ABSTRACTS - The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Guy D.R. Sanders, Director of Corinth Excavations, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Corinth in Late Antiquity
Despite the long history of scholarship concentrating on Corinth and its territory certain periods, such as
Late Antiquity, have been less intensively explored than others. In the past decade, however, interest in
the last four centuries of the Roman period has blossomed. At Corinth several scholars have been working
on subjects as diverse as ceramics and burials, administration and urbanism. This paper discusses the
current state of research.
Eleni Balomenou, Archaeologist, LZ΄ Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
Following the Traces of an Early Helladic Cemetery (?) at Schoinos
In April 2007, two trial trenches were opened in the plot owned by Nikolaos Papakonstantinou at Skoinos
of Corinthia, approximately 1000 meters East of the bay and the hill of Aghios Sotiras, outside Declared
Archaeological Sites, but within an area supervised by the LZ’ Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical
Antiquities. In one of these trenches, at a depth of about 0.90 m below the natural ground, was discovered
an amphoroid vase with horizontal handles, placed sidelong on the ground. This vase was covered by a
phiale which seemed to have been used as a lid. Numerous vases were surrounded by an incineration
deposit, while the amphoroid vase contained the ashes of an adult. The incineration dates to the Early
Helladic period. Based on this particular find, we will attempt to investigate the possibility of the existence
of an Early Helladic cemetery at this site, as well as to analyze the dispersion of human activity in the
region of Loutraki of Perachora during the Early Bronze Age.