Corinth Publication Rife, et al. Hesperia 76:1, 2007

Collection:		Corinth
Name:		Rife, et al. Hesperia 76:1, 2007
Title:		Life and Death at a Port in Roman Greece: The Kenchreai Cemetery Project, 2002-2006
Author:		Rife, Joseph L.; Morison, Melissa Moore; Barbet, Alix; Dunn, Richard K.; Ubelaker, Douglas H. & Monier, Florence
Series Title:		Hesperia
Volume:		76:1
Month:		January
Date:		2007
Abstract:		This article summarizes the goals, methods, and discoveries of the Kenchreai Cemetery Project (2002-2006), an interdisciplinary study of burial grounds at the eastern port of Corinth during the Roman Empire, from the mid-1st to 7th century A.D. Work has concentrated on the main cemetery of cist graves and chamber tombs immediately north of the harbor on the Koutsongila ridge. The contextual study of the geology, topography, architecture, epitaphs, bones, wall painting, and artifacts has illuminated funerary ritual and its relationship to social structure during the early Empire. These burials attest to a diverse and prosperous community with a distinct elite stratum.
Page:		143-181
JSTOR:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25068015
References:		Image: digital 2014 11157