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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 ... 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. ... A late Roman well was partly excavated. All traces of post classical habitation had been destroyed by the Turkish and modern houses, except for a Byzantine well.

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[Agora Report] 1937 Υ

Section Υ 1937 Excavation Summary ... Rodney S. Young ... Section Υ had suffered from modern leveling operations and in some parts there were no visible antiquities. In the southeast corner were traces of Proto-Geometric grave cuttings. Excavation revealed the ... 1 Oct 1936-24 Apr 1937 ... Section Υ had suffered from modern leveling operations and in some parts there were no visible antiquities. ... Excavation revealed the foundations of a large rectangular structure, probably the court of a Byzantine house still beneath modern houses. In one corner of the court was a well and a trough. The well was excavated and objects from Byzantine and Roman periods were found.

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[Agora Report] 1990 Excavations

Report on Excavations in the Athenian Agora 1990 ... T. Leslie Shear, Jr ... This is a report on the archaeological field work conducted in the Athenian Agora during the period from December 1989 to December 1990. The actual excavation period was preceded by preparatory operations ... 4 Jun-3 Aug 1990 ... Three structures, already visible in Section ΒΕ, were revealed which led to a better understanding of these monuments. A well was dug and produced a large amount of pottery. In Section ΒΗ mostly modern fills were excavated.

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[Agora Report] 1936 ΚΚ

ΚΚ Excavation Report 1936 ... Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Section ΚΚ, the area inside the modern fence around the so-called Theseion, was cleared to bedrock in order to determine the entire history of that portion of Kolonos Agoraios. Excavation revealed that ... 10 Feb-13 Mar 1936 ... Section ΚΚ, the area inside the modern fence around the so-called Theseion, was cleared to bedrock in order to determine the entire history of that portion of Kolonos Agoraios. Excavation revealed that the hill is naturally steeper than its modern contour, which is the product of much leveling and filling. ... B.C., while the work on the terrace continued well down into the 5th century B.C.