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Excavations at Sparta, 1924—25: § 4.—The Acropolis. The Site
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 October 2013
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The Hieron of Athena Chalkioikos was identified and to a large extent excavated in 1907, by the late Mr. Guy Dickins, who completed the task in the following year. Accounts of these campaigns, and of the principal finds, were published by him in the Annual (xiii. pp. 137–154, and xiv. pp. 142–146, respectively). This undertaking was practically limited to the thorough exploration of the area enclosed within the wall of the Hieron (B.S.A. xiii., l.c., Fig. 1), and except for the uncovering of the south face of the south wall, and for one trial trench about twenty metres in length, running southwards from the centre of this wall, no excavation took place to the south of the Precinct, in the area contained between it and the retaining-wall of the cavea of the theatre below. As this trench had yielded a large quantity of pottery, including fine fragments of the local Geometric style, a systematic exploration of this area seemed a duty, to be undertaken without delay, when operations were resumed in 1924.
Work commenced on April 7th, 1924, and lasted until the end of the season (May 31st); in 1925, from April 13th to May 30th. The number of men employed seldom exceeded ten, though about sixteen were at work in the second half of May 1924.
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page 240 note 1 This account has been compiled by the Director from records inserted in the logbook by Miss Hobling, Miss Lamb and himself, but to Miss Hobling is due the credit for the careful records of finds and full notes on the stratification for the greater part of the site, including all those for the campaign of 1925.
page 241 note 1 A Byzantine wall was built over the eastern end of the north wall, almost in line with it.
page 242 note 1 Ht. 1·24; br. ·88; th. ·34 m.
page 243 note 1 There was a poor Byzantine wall nearly above it, and many traces of disturbance to the south and east of the block.
page 243 note 2 The plan (pl. XVII) shews the bases after the later additions had been removed. The original appearance is shewn in the plan published in 1924 with the preliminary report (Fig. 4).
page 247 note 1 It is not proposed to publish here any general account of finds from outside the portico.
page 247 note 2 Possibly a cymbal. Cf. a similar object (without the iron), Argive Heraeum, ii. pl. CI, No. 1714.
page 248 note 1 Professor Buschor, however, inclines to favour a South Italian origin for it. For Polygnotos see Beazley, , Attische Vasenmaler (1925), pp. 391 ff.Google Scholar
page 251 note 1 Summarised from her entry in the log-book.
page 252 note 1 As noted by Mr. Dickins in 1907.