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[Agora Report] 2002 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2002 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations continued in the northwest corner of the Agora (sections ΒΕ and ΒΖ) and in the Eleusinion area (ΕΛ), and a trial trench was opened up in the Panathenaic Way (Σ). In section ΒΖ, the exploration ... 10 Jun-2 Aug 2002 ... At the end of the season, a Roman statue head appeared. In section ΒΕ, various levels in, around and under the Classical Commercial Building were explored. ... However, a shaft of a Protogeometric or early Geometric well was partially excavated. ... In the Eleusinion area there are no surviving architectural remains. A well from the late 6th to early 5th century B.C. was excavated, and while scraping bedrock, a marble portrait head was discovered.

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[Agora Report] 1992 Excavations

Report on Excavations in the Athenian Agora 1992 ... T. Leslie Shear, Jr ... This is a report on the archaeological excavations in the Athenian Agora during 1992. The investigations continued in two areas: on the south side of Hastings Street and along the north side of Hadrian ... 8 Jun-7 Aug 1992 ... Three large pithoi were found in one of the rooms. A well, first used in the Roman period and then reused in the Byzantine period ,was dug and produced a large number of finds, amongst them a herm head from the Classical period.