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[Agora Report] 1971 ΒΔ

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 ... A large number of deposits were excavated, amongst them a chamber tomb, several pyres, pits, pithoi etc.

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[Agora Report] 1952 Excavations Ε, Η, Ν

Sections Ε, Ν, Η 1952 ... Homer A. Thompson ... Mycenaean graves were excavated in section Ε. Section Ν was disturbed by late pits, bothroi and walls. Excavation was carried out through Roman levels. The area seemed to have been leveled out and raised ... 4 Mar-31 May 1952 ... Section Ν was disturbed by late pits, bothroi and walls. ... Earlier fills were found only in wells and pits cut down into bedrock.

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[Agora Report] 1970 ΒΔ

Excavation Summary. Section ΒΔ: 1970 ... Stephen G. Miller ... This is a report of the first year of excavation in Section ΒΔ, a problematic area due to its limitation by the railroad on the south and the Hadrian Street on the north, and to the disturbances made by ... 6 Mar-15 Aug 1970 ... This is a report of the first year of excavation in Section ΒΔ, a problematic area due to its limitation by the railroad on the south and the Hadrian Street on the north, and to the disturbances made by the activities of the inhabitants in the area while digging for wells, pits, holes, foundations, etc.

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[Agora Report] 2023 Excavations

Athenian Agora 2023: Preliminary Report ... John K. Papadopoulos Debby Sneed ... A summary of the first excavation season in Section ΒΚ, an area beneath a building demolished in the fall of 2022. Prior the excavation a geophysical survey was undertaken. Modern, Ottoman, and Byzantine ... 12 Jun-4 Aug 2023 ... Modern, Ottoman, and Byzantine contexts were excavated and several features were revealed, such as foundation walls and pits. All material was collected and kept (pottery, bone, shells, etc.).

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[Agora Report] 2024 Excavations Summary

Excavations in the Athenian Agora, 2024: Preliminary Report ... John K. Papadopoulos Debby Sneed ... A summary of the second excavation season in Section ΒΚ, in the area beneath the former building at 14 St. Philip Street. The area was divided into three trenches and yielded mixed material from the Modern ... 10 Jun-2 Aug 2024 ... Notable features from this season were walls in ΒΚ North from the Middle Byzantine period and pits from both ΒΚ West and South, the purpose and dating of which is still under investigation.

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[Agora Report] 1937 ΛΛ

Section ΛΛ 193 Excavation Summary ... Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Excavations in Section ΛΛ revealed that the original contour of Kolonos Agoraios had been much sharper than in modern times. No traces of early graves were found in the area; first sign of habitation is ... 1 Feb-23 Jun 1937 ... No traces of early graves were found in the area; first sign of habitation is pottery from the last half of the 5th century B.C. found in metal working pits in connection with a drain and a road.

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[Agora Report] 1939 ΝΝ

Section ΝΝ Season of 1939 ... Rodney S. Young ... Section ΝΝ lies at the mouth of the valley between Pnyx and Areopagus, which was the important thoroughfare from the Agora to the Pnyx and to the southern parts of the city, as well as to the Piraeus Gate, ... 26 Sep 1938-24 Jun 1939 ... In addition, twenty-one sacrificial pits were found. Eleven wells were found, of which two were completely cleaned out.

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[Agora Report] 2025 Excavations

Excavations in the Athenian Agora, 2025: Preliminary Report ... John K. Papadopoulos Debby Sneed ... The 2025 excavation is the third excavation season in the ΒΚ section, divided into three trenches: ΒΚ North, ΒΚ South, and ΒΚ West, and covers the central part of the Stoa Poikile. The excavation practices ... 9 Jun-1 Aug 2025 ... The architectural remains from this season include part of the Middle Byzantine (10th to 12th centuries CE) neighborhood and later features, such as Ottoman-period pits and wells. Noteworthy was the discovery of an in situ block of the toichobate of Stoa Poikile, during the excavation of an Ottoman or later Pit in ΒΚ West.

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[Agora Report] 1958 Υ

Section Υ: 1958 Excavation Report ... Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Two areas at the north foot of the Areopagus were uncovered. The first area did not yield much of interest due to modern disturbances. Excavations of a well, three pits and a water channel produced however ... 3 Mar-3 May 1958 ... Excavations of a well, three pits and a water channel produced however ancients material.

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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 ... Elsewhere various floor levels and pits were dug, most of them dating to the 4th century B.C.

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[Agora Report] 2006 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2006 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... This summer the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the excavations and the 50th anniversary of the reconstruction of the Stoa of Attalos were celebrated. Excavation were concentrated on two areas: northwest ... 13 Jun-4 Aug 2006 ... Walls, pithoi, pits, a burial, and two wells were revealed, dating to the years around 1000 A.D.

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[Agora Report] 2009 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2009 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were conducted in four sections: Γ, ΒΘ, ΒΗ and ΒΖ. In Section Γ, the investigation of the Classical buildings south of the Tholos continued with the aim to find out if they were civil, commercial ... 8 Jun-31 Jul 2009 ... Various other features were found, such as pithoi and pits. In section ΒΗ, most of the 10th century A.D. house walls were removed and more remains of the back wall and two interior columns of the Stoa Poikile were exposed.