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Liston, Maria A. Papadopoulos, John K ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 73.1 1 7-38 10.2307_3182017 ... 2004 ... The "Rich Athenian Lady" Was Pregnant: The Anthropology of a Geometric Tomb Reconsidered |
| Geometric pottery from tomb H 17:2 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Geometric pottery from tomb H 17:2. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Early Geometric grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXIX) ... Late Protogeometric |
| Early Geometric oinochoe and kalathos from tomb M 23:1bis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Early Geometric oinochoe and kalathos from tomb M 23:1bis. |
| David Scahill ... Behind northeast corner of Classical Building; east wall C. Below Hellenistic levels and early Classical pit. Chamber cut through bedrock, depth ca. 0.90m., diameter ca. 2m., roughly square in shape, angling ... LH III A:1 ... Loose fill of stones and earth filling tomb with large number of geometric sherds ranging early to late Geometric. Fallen bedrock in northeast corner with geometric pot imbedded in the top. At the floor of the tomb, bone fragments, broken pottery, two figurines and bronze implements along south wall. |
| Theodore Leslie Shear (upper left) and Piet de Jong (center right) during the excavation of Geometric Tomb G 12:24 in the Athenian Agora, April 13, 1935 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 13 Apr 1935 ... Theodore Leslie Shear (upper left) and Piet de Jong (center right) during the excavation of Geometric Tomb G 12:24 in the Athenian Agora, April 13, 1935. |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Child's Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXVIII: G).
Cf. Container Lot ΣΤ 165 (fill over geometric grave).
Neat, rectangular, unlined trench, cut into bedrock to a preserved depth of 0.20m,below the level ... Early Geometric I ... Container Lot ΣΤ 165 (fill over geometric grave).
Neat, rectangular, unlined trench, cut into bedrock to a preserved depth of 0.20m,below the level of the floor of the so-called Geometric House. The tomb was located in the area between pits A and D, and was just over 2m to the east of the preserved west wall of the Geometric House. ... Two other empty trenches were found within the area of the Geometric House, ,thought to be rifled tomb pits. |
Alison Frantz ... Vases from "Child's Grave" disturbed by the Late Hellenistic cistern. No remains. JP
But see P 27110 ... Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I |
| David Scahill ... At northeast corner of Classical Building II; on south side of dromos of Tomb K 2:5, and separated from it by ca. 0.6m of bedrock. Chamber cut through bedrock. The northeast corner of chamber defined ... LHIII A:1 ... At northeast corner of Classical Building II; on south side of dromos of Tomb K 2:5, and separated from it by ca. 0.6m of bedrock. ... Rest of tomb runs under later wall foundations to the south and west.
Upper fill of stones and earth inside cutting with Geometric sherds. Partially articulated skeleton laid out against the north wall of the tomb, with feet to the east. |
| C.G. Thomas ... Geometric grave. Bones discarded.
Tomb located about 2m west/west-southwest of the EG1 child inhumation, beneath the restored line of a hypothetical wall connecting the western "apse' and the south wall ... Middle Geometric II ... Geometric grave. Bones discarded.
Tomb located about 2m west/west-southwest of the EG1 child inhumation, beneath the restored line of a hypothetical wall connecting the western "apse' and the south wall of the Geometric House. ... The one complete dimension recorded from among the mudbrick pieces from this tomb had a thickness of 0.090m, and was stated to be "standard from PG times down." |
| Index. Rubble Wall 1. Rubble Wall 2. Rubble Wall 3. Late Roman Tomb. Polygonal Building. Lime Pit. Modern Pit. Ancient Pit. Hydraulic Floor. Geometric Tomb. Room X. Late Roman Apsidal Building. Southwest ... Φ-7 ... Late Roman Tomb ... Geometric Tomb |
| Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides: the dromos. Deposit N 21-22:1. At left, two Turkish pits. Opposite them, behind small hump, site of the Geometric grave (Deposit N 21:6) at 43-44/Θ-Ι ... (chamber tomb) north 549 ... 7 Jun 1939 ... Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides: the dromos. ... Opposite them, behind small hump, site of the Geometric grave (Deposit N 21:6) at 43-44/Θ-Ι. |
| Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides: the dromos. Deposit N 21-22:1. At left, two Turkish pits. Opposite them, behind small hump, site of the Geometric grave (Deposit N 21:6) at 43-44/Θ-Ι ... (chamber tomb) north 549 ... 7 Jun 1939 ... Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides: the dromos. ... Opposite them, behind small hump, site of the Geometric grave (Deposit N 21:6) at 43-44/Θ-Ι. |
| Complete, except for chips at both ends.
Small brown glass bead, resembling olive seed; slightly broader at one end, tapering toward the other. Melon grooving running lengthways. Small perforation. Removed ... August 2000 ... Geometric cremation tomb. |
| Geometric pot in situ (?), Northeast corner above Mycenaean Chamber Tomb K 2:5 ... AMS 8866 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1998 ... Geometric pot in situ (?), Northeast corner above Mycenaean Chamber Tomb K 2:5. |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 27. In some records as Grave I bis. Bones discarded; nothing catalogued.
Notebook says: few burned bones, few burned sherds. Cf. negs. KK 228, KK 237 ... Probably Late Geometric or Early Geometric I |
| Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides: dromos and part of the chamber. Deposit N 21-22:1. Martyr to support the bedrock over the door still standing. Two Turkish pits in the left side of the dromos. Opposite them, ... (chamber tomb) north 547 ... 7 Jun 1939 ... Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides: dromos and part of the chamber. ... Opposite them, site of the Geometric grave (Deposit N 21:6) at 43-44/Θ-Ι. |
| Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides: dromos and part of the chamber. Deposit N 21-22:1. Martyr to support the bedrock over the door still standing. Two Turkish pits in the left side of the dromos. Opposite them, ... (chamber tomb) north 547 ... 7 Jun 1939 ... Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides: dromos and part of the chamber. ... Opposite them, site of the Geometric grave (Deposit N 21:6) at 43-44/Θ-Ι. |
| Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides: the dromos and part of the chamber. Deposit N 21-22:1. Martyr to support the bedrock over the door still standing. Two Turkish pits in the left side of the dromos. Opposite them, ... (chamber tomb) north 548 ... 7 Jun 1939 ... Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides: the dromos and part of the chamber. ... Opposite them, site of the Geometric grave (Deposit N 21:6) at 43-44/Θ-Ι. |
| Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides: the dromos and part of the chamber. Deposit N 21-22:1. Martyr to support the bedrock over the door still standing. Two Turkish pits in the left side of the dromos. Opposite them, ... (chamber tomb) north 548 ... 7 Jun 1939 ... Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides: the dromos and part of the chamber. ... Opposite them, site of the Geometric grave (Deposit N 21:6) at 43-44/Θ-Ι. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Rectangular pit, oriented east-west, cut party into filling of Early Protogeometric pit-well (I 18:4), to a preserved depth of about 0.30m. A late Byzantine wall founded below the floor of the grave destroyed ... Middle Geometric I |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb K 2:5. Bronze daggers, blade and pin against east side of tomb. Possible collapsed bedrock roof of tomb to the left with Geometric pot ... AMS 8868 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jul 1998 ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb K 2:5. Bronze daggers, blade and pin against east side of tomb. Possible collapsed bedrock roof of tomb to the left with Geometric pot. |
| Marcie Handler ... This deposit is a Mycenaean cist grave with two cover slabs, a type of burial described by Immerwahr in Agora XIII (pp. 103-104). Cist graves appear side by side with chamber tombs in the Mycenaean cemeteries ... LHIIB-LHIIIA:1 ... Two slabs: a worked, flat, roughly rectangular poros limestone slab on the east (which had collapsed in the tomb,, sloping down to the north), and an unworked boulder with a naturally flat top surface and uneven underside on the west (it was still in situ). ... B.C., indicating that the tomb was covered over in the late Geometric period. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 10 in notebook. No remains. Probably grave of a woman.
Only a small portion of the inhumation pit was preserved at the northeast edge of pit A, a large oval cutting of modern date dug for the construction ... Middle Geometric II |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 14 in notebook. Cutting in bedrock. Cremation: bones in pit (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXIV: PG). Bones discarded.
[JP] Nb. says at 16-17/ΞΖ and 16/ΞΖ on cards and on deposit list.(SD) ... Early Geometric I |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave. Roughly circular pit with scraps of bone and traces of carbonized material. Four similar empty pits nearby with a little Geometric pottery ... Early Geometric |
East of Classical Building II backwall, above Mycenaean chamber tomb K 2:5. Rough circular pit of reddish brown fill cut into geometric fill that extends down inside tomb. Some evidence of burning on pottery ... Ca. 460 B.C ... East of Classical Building II backwall, above Mycenaean chamber tomb K 2:5. Rough circular pit of reddish brown fill cut into geometric fill that extends down inside tomb. |
| David Scahill ... Below packed clay floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II; bordered on east and south sides by polygonal cross wall and back wall extension for Classical Building. Late Roman wall and drain installation ... LHIII A:1 ... Upper part of tomb cut away by leveling for floors of Classical Building. Loose fill of stones and earth with large number of Geometric sherds ranging from Protogeometric to late Geometric in date, from top of cutting extending down into layer of tomb contents. At floor of tomb, concentration of bone fragments and pots, mostly broken in situ, concentrated against the north side of the tomb, with some bone fragments across the middle, and on the south side with more pots. |
| Tomb of a rich Athenian lady. Geometric burial H 16:6. Urn-hole with the contents as found ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr. John Travlos ... PD 1807 Horizontal (normal) ... 1968 ... Tomb of a rich Athenian lady. Geometric burial H 16:6. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 19 (In some records as Grave VIII). No remains, no burned matter or traces of burning.
JP
A small cutting with a single offering. The pit may have been for a simple child/infant inhumation, with ... Early Protogeometric |
| Base, half of body and portion of rim missing. Mended from several fragments. Partly restored in plaster. Three loose fragments. Round-bodied vessel, with low wide neck and everted lip. Two small holes ... 29 July 1999 ... Wide band of geometric ornament around body: oblique lines framed by oblique zigzags; dogs' teeth below, zigzags above.
... Late Protogeometric–Early Geometric I. According to Papadopoulos and Smithson, multiple zones of decoration are typical of Early Geometric I examples (Agora XXXVI, p. 770–771) ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. |
| Homer A. Thompson ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, southern burial. In some records as Grave XLVI.
Neat trench, rectangular as preserved, but may have originally been square, cut partly through ... Early Geometric I |
| Brian Martens ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11, located in the area north of Wall K, was partially excavated during the 2014 season. At this point the full western extent of the chamber has not been located because of ... LHIIIA ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11, located in the area north of Wall K, was partially excavated during the 2014 season. ... The ceiling collapsed over the center of the tomb in antiquity, but large segments are preserved along the walls indicating that the chamber was at least 1.25 m high.
The chamber was disturbed during the Late Geometric period (ca. 700 B.C or the decades shortly thereafter), when it was packed with fill, apparently as part of a deliberate operation.
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| Handle broken off but preserved; lid intact. Lid glazed black with reserved band at mid-point decorated with lines and a row of dots. Handle, raised rings on lower part; upper part pointed and decorated ... 18 March 1947 ... East of Geometric grave and about 0.80m. above it. Near highest preserved part of proto(?)Geometric fill. Perhaps not associated with tomb I 18:1. |
| Rodney S. Young ... RSY/JP Disturbed Geometric burial over "Sacrificial Pit VI" (Grave B 21:22). Grave IX in notebook. Bones discarded?
Pottery found in the upper filling of a sixth century cremation pit, which had perhaps ... Middle Geometric II/Transitional to Late Geometric |
| Photograph of Tomb G 12:9. Inhumation of a woman. Grave cleaned ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1935 |
| John Travlos ... (Grave XXXII: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). Published as cremation burial of a warrior.
The tomb was probably originally oriented north-south, with the urn-hole at the south end. The north side ... Transitional Early Geometric II-Middle Geometric I |
| Stone Drain between 8/IZ and Northwest Corner of Fountain House. Tomb V. Tomb W. Rectangular Turkish Pit at Northwestern Corner of Tomb W. Tomb Z. Filling of Turkish Pithos at Edge of Section Δ. Turkish ... Κ-15 2915, 2916 Lot Κ 266 Lot Κ 267 Lot Κ 268 Lot Κ 269 Lot Κ 270 Lot Κ 271 Lot Κ 272 Lot Κ 273 Lot Κ 274 Lot Κ 275 Lot Κ 276 Lot Κ 277 Lot Κ 278 J 14:4 J 14:5 ... Hellenistic ... Tomb V ... Tomb W ... Tomb Z |
| Drawing of Tomb G 12:9 by Piet de Jong ... Craig Mauzy ... PD 408 Horizontal (normal) ... 2006 |
| Homer A. Thompson ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, northern burial. In some records as Grave XLVII.
The western part of the offering trench of the tomb was lost to a Turkish cess pit, and ... Middle Geometric I |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 16 in notebook. Adult skeleton.
In some records as Grave XXXIII (JP) ... Middle Geometric I |
| David Scahill ... Burial in Geometric well (J 3:8), in Classical Building II, Room I, next to south ashlar wall. "No grave goods!"
ADDENDA: J. Papadopoulos later associated P 34449 and P 34450 to that grave. (Cf. Agora ... Geometric |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave. Bones discarded.
Burial lies over dromos of Mycenaean chamber tomb N 21-22:1. The roots of a tree had upturned the bones, but the head probably lay at the northeast ... Middle Geometric II |
| (Grave XXIX: EG).
Rectangular cutting with remains of charred human bones and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Bones discarded.
Rectangular trench cut through earth into bedrock, oriented east-west ... Middle Geometric I |
Fragmentary skyphos; part of rim and body preserved.
Decorated with an hourglass in reserve on the rim, a solid body and rays below. Paint entirely peeled away.
An early type which persists to a long ... 1932 ... NSc 1907, p. 338; ArchDelt 2 (1916), p. 19 (tomb 19 at Phaleron) and p. 32, fig. 22,3) ... Geometric area outside house, disturbed fill. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb at 44/Ζ. Dromos, from the south, cleaned as far as Geometric Grave at 45/ΣΤ (hole at far end). Foreground, stones of doorway ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb at 44/Ζ. Dromos, from the south, cleaned as far as Geometric Grave at 45/ΣΤ (hole at far end). |
| Excavation Summary Section ΒΔ: 1971 ... Stephen G. Miller ... This season's work in Section ΒΔ was confined to the eastern half of the section. The area was somehow disturbed, partly by a trench dug by Koumanoudes in 1890. Remains of roads, drains and buildings were ... 22 Mar-21 Sep 1971 ... Remains of roads, drains and buildings were explored, in some places down to the Geometric period.
A large number of deposits were excavated, amongst them a chamber tomb, several pyres, pits, pithoi etc. |
| Beneath the Late Roman Drain. Geometric sherds and red tile, which began the fill of Tomb J-K 2:2 in other areas. [After basket 15; Before basket 22] ... Kevin Pluta ... west ... 21 Jun 2001 ... Beneath the Late Roman Drain. Geometric sherds and red tile, which began the fill of Tomb J-K 2:2 in other areas. |
| Margaret Crosby ... Grave 1 (Grave XXVI: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male?
[JP]
Boots or Booties Grave. Near the west branch of the Great Drain, about 100m to the southwest of the Agora horos inscription ... Early Geometric I |
| Homer A. Thompson ... (Grave XXX: EG)
Rectangular cutting with burned bones of a female 40-45 years old, and both burned and unburned pottery fragments.
Rectangular trench, measuring approximately 0.80m long, 0.40m wide, with ... Middle Geometric I |
| 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. |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 2. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). In some records as XXIII.
Variously labeled as grid 7/Δ, 7/Γ and 7/Γ-Δ.
Rectangular pyre trench cut through earth into bedrock, with only the lowest 0.04m surviving ... Transitional Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I |
| Evelyn Lord Smithson ... Grave 3: (Grave XXVII: EG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male. Carbonized figs and grapes included in inventoried objects (no number). [JP]
"Craftsman-Warrior" tomb: combination of weapons and ... Early Geometric I |
| Gerald V. Lalonde ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female with fetus/neonate. One box with burnt animal bones is stored with the skeleton AA 302 in drawer 97.
Objects also recorded frm Section ΣΤ. PD 1692, PD 1807 ... Early Geometric II, 850 B.C. |
| Clay balls and spindle whorl from the tomb of a rich Athenian lady. Early Geometric. Top row: MC 1112, MC 1110, MC 1109 and MC 1111; bottom row: MC 1113, MC 1114, MC 1115 and MC 1116 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 ... Clay balls and spindle whorl from the tomb of a rich Athenian lady. Early Geometric. Top row: MC 1112, MC 1110, MC 1109 and MC 1111; bottom row: MC 1113, MC 1114, MC 1115 and MC 1116. |
| Looking south. Two pictures, taken after removal of geometric pots, but while the bits of bone were still in place (head apparently at northeast).
Dromos of large Mycenaean chamber tomb has now been cleaned ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Two pictures, taken after removal of geometric pots, but while the bits of bone were still in place (head apparently at northeast).
Dromos of large Mycenaean chamber tomb has now been cleaned up a little (but not yet excavated). |
| Looking east. Two pictures, taken after removal of geometric pots, but while the bits of bone were still in place (head apparently at northeast).
Dromos of large Mycenaean chamber tomb has now been cleaned ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Two pictures, taken after removal of geometric pots, but while the bits of bone were still in place (head apparently at northeast).
Dromos of large Mycenaean chamber tomb has now been cleaned up a little (but not yet excavated). |
| Complete except for chips in rim and on body surface. Mended from many fragments. One handle (out of three) missing. Painted decoration well preserved but glaze worn and cracked where thicker. Piriform; ... 24 July 1998 ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb; East of Classical Building II; Geometric Fill; Layer V |
| From Drain at 45/KE. From 60-62/ΚΘ-ΛΓ below 61.40. From 31/ΛΓ below 60.50; Edge of Hellenistic Fill. From Drain at 78/ΚΖ. From Tomb S. From Pithos at 18/ΙΓ; Coins. From Channel of Great Drain. From Tomb ... Κ-7 1145, 1146 Κ:1934.0324:9 Κ:1934.0324:10 Κ:1934.0324:11 N 29322 Κ:1934.0328:32 Κ:1934.0327:42 Κ:1934.0327:35 N 29379 Κ:1934.0327:36 N 29380 Κ:1934.0326:43 N 29353 Κ:1934.0326:12 Κ:1934.0201:1 N 29041 ... 19th A.D. |
| Table of Contents. Introduction. The Roads. The East-West Road. The North-South Road east of Roman House ε. The Alley between the Basilica and Roman House ε. The Waterworks. The Street Drain in front of ... 1971 ΒΔ ... The Geometric Predecessor ... The Chamber Tomb |
| 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 ... The earliest period of which any considerable remains were found was the Geometric: three Protogeometic graves and one well, as well as one Geometric grave and one disturbed well, were discovered and excavated.
... Two Roman wells were excavated, as well as a late Roman tomb. A late Roman building covered almost the whole section and was probably part of the great complex of late Roman buildings that covered most of the center of the Agora. |
| 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 ... In the southeast corner were traces of Proto-Geometric grave cuttings. ... A rectangular stone structure turned out to be a Byzantine tomb containing thirteen skeletons. |
| House M = House N Room 6; Gravelly Red Fill over Pebble Fill and below its line to East. Pit at 56-60/ΞΑ-ΞΓ, Over Well. Red Early Fill. West of Roman Bath; Hellenistic Fill; Late Roman Disturbance. Roman ... ΝΝ-44 ΝΝ 4822 P 19696 ΝΝ 4823 P 19697 ΝΝ 4824 T 2904 Lot ΝΝ 779 Lot ΝΝ 780 Lot ΝΝ 781 Lot ΝΝ 782 Lot ΝΝ 783 Lot ΝΝ 784 Lot ΝΝ 785 Lot ΝΝ 786 Lot ΝΝ 787 B 18:7 ... Geometric |
| The Neolithic and Bronze Ages; Index; Geometric Graves. The Neolithic and Bronze Ages; Index; Geometric Graves; Earlier Material Associated with Geometric Graves. The Neolithic and Bronze Ages; Index; ... Agora 13 279 ... The Neolithic and Bronze Ages; Index; Geometric Graves ... The Neolithic and Bronze Ages; Index; Geometric Graves; Earlier Material Associated with Geometric Graves ... The Neolithic and Bronze Ages; Index; Geometric Graves; Re-Use of Mycenaean Kylix Stems |
| Select Bibliography and Abbreviations; General Works. Agora 1, Evelyn B. Harrison, Portrait Sculpture, 1953. Agora 3, R.E. Wycherley, Literary and Epigraphical Testimonia, 1957, reprinted 1973. Agora 4, ... Agora 31 xi ... Brann, Late Geometric and Protoattic Pottery, Mid 8th to Late 7th Century B.C., 1962, reprinted 1971 ... Antonaccio, C., 1995, An Archaeology of Ancestors: Tomb Cult and Hero Cult in Early Greece, Lanham, Md/London |
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