[Agora Publication] Liston and Papadopoulos (2004): The "Rich Athenian Lady" Was Pregnant: The Anthropology of a Geometric Tomb Reconsidered

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

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[Agora Image] 2012.56.0407 (82-392)

Geometric pottery from tomb H 17:2 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Geometric pottery from tomb H 17:2.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:11: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Early Geometric grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXIX) ... Late Protogeometric

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[Agora Image] 2012.57.0220 (84-287)

Early Geometric oinochoe and kalathos from tomb M 23:1bis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Early Geometric oinochoe and kalathos from tomb M 23:1bis.

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[Agora Deposit] K 2:5: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

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.

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[Agora Image] 2008.03.0035

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.

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[Agora Deposit] H 17:2: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

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.

[Agora Deposit] M 23:1 BIS: Destroyed Tomb

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

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:19: Tomb

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.

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[Agora Deposit] H 17:8: Cremation Burial

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."

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[Agora Notebook Page] Φ-7-107

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

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0154 (XVII-88)

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.

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[Agora Image] 2012.51.0215 (XVII-88)

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.

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[Agora Object] J 239: Brown Bead: Glass Paste or Faience

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.

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[Agora Image] 2012.84.0966 (98-32-21)

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.

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[Agora Deposit] D 6:6: Simple cremation pit (pyre)

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

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0158 (XVII-92)

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.

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[Agora Image] 2012.51.0219 (XVII-92)

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.

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0157 (XVII-91)

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.

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[Agora Image] 2012.51.0218 (XVII-91)

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.

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:1: Pit Tomb, Adolescent Inhumation

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

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[Agora Image] 2012.84.0919 (98-31-11)

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.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:13: Tomb

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.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:11: Disturbed Adult Inhumation Pit Tomb

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

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[Agora Deposit] C 8:6: Urn cremation

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

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[Agora Deposit] K 20:2: Pit Grave

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

[Agora Deposit] K 2:6: Early Classical Pit

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.

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[Agora Deposit] J-K 2:2: Chamber Tomb Below Floor of Room 2 of Classical Building II

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.

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[Agora Image] 2000.02.0553 (Slide Sheet: 39:15 Slide Set: 06:23)

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.

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[Agora Deposit] C 11:1: Pit tomb, child inhumation (?)

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

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[Agora Object] P 33578: Late Geometric Globular Pyxis

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.

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[Agora Deposit] N 16:4: Urn cremation

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

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:11: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

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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[Agora Object] P 17465: Pyxis Lid

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.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:23: Disturbed grave/inhumation

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

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[Agora Image] 2008.03.0181 (5-64)

Photograph of Tomb G 12:9. Inhumation of a woman. Grave cleaned ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1935

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[Agora Deposit] R 20:1: Urn Cremation

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

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[Agora Notebook Page] Κ-15-64 (pp. 2915-2916)

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

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[Agora Image] 2008.03.0182

Drawing of Tomb G 12:9 by Piet de Jong ... Craig Mauzy ... PD 408 Horizontal (normal) ... 2006

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[Agora Deposit] N 16:3: Disturbed Urn Cremation

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