Category Archives: American School Excavations

Open Meeting of the ASCSA–March 9 Videocast

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

The open meeting of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens will be streamed online tomorrow, March 9, at 7:00 PM (12:00 EST).  Director Jack L. Davis will present a lecture on “The Work of the School in 2011.” … Continue reading →

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Kenchreai Field School

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

If you are student at one of the participating institutions in Sunoikisis, you are eligible to apply to the Kenchreai Archaeological Field School.  The Sunoikisis website describes the program as an introduction… “…to the archaeology, history and culture of Greece … Continue reading →

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Corinthian Scholarship (January)

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

New Corinthian-related scholarship published or released online in the last month. Diachronic Yannis A. Lolos, Land of Sikyon: Archaeology and History of a Greek City-State, Hesperia Supplement 39, Princeton 2011: ASCSA. Bronze Age Tartaron, Thomas F., Daniel J. Pullen, Richard … Continue reading →

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Pauline and Early Christian Corinth: 2011 Publications

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Our series continues today with the 2011 publications related mainly to Early Christian Corinth and the interpretation of 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians.  About 100 publications on the subject were indexed online this year.  The list also includes 2009 and 2010 … Continue reading →

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Byzantine Corinth: 2011 Publications (and a note on relative frequency of Corinthiaka)

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

In originally separating the recent scholarship on Byzantine-Modern from the 2011  scholarship on Ancient Corinth, I had forgotten that the pickings were so few.  This is a rather sad list (in terms of quantity), and I will combine these three … Continue reading →

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Ancient Corinth: 2011 Publications

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

I finally had time this week to gather together the 2011 publications for various aspects of Corinth’s history.  The first installment today includes about 3 dozen publications related to the history and archaeology of Corinth in antiquity, i.e., from the … Continue reading →

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Abstracts of the AIA / APA 2012 Meetings

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

I had planned to post reviews of the AIA / APA meetings a little more than a week ago, but illness and the preparations for a new semester sapped all my momentum.  I have a lot of material in the … Continue reading →

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Corinth at the AIA / APA Meetings: January 5-8, 2012

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, American School Excavations, Conferences, Lectures, and Presentations, EKAS (Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey), EKAS - Ano Vayia, Inscriptions, Isthmia, Nemea, Periods, Archaic, Periods, Hellenistic, Periods, Late Antiquity, Periods, Roman Colony, Southern Corinthia, Territory, Urban Center | 1 Comment

“Straight from the Butcher’s Block” – A report on Corinth Excavations of 2011

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

In the late spring and early summer, we reported on new excavations in Corinth in the area northwest of the theater.   The latest issue of Expedition from the Penn Museum includes a preliminary report by C.K. Williams II titled “From … Continue reading →

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Roman Colonies in the First Century of their Foundation

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

Readers interested in the Roman colony of Corinth and questions of Romanization and colonial identity should find food for thought in Roman Colonies in the First Century of their Foundation, Oxford 2011: Oxbow Books.  The work (ed. Rebecca Sweetman) includes … Continue reading →

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