N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E A M E R I C A N S C H O O L O F C L A S S I C A L S T U D I E S AT AT H E N S ákoueákoueSummer 2004, No. 52 The Olympic Torch passes through the Agora Excavations, page 2 Photo by Craig Mauzy. IN THIS ISSUE: Corinth Set for a Facelift 3 Acropolis Photos Exhibited 4 New Appointments, Members Announced 4 Thessaloniki Conference 5 Nelson Joins Staff 5 Student Reports: Theater in Byzantium, Foundation Rituals, and the Greek Stoa 6 Cotsen Hall Near Ready 7 Wiener Lab: Shorelines of the Greek Islands, Phytolith Analysis, Animal Bones from Limenaria 14 Archaeo- logical Clippings Archive Revived 18 INSERT: Gennadeion Launches Medieval Greek Program G1 New Acquisition on Astronomy G1 Kapetanakis Archive G2 “Boegehold Pipeline” Completed G3 Kalligas Leaves Director’s Post G3 Fermor Honored G4 ákoue! Photo: Catherine deG. Vanderpool Clockwise from top: Plain of Marathon, August 27, 2004: Men’s canoeing singles final in the Schinias Rowing Center; Cyclists lean into the turn from Souidias to Gennadeion Streets, Men’s Road Race, August 14; Olympic Stadium architect Santiago Calatrava’s pedestrian bridge at Katehaki; Statue of Photo: James Sickinger “The Runner” by sculptor Kostas Varotsos gets a thorough cleaning. Photo: Loeta Tyree Photo: Loeta Tyree AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS The Olympics Come, and Go 54 Souidias Street, GR-106 76 Athens, Greece 6–8 Charlton Street, Princeton, NJ 08540-5232 Student Associate Members Samantha and modernized public transportation sys- Martin and Antonia Stamos donned blue, tem—seemed very ancient, and very Greek. ákoue, the newsletter of the ASCSA Summer 2004 No. 52 orange, yellow, and white uniforms and At the end of it all, even the most doubt- joined 45,000 Greek and international vol- ing admitted that Athens’ Olympics had Executive Editor unteers in welcoming the world to Athens; succeeded beyond all expectations, from Catherine deG. Vanderpool John Camp guided Today’s Katie Couric and the brilliant, cerebral opening ceremony Editorial Associate millions of viewers around the Acropolis through days and nights of almost seam- Sally Fay and Agora, while Tom Brogan and Jeff Soles lessly organized games and cultural events Editorial Assistant introduced them to Mochlos; David Roma- —laced, almost inevitably, with scandal Caitlin Verfenstein no wrote an every-other-day chronicle for and politics—to the closing-night spectacle Design & Production the Web; family and friends of Australian that brought 70,000 people to their feet, Mary Jane Gavenda swimming star Jodie Henry staying at Lor- dancing and singing in architect Santiago ákoue is published semiannually by the ing Hall cheered as she won two gold med- Calatrava’s dramatically re-conceptualized ASCSA under the inspiration of Doreen als; and School staff and members gawked Olympic Stadium. Surely Greece is where C. Spitzer, Trustee Emerita. Please address as Olympics cyclists took on the corner of the Olympic Games belong, permanent- all correspondence and inquiries to the Souidias and Gennadeion Streets not once ly—who else but its founders can truly Newsletter Editor, ASCSA U.S. Office, 6–8 but 17 times in their nearly six-hour road capture the “agon,” the “noos,” and the Charlton Street, Princeton, NJ 08540-5232. race around central Athens. The School “idoni,” with more than a dash of “hubris” Tel: (609) 683-0800; Fax: (609) 924-0578; family and all of Athens embarked on a and “politiki,” that make up this unique E-mail: ascsa@ ascsa.org; Website: www. e ascsa. edu.gr. two-week-long Olympics panegyri which— celebration of the human spirit. in spite of glamorous new sports facilities 2 Ancient Corinth Set for a Facelift The Central Archaeological Council (KAS) of the Greek Ministry of Culture has ap- proved a site management plan that prom- ises to transform the way visitors are in- troduced to Ancient Corinth, the School’s oldest continuing excavation. Prepared by Corinth Excavations Director Guy D.R. Sanders and Corinth Excavations archi- tect James Herbst, in collaboration with the Ephoreia of the Corinthia under the direction of Alexander Mandis and with coordination provided by School Gener- al Manager Pantelis Panos, the plan will be funded by a European Union grant of 880,000 Euros. According to Mr. Mandis, work will get underway later this year, with Rendering: James Herbst completion projected for next year. Elevation of the proposed modifications to Ancient Corinth’s main entrance. The development of a site management plan for Ancient Corinth has been under discussion for many years. The rapid sub- The workshop was followed by a visit on the site is brought under control, next urbanization of the Corinthia has presented to Corinth by Timothy Whalen, Director of steps can focus on conserving, consolidat- a challenge for archaeologists and planners The GCI, and Mr. Solar. The next year, in May ing, and maintaining those parts of the site alike. Astride a narrow fertile plain link- 2000, a workshop at Loutraki sponsored by at greatest risk. ing major land and sea routes between the The GCI and Loyola Marymount Univer- The plan calls for a new parking area Aegean and the Adriatic seas, Corinth has sity explored issues of heritage management that will be located on the old excavation been both blessed and cursed by its loca- using Corinth as a discussion case. The main dump north of the Temple of Apollo. This tion. In antiquity, it was one of the most papers of the workshop were edited by the means buses and cars will now park in an powerful and prosperous cities of ancient organizers, Jeanne Marie Teutonico and area that is both less visible from the site Greece, controlling commerce between Gaetano Palumbo, in a volume entitled Man- and safer for pedestrians than the current east and west, as well as the gateway to agement Planning for Archaeological Sites, location. The ticket office and bookshop as the Peloponnese. Later, its fortress served published by The GCI in 2002. well as bathroom facilities will be situated succeeding conquerors for domination of After the Loutraki workshop, Mr. Sand- next to the car park, and visitors will have this key trading and military crossroads. ers, Mr. Herbst, Mr. Panos, specialists from the choice of several different routes into In the past few years, this narrow strip of The GCI, members of the Greek Ephoreia, the site: either directly to the museum, to land has been overwhelmed by a swirl of and local governments began work in ear- the Temple of Apollo, or to the Forum area. highways funneling people south toward nest on Corinth’s site management plan. Of Although visitors will not be restricted to the Tripolis or east toward Patras. central importance in the plan is improved pathways, these will provide the easiest and In 1997, Mr. Sanders and colleagues access to the site’s attractions for the esti- most comfortable means accessing the site, from the School and elsewhere held their mated 160,000 visitors annually, and at the and will be marked with site information first tentative discussions concerning a re- same time managing tourist traffic in those boards at key points. Those areas in danger sponse to this accelerated development. On areas where monuments are in danger of of collapse will be secured, and the entire the advice of Nicholas Stanley-Price, then further erosion. Once the wear and tear site is to be surrounded by new fencing. e at the Institute of Archaeology of University College, London, Mr. Sanders contacted The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), School Announces Mellon Fellows and in the spring of 1998, Giora Solar of the GCI and Marian True, Curator of An- The Andrew G. Mellon Foundation’s cal and Hellenistic Greek graffiti from Thra- tiquities and Assistant Director for Villa East-Central European Research Fellows ce. Veronica Rusu-Bolindet, who is with the Planning at The Getty, visited Corinth. Fol- program, administered by the Council of National History Museum of Transylvania, lowing on the visit, in July 1999 The Getty American Overseas Research Centers, will will focus on eastern sigillata wares found in hosted a workshop on site management bring four scholars to the School in the the Greek cities on the western shore of the organized in collaboration with the School coming academic year. Recipients include Black Sea. The Polish Academy of Science’s and involving Mr. Sanders, Trustees Her- Ivan Gatsov from the New Bulgarian Uni- Krysztof Nowicki, who has worked for a bert L. Lucas and Lloyd E. Cotsen, Manag- versity in Sofia, who will research the pro- number of years in Crete, plans to complete ing Committee Chair Stephen V. Tracy, and duction and exchange of stone tools during the final report for publication on the exca- School Executive Vice President Catherine the Bronze Age to the Classical period in the vations at Katalimata. deG. Vanderpool. Southern Balkans. From Sofia University, For details on the Mellon Program, con- Lidia Domaradzka plans to work on Classi- sult the School’s website: www.ascsa.edu.gr. 3 Fairfield University Hosting Exhibition of Acropolis Photos Close professional ties between School Managing Committee Member Katherine Schwab, Associate Professor at Fairfield University, and Socratis Mavrommatis, chief photographer of the Acropolis Res- toration Service, have led to the selection of Fairfield University as the first North American venue of an exhibition displaying nearly 100 photographs of the Acropolis restoration. Opening September 15 at the University’s Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, “Photographs of the Athenian Acropolis: The Restoration Project” will be on display through Sunday, December 5.