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The eighth season of excavation at Morgantina by the Princeton Expedition to Sicily began April 3 and terminated June 23. Once again we are indebted for help and cooperation to the Italian authorities, and especially to the continued interest and cooperation of the Soprintendente for Eastern Sicily, Professor Luigi Bernab6 Brea and his able staff.' The budget of the Expedition was nourished by the generous contributions of a number of donors to whom our thanks are gratefully tendered. The work was distributed in four principal areas: the central zone, that of the Agora; the residential quarter on the hill immediately to the west; the neck of the plateau of the main part of the city not far from the saddle that separates it from the Cittadella, and the eastern spur of Cittadella itself. About sixty workmen were employed, many of whom were "old hands" at our excavations; they were divided into squads under the various sub-foremen and assigned to our staff.2 Considerable time was devoted to setting back into place the blocks of the northern retaining wall of the theater which had been cleared in the previous season. ## THE AGORA Further probing and clearing in the theater produced som

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Author

Richard Stillwell

Published

1963

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Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)