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The data in the Deposit Notebook is presented by trench; an attempt is made here to accumulate data from similar layers across the trenches. Subdivisions:
.1=Post Hadrianic cleanup
.2=Marble working waste ... 2nd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... Subdivisions:
.1=Post Hadrianic cleanup
.2=Marble working waste
.3=Iron working waste
.4=Industrial period
.5=Construction fill of South Stoa II
.6=Drain and drain channels/trenches at Stoa back wall |
| A well in the courtyard (Room 8) of a Byzantine House of Period II. The well was covered by a large squared poros wellhead and a marble puteal (apparently neither inventoried). Within the well shaft, the ... 14 July-9 August 1989
2-13 July 1990 ... A well in the courtyard (Room 8) of a Byzantine House of Period II. The well was covered by a large squared poros wellhead and a marble puteal (apparently neither inventoried). Within the well shaft, the stratified deposit produced two dumped filings of debris that resulted from two distinct destructions, and these were separated by a filling that had accumulated during the Byzantine period of use. A smaller amount of fill at the very bottom of the shaft gave evidence for an earlier period of use of latest Roman date (Hesp. 66 (1997), p. 528). |
Investigations in Room to N of Tholos, various layers and periods. ... 470 B.C.-post-Herulian reuse ... Layer V.3 Second period; reconstruction in third quarter of 4th c. B.C.
.4 Third period; rebuilding in early 3rd c. ... Layers I and II. Fourth Period. |
Coins:
9 April 1937 #1-#2
10 April 1937 #1-#2
12 April 1937 #1 Fill III (ca. 21.30m., cont. 4) period of disuse, to end 3rd. c. A.D.
Fill IV (20.20-21.00m., cont. 1-3) another period of use, 4th. c.
Fill ... To second half of 4th. c. A.D ... Fill III (ca. 21.30m., cont. 4) period of disuse, to end 3rd. c. ... Fill IV (20.20-21.00m., cont. 1-3) another period of use, 4th. c.
Fill V (1.50-20.20m.) destruction debris with coin of Constantius II (323-361), second half of 4th. c. |
| Well South of Soft Yellow Poros Foundation. Dumped filling of a collapsed well, that, due to hazardous conditions, could not be cleared below- 2.50m. The well was partly cut on the east side by a Byzantine ... Protogeometric-Early Geometric II, ca. 850 B.C. |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Well in courtyard of Early Building I, adjacent to wall of Room B. Tile lined; upper course in situ, lower two collapsed probably in antiquity. Letters inscribed on rims (eta, phi, omicron, theta). Medium ... First quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... The water table was never reached and there was no period of use fill, indicating that the well was abandoned during digging and never used. ... Well contained three main dumped fills: a slightly later fill perhaps for leveling after filling settled (Layer I and perhaps Layer II), a fill with ceramic and some stones (Layer III and perhaps Layer II), and a fill with large stones, tiles, and collapsed well lining (Layer IV).
Layer I 58.03-57.40m., softer brownish fill
Layer II 57.40-57.16m., sandier fill with streaks of charcoal
Layer III 57.16-56.24m, similar to Layer II, increase of stones and tiles
Layer III/IV 56.24-56.07m., transition between fill of Layer III and Layer IV
Layer IV 56.07-54.94m., fill primarily consisting of large stones, tiles, and collapsed well lining (little soil or ceramic) |
| In room A. Concentration of artifacts and burning in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre lay below a Late Hellenistic fill with a smooth earth surface. It is described as a black patch of earth with sherds, ... 350-250 B.C ... Strosis II, on which the pyre rested, covered the walls of Room A, demonstrating that the pyre postdates a change of plan or abandonment of this part of the building, other parts of which survived to the Late Hellenistic period. |
| Well cut into bedrock, associated with late Roman building G in ΕΛ 1.2m in diameter, narrows to 0.5m at bottom. Disturbed by later pits at top. Excavated from 85.77-79.25m (6.52m), but bedrock at 85.91m ... Late 4th/early 5th AD ... Six layers of dumped fills and one period of use fill. ... Layers:
I. (85.77-84.94m) mixed rocky fill.
II. (84.94-83.92m) dark fill with tiles.
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Roman well, stratified.
Finds from the earth (not recorded in a subdivision):
P 7995, P 8036, P 21834, SS 6338, IL 483, IL 486, BI 309, BI 310,
BI 314.
According to the excavator the shaft had been cleaned ... 2nd-4th c. A.D ... According to the excavator the shaft had been cleaned out at some period and then used as a vothros over a long time (p. 1874). ... Subdivisions:
.1=Fill I
.2=Fill II
.3=Fill III
.4=Fill IV
.5=Fill V
.6=Fill VI |
Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned.
Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C ... Layer I: red earth in the central depression, probably the accumulation of the last period of use of the cistern as a source of water. ... Layer II: dug bedrock with no objects. ... It was put in to fill the cistern immediately after Layer II, and having settled, was later supplemented with layers IV and V, in close succession. |
| Extract from notebook ΠΘ XIX, pp. 3644-3646. Well at 105/ΝΗ (report on sorting of pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S. Robinson).
"Not a useful well" HSR.
Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom ... Early Roman; use fillings of 2nd. c. B.C. and 1st. and 4th. c. A.D.; dumped filling of late 4th. c. (HSR)
Fill I: 2nd. c. B.C.
Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D.
Fill VI: mixed to Byzantine ... A.D. respectively, represent "period of use' of the well. ... One coin (iv/9/37 #1) of Constantine II (323-361 A.D.) suggests a late 4th cent. date for this destruction fill. ... Subdivisions: (PAF/data mgmt)
.1= Fill I = 22.80 (bottom)-22.25m.
.2= Fill II = 22.25-21.30m.
.3= Fills III, IV, V = 21.30-1.50m.
.4= Fill VI = 1.50m to top, including Dump |
Well dug through cistern at 64/Γ. Seems to have been stratified; four fills recorded but here treated as one as divisions are rather "arbitrary".
Agora V, p. 126: Constructed in late 1st c.; use filling ... 3rd c. A.D. POU (before 267 A.D.) ... No pottery catalogued-Fills I and II ... 4 -13.50m to -14m a skeleton suggesting a period of disuse following the Heruli. |
| Well cut into bedrock under late Roman building in ΕΛ. 1.2m in diameter with small cutting of unclear function at south edge about 0.2m wide. Walls cut straight down, tapering near bottom to 0.8m. Footholds ... Late Archaic ... Does not seem to have tapped into a water source, no distinct period of use. There were 14 layers of fill from two periods-the Roman resurfacing of the area using Hellenistic fill (possibly associated with Deposit T-U 21:1, but not kept as such since floors were damaged in area directly above) and dumped fill from the late 6th/early 5th c. ... Layers:
Hellenistic fill under Roman floors
I.(86.34-85.93m) rubble
II.(85.93-85.58m) dark brown rubble
III.(85.57-85.30m) more stony rubble
IV.(85.30-84.80m) very rocky, almost sterile, increase of clay and sand
V.(84.80-84.03m) less rocks, almost sterile, increase of clay and sand
Late 6th/early 5th B.C dumped fills
VI.(84.03-82.64m) mix of clay and sand deposits, dog skulls
VII.(82.64-81.79m) mostly sand
VIII.(81.79-81.39m) light brownish-grey clay, almost sterile
IX.(80.39-80.99m) mix of grey clay, brown clay and sand, much ceramic
X.(80.99-80.24m) sandy, more ceramic
XI.(80.19-77.74m) sandy, enormous stones (some 100kg+). |
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