The Corinth Excavations by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

American School of Classical Studies at Athens

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is one of 17 foreign archaeological institutes in Athens, Greece.-General information:...

 began in 1896 and have continued with little interruption until today. Restricted by the modern village of Ancient Corinth

Ancient Corinth

Corinth, or Korinth was a city-state on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta. The modern town of Corinth is located approximately northeast of the ancient ruins...

, which directly overlies the ancient city, the main focus of School investigations has been on the area surrounding the mid-6th century B.C. Temple of Apollo. This dominating monument has been one of the only features of the site visible since antiquity. Archaeologists such as Bert Hodge Hill, Carl Blegen

Carl Blegen

Carl William Blegen was an American archaeologist famous for his work on the site of Pylos in modern day Greece and Troy in modern day Turkey...

, William Dinsmoor, Sr.

William Bell Dinsmoor

William Bell Dinsmoor, Sr. was an architectural historian of classical Greece and a Columbia University professor of art and archaeology.-Biography:He was born on July 29, 1886 in Windham, New Hampshire....

, Oscar Broneer

Oscar Broneer

Oscar Theodore Broneer was a Swedish American archaeologist prominent for his work on Ancient Greece.-Biography:...

, and Rhys Carpenter

Rhys Carpenter

Rhys Carpenter was a classical art historian and professor at Bryn Mawr College.Carpenter was born in Cotuit, Massachusetts. He took his B.A. in Classics at Columbia University in 1909. Carpenter won a Rhodes scholarship at Oxford, studying at Balliol College. There he published his own poetry...

 worked to uncover much of the site before WWII. Since then, under the leadership of directors Henry Robinson (1959-1965), Charles K. Williams II (1965-1997) and Guy D. R. Sanders (1997-present), excavation has clarified the archaeological history of the city. Investigations have revealed remains extending from the Early Neolithic period (6500-5750 B.C.) through to early modern times.

Archaeological work has also been done outside the immediate area of the village center including at the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on the slopes of Acrocorinth

Acrocorinth

Acrocorinth , "Upper Corinth", the acropolis of ancient Corinth, is a monolithic rock overseeing the ancient city of Corinth, Greece. "It is the most impressive of the acropoleis of mainland Greece," in the estimation of George Forrest. Acrocorinth was continuously occupied from archaic times to...

, in the Potters’ Quarter, at the sites of the Sanctuary of Asklepios and the Kenchreian Gate Basilica. Current investigations focus on the area of the Panayia Field, located to the southeast of the Forum. School excavations and projects affiliated to the ASCSA have also intensively explored the wider area of the Corinthia including the surrounding settlements of Korakou, Kenchreai and Isthmian Games

Isthmian Games

The Isthmian Games or Isthmia were one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece, and were named after the isthmus of Corinth, where they were held...

. Finds from these works are housed in the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth.

Further reading

• H. N. Fowler and R. Stillwell, Corinth I: Introduction, Topography, Architecture, Cambridge, Mass., 1932.
• R. Stillwell, R. L. Scranton, and S. E. Freeman, Corinth I, ii: Architecture, Cambridge, Mass., 1941.
• R. L. Scranton, Corinth I, iii: Monuments in the Lower Agora and North of the Archaic Temple, Princeton 1951.
• O. Broneer, Corinth I, iv: The South Stoa and Its Roman Successors, Princeton 1954.
• S. S. Weinberg, Corinth I, v: The Southeast Building, The Twin Basilicas, The Mosaic House, Princeton 1960.
• B. H. Hill, Corinth I, vi: The Springs: Peirene, Sacred Spring, Glauke, Princeton 1964.
• R. Stillwell, Corinth II: The Theatre, Princeton 1952.
• C. W. Blegen, O. Broneer, R. Stillwell, and A. R. Bellinger, Corinth III, i: Acrocorinth: Excavations in 1926, Cambridge, Mass., 1930.
• R. Carpenter and A. Bon, Corinth III, ii: The Defenses of Acrocorinth and the Lower Town, Cambridge, Mass., 1936.
• I. Thallon-Hill and L. S. King, Corinth IV, i: Decorated Architectural Terracottas, Cambridge, Mass., 1929.
• O. Broneer, Corinth IV, ii: Terracotta Lamps, Cambridge, Mass., 1930.
• T. L. Shear, Corinth V: The Roman Villa, Cambridge, Mass., 1930.
• K. M. Edwards, Corinth VI: Coins, 1896-1929, Cambridge, Mass., 1933.
• S. S. Weinberg, Corinth VII, i: The Geometric and Orientalizing Pottery, Cambridge, Mass., 1943.
• D. A. Amyx and P. Lawrence, Corinth VII, ii: Archaic Corinthian Pottery and the Anaploga Well, Princeton 1975.
• G. R. Edwards, Corinth VII, iii: Corinthian Hellenistic Pottery, Princeton 1975.
• S. Herbert, Corinth VII, iv: The Red-Figure Pottery, Princeton 1977.
• M. K. Risser, Corinth VII, v: Corinthian Conventionalizing Pottery, Princeton 2001.
• B. D. Meritt, Corinth VIII, i: Greek Inscriptions, 1896-1927, Cambridge, Mass., 1931.
• A. B. West, Corinth VIII, ii: Latin Inscriptions, 1896-1926, Cambridge, Mass., 1931.
• J. H. Kent, Corinth VIII, iii: The Inscriptions, 1926-1950, Princeton 1966.
• F. P. Johnson, Corinth IX: Sculpture, 1896-1923, Cambridge, Mass., 1931.
• M. C. Sturgeon, Corinth IX, ii: Sculpture: The Reliefs from the Theater, Princeton 1977.
• O. Broneer, Corinth X: The Odeum, Cambridge, Mass., 1932.
• C. H. Morgan, Corinth XI: The Byzantine Pottery, Cambridge, Mass., 1942.
• G. R. Davidson, Corinth XII: The Minor Objects, Princeton 1952.
• C. W. Blegen, H. Palmer, and R. S. Young, Corinth XIII: The North Cemetery, Princeton 1964.
• C. A. Roebuck, Corinth XIV: The Asklepieion and Lerna, Princeton 1951.
• A. N. Stillwell, Corinth XV, i: The Potters’ Quarter, Princeton 1948.
• A. N. Stillwell, Corinth XV, ii: The Potters' Quarter: The Terracottas, Princeton 1952.
• A. N. Stillwell and J. L. Benson, Corinth XV, iii: The Potters’ Quarter: The Pottery, Princeton 1984.
• R. L. Scranton, Corinth XVI: Mediaeval Architecture in the Central Area of Corinth, Princeton 1957.
• J. C. Biers, Corinth XVII: The Great Bath on the Lechaion Road, Princeton 1985.
• E. G. Pemberton, Corinth XVIII, i: The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: The Greek Pottery, Princeton 1989.
• K. W. Slane, Corinth XVIII, ii: The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: The Roman Pottery and Lamps, Princeton 1990.
• N. Bookidis and R. S. Stroud, Corinth XVIII, iii: The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Topography and Architecture, Princeton 1997.
• G. S. Merker, Corinth XVIII, iv: The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Terracotta Figurines of the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods, Princeton 2000.
• C. K. Williams and N. Bookidis, Corinth XX: The Centenary, Princeton 2003.

• see also Hesperia (journal)
  Hesperia (journal)
  Hesperia is a peer-reviewed journal published quarterly by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. It was founded in 1932 for the publication of the work of the school. This is still the main aim of the journal today...
  
  for numerous excavation reports and synthetic articles.

External links

• American School of Classical Studies at Athens
• Corinth Excavations of the ASCSA
• ASCSA.net: Online archaeological databases of the Corinth Excavations
• Corinthian Matters: a blog whose subject is Corinthian Archaeology