^04 re;ports o^ investigations and projects. 



Besides these investigations into the water-supply of the city, some further 

 trenches have been sunk in the Odeum and in the Theater. In the former, 

 which dates from the second century a. d., and owes its existence to Herodes 

 Atticus, a number of well-preserved, rock-cut seats in the lower level of the 

 cavea were uncovered. In the Theater — the Greek theater which lies under 

 the Roman and is to be dated at least as early as 300 b. c. — the excavations 

 indicate that there was a considerably lower stage than has commonly been 

 found in Hellenistic theaters. If further excavation should show that the 

 structure is to be dated well back in the fourth century b. c, the fact of 

 there having been a low stage would be of great archaeological interest. 



Between the Odeum and the Theater there are traces of a sanctuary, which 

 is very probably that of Athena Chalinitis mentioned by Pausanias. The ex- 

 cavation is, however, only tentative at this point, and the identification of the 

 sanctuary, which is important in Corinthian topography, is still uncertain. 



(b) Fellowship in Architecture. — ^The appointment of Mr. William B. 

 Dinsmoor to this fellowship has been amply justified. He has, as has already 

 been said, spent some time in architectural study at Corinth, but his chief 

 attention has been given to the continuation of the work already begun by 

 Mr. Wood, his predecessor on the Propylsea at Athens. Mr. Wood's work 

 was concerned with the wings of the building ; Mr. Dinsmoor has studied the 

 main part of it, and especially the roof construction above the actual gate- 

 way. The results of his work are nearly ready for publication and they will 

 soon appear in the Journal of Archaeology. 



So much that is new about the architecture of the Propylsea has now been 

 discovered through the work of Mr. Wood and Mr. Dinsmoor that a new 

 and careful publication of the building is much to be desired. 



American School of Classical Studies in Rome. Andrew F. West, Chair- 

 man of Managing Committee, Princeton University, Princeton, New 

 Jersey. Grant No. 549. Maintenance of two research fellowships in 

 classical archeology. (For previous reports see Year Books Nos. 4, 5, 

 6, and 7.) $1,600. 



Associate in Research No. i. — Dr. Esther B. Van Deman continued for the 

 third year her researches in Roman building construction, more especially 

 brickwork and concrete. Besides preparing for the press her work on "The 

 Atrium Vestse" (in course of publication by the Carnegie Institution of Wash- 

 ington) and publishing a study of the "Flavian Rostra" (American Journal 

 of Archeology, June, 1909), she examined during the year the earlier types 

 of concrete and of wall facing, making among other things a study of the 

 Palatine as a whole. These investigations will eventually appear in a "Hand- 

 book of Brickwork." She is to continue her work during the coming year on 

 an independent grant from the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 



