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Fieldwork at Ancient Eleon in Boeotia, 2011–2018

By Brendan Burke, Bryan Burns, Alexandra Charami, Trevor Van Damme, Nicholas Herrmann and Bartłomiej Lis

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Fig. 1. Middle Helladic–LH I clay cist tomb with articulated skeleton of a child excavated in trench NWB1b.

Fig. 2. Cobble surface in the southeast corner of the Blue Stone Structure overlying Tombs 2 and 4. In the lower left corner, the south stele can be seen built into the support wall for the LH I tumulus. Seen from the north.

Fig. 3. Tomb 5 of the Blue Stone Structure during excavation; comingled human remains in the southwest corner.

Fig. 4. Selection of ceramic vessels from Tomb 5 in the Blue Stone Structure; left to right: bichrome cup with stylized dolphins (P1505), matte-painted vertical ring-handled cup (P1504), Gray Minyan cup (P1503), undecorated kantharos (P1513), matte-painted vertical ring-handled cup (P1502), lustrous decorated askos (P1528).

Fig. 5. Unfired handmade clay vessels from Tomb 10 in the Blue Stone Structure.

Fig. 6. Ceramic vessels from Tomb 11 outside the southeast corner of the Blue Stone Structure; front row, left to right: Gray Minyan squat juglet (P1921), Gray Minyan pyxis (P1916), two matte-painted Vapheio cups (P1917, P1922); back row, left to right: two matte-painted vertical ring-handled cups (P1851, P1908), bichrome jug (P1915), amphoriskos (P1920).

Fig. 7. Copper alloy pins (top to bottom: SF0669, SF0670, SF0671) from Tomb 11.

Fig. 8. Shallow angular bowl (P1878) from Tomb 12 in trench SWA1a west of the Blue Stone Structure (drawing by T. Ross).

Fig. 9. Burnt phase of the megaron-type unit composed of Rooms 6 and 7 of the Northwest Complex.

Fig. 10. Roof tile fragment with an incised sign, from the burnt destruction of the Northwest Complex.

Fig. 11. Plan of Room 1 of the Northwest Complex, showing the position of select vessels, represented at twice the relative scale, in their findspots near the asaminthos (bathtub) and the rectangular sherd hearth (drawing by G. Bianco and T. Ross).

Fig. 12. Transport stirrup jar (P0894) from the burnt destruction debris of the upper story of the Northwest Complex (drawing by T. Ross).

Fig. 13. Copper alloy sickle (SF0252) from Room 3N of the Northwest Complex.

Fig. 14. Elevation (top), section (right), and plan (bottom) drawings of the sounding at the north end of the Late Archaic polygonal wall (drawings by G. Bianco).

Fig. 15. Bronze phiale (SF0200) deposited in mid sixth-century BCE ramp fill.

Fig. 16. Three near-complete Boeotian Kylix Ware vessels found in situ in Late Archaic ramp phase in trench SEA2a (left to right: P0162, P0160, P0161).

Fig. 17. Kantharos with dipinto (P0016) from a mid sixth-century BCE pit in the southwest quadrant (drawing by T. Ross).

Fig. 18. Classical-period Boeotian black-figure kalathos-pyxis with palmette decoration (P0149) from trench SWB3c votive deposit (drawing by T. Ross).

Fig. 19. Deposit of intact Classical-period figurines and miniature vessels found in situ in trench SEA2a.

Fig. 1. Middle Helladic–LH I clay cist tomb with articulated skeleton of a child excavated in trench NWB1b.

Fig. 2. Cobble surface in the southeast corner of the Blue Stone Structure overlying Tombs 2 and 4. In the lower left corner, the south stele can be seen built into the support wall for the LH I tumulus. Seen from the north.

Fig. 3. Tomb 5 of the Blue Stone Structure during excavation; comingled human remains in the southwest corner.

Fig. 4. Selection of ceramic vessels from Tomb 5 in the Blue Stone Structure; left to right: bichrome cup with stylized dolphins (P1505), matte-painted vertical ring-handled cup (P1504), Gray Minyan cup (P1503), undecorated kantharos (P1513), matte-painted vertical ring-handled cup (P1502), lustrous decorated askos (P1528).

Fig. 5. Unfired handmade clay vessels from Tomb 10 in the Blue Stone Structure.

Fig. 6. Ceramic vessels from Tomb 11 outside the southeast corner of the Blue Stone Structure; front row, left to right: Gray Minyan squat juglet (P1921), Gray Minyan pyxis (P1916), two matte-painted Vapheio cups (P1917, P1922); back row, left to right: two matte-painted vertical ring-handled cups (P1851, P1908), bichrome jug (P1915), amphoriskos (P1920).

Fig. 7. Copper alloy pins (top to bottom: SF0669, SF0670, SF0671) from Tomb 11.

Fig. 8. Shallow angular bowl (P1878) from Tomb 12 in trench SWA1a west of the Blue Stone Structure (drawing by T. Ross).

Fig. 9. Burnt phase of the megaron-type unit composed of Rooms 6 and 7 of the Northwest Complex.

Fig. 10. Roof tile fragment with an incised sign, from the burnt destruction of the Northwest Complex.

Fig. 11. Plan of Room 1 of the Northwest Complex, showing the position of select vessels, represented at twice the relative scale, in their findspots near the asaminthos (bathtub) and the rectangular sherd hearth (drawing by G. Bianco and T. Ross).

Fig. 12. Transport stirrup jar (P0894) from the burnt destruction debris of the upper story of the Northwest Complex (drawing by T. Ross).

Fig. 13. Copper alloy sickle (SF0252) from Room 3N of the Northwest Complex.

Fig. 14. Elevation (top), section (right), and plan (bottom) drawings of the sounding at the north end of the Late Archaic polygonal wall (drawings by G. Bianco).

Fig. 15. Bronze phiale (SF0200) deposited in mid sixth-century BCE ramp fill.

Fig. 16. Three near-complete Boeotian Kylix Ware vessels found in situ in Late Archaic ramp phase in trench SEA2a (left to right: P0162, P0160, P0161).

Fig. 17. Kantharos with dipinto (P0016) from a mid sixth-century BCE pit in the southwest quadrant (drawing by T. Ross).

Fig. 18. Classical-period Boeotian black-figure kalathos-pyxis with palmette decoration (P0149) from trench SWB3c votive deposit (drawing by T. Ross).

Fig. 19. Deposit of intact Classical-period figurines and miniature vessels found in situ in trench SEA2a.