Kenchreai Cemetery Project

This bibliography begins with a current list of all short reports (in print), articles and chapters (in print and forthcoming), and scholarly presentations of the Kenchreai Cemetery Project arranged by year. Then follows a list of selected publications arranged by author. These works provide a general background on Kenchreai and its cemeteries, the Corinthia and the larger Greek world during the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity, and the theory and method of mortuary studies.

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A. Short Reports on KCP

2007 J. Whitley, “Archaeology in Greece 2006-2007: Kenchreai,”Archaeological Reports 53: 10-13, fig. 10

2006 J. Whitley, “Archaeology in Greece 2005-2006: Kenchreai,” Archaeological Reports 52: 19-21, figs. 32-35

2005 J. Whitley, “Archaeology in Greece 2004-2005: Kenchreai,” Archaeological Reports 51: 15-16

2005 A. Sarris and J. L. Rife, “Νεκροταφείο Κεχρεών, Κορινθία / Kenchreai Cemetery Project, Korinthia,”
Archaio-Telepiskopika Nea 7 (June): 9-10

2004 J. Whitley, “Archaeology in Greece 2003-2004: Kenchreai, Koutsongila,” Archaeological Reports 50: 16-17, fig. 24

2003 J. Whitley, “Archaeology in Greece 2002-2003: Kenchreai, Koutsongilla,” Archaeological Reports 49: 17-18, fig. 30

B. Articles or Chapters on KCP

[2008] D. H. Ubelaker and J. L. Rife, “Approaches to commingling issues in archaeological samples: A case study from Roman period tombs in Greece.” In B. Adams and J. Byrd, eds., Recovery, Analysis and Identification of Commingled Human Remains ( Totowa, N.J.), forthcoming

2007 C. A. Faraone and J. L. Rife, “A Greek curse against a thief from the North Cemetery at Roman Kenchreai,” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 160: 141-157

2007 A. Barbet and J. L. Rife, “Influence de la peinture romaine occidentale dans le tombeau no. 4 de la nécropole de Cenchrées (Kenchreai) près de Corinthe.” In C. Guiral Pelegrín, ed., Circulación de temas y sistemas decorativos en la pintura mural antigua: Actas del IX Congreso Internacional de la «Association Internationale pour la Peinture Murale Antique» (Calatayud and Saragossa), pp. 395-399

2007 J. L. Rife. “Inhumation and cremation at early Roman Kenchreai (Corinthia) in local and regional context.” In A. Faber, P. Fasold, M. Struck, and M. Witteyer, eds., Körpergräber des 1.-3. Jh. in der römischen Welt: Internationales Kolloquium Frankfurt am Main 19.20. November 2004” (Schriften des Archäologischen Museums Frankfurt 21, Frankfurt), pp. 99-120

2007 J. L. Rife, M. M. Morison, A. Barbet, R. K. Dunn, D. H. Ubelaker, and F. Monier, “Life and death at a port in Roman Greece: The Kenchreai Cemetery Project 2002-2006.” Hesperia 76: 143-181

2007 A. Sarris, R. K. Dunn, J. L. Rife, N. Papadopoulos, E. Kokkinou, and C. Mundigler, “Geological and geophysical investigations in the Roman cemetery at Kenchreai (Korinthia), Greece.” Archaeological Prospection 14: 1-23

C. Scholarly Presentations on KCP

2007 J. L. Rife, “Form and ritual in the Roman cemetery at Kenchreai, Greece”; Shohet Lecture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; March

2007 J. L. Rife, “Religion and society at Corinthian Kenchreai”; invited paper, Colloquium: “Corinth in Context: Comparative Perspectives on Religion and Society,” University of Texas, Austin; January

2006 A. M. Craver and R. K. Dunn, “Targetting areas for archaeological excavation through the characterization and distribution of colluvum: an example from Kenchreai, eastern Korinthia, Greece”; co-authored poster, Geological Society of America meetings, Philadelphia; October

2006 J. L. Rife, “Life and death in a Roman port in Greece: the Kenchreai Cemetery Project 2002-2005;” invited public lecture, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles; May

2006 J. L. Rife, “Life and death in a Roman port in Greece: the Kenchreai Cemetery Project 2002-2005;” invited seminar, Department of Anthropology, Yale University; April

2006 J. L. Rife, “Life and death at a Roman port-town in Greece: the Kenchreai Cemetery Project 2002-2005”; invited public lecture, Classics Colloquium, Bryn Mawr College; February

2006 M. M. Morison, "Funerary ritual at Kenchreai: the pottery from the Roman Cemetery"; paper, Archaeological Institute of America meetings, Montreal; January

2006 J. L. Rife, A. Barbet, M. M. Morison, R. Dunn, and D. H. Ubelaker, "Life and death at a Roman port in Greece: the Kenchreai Cemetery Project 2002-2005"; co-authored paper, Archaeological Institute of America meetings, Montreal; January

2005 R. K. Dunn, J. L. Rife, and M. Kelley, "Geology of the Koutsongila ridge and the Roman cemetery of Kenchreai, eastern Korinthia, Greece"; co-authored paper, Geological Society of America meetings, Salt Lake City; October

2005 A. Sarris, N. Papadopoulos, E. Kokkinou, J. L. Rife, C. Mundigler, and R. Dunn, "Geophysical and Geomorphological Investigations in the Roman Cemetery at Kenchreai, Korinthia, Greece"; co-presented poster, 6th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, National Research Council, Rome; September

2005 J. L. Rife, "The archaeology of life and death at a Roman port-town in Greece: the Kenchreai Cemetery Project 2002-2004"; invited public lecture, Minnesota Chapter, Archaeological Institute of America, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; April

2004 J. L. Rife, "Corinthe—vie et mort dans le port antique romain (le cimitière des Cenchrées: bilan des recherches 2002-2004)"; invited public lecture; Section d'Art et Archéologie, École Normale Supérieure, Paris; November

2004 J. L. Rife, "Inhumation and cremation at Early Roman Kenchreai (Corinthia) in local and regional context"; invited paper, International colloquium: "Inhumations in the Roman Empire from the 1st until the end of the 3rd century A.D.", Archäologisches Museum, Frankfurt am Main; November

2004 J. L. Rife, "Life and death in a Roman port in Greece: the Kenchreai Cemetery Project 2002-2004;" invited public lecture, Institut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz; November

2004 A. Barbet and J. L. Rife, "Influence de la peinture romaine occidentale dans le tombeau no 4 de la nécropole de Cenchrées (Kenchreai) près de Corinthe"; co-presented poster; IX Congreso internacional de la Association internationale pour la peinture murale antique, Universidad Nacional de Calatayud, Calatayud and Saragossa, Spain; September

D. Kenchreai and its Cemeteries

Charitonides, S. I. 1952. "’Επιτύμβιος λατινικὴ ἐπιγραφὴ ἐκ Κεγχρεῶν." Archaiologike Ephemeris 91: 205-207.

Cummer, W. W. 1971. "A Roman tomb at Corinthian Kenchreai." Hesperia 40: 205-231.

Georgiades, A. S. 1907. Les Ports de la Grèce dans l'antiquité qui subsistent encore aujourd'hui. Athens: N. Tarrousopoulos.

Gregory, T. E. 1986. "Intensive archaeological survey and its place in Byzantine studies." Byzantine Studies 13: 155-175.

Gwyn Griffiths, J. 1975. Apuleius of Madauros: The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI). Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Hohlfelder, R. L. 1976. "Kenchreai on the Saronic Gulf: Aspects of its Imperial History." Classical Journal 71: 217-226.

Kenchreai I = R. L. Scranton, J. W. Shaw, and L. Ibrahim, Topography and Architecture (Kenchreai I), Leiden: E. J. Brill 1979

Kenchreai II = L. Ibrahim, R. Scranton, and R. Brill, The Panels of Opus Sectile in Glass (Kenchreai II), Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976

Kenchreai III = R. L. Hohlfelder, The Coins (Kenchreai III), Leiden: E. J. Brill 1978

Kenchreai IV = B. Adamsheck, B., The Pottery (Kenchreai IV), Leiden: E. J. Brill 1979

Kenchreai V = H. Williams, The Lamps (Kenchreai V), Leiden: E. J. Brill 1981

Kristalli-Votsi, K. 1984. "Ἐφορεία Κλασσικῶν Ἀρχαιοτήτων Ναυπλίου· Νόμος Κορινθίας, Κεγχρεές." Archaiologikon Deltion 31, B'1, 1976 [1984]: 64-65

Lampakis, G. 1907. "Χριστιανικαὶ Κεγχρεαί. Τοπογραφία τῶν Κεγχρεῶν." In Miscellanea di archeologia, storia e filologia dedicata a Professore Antonio Salinas nel XL anniversario del suo insegnamento accademico, pp. 71-80. Palermo: Virzi.

Laskaris, N. G. 2000. Monuments funéraires paléochrétiens (et byzantins) de Grèce. Athens: S. D. Basilopoulos.

Pallas, D. I. 1975. "Investigations sur les monuments chrétiens de Grèce avant Constantin." Cahiers archéologiques 24: 1-19.

Pallas, D. I. 1990. "Korinth." In K. Wessel and M. Restle, eds., Reallexikon zur byzantinischen Kunst IV, coll. 746-811. Stuttgart: A. Hiersemann.

Robinson, H. S. 1966. "A green-glazed 'modiolus' from Kenchreai," in Χαριστήριον εἰς Ἀναστάσιον Κ. Ὀρλάνδον III, pp. 179-185. Athens: Archaeological Society.

Robinson, H. S. 1972. "A green-glazed 'modiolus' from Kenchreai." Hesperia 41: 355-356.

E. The Corinthia in Roman Times and Late Antiquity

Bees, N. A. 1978 [1941]. Inscriptiones Graecae christianae veteres et byzantinae: Peloponnesus, Isthmos-Korinthos (IGCB I, i). Repr. Chicago: Ares.

Blegen, C. W., H. Palmer, and R. S. Young. 1964. Corinth XIII: The North Cemetery. Princeton: American School of Classical Studies.

Engels, D. W. 1995. Roman Corinth: An Alternative Model for the Classical City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Gregory, T. E., ed. 1993. The Corinthia in the Roman Period (Journal of Roman Archaeology suppl. 8). Ann Arbor: Journal of Roman Archaeology.

Kent, J. H. 1966. Corinth VIII, iii: The Inscriptions, 1926-1950. Princeton: American School of Classical Studies.

Mitsos, M. T. 1949. "Inscriptions of the Eastern Peloponnesus." Hesperia 18: 73-77.

Morgan, C. 1936. "Excavations at Corinth, 1935-1936," American Journal of Archaeology 40: 466-484.

Pallas, D.I., and S. P. Dandis. 1979. "Ἐπιγραφὲς ἀπὸ τὴν Κορίνθο." Archaiologike Ephemeris 1977 [1979]: 61-83.

Pappalardo, U. 2001. "Pittura romana a Corintho: il 'South-east Building'." Annuario della Scuola archeologica di Atene e delle missioni italiane di Oriente 76-78, n.s. 60-62, 1998-2000 (2001): 315-360.

Protonotariou-Deilaki, E. 1970. "Ἀρχαιότητες καὶ μνημεῖα Ἀργολιδοκορινθίας. Ἀνασκαφαί-εὐρήματα. Κορινθία." Archaiologikon Deltion 24, B'1, 1969 [1970]: 102-103.

Rife, J. L. 1999. Death, Ritual and Memory in Greek Society during the Early and Middle Roman Empire. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan.

Robinson, H. S. 1965. "Excavations at Corinth." Archaiologikon Deltion 18 B'1, 1963 [1965]: 76-80.

Romano, D. R. 2000. "A tale of two cities: Roman colonies at Corinth." In E. Fentress, ed., Romanization and the City: Creation, Transformations, and Failures (Journal of Roman Archaeology suppl. 38), pp. 83-104. Portsmouth: Journal of Roman Archaeology.

Rothaus, R. M. 2000. Corinth, the First City of Greece: An Urban History of Late Antique Cult and Religion. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Sanders, G. D. R. 2004. “Problems in interpreting urban and rural settlement in southern Greece, A.D. 365-700.” In N. Christie, ed., Landscapes of Change: The Evolution of the Countryside from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages, pp. 163-193. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Schowalter, D. N., and S. J. Friesen, eds. 2005. Urban Religion in Roman Corinth: Interdisciplinary Approaches (Harvard Theological Studies 53). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

Shear, T. L. 1931. "The excavation of Roman chamber tombs at Corinth in 1931," American Journal of Archaeology 35: 424-441.

Slane, K. W. 1990. Corinth XVIII, ii: The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: The Roman Pottery and Lamps. Princeton: American School of Classical Studies.

Tartaron, T., T. E. Gregory, D. S. Pullen, J. S. Noller, R. M. Rothaus, J. L. Rife, L. Diacopoulos, R. Schon, W. Caraher, D. Pettegrew, and D. Nakassis. Forthcoming. "The Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey: integrated methods for a dynamic landscape." Hesperia 75.

Williams, C.K., and N. Bookidis. 2003. Corinth XX: The Centenary, 1896-1996. Princeton: American School of Classical Studies.

Wiseman, J. 1978. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 50). Göteborg: P. Åström.

Wiseman, J. 1979. "Corinth and Rome I: 228 B.C.-A.D. 267." In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II.7.1, pp. 438-547. Berlin: W. de Gruyter.

Walbank, M. E. H. 1997. "The foundation and planning of early Roman Corinth." Journal of Roman Archaeology 10: 95-130.

F. The Greek World during the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity

Alcock, S. E. 1993. Graecia capta: The Landscapes of Roman Greece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Alcock, S. E. ed. 1997. The Early Roman Empire in the East. Oxford: Oxbow.

Alcock, S. E. 2002. Archaeology of the Greek Past: Landscape, Monuments, and Memories. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Berns, C. 2003. Untersuchungen zu den Grabbauten der frühen Kaiserzeit in Kleinasien. Asia Minor Studien 51. Bonn: Rudolf Habelt.

Cormack, S. H. 1997. “Funerary monuments and mortuary practice in Roman Asia Minor.” Ιn Alcock 1997, pp. 137-156.

Cormack, S. H. 2004. The Space of Death in Roman Asia Minor. Wiener Foschungen zur Archäologie 6. Vienna: Phoibos.

Rizakis, A. D. 1997. "Roman colonies in the province of Achaia: territories, land and population." In Alcock 1997, pp. 15-36.

Sodini, J.-P. 1977. "Témoignages archéologiques sur la persistance à l'époque paléochrétienne et byzantine de rites funéraires païens." In La Mort au moyen âge: Colloque de l'Association des Historiens médiévistes français réunis à Strasbourg, pp. 11-21. Strasbourg: Librairie Istra.

Sodini, J.-P. 1986. "Les 'Tombes privilégiées' dans l'Orient chrétien (à la exception du diocèse d'Egypte)." In Y. Duval and J.-Ch. Picard, eds., L'Inhumation privilégiée du IVe au VIIIe siècle en Occident, pp. 233-243. Paris: Diffusion de Boccard.

Spanu, M. 2000. "Burial in Asia Minor during the Roman Imperial period, with special reference to Cilicia and Cappadocia." In Pearce, Millett and Struck 2000, pp. 169-177.

Spieser, J.-M. 1976. "La Christianization des sanctuaires païens en Grèce." In U. Jantzen, ed., Neue Forschungen in griechischen Heiligtümern, pp. 309-320. Tübingen: E. Wasmuth.

Trombley, F. 2001. Hellenic Religion and Christianization, c. 370-529 I-II. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Walker, S. and A. Cameron, eds. 1989. The Greek Renaissance in the Roman Empire (Bulletin of the Institute for Classical Studies suppl. 55). London: Institute for Classical Studies.

G. Death and Social Structure: Theory and Method

Beck, L. A., ed. 1995. Regional Approaches to Mortuary Analysis. New York & London: Academic Press.

McHugh, F. 1999. Theoretical and Quantitative Approaches to the Study of Mortuary Practice (British Archaeological Reports British Series 785). Oxford: British Archaeological Reports.

Morris, I. 1987. Burial and Ancient Society: The Rise of the Greek City-State. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Morris, I. 1992. Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Parker Pearson, M. 1999. The Archaeology of Death and Burial. College Station: Texas A&M Press.

Pearce, J., M. Millett, and M. Struck, eds. 2000. Burial, Society and Context in the Roman World. Oxford: Oxbow.

Rife, J. L. 1997. Review article: J. M. C. Toynbee, Death and Burial in the Roman World. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 8.6:582-594.

Snodgrass, A. 1991. "Structural history and classical archaeology." In J. Bintliff, ed., The Annales School and Archaeology, pp. 57-72. New York: New York University Press.

Sodini, J.-P. 2003. "Archaeology and late antique social structures." In L. Lavan and W. Bowden, eds., Theory and Practice in Late Antique Archaeology (Late Antique Archaeology 1), pp. 25-56. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

von Hesburg, H., and P. Zanker, eds. 1987. Römische Gräberstrasse: Selbstdarstellung-Status-Standard. Munich: C. H. Beck.