Monthly Archives: November 2011

Kostis Kourelis on Byzantium and the Avant Garde

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

Professor Kostis Kourelis of Franklin and Marshall College will speak today at 4 PM CST on the American School Excavations at Corinth in the 1930s.  The presentation at the University of North Dakota is the 2011 Cyprus Research Fund Lecture.  … Continue reading →

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Beachrock

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

“Beachrock” at the western entrance to the Corinth canal, covering the loading platform of the diolkos road.  The authors of the Lechaion tsunami theory (discussed yesterday) have suggested this rock represents “calcified tsunamigenic deposit” caused by a tsunami sometime after … Continue reading →

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Did a tsunami destroy ancient Lechaion?

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

In early July, Andreas Vött and his colleagues announced that sometime in the 6th century AD, a tsunami destroyed ancient Olympia, the famous site of pan-Hellenic athletic contests.   In considering recent scholarship on historical tsunamis in the Gulf of Corinth, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book and Article Reviews, Christian - Churches, Corinthian & Saronic Gulfs, EKAS (Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey), Geology, Greek Service Excavations, Lechaion, Lechaion Basilica, Periods, Late Antiquity | 4 Comments

The Unqualified Apostle

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Gary Shogren at JustinofNablus wins the prize for most creative (recent) Apostle-Paul-in-Corinth blog post.  In “Dear Paul,” he describes how the apostle failed to satisfy what Corinthian Christians thought most important and would fail to qualify today for the typical … Continue reading →

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A Little More on Some Byzantine Pottery from the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

David Pettegrew and I continue to analyze the Byzantine pottery from the Eastern Corinthia Survey for a short discussion of intensive survey and Byzantine archaeology (see also: Sampling the Byzantine Landscape and Corinth’s Byzantine Countryside). This past week, I did … Continue reading →

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What was shipped in Greek amphoras? A reevaluation through DNA analysis

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

One of the big stories covered by archaeology blogs last month was the announcement that a team of researchers had determined the ancient content of Greek amphoras through the analysis of residual DNA.  News of this discovery appeared in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Ceramics, Colonies of Corinth, Periods, Classical, Periods, Hellenistic, Trade and Commerce | 1 Comment

James Wright appointed as Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

This press release (below) from the American School of Classical Studies at Athens seems appropriate for Corinthianmatters – as the century-old excavation at Corinth falls under the purview of the School, and as James Wright directs the Nemea Valley Archaeological … Continue reading →

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A Southern View of the Isthmus

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

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)

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Corinthiaka

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Some various Corinthiaka have appeared in different blogs over the last month. Diana Wright at Surprised by Time gives some attention to the death and estate of Nerio Acciaiuoli, the (late 14th century) Lord of Corinth. Kostis Kourelis at Objects-Buildings-Situations … Continue reading →

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Life Among Ruins

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

The Department of Archaeology at the University of Amsterdam recently launched a new website “Byzantine & Ottoman Archaeology: Digging up answers in the Medieval Mediterranean”  as the official site for their VIDI-Research Project on material culture in the eastern Mediterranean … Continue reading →

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