Category Archives: Economy

The Nemea Valley, Archaeological Survey, and Manuring

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Archaeological Survey, Ceramics, Economy, Nemea, Southern Corinthia, Territory | 4 Comments

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 →

Posted in Agriculture, American School Excavations, Ceramics, Conferences, Lectures, and Presentations, Digital Corinthia, Economy, EKAS (Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey), Isthmia, Isthmus, Nemea, Periods, Archaic, Periods, Bronze Age, Periods, Byzantine, Periods, Classical, Periods, Early Modern, Periods, Hellenistic, Periods, Late Antiquity, Periods, Modern, Periods, Roman Colony, Southern Corinthia, Territory, Theater, Urban Center | Leave a comment

Sarah James on Hellenistic Pottery at Corinth

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Visitors to this site may be aware that we maintain a running list of Corinthian archaeology and history dissertations completed over the last decade.  The American School Excavations in Ancient Corinth website also regularly features young scholars who are either … Continue reading →

Posted in American School Excavations, Ceramics, Dissertations and Theses, Economy, Periods, Hellenistic, Periods, Interim, Periods, Roman Colony, Urban Center | Leave a comment

Problematizing Peasants in the Corinthian Countryside

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

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 →

Posted in Economy, EKAS (Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey), Isthmus, Periods, Modern, Southern Corinthia, Territory | Leave a comment

Going to San Francisco for the Society of Biblical Literature? An Invitation to Contribute

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

The annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature runs this week from Saturday to Tuesday and will offer more than 50 papers related in some way to the study of Corinth.  In August, I posted a comprehensive list of … Continue reading →

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Other Byzantine Bodies

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

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 →

Posted in Book and Article Reviews, Economy, Periods, Byzantine, Periods, Late Antiquity | Leave a comment

Corinthian Scholarship (September)

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

Archaic-Hellenistic Corinthiaka in discussions of Pindar: L. Athanassaki and E. Bowie (eds.), Archaic and Classical Choral Song: Performance, Politics and Dissemination (de Gruyter 2011) More Corinthiaka in E. Carney and D. Ogden, Philip II and Alexander the Great: Father and Son, … Continue reading →

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The Diolkos – Two New Articles

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

When I was a PhD student at OSU, there was a common joke among the grad students that if you had arrived somehow at a good dissertation topic, writer beware: the study had probably already been written in German.  And … Continue reading →

Posted in Diolkos, Economy, Isthmus, Periods, Archaic, Periods, Classical, Periods, Greek (Geometric-Hellenistic), Periods, Hellenistic, Periods, Interim, Periods, Roman Colony | 3 Comments

SBL – Day 3-4

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

More good 1 and 2 corinthians papers today at the SBL International: Kar-Yong Lim, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia, “Paul’s Use of Temple Imagery in the Corinthian Correspondence and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Contextual Reading from the Perspectives of A … Continue reading →

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