American School Of Classical Studies At Athen The agora bone well/maria a. liston

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Even though Dorothy Thompson excavated the Agora Bone Well in 1938, the well and its remarkable finds have never been fully studied until now.

Located outside the northwest corner of the Athenian Agora and dating to the second quarter of the 2nd century B.

, the well contained the remains of roughly 460 newborn infants, as well as a few older individuals.

Also found in the well were the bones of over 150 dogs and an assortment of other animals, plus various artifacts, including an intriguing.