Pyla-Koutsopetria 2: The Conclusion

Over winter break, I had three things to do. First, I had to finish a paper on the Corinthian Periphery, then I had to make sure that my courses were prepped for the spring semester, and, then, I had to finish a draft of the conclusion to Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project, Volume 2 (PKAP2).

This volume focuses on five seasons of excavation at Koutsopetria: two conducted by Maria Hadjicosti in the 1990s and three conducted by PKAP in 2008, 2009, and 2012. The volume has been substantially complete for years, but we needed to put the finishing touches on the various chapters and make tough decisions on what we would include in this volume and what we would leave for the current excavators at the site to publish with their findings. We have most of this sorted and can finally proceed.

The coolest thing about this conclusion is that we’ve connected it explicitly to the conclusion of the first PKAP volume and demonstrated how our excavations contributed to the research questions framed by that volume. You can check out the conclusion to PKAP1 here.

In the PKAP2 conclusion, Brandon Olson and I focused in particular on the Early Hellenistic and Late Roman periods which both saw significant transformations in the political and economic life of the island.  And you can read a working draft of its sequel here. 

Now we’re down to the fiddly business of formatting citations, proofreading, and preparing figures. We probably won’t get it submitted by the end of 2023 (cough), but it’ll be submitted by the end of the winter for sure!