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[Agora Report] 1970 Ω

Excavation Summary Section Ω: 1970 ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were centered around a large late Roman complex know as the Roman House H. In addition, a late Hellenistic cistern was dug under the northwest corner of the house ... 24 May-22 Aug 1970 ... Excavations were centered around a large late Roman complex know as the Roman House H. In addition, a late Hellenistic cistern was dug under the northwest corner of the house.

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[Agora Report] 1957 Excavations Φ, Χ, Ψ

Sections Φ, Χ, Ψ, April-June 1957 ... A. L. Boegehold ... Three private dwellings, already known from the preliminary excavation of 1937, formed the major themes of the investigation this year: Southwest House, Polygonal House and Late Roman House and Water Channel ... 10 Mar-12 Aug 1957 ... Three private dwellings, already known from the preliminary excavation of 1937, formed the major themes of the investigation this year: Southwest House, Polygonal House and Late Roman House and Water Channel. ... In the report each building is treated separately, and then a summary point out how they are related to one another.

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[Agora Report] 1969 Ω

Section Ω 1969 ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were carried out in the Late Roman complex known as Philosophical School C, and in House D, a private house of the 5th c. B.C. which underlies the north half of the school. A second house of ... 8 Jul-23 Aug 1969 ... Excavations were carried out in the Late Roman complex known as Philosophical School C, and in House D, a private house of the 5th c. B.C. which underlies the north half of the school. A second house of the Classical period was discovered, but only a slight digging was carried out.

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[Agora Report] 1953 Κ

Section Κ 1953 ... Eugene Vanderpool ... Excavations was carried out in the building fill in the area south of the Middle Stoa, and in the area between the South Stoa and the Fountain House. Work was also done to the porch of the Fountain House ... 23 Feb-30 Jul 1953 ... Excavations was carried out in the building fill in the area south of the Middle Stoa, and in the area between the South Stoa and the Fountain House. Work was also done to the porch of the Fountain House. A Late Roman cistern was cleared and three wells were dug.

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[Agora Report] 1946 Χ

Section X Miscellaneous Notes Compiled in Summer of 1946 ... Margaret Crosby ... This report is a summary of the excavations taken place in 1937 as well as in 1946. Some pottery indicate habitation in the area from the Geometric period. Two shallow graves of the 6th and 5th centuries ... 27 May-21 Jun 1946 ... Two shallow graves of the 6th and 5th centuries B.C. were found, probably children's graves set under the house floor. A small circular pit (6th-5th c. ... Roman House A was excavated and four rooms were revealed. A late Roman well was partly excavated.

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[Agora Report] 1946 Excavations ΝΝ, ΞΞ

Sections ΝΝ - ΞΞ Excavation Summary 1946 ... Rodney S. Young ... The objective of this year's excavation was to clear the southern part of the section to bedrock. Features earlier investigated (the 6th century cemetery, the Hellenistic-Early Roman terrace and one large ... 31 May-14 Aug 1946 ... Features earlier investigated (the 6th century cemetery, the Hellenistic-Early Roman terrace and one large Roman tank), as well as some discovered this season (a second Roman water tank, a great built shaft, a part of the Great Drain and early house walls), were removed. Four wells were also dug. Only a small area of the section was left for further clearing and investigation.

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[Agora Report] 1968 Κ

Excavation Summary Section K: 1968 ... S. Grobel ... Excavations in Section Κ were conducted in the Marble Worker's Establishment, a series of rooms grouped around a courtyard. A cistern-well was discovered and excavated, as was a pit and a pyre burial ... 17 Jun-17 Aug 1968 ... Excavations in Section Κ were conducted in the Marble Worker's Establishment, a series of rooms grouped around a courtyard. A cistern-well was discovered and excavated, as was a pit and a pyre burial. Excavations were also carried out in the Roman Fountain House, and in the Roman Cistern connected to the fountain house.

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[Agora Report] 1948 ΟΟ

Section ΟΟ 1948 ... Margaret Crosby ... Work in Section ΟΟ was concentrated on the east and west ends of the north side of the section: parts of the ancient east-west street were explored; ca 20 meters of the Great Drain was clearly exposed; ... 8 Mar-26 Apr 1948 ... Work in Section ΟΟ was concentrated on the east and west ends of the north side of the section: parts of the ancient east-west street were explored; ca 20 meters of the Great Drain was clearly exposed; remains of a house (House E) from the 4th century and Hellenistic period, with cistern (Cistern A), water storage tank and a well (Well I) were found; the Roman Bath (Building A and Hypocaust area) was further explored, and a well in the central court (Well II) dug out; a trial cut was dug in a long, narrow poros building with a large open yard and a series of small rooms; and an early Geometric grave was found and excavated.

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[Agora Report] 2018 Excavations

Summary Report - Agora 2018 ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were carried out in Sections ΒΘ, ΒΖ and Ω. In Section ΒΘ the investigations continued in the area in front of and above the Stoa Poikile. In ΒΘ East, built into a late structure, a large inscribed ... 11 Jun-3 Aug 2018 ... In ΒΘ East, built into a late structure, a large inscribed block was uncovered just south of the Eridanos river. ... As part of clearing and restoration by the ephoreia in Section Ω, excavations took place around a large Roman house of the 4th century A.D., mostly in the area of a mosaic from the 2nd century A.D.

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[Agora Report] 1937 Φ

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 ... From the Roman period a house was partly cleared. It was destroyed in the late 3rd century A.D. 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.

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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. No traces of walls of the Hellenistic period had survived but two wells and four cisterns show the existence of private houses in the area during this period. A house of the Roman period was revealed in the central region of the section. A late Roman well was partly excavated.

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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 ... 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. ... A rectangular stone structure turned out to be a Byzantine tomb containing thirteen skeletons.

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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. ... Some traces of the West Street running north-south with a water-channel underneath, appeared. ... Scanty remains of some houses were excavated: the South House, the North House, and the Southeast Houses (I and II) which was a complex of ten rooms.

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[Agora Report] 2019 Excavations

Agora 2019 - Summary Report ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were carried out in four sections: in Section ΝΝ in the southwest corner of the archaeological site, and in the northwest corner of the Agora in Sections ΒΖ, ΒΘ East and ΒΘ West. Section ΝΝ ... 10 Jun-2 Aug 2019 ... Excavations took place in an area where a deposit of terracotta figurines had been found in the 1940’s. ... In some parts of the area the bottom of the Byzantine house walls were reached to just a few centimetres above the floor level of the stoa. ... North of the tank, a corner of a marble bench or seat was uncovered.