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Archaeology in Greece (1906-1907)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

R. M. Dawkins
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The archaeological activities of the twelvemonth from July 1906 to June 1907, with which this paper deals, have been very numerous. Not only are there many smaller discoveries of interest to be recorded, but also the more important excavations, the French at Delos, the German at Pergamon, to which may now be added those of the British School at Sparta, have made considerable progress. Especially important is the scheme for excavating the Agora and the northern slopes of the Acropolis at Athens, now at last begun after many difficulties by the Greek Archaeological Society.

The work is under the direct supervision of the General Ephor of Antiquities, Dr. Kavvadhias, with a committee consisting of the Crown Prince as chairman, the president of the University, the mayor of Athens and the directors of the foreign Schools of Archaeology. A beginning has been made by the demolition of some houses near the Theseum. The scheme embraces the clearing of the whole of the northern slopes of the Acropolis, the Agora, and in general, the region between the Tower of the Winds and the Theseum. This area is entirely covered with houses, and this has given rise to serious difficulties. These are now in a fair way to be overcome, and great results are to be expected in the course of the next few years.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 27 , November 1907 , pp. 284 - 299
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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 1907

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References

1 Ath. Mitth. 1906, p. 363. To be fully published in the ᾿Εφημερὶς ῾ Αρχαιολογική

2 See below, the notices of tombs of the Cycladic style near Chalkis and on the island of Pseira off Crete.

3 These notes have been largely drawn up from the Πρακτικά of 1906 of the Greek Archaeological Society.

4 Appearing in the Times (Weekly Ed.) of July 19th, 1907.

5 B.S.A. xi, Pl. XV.

6 For this subject, see Evans, Tree and Pillar Worship.

7 These notes are largely indebted to Παιs Oct. 15th, 1906.

8 These notes are taken from reports published in Ath. Mitth. xxxii, pp. i–xvi.

9 Marked I in Pl. II of Schliemann's Tiryns.

10 Ath. Mitth. 1906, p. 205.

11 ῾ Ομηρικώτεροι τοῖς ἔπεσιν ἀκολουθοῦντες τοῦτον εἰναι φασι τὸν τοῦ Νέστορο Πυλον, οὖ τὴν χάραν διέξεισιν ὁ ᾿ Αλφειός Strabo, 8. iii. 7.

12 For an earlier report see Jahreshefte, viii, Beiblatt, p. 77.

13 For notices of previous works, see Arch. Anz. 1906.