Corinthian Matters

A Resource for the Study of the Corinthia, Greece

  • More on Corinthian Colonization in Apollonia

    In this new article in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, B. Kyle, L. A. Schepartz, and C. S. Larsen compare skeletal materials from Corinth and Apollonia in Albania to assess the impact of Corinthian colonization on the local Illyrian population as evident in human skeletal remains. Their conclusion: colonization led to greater stress on the local population. The article sounds speculative, and I…

  • Buried

    That’s us, here at the Corinthian Matters Headquarters, buried under 30 inches of snow, after Super Storm Jonas hit central Pennsylvania. Check back tomorrow as we dig out. Lots of 2015 scholarship to push out in the next two weeks. Stay tuned.  

  • Hellenistic Sanctuaries between Greece and Rome (Melfi and Bobou)

    I’m slowly making my way through a backlog of new Corinthian scholarship this morning as the first east coast snowstorm of 2016 threatens to envelop central Pennsylvania (and I’m not sure whether my six year old or I am more excited about a foot of snow). Discovered this little gem. A brand new collection of essays on Hellenistic sanctuaries due for publication in March with Oxford…

  • 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.…

  • On the New Investigations at Lechaion

    The Lechaion Harbour Project made global news again in late December following the press release of their recent season conducting underwater investigations at Corinth’s northern harbor. We briefly covered the new work of the LHP last year at Corinthian Matters, and now we can happily report on the first fruits of their work there. As the press release from the University…

  • An Invitation to Improve Corinthian Articles in Wikipedia

    We all know that Wikipedia, with its 5 million+ articles, is a first stop for students, the general public, and researchers looking for quick answers to factual questions about the ancient world. In an important article published a decade ago in The Journal of American History, the late Roy Rosenzweig found that this global encyclopedia was less inaccurate than an historian might initially…

  • The (Almost) Abandoned Village of Lakka Skoutara

    Last Friday, the Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology in Greece Interest Group co-sponsored a colloquium in two sessions at the Archaeological Institute of America on the theme of “Deserted Villages.” The first session was devoted to the subject of villages before abandonment and included papers on “The ‘Dead Villages’ of Northern Syria” (Anna M. Sitz), “Village Desertion and Settlement Patterns in…

  • Corinthian Matters at the Archaeological Institute of America 2016

    I was not able to physically attend the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Society for Classical Studies late last week in San Francisco, but I did get to co-author with Bill Caraher a paper on the abandoned village of Lakka Skoutara for a colloquium on abandoned villages (more on that tomorrow). Bill…

  • The Irregular Train

    I received an appreciative email earlier this week from a resident of a Corinthian village who had just discovered Corinthian Matters and was keen to learn more about the place where he resides (he even offered real-time information and photographs). His email and others like it always encourage me to continue sifting through the chaff of Corinthian ephemera day after day to find the occasional nugget of interesting news and scholarship. I…

  • Isthmia IV (Sturgeon) and VII (Raubitschek) Online

    Chuck Jones kindly pointed out that two additional volumes of the Isthmia Series were available online. As orginally noted in his post from 2011 concerning open access publications of the ASCSA, Google Books has released previews of Isthmia Vol. IV. Sculpture I: 1952-1967  (Mary C. Sturgeon) and Isthmia Vol. VII: The Metal Objects, 1952-1989 (Isabelle K. Raubitschek). The previews are not complete and omit key…

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