Author Archives: Bill Caraher

Problematizing Peasants in the Corinthian Countryside

Posted on November 21, 2011

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 … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 9, 2011

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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Byzantium in Transition at the University of Cyprus

Posted on October 27, 2011

This is a pretty interesting conference being held this weekend at the University of Cyprus.  Apparently, it will be the first in a trilogy of conferences designed “to shed more light on the ‘invisible’ eras or period of major transformations … Continue reading →

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Sampling the Byzantine Landscape

Posted on October 19, 2011

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working with David Pettegrew on a short paper that considers the role of intensive pedestrian survey in documenting and creating Byzantine landscapes in the countryside of Corinth.  One of the challenges of … Continue reading →

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Corinth’s Byzantine Countryside

Posted on October 12, 2011

The distribution of Byzantine sites in Corinth’s immediate hinterland is poorly known. No Byzantine monuments exist in the Isthmia valley immediately to the east of the City of Corinth in contrast to the numerous Byzantine churches discovered during the early … Continue reading →

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Other Byzantine Bodies

Posted on October 11, 2011

When most of us think of the Byzantine body today, we image the ethereal bodies that grace the walls of painted churches, the emaciated bodies of the Byzantine ascetic, or even the body of the emperor or bishop. At the … Continue reading →

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