Corinthian Matters

Category: Geology

  • 2015 Publications in Corinthian Studies: Geology

    This fifth and final installment in the 2015 series of bibliographic reports of Corinthian studies is the material related to geology, geomorphology, and environment. Download the report as a PDF here: CorinthianStudies_2015_Medieval-Modern The other reports from 2015: Prehistoric-Hellenistic Periods Roman-Late Antique Periods Judaism, Christianity, and New Testament Studies Medieval-Modern

  • Corinth Terraces Revisited in light of Digital Elevation Models

    Several years ago, I posted a couple of pieces about the value of new satellite imagery for creating high-resolution topographic maps and digital elevation models of the Corinthia and the northeast Peloponnese. The imagery just continues to improve and with it new applications and potential for understanding landscape histories. This multi-authored article published in September in Geotectonic Research revisits…

  • The Socio-Environmental History of the Peloponnese during the Holocene

    Those who like their history long should be interested in this new article in Quarternary Science Reviews on environmental and human change in the Peloponnese over the last 9,000 years. Co-authored by fifteen historians, archaeologists, geographers, and geologists, the article aims to relate a range of climatic data with archaeological data to discern the relationship between environment and human settlement  during the Holocene.…

  • Earthquakes at Lechaion

    Corinth’s northern harbor at Lechaion has seen something of a renaissance in scholarly study in recent years. Back in 2011, for example, a research group publicized new work (now published here and here) on the evidence for multiple tsunami landfalls at Lechaion, which Richard Rothaus reviewed in a thoughtul piece here at CM.  Last year, a group of Danish and Greek scholars…

  • The Corinthia and the Northeast Peloponnese

    Thanks to Jeremy Ott in notifying the Corinthian Studies FB group that the long-awaited publication of the Loutraki 2007 conference is now available in print: W.-D. Niemeier and N Kissas, eds., The Corinthia and the Northeast Peloponnese: Topography and history from prehistoric times until the end of antiquity. 2013: Hirmer Verlag GmbH. I’m guessing these…

  • Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (November 2013)

    Your latest round of new Corinthian scholarship published or posted online in the last month – just in time for the holiday season. Feel free to reply to this post if you have something to add. If you are interested and qualified to review any of the following, contact me at corinthianmatters@gmail.com. For comprehensive bibliography…

  • Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (October 2013)

    Here’s the round-up of new Corinthiaka scholarship for the month of October. Happy Reading. You can also find these entries at the Corinthian Studies Group Library Page in Zotero. Bronze Age Pullen, Daniel. “The Life and Death of a Mycenaean Port Town: Kalamianos on the Saronic Gulf.” Journal of Maritime Archaeology no. October (2013): 1–18.…

  • Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (Sept 2012)

    The latest round up of scholarship relevant to Corinth posted online in the last month. Archaic-Classical Corinth Greco, Giovanna, Ferrara, Bianca, and Tomeo, Antonella. “South-western Area of the Forum of Cumae. Analysis of Fabrics and  Pottery Productions.” Rendiconti Online Della Società Geologica Italiana 21 (2012): 753–755. Greco, Giovanna, Paternoster, Giovanni, Ferrara, Bianca, Franco, Marianna, and…

  • Corinthian Scholarship (monthly): June-August

    The second installment of Corinth-related scholarship that went digital in June-August. Happy reading! Geology Ford, Mary, Sebastian Rohais, Edward A. Williams, Sylvain Bourlange, David Jousselin, Nicolas Backert, and Fabrice Malartre. “Tectono-sedimentary Evolution of the Western Corinth Rift (Central Greece).” Basin Research (2012). Rathossi, C. E., P. G. Lampropoulou, K. C. Skourlis, and C. G. Katagas.…

  • Corinthian Scholarship (monthly): March-May

    Here is the first installment of Corinth-related scholarship, or scholarship discussing Corinth, which appeared in digital form in March to May. I will post the second installment for June-August on Friday. [Reposting this at 11:00 as I accidentally deleted the original] Diachronic Francis, J.e. “Experiments with an Old Ceramic Beehive.” Oxford Journal of Archaeology 31,…