Corinthian Matters

Category: Archaeological Survey

  • Interpreting Ceramic Assemblages from the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project

    Chris Cloke concludes his three-part series today on patterns of settlement and land use in the Nemea Valley.  If you missed the first two, start by reading Part 1 and Part 2.  Part 1 defines “site” and “off-site” (or “tract”) in terms of NVAP procedure. In today’s final post on the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project (NVAP),…

  • The Nemea Valley, Archaeological Survey, and Manuring

    Chris Cloke continues his three-part series today on the interpretation of Greek and Roman artifact patterns in the Nemea Valley.  If you’re just joining in, start by reading Part 1.  *************************************************** In this, the second of three posts looking at survey data from the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project (NVAP), I’ll be delving further into the…

  • Chris Cloke on Survey and Agriculture in the Nemea Valley

    I was sorry to have missed Chris Cloke’s talk on the Nemea Valley at the recent meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America.  He was kind enough to send me a draft of the paper which has got me thinking again about the human behaviors behind artifact scatters documented in archaeological survey.  Since Bill Caraher…