Corinthian Matters

Category: Periods

  • The Isthmus of Corinth Project

    No end in sight for winter here in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, but a new semester is under way, and with that, you should see a little more activity here at Corinthian Matters. Over the last six weeks, I’ve been busy bringing to completion a book on Corinth’s eastern landscape titled — at least for the moment…

  • Portal to the Past: A Digital Resource

    The Canadian Institute in Greece recently announced a new digital tool called “Portal to the Past: Digital Archive of Archaeological Projects and Research.” According to the press release posted on the Canadian Institute website, “The user will find detailed information pertaining to all 18 field projects that have been undertaken during the CIG’s history. 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…

  • Exploring the Everyday of Frankish Corinth

    Dr. Evi Margaritis kindly sent me the following poster (“Exploring the Everyday of Frankish Corinth: Households under the Microscope”) presented at the Byzantium in Transition, 2nd International Workshop. The Middle-Late Byzantine Era, 12th-13th Centuries, held on Paros May 24-26, 2013. The poster presents Dr. Margaritis’ preliminary comments on her study of plant remains (figs, grapes,…

  • Urban Space and Economic Life in Saint Paul’s Balkan Stops, 4th–7th Centuries

    I won’t be anywhere near Hellenic College Holy Cross on December 3, but this lecture (from Brandie Rantliff via the Byzantine Studies Association) looks interesting. The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce the first talk in its 2013-2014 lecture series. On December 3, 2013, at 4pm, Dr. Eurydice Georganteli…

  • Two Recent Finds from the Corinthia

    The Googlebots are proving less reliable than they once were. Here are two news stories from the last week or so that I just learned about via FB. These should be of obvious interest to Roman history and archaeology folk. First, another Roman chamber tomb has been found in Corinth. This tomb, like the Roman…

  • On Kalamianos in the Southeast Corinthia

    Bill Caraher has a short review of a recent article on the Bronze Age site of Kalamianos at Archaeology of the Mediterranean World. Bill reviews Daniel Pullen’s recent article (“The Life and Death of a Mycenaean Port Town: Kalamianos on the Saronic Gulf”) in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology and places it in a broader…

  • Inequality in Corinth

    It didn’t take long for the Googlebots to find Corinth in Contrast: Studies in Inequality, fresh off the press  of Brill publishing company. Google Books has made available the Introductory matter, Table of Contents, and Chapter 1 (Inequality in Corinth) by editors Steven Friesen, Sarah James, and Daniel Schowalter. In their introductory chapter, the editors…

  • 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.…

  • Corinth in Contrast

    I was pleased to see via FB that Corinth in Contrast: Studies in Inequality went live this morning at Brill’s website—a month in advance of the annual meeting of the SBL in Baltimore and well in advance of the AIA meeting in Chicago. (So look for the book if you will attend one of these…