Corinthian Matters

Category: Territory

  • A Paper on Corinthian Peasants

    Among the gaggle of Corinthian papers at this year’s Archaeological Institute of America/American Philological Associate Annual Meeting is a paper that David Pettegrew and I offer on peasants in the Corinthian countryside for a joint APA/AIA panel organized by Kim Bowes and Cam Grey from the University of Pennsylvania. (I’ve been blogging about this topic for some…

  • 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)…

  • Corinth at the Tate

    Museums are increasingly posting collections of images and artwork online which, on occasion, deal with Corinthian topics.  In the midst of the end-of-semester madness, I learned of Tate’s extensive online collection of art through alerts sparked by the posting of Corinthian images on a new beta site (to replace its current digital collection). Some interesting…

  • Return of Winter Landscape

    If you have only visited Greece in May to September, the green growth of winter may be surprising.  Note the clouds in the second photo.  Photos by D. Pettegrew November 28 and December 7, 2004. 

  • The Olive Harvest

    Harvesting olives with Nikos Gdysis of Gemelos Taverna, November 16, 2004.  Photos by D. Pettegrew.

  • Problematizing Peasants in the Corinthian Countryside

    As readers of this blog know, David Pettegrew and I are working on a paper on peasants in the Corinthian countryside. We’ll give the paper at the 113th AIA/APA Joint Annual Meeting in early January in Philadelphia (or at least David will!) in a panel organized by Kim Bowes and Cam Grey.  I’ve been mulling…

  • A Corinthian Valley in November

    The valley of Lakka Skoutara in the southern Corinthia.  Photos by D. Pettegrew, November 18, 2004.    

  • A Southern View of the Isthmus

    Lychnari Bay and Vayia in the southern Corinthia, with the flattened Isthmus against an abrupt limestone mountain (Gerania) in the distance (Photo D. Pettegrew 6-29-09)

  • Corinthian Scholarship (October)

    Bronze Age A recent M.S. thesis on the site of Kalamianos in the the southern Corinthia: some beautiful images of the site: Peter Dao, “Marine Geophysical and Geomorphic Survey of Submerged Bronze Age Shorelines and Anchorage sites at Kalamianos (Korphos, Greece),” M.S. Thesis, McMaster University 2011. Archaic-Hellenistic Some Corinthian B amphoras in: Brendan P. Foley,…

  • Bibliography of the Kenchreai Cemetery Project

    Since Monday’s post about the work of the Kenchreai Cemetery and Excavation Project, I heard from Dr. Joseph Rife, who kindly sent me a bibliography of the project’s publications.  Photo of Kenchreai harbor, the Koutsongila ridge, and Saronic coastline from Stanatopi The work of the project has appeared in three dozen presentations at various universities,…