Life and death on the edge of Roman Kenchreai / Elena Korka and Joseph L. Rife -- Exploring Koutsongila / Joseph L. Rife and Elena Korka -- Topography, stratigraphy, and history / Joseph L. Rife -- Architecture and activity / Joseph L. Rife and Dimitra Andrikou -- Mosaic floors / Ariadni Klonizaki and Joseph L. Rife -- The well in room B3-I / Dimitrios Hadjiangellou and Joseph Stumpf -- Ritual, space, and society in the Early to Middle Roman cemetery / Joseph L. Rife -- Mortuary practices in the Late Roman to Early Byzantine cemetery / Elena Korka and Paraskevi Evaggeloglou -- Catalogue of burials / Joseph L. Rife -- Conserving the walls of the Roman chamber tombs / Nikolaos Minos and Evangelia Ananiadou -- Humans / Douglas H. Ubelaker -- Animals / David S. Reese and Joseph L. Rife -- Plants / China P. Shelton -- Prosperity, connectivity, and adaptability on the edge of Roman Kenchreai / Elena Korka and Joseph L. Rife -- Conserving the artifacts / Elena Korka and Argiro Tsigri -- Greek pottery / Jorge J. Bravo III -- Roman pottery / Melissa Morison and Joseph L. Rife -- Byzantine and post-Byzantine pottery / Timothy E. Gregory -- Lamps / Joseph L. Rife -- Glass / Metaxia Papageorgiou, Joseph L. Rife, and Phyllis Graham -- A blue-glass amulet with Aphrodite, Osiris, and Jahweh / Christopher A. Faraone -- Metal / Georgios Panelas -- Coins and coin-like objects / Robert Weir -- Building materials / Joseph L. Rife and Dimitra Andrikou -- Inscriptions / Joseph L. Rife -- Flaked- and ground-stone tools / P. Nick Kardulias -- Figurines and figural sculpture / Nikolas Linardatos -- Miscellaneous finds of ancient to modern date / Phyllis Graham and David S. Reese -- The Koutsongila Ridge and trade in the Roman to Early Byzantine Mediterranean / Elena Korka and Elli Tzavella.
Summary:
"Between 2007 and 2014, a Greek-American team investigated an impressive array of Early Roman to Early Byzantine buildings and burials on the Koutsongila Ridge at Kenchreai. This volume presents the project's final results, revealing abundant evidence not only for the history of activity in a transitional urban/suburban landscape, but also for the society, economy, and religion of local residents. Important structural and mortuary discoveries abound, including a district of lavish houses with exquisite mosaic pavement and an early Christian Octagon. The large artifactual assemblage encompasses a variety of objects from pottery and lamps to glass, coins, and jewelry. Bones and teeth from at least 209 individuals illustrate differences in health over time, while thousands of bones and shells from a variety of animals attest to diet and subsistence. This study paints a picture of a Corinthian community, small but prosperous and well-connected, actively participating in an urban elite culture expressed through decorative art and monumental architecture"--Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.