Site details

Agora: Rubbish Deposit P.8:9

PK	C1851
TITLE	Agora: Rubbish Deposit P.8:9
WGS84	37.975421° N, 23.723887° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.975421, 23.723887
LON/LAT	23.723887, 37.975421

DMS

37° 58' 31.5156" N

23° 43' 25.9932" E

W3W	wrong, tube, hopeless
UTM	34 S, 739252, 4206589
EGSA87	475601, 4202836

Elevation m	62
Elevation feet	203.4
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Mountjoy [1995], 48    '...included tripod legs and fragments of pithoi...'
2.    Sherds.   Immerwahr [1971], 131    'The small fragment 432, from a bothros in front of the Stoa of Attalos (P 8:9), is a rare and important piece.'
3.    Sherds.   Immerwahr [1971], 251    '...a small irregular pit about 1.3 m. in diameter and 1.50 m. deep, presumably a bothros. The fill was entirely Mycenaean, but represented an odd assortment of material: fragments of roof tiles and a large chunk of stone, fragmentary cooking pots on tripod legs, large coarse pots including the fragment of a pithos, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Immerwahr [1971]: 251, 'Myc. III A cup...'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 47, 'LHIIIB domestic rubbish deposits come from ...P.8-9.'
    b.    Immerwahr [1971]: 251, '...two small fragments of Myc. III B kylikes ...'

NOTE

1. Interpreting Mountjoy's P.8-9 as P.8:9

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Immerwahr [1971]: Immerwahr, Sara A.. The Athenian Agora; Vol XIII; The Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, New Jersey. 1971., 'Mycenaean Bothros Opposite Stoa Pier 17', pg. 251. Online here.

2. Mountjoy [1995]: Mountjoy, Penelope A.. Mycenaean Athens. Paul Åströms Förlag, Jonsered, Sweden. 1995., 'The North Lower Town', pg. 48.