David K. Pettegrew Assistant Professor Greek and Roman History, Late Antiquity, Mediterranean Archaeology, Latin Office: 266 Boyer Hall Phone: 717-766-2511 x 2738 Email: dpettegrew@messiah.edu Webpage/ Blog C.V.

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Ancient History, The Ohio State University 2006
• M.A., Ancient History, The Ohio State University, 2000
• B.A., Anthropology, Greek, Wright State University, 1998

Biography

David Pettegrew is an historian of the Ancient Mediterranean World. His research centers on integrating archaeological and textual evidence to narrate local history, especially cities and landscapes. He teaches courses in Latin, Greek and Roman History, Late Antiquity, and Historical Archaeology. Before arriving at Messiah College in 2006, he was Associate Member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens where he was conducting research on a dissertation called Corinth on the Isthmus: The End of An Ancient Landscape. In addition to his historical research, he is a professional archaeologist who has participated in archaeological programs in southern Ohio, Kythera and Corinth in Greece, and Larnaka, Cyprus. He is co-director of the Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project, which is investigating Hellenistic and Roman coastal sites in Cyprus, and regularly takes students to Cyprus or Greece in May-June. He lives in Camp Hill, PA, with his wife, Katie, and baby boy James.

Courses Taught

• Latin I
• Latin II
• Intermediate Latin
• History of Western Civilization I
• Roman History
• Late Antiquity: AD 250-700
• Historical Archaeology: Greece & Rome
• Medieval Europe: AD 700-1500
• The History and Archaeology of Cyprus (Study Abroad Course)
• Christianity and Culture in the World of Late Antiquity (First-Year Seminar)
• Cross-Cultural Course to Albania and Greece (May 2011)

Recent Publications

• "Towers and Fortifications at Vayia in the Southeast Corinthia," with W.R. Caraher and Sarah James, Hesperia 79.3 (2010), 385-415.
• "Regional Survey and the Boom-and-Bust Countryside: Rereading the Archaeological Evidence for Episodic Abandonment in the Late Roman Corinthia," International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 14.2 (2010), 215-229.
• "Surveying Late Antique Cyprus," with W.R. Caraher and R.S. Moore, Near Eastern Archaeology 71.1-2 (2008), 82-89.
• "The End of Ancient Corinth? Views from the Landscape," in W.R. Caraher, L.J. Hall, and R.S. Moore (eds.), Archaeology and History in Roman, Medieval and Post-Medieval Greece: Studies on Method and Meaning in Honor of Timothy E. Gregory, Burlington, VT: Ashgate Press, 2008, 249-266.
• "The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: Second Preliminary Report (2005-2006 Seasons)," with W.R. Caraher, R.S. Moore, and J.S. Noller, Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, 2007, 293-306.
• "The Busy Countryside of Late Roman Corinth: Interpreting Ceramic Data Produced by Regional Archaeological Surveys," Hesperia 76.4 (2007), 743-784.

Recent Presentations

• "Between Sea and Mountain: The Archaeology of a 20^th Century 'Small World' in the Upland Basins of the Southeastern Korinthia," with W.R. Caraher, T.E. Gregory, and L. Tzortzopoulou-Gregory, Paper presented at the Modern Greek Studies Association Biennial Symposium, Vancouver, October 2009.
• "Strolling the Promenade: the Isthmus of Corinth in the Roman Mediterranean," Invited lecture, presented for the Central Michigan chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America, Michigan State University, April 2009.
• "Trade and Exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Model from Cyprus," with W.R. Caraher and R.S. Moore, Paper presented at the International Conference of Classical Archaeology, Rome, Italy, September 2008.
• "Ancient Corinth and the Christianization of the Mediterranean World," Paper presented at the 26th Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History, Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio, September 2008.
• "Corinthian Suburbia: Patterning Settlement at the Crossroads of Roman Greece," Invited lecture, presented for the Mediterranean Archaeology Lunchtime Lectures Series at the University of Pennsylvania, April 2008.

Current Activities

David has two major projects under way. The Isthmus of Corinth: Crossroads of the Mediterranean World examines the commercial and maritime facility of Corinth's important eastern territory, the isthmus that connected southern and northern Greece. The other project, The Ancient Coastal Towns of Pyla: Koutsopetria, Vigla, Kokkinokremos, is a volume detailing archaeological work in Cyprus and is co-edited with Drs. M. Hadjicosti, W.R. Caraher, and R.S. Moore. He has articles under review on Roman settlement patterns in the Corinthia, Greece and the diolkos of Corinth, and he will be delivering papers this semester on the diolkos and the Corinthian Isthmus.