hellenistic period had survived but two wells and four cisterns show the existence of private houses in the area during this period.

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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 ... To the west, Hellenistic and Classical levels were excavated, and a pyre buried under a floor was exposed, dating to the late 4th or early 3rd century B.C. ... Excavation in other fills went down to late 8th and early 7th centuries B.C. ... In Section BH, the last of the 10th/11th century walls and other Byzantine installations were cleared and excavation continued into late Roman fills.

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[Agora Report] 2002 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2002 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations continued in the northwest corner of the Agora (sections ΒΕ and ΒΖ) and in the Eleusinion area (ΕΛ), and a trial trench was opened up in the Panathenaic Way (Σ). In section ΒΖ, the exploration ... 10 Jun-2 Aug 2002 ... Within the Byzantine walls some ancient blocks were found, several of them probably coming from funerary monuments. ... However, a shaft of a Protogeometric or early Geometric well was partially excavated. ... A well from the late 6th to early 5th century B.C. was excavated, and while scraping bedrock, a marble portrait head was discovered.

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[Agora Report] 1937 Φ

Section Φ Season of 1937 ... Eugene Vanderpool ... In antiquity the area included in Section Φ lay outside the Agora proper and were apparently occupied only by houses and small buildings. The earliest period of which any considerable remains were found ... 25 Jan-17 Jun 1937 ... Some of the objects from the well belong to the early years of the 5th century B.C. ... A small building with polygonal limestone walls were cleared, its purpose uncertain. It was built in the early 4th century B.C. and continued in use until the end of the 2nd century B.C.

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[Agora Report] 2001 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2001 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were carried out at the northwest of the Agora in sections ΒΖ and ΒΕ, and in the area of the Eleusinion in section ΕΛ. In Section ΒΖ, the investigation of the settlement of the 11th century ... 11 Jun-3 Aug 2001 ... The lowest floor levels of the buildings were excavated down into layers of the 7th to 9th centuries, exposing the Byzantine walls to their full depth and the upper parts of the late Roman walls beneath. ... Some pottery fragments from the time of the wall's construction were found, but for most part a thick layer filled with fragmentary pottery from the late 3rd and early second centuries B.C. was excavated.

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[Agora Report] 2013 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2013 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were carried out in several areas, spanning Mycenaean to Byzantine times. Full exploration in Section ΒΘ East was prevented since the Byzantine walls could not yet be removed, but a trial trench ... 10 Jun-2 Aug 2013 ... Full exploration in Section ΒΘ East was prevented since the Byzantine walls could not yet be removed, but a trial trench was opened in front of the Poikile Stoa. ... In Section ΒΖ, early levels behind and under the Classical Commercial Building were investigated.

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[Agora Report] 2014 Excavations

Agora Excavations Preliminary Report - Summer 2014 ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations in 2014 were carried out in three sections: ΒΘ, ΒΓ and ΒΖ. In Section ΒΘ, overlying the Painted Stoa, the Byzantine houses of the 11th century A.D. were further exposed in the western part ... 9 Jun-1 Aug 2014 ... Reused blocks, of which some may be associated with the Painted Stoa, were recovered from the walls. A fragment of an inscribed opisthographic stele turned out to be part of the records of the Poletai. In Section ΒΖ, excavation continued in early layers in the area north of the Classical Commercial Building.

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[Agora Report] 1946 Χ

Section X Miscellaneous Notes Compiled in Summer of 1946 ... Margaret Crosby ... This report is a summary of the excavations taken place in 1937 as well as in 1946. Some pottery indicate habitation in the area from the Geometric period. Two shallow graves of the 6th and 5th centuries ... 27 May-21 Jun 1946 ... No traces of walls and floors from the 4th-5th centuries B.C. were found, but cisterns, wells, and drain trenches give clear indication of continuous habitation. ... No traces of the latest Romans period were found, and the only Byzantine fill dug was an early Byzantine well.

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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 deeper layers, a pyre of early Hellenistic date was found. ... East of the road, earlier walls came to light, indicating that the Classical commercial building continued. ... Section ΒΗ was expanded to the east, following the demolition of modern buildings. Walls, pithoi, pits, a burial, and two wells were revealed, dating to the years around 1000 A.D.

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[Agora Report] 1991 Excavations

Report on Excavations in the Athenian Agora 1991 ... T. Leslie Shear, Jr ... This is a report on the archaeological field work conducted in the Athenian Agora during the period from December 1990 to December 1991. The actual excavation period was preceded by the demolition of a ... 10 Jun-9 Aug 1991 ... Work continued west of the Stoa Poikile in the area of the early Roman temple which was added to the Sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania in the Augustan period. ... This new area revealed the Byzantine phases of a building just behind the stoa. The walls of the building follow the orientation of the Classical commercial building on the site.

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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 ... 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 ΒΖ the exploration of the lower layers under the floors of the Classical Commercial Building continued. Early pottery was found but no tomb.