Category Archives: Periods, Hellenistic

Corinthian Exceptionalism in Western Civ Textbooks

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

In the comments to my post last week on Athens, Sparta, and Corinth in Western Civilization texts, Dimitri Nakassis pressed me to say a little more about how Corinth has figured differently into western civ textbooks over time—how changing times … 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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Land of Sikyon published

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

I just heard the good news that Yannis Lolos’ Land of Sikyon: Archaeology and History of a Greek City-State has finally been published.  Lolos completed his dissertation study of the Sikyonia well over a decade ago and completed the monograph … 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 →

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Corinthian Scholarship (November)

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

Hard to believe that December is already here – quite a lot of new scholarship delivered electronically in November.  Bronze Age Erika Weiberg, “The invisible dead : The case of the Argolid and Corinthia during the Early Bronze Age,” in … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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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 →

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