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[Agora Report] 1951 Ζ

Section Ζ 1951 ... Homer A. Thompson ... The remaining pieces of the so-called Byzantine wall were removed, as well as a late Roman wall. Excavations in front of the Civic Offices revealed a hard road surface from the 3rd century A.D. More than ... 21 May-13 Jun 1951 ... The remaining pieces of the so-called Byzantine wall were removed, as well as a late Roman wall. ... More than 100 bronze coins and a couple of statues were found in a washout filling near the Great Drain. Two monument bases, cut off by a Turkish well, were discovered.

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[Agora Report] 1937 Ν

Section Ν 1937 ... R.H. Howland ... Report on the excavation in the northern end of Section Ν, which started at Byzantine level and went down to the first classical level. A strip of the Byzantine and Vandal road was the largest area exposed ... 25 Jan-30 Mar 1937 ... Report on the excavation in the northern end of Section Ν, which started at Byzantine level and went down to the first classical level. A strip of the Byzantine and Vandal road was the largest area exposed. A late room with a trough was excavated, and a wall complex related to the Odeion, examined.

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[Agora Report] 1968 Κ

Excavation Summary Section K: 1968 ... S. Grobel ... Excavations in Section Κ were conducted in the Marble Worker's Establishment, a series of rooms grouped around a courtyard. A cistern-well was discovered and excavated, as was a pit and a pyre burial ... 17 Jun-17 Aug 1968 ... Excavations in Section Κ were conducted in the Marble Worker's Establishment, a series of rooms grouped around a courtyard. A cistern-well was discovered and excavated, as was a pit and a pyre burial. ... Much of Section ΣΤ, excavated in 1932 and then filled-in, were reopened to explore the road and drainage system in the southwest Agora. A retaining wall along the Triangular Temenos, and a Geometric Grave were discovered.

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[Agora Report] 2008 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2008 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations took place in three sections, two north of Hadrian Street (ΒΗ and ΒΘ) and one in the old area south of the Tholos (Γ). In Section ΒΗ, layers in, over and behind the building identified as the ... 10 Jun-1 Aug 2008 ... Behind the back wall a small fragment of a large terra cotta pipe was found in situ in middle Byzantine layers. Layers contemporary with the Stoa were not reached this season. A rubble wall may represent a late blocking of the interior colonnade, relatively common in the late Roman period. In Section ΒΘ, a new section was opened up after the demolition of two houses.

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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. ... A draw-shaft and part of the tunnel of a Hellenistic cistern complex was found outside the building to the east. ... The new parts consist of two adjacent orthostate blocks from the outer face of the back wall of the building and a limestone unfluted column shaft in the interior Ionic column of the stoa.

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[Agora Report] 2022 Excavations

AGORA 2022 - Preliminary Report ... John McK. Camp II ... 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 ... 14 Jun-5 Aug 2022 ... 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.

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[Agora Report] 1992 Excavations

Report on Excavations in the Athenian Agora 1992 ... T. Leslie Shear, Jr ... This is a report on the archaeological excavations in the Athenian Agora during 1992. The investigations continued in two areas: on the south side of Hastings Street and along the north side of Hadrian ... 8 Jun-7 Aug 1992 ... This is a report on the archaeological excavations in the Athenian Agora during 1992. ... In the northernmost section Byzantine levels were dug, revealing a complex of two rooms and a courtyard bounded by streets. ... The great double channel of the Eridanos River was thoroughly investigated. A series of poros Doric column drums used in the north wall of the channel were partly uncovered.

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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 ... Excavations took place in an area where a deposit of terracotta figurines had been found in the 1940’s. ... North of the tank, a corner of a marble bench or seat was uncovered. ... The digging of an Archaic well was finished and the removal of a Middle Byzantine wall started.