Category Archives: Sikyon

Contours of Greece from SRTM Data

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

This post for users of GIS. You should really take the time to learn how to create contour lines automatically so that you can produce topographic maps at different elevation intervals for whatever region you are researching. But, for those … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Corinthia, Greece, Isthmus, Maps, Nemea, Peloponnese, Sikyon, Territory, Western Plain | Leave a comment

The Christianization of the Peloponnese

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

Dr. Sanders recently shared a link (via the Corinthian Studies facebook group) to an interesting new digital project by Dr. Rebecca Sweetman and the University of St. Andrews titled “The Christianization of the Peloponnese.” The home page describes the project … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian - Post-Pauline, Christian - Saints, Digital Corinthia, Kenchreai, Lechaion, Peloponnese, Periods, Late Antiquity, Sikyon, Territory, Urban Center | Leave a comment

Corinthiaka at the AIA

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

The AIA has posted a preliminary program of the 70+ paper sessions, workshops, and colloquia for the AIA in Seattle in January 2013.  As in previous years (2012, 2011), the Corinthia makes a good showing. If you’re going to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Colonies of Corinth, Conferences, Lectures, and Presentations, Digital Corinthia, Economy, Isthmia, Nemea, Perachora, Periods, Archaic, Periods, Bronze Age, Periods, Classical, Periods, Greek (Geometric-Hellenistic), Periods, Hellenistic, Periods, Interim, Periods, Late Antiquity, Periods, Roman Colony, Sikyon, Southern Corinthia | Leave a comment

Corinthian Scholarship (monthly): June-August

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

The second installment of Corinth-related scholarship that went digital in June-August. Happy reading! Geology Ford, Mary, Sebastian Rohais, Edward A. Williams, Sylvain Bourlange, David Jousselin, Nicolas Backert, and Fabrice Malartre. “Tectono-sedimentary Evolution of the Western Corinth Rift (Central Greece).” Basin … Continue reading →

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Another look at Land of Sikyon

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

One spring day in 2005, I ran into Yannis Lolos at the Blegen Library in Athens carrying around his recently completed monograph on the history and archaeology of the region of Sikyon, the polis immediately west of Corinth. He told … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Archaeological Survey, Book and Article Reviews, Economy, Fortifications, Maps, Periods, Diachronic, Sikyon, Territory, Travelers, Western Plain | Leave a comment

Bill Caraher on Lolos’ “Land of Sikyon”

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

In mid-March, Bill posted the working draft of a review of Yannis Lolos’ Land of Sikyon, a Hesperia Supplement volume published in 2011 (see sample PDF here).  The “official” review went live today on the BMCR list. Here’s the opening … Continue reading →

Posted in Archaeological Survey, Book and Article Reviews, Periods, Diachronic, Sikyon, Territory, Travelers | Leave a comment

More on Sicyonia, fortifications, and Late Antiquity

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

I’ve continued to work my way through Y. Lolos’s massive tome, Land of Sicyon. Hesperia Supplement 39 (Princeton: American School of Classical Studies, 2011) this weekend while waiting for the rain delayed Daytona 500.  I posted the first part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Book and Article Reviews, Periods, Late Antiquity, Periods, Modern, Periods, Ottoman, Sikyon | Leave a comment

From the Corinthia to Sicyon

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

This weekend I spent some quality time with Y. Lolos newly published tome, Land of Sikyon. Hesperia Supplement 39 (Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2011). It runs to close to 650 pages and provides a nearly comprehensive … Continue reading →

Posted in Fortifications, Oneion, Sikyon | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in American School Excavations, Ceramics, Corinthian Scholarship (monthly), Periods, Archaic, Periods, Classical, Periods, Hellenistic, Periods, Late Antiquity, Periods, Roman Colony, Sikyon, Urban Center | 1 Comment

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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