A Resource for the Study of the Corinthia, Greece
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Corinthian Exceptionalism in Western Civ Textbooks
In the comments to my post last week on Athens, Sparta, and Corinth in Western Civilization texts, Dimitri Nakassis pressed me to say a little more about how Corinth has figured differently into western civ textbooks over time—how changing times have differently imaged Corinth. Since western civ textbooks were traditionally conceived to provide the foundations…
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More on Sicyonia, fortifications, and Late Antiquity
I’ve continued to work my way through Y. Lolos’s massive tome, Land of Sicyon. Hesperia Supplement 39 (Princeton: American School of Classical Studies, 2011) this weekend while waiting for the rain delayed Daytona 500. I posted the first part of my review a couple of weeks ago and, so, I suppose this is part two.…
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On-site and off-site at Pyla-Koustopetria: A Response to Chris Cloke’s Interpreting Ceramic Assemblages
Last week Chris Cloke generously shared some of his work with the pottery from the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project over at Corinthian Matters in a three part post. In a nutshell, he argued that there was evidence for manuring during Late Antiquity. It’s a busy week, but I wanted to follow up on his suggestion…
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Athens, Sparta, and Corinth in Western Civilization Texts
Every February, the Center for Public Humanities at Messiah College—where I teach—sponsors a symposium devoted to discussing a theme broadly relevant to faculty and student interest. In the past, the center has sponsored themes on the subjects of culture and community, the two Americas, imagination, memory, and friendship, among others. This year’s theme is “The…
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A Working Paper on Lakka Skoutara in the Corinthia
With the recent preliminary publication of the work by the SHARP team at the site of Kalamianos in the southeastern Corinthia, it seemed like a good opportunity for David Pettegrew, Tim Gregory, Lita Tzortzopoulou-Gregory and I to dust off a long-in-progress manuscript dealing with the site of Lakka Skoutara. This paper is still very much…
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Even an Earthquake?
A close one for Corinth. An earthquake of 4.5 just east of Kenchreai. This week has been a page out of a late antique chronicle. “Sirmium was struck with lightning, which consumed the palace and the market-place. This was thought by persons versed in such occurrences to be an omen of evil to public affairs.…
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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),…
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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…
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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…
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From the Corinthia to Sicyon
This weekend I spent some quality time with Y. Lolos newly published tome, Land of Sikyon. Hesperia Supplement 39 (Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2011). It runs to close to 650 pages and provides a nearly comprehensive view on (as his subtitle states) the archaeology and history of a Greek City-State. With…
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