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| Laura Gawlinski ... Bronze foundry north of bridge on Piraeus street, east of Great Drain.
Keyhole-shaped bronze casting pit, cut into bedrock.
2016: Continuation of the excavation of a rectangular pit with foundry debris, ... Late 6th-early 5th c. B.C.
(Late Archaic/ Early Classical) ... Pit cut into bedrock at west and north; fill continues beneath later wall (“Wall A”) at east. ... We reached a maximum depth of 59.781m by the end of the 2016 season, but more remains to be excavated.
2017-2018: Upper level disturbed by modern water pipe at southwest and Wall A (probably Hellenistic) at east. ... Includes many molds, some retaining the shape of their casted object, several pieces quite large. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1 ... It was originally several meters longer but its northern end was cut off by a late Roman retaining wall. For most of its length it is about two meters wide, but near the door of the chamber it widens slightly to about 2.40m. ... This wall was 1.40m thick and ran right up to the roof of the passage. ... About a meter below this, and again over the southwest quarter of the chamber, was a corner of light rubble wall of late hellenistic times. |
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