Corinth

Yesterday, I started writing again after about two weeks of puttering around with other things. It was a bit like going on run after a few weeks away. It was painful and I was proud to avoid vomiting. That said, it wasn’t a good writing day. It was dutiful and not entirely unproductive. As the… Read More →

This summer, I’m doing two projects that involve the Hexamilion Wall. The Hexamilion Wall is the famous Late Antique fortification wall that runs across the Isthmus of Corinth. It was published by my advisor Tim Gregory in the 1990s and has long loomed on the edge of my archaeological consciousness and experiences. (In fact, I… Read More →

One of the great challenges (and probably benefits) of being overseas doing research is that there are so few distractions from work. In fact, there’s a significant motivation to work because you’re away from home and spending precious grant money. Working without distractions and with a significant impetus is great, but it also has certain… Read More →

As a bit of lark David Pettegrew and I submitted the following abstract to the Journal of Field Archaeology for their 50th anniversary volume. According to the call for proposals, they’re looking for papers that consider “what inspires researchers to do their best work?” The longer I spend in the field of archaeology, the less… Read More →

I was excited to see that the latest issue of Hesperia (93.1 for those of you keeping a scorecard) arrived just in time for the weekend. Since there was no Formula 1 this weekend, I was able to read an article during the time that I would have ordinarily been sitting and listlessly watching a… Read More →

Spring break is almost over and I’m not sure that I got what I wanted to do done yet, but I’m still going to take a couple of days to recharge my batteries by watching some boxing and F1 while I catch up on some grading, finish a peer review, and maybe read something for… Read More →

It’s the first day of classes for the spring 2024 semester. As usual, I’m pretty excited about the start of classes, but I’m also satisfied that I got some work done over winter break. First, I’ve produced a more or less complete draft of my paper on the Corinthian Periphery during the Roman period for… Read More →

Winter break is both a nice respite from my teaching and service routine and also a chance to get some research and course preparations done amid the holiday festivities. I’m moderately excited to bring one project in for a landing and substantially move the needle on another before classes start again on January 8th. Grabbing… Read More →

Those of you who read this blog probably know that I’m giving a paper next week at the 20th annual CHAT conference in Greece. The paper is titled “Survey Archaeology and Modern Greece,” and will be on a panel dedicated to the archaeology of Greece. I’ve posted on this paper here, here, and here. The… Read More →

As I am getting older and more “senior” in my field, I am trying to say “no” to fewer things and do a bit more to give back to the field, my institution, and my colleagues. Sometimes this works our really well and sometimes… well, not so much. In general, people don’t ask me to… Read More →

It is becoming a ritual now to celebrate the publication of the Corinth Excavations annual report in Hesperia, the flagship journal of the American archaeology in Greece. Since their first appearance three years (or so?) ago, they have attracted wonderment, some positive, and some critical attention. The reports largely do what they say on the… Read More →