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Classical Archaeology and Art History

2014

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A Re-Examination Of Some Of The South Stoa Wells At Corinth, Guy Sanders, Yuki Furuya, Lynne. Kvapil Nov 2014

A Re-Examination Of Some Of The South Stoa Wells At Corinth, Guy Sanders, Yuki Furuya, Lynne. Kvapil

Lynne Kvapil

In undertaking the publication of the Hellenistic pottery from Corinth, G. Roger Edwards did for Corinth what Homer Thompson had done for the Athenian Agora. Both scholars studied an unattractive body of material from an unfashionable period and made it accessible to a wider audience. In doing so their chronological framework influenced modern scholarship far beyond the archaeology of Hellenistic Corinth and Athens, indeed to every region receiving mainland Greek ceramic imports or imitating them. As a result, most publications on Hellenistic material culture subsequent to Edwards’ Corinth VII.iii refer to it for stylistic parallels and dates. Even new studies …


Teaching Archaeological Pragmatism Through Problem-Based Learning, Lynne. Kvapil Nov 2014

Teaching Archaeological Pragmatism Through Problem-Based Learning, Lynne. Kvapil

Lynne A. Kvapil

This article outlines the application of problem-based learning, or PBL, to a freshman-level course in Aegean prehistory. The project described demonstrates how PBL can be used to tap into college-level students’ natural curiosity about the ancient world while training them to use practical, broadly applicable writing and research skills.