Corinthian Matters

Category: Sites, Urban Center

  • Byzantine Corinth: 2011 Publications (and a note on relative frequency of Corinthiaka)

    In originally separating the recent scholarship on Byzantine-Modern from the 2011  scholarship on Ancient Corinth, I had forgotten that the pickings were so few.  This is a rather sad list (in terms of quantity), and I will combine these three entries in the permanent page for 2011 archaeology and historical publications. Bourbou, Chryssi, Benjamin T.…

  • Ancient Corinth: 2011 Publications

    I finally had time this week to gather together the 2011 publications for various aspects of Corinth’s history.  The first installment today includes about 3 dozen publications related to the history and archaeology of Corinth in antiquity, i.e., from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity.  I will follow the rest of the week with sections…

  • Abstracts of the AIA / APA 2012 Meetings

    I had planned to post reviews of the AIA / APA meetings a little more than a week ago, but illness and the preparations for a new semester sapped all my momentum.  I have a lot of material in the queue including December scholarship monthly and the scholarship rolls of 2011 which I hope to…

  • Corinth at the AIA / APA Meetings: January 5-8, 2012

    Tomorrow begin the annual meetings of the Archaeological Institute of America and the American Philological Association in Philadelphia.  I repost below info about Corinth papers.  If any one would like to contribute reviews of individual papers or sessions, let me know.  Friday Morning (Jan. 6) “The Archaic Temple at Isthmia Reconsidered” – Cornelis J. (Neil)…

  • “Straight from the Butcher’s Block” – A report on Corinth Excavations of 2011

    In the late spring and early summer, we reported on new excavations in Corinth in the area northwest of the theater.   The latest issue of Expedition from the Penn Museum includes a preliminary report by C.K. Williams II titled “From the Field—The Corinth Excavations of 2011.”  In the document (available here as a PDF), Mr.…

  • Roman Colonies in the First Century of their Foundation

    Readers interested in the Roman colony of Corinth and questions of Romanization and colonial identity should find food for thought in Roman Colonies in the First Century of their Foundation, Oxford 2011: Oxbow Books.  The work (ed. Rebecca Sweetman) includes chapters on Corinth (by Paul Scotton), Knossos, Nikopolis, and Butrint, among others. Here is Christopher…

  • Sarah James on Hellenistic Pottery at Corinth

    Visitors to this site may be aware that we maintain a running list of Corinthian archaeology and history dissertations completed over the last decade.  The American School Excavations in Ancient Corinth website also regularly features young scholars who are either working on dissertations related to the urban center or have recently finished theses.  From these…

  • Some Perspective on American Excavations in Corinth: Byzantium and the Avant Garde

    I couldn’t make it last week to Grand Forks to hear Franklin & Marshall College professor Kostis Kourelis speak on the topic of Byzantium and the Avant Garde.  Thanks to Bill Caraher and the Center for Instructional and Learning Technologies at the University of North Dakota for streaming the lecture live.  The video, audio, and…

  • Corinthiaka at the AIA / APA 2012

    The Archaeological Institute of America and the American Philological Association have posted preliminary programs for their annual meetings in Philadelphia, January 5-8, 2012.  As in last year’s program, Corinthiaka are covered through AIA / APA papers and posters.  The following list was generated from paper titles alone and will grow as the abstracts go live. …

  • Oscar Broneer, St. Paul, and Wicked Corinth (and a new blog)

    In a recent blog post at Objects-Buildings-Situations, Kostis Kourelis has pointed out that Ohians have the tendency to blog about Greece, and especially post-classical Greece and their experiences with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.  He refers to Bill Caraher’s Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, Katie Rask’s Antiquated Vagaries, and now Dallas DeForest’s…