Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (1883) (14777489455)

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Title: Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Year: 1883 (1880s)

Authors: Archaeological Institute of America American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Subjects: Classical antiquities -- Periodicals Archaeology -- Periodicals Greece -- Antiquities Periodicals

Publisher: Boston : Cupples, Upham and Co.

Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute

Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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e probably attracted thither bythe situation, which commands the Boiotian Plain; possibly, too,its walls may have remained standing. It appears to me also thatPlataia must have been a centre of considerable importance inRoman times. Charles Waldstein. American ScJiool of Classical Studies, Athens.April, 1890. DETAILED REPORT ON THE EXCAVATIONS. Work was begun Feb. 19 with 22 men at Church JVo. I (seemap), where two days were spent in partially clearing out the churchand sinking a trench, running north, about 40 m. long. The paving-stones of the church (about 70 X GO cm., and 20 cm. thick), of goodwhite marble, were examined on the under side, but no sculpturedwork was found on them—they probably formed the pavement ofa temple. Two late walls built with small stones laid in mortar werecrossed by the trench, and at its northern end a low arch of brick-work, probably Byzantine, Mas laid bare. The trench was sunk to adepth (in places) of 2.70 m., but, with the exception of a fragment of

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