Address
Department of History
Office Phone: 717-766-2511 x 2738
Email: dpettegrew@messiah.edu
Education
The
Ph.D., Ancient History, August 2006
Dissertation:
Major Field: Ancient
History; Minor Fields: Archaeology, Late Antiquity, Church History
Advisor: Dr. Timothy E. Gregory
The
M.A., Ancient History, 2000
Thesis: Conceptualizing the Greek Farmstead:
Rethinking Archaeological Categories for Classical-Period Rural Settlement
Advisor: Dr. Jack Balcer
B.A. in Anthropology and Greek, 1998, summa cum laude
Professional
Appointments
Instructor: History of Western Civilization, 2002-2004
Graduate Teaching Assistant: 2000-2003
Graduate Research Assistant: 1998-2000, 2003-2004
Teaching
Interests
Greek
and Roman History; Late Antiquity; Classical Archaeology; Medieval History;
Latin
Scholarship
"The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project:
Second Preliminary Report (2005-2006 Seasons)," with W. Caraher, R.S.
Moore, and J.S. Noller, in Report of the
Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, 2007, in press.
"The Busy
Countryside of Late Roman Corinth: Interpreting Ceramic Data Produced by
Regional Archaeological Surveys," Hesperia
76.4 (2007), in press.
"The Eastern
Korinthia Archaeological Survey: Integrated Methods for a Dynamic
Landscape," with T.F. Tartaron, T.E. Gregory, D.J. Pullen, J.S. Noller,
R.M. Rothaus, J.L. Rife, L. Diacopoulos, R.L. Schon, W.R. Caraher, D.K.
Pettegrew, and D. Nakassis, in Hesperia
75.4 (2006), 453-523.
"Siteless Survey
and Intensive Data Collection in an Artifact-rich Environment: Case Studies
from the Eastern
"Refurbishing the
Farms: The Reuse of the Rural Landscape in Late Roman Greece," in Amy
Brauer, Carol Mattusch and Alice Donohue (eds), Common Ground: Archaeology, Art, Science and Humanities. The
Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Boston
2003, Oxford 2006, 33-35.
"The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project:
First Preliminary Report (2003-2004 Seasons)," with W. Caraher, R.S.
Moore, and J.S. Noller, In Report of the Department
of Antiquities of Cyprus, 2005, 245-68.
"Counting and
Coloring Classical Farms: A Response to R. Osborne, L. Foxhall, and J. Bintliff
et al.", in Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 15.2 (2002), 267-273.
"Chasing the
Classical Farmstead: Assessing the Formation and Signature of Rural Settlement
in Greek Landscape Archaeology," in Journal of Mediterranean
Archaeology 14.2 (2001), 189-209.
"The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: The
Fourth Season," with W.R. Caraher, R.S. Moore, M.G. Brown, S. Lepinski, D.
Nakassis, Paper presented at the 25th Annual CAARI Archaeological
Workshop, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2007.
"Surveying the
Isthmus: Patterns of Settlement in the Roman-Late Roman Corinthia,"
Invited paper presented at the conference, "Half a Century on the Isthmus:
A Conference to Celebrate over Fifty Years of Excavation and Survey on the
Isthmus of Corinth," Cotsen Hall, American School of Classical Studies,
June 15-17, 2007, Athens, Greece.
"Reading the
Landscapes of Roman Corinth," invited lecture for Classics Symposium at
"Beyond the
Boom-and-Bust Countryside: Problems and Prospects in Understanding the
Archaeological Evidence for Late Antique Rural Settlement," Paper
presented at the annual conference of the Archaological Institute of America,
San Diego, CA, January 2007.
"Between City and
Country: Settlement on the Fringe in Late Roman Cyprus," with W.R. Caraher
and R.S. Moore, Paper presented at the conference of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Washington, D.C.,
November 2006.
"The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: A
Third Preliminary Report," with W.R. Caraher and R.S. Moore, 24th
Annual CAARI Archaeological Workshop,
"The new breed of
hyper-intensive survey: a case study from the Eastern Korinthia," Invited
Lecture, Presented for the Archaeological Survey Meetings at the Canadian
Institute at
"Who are Our
Students and Whatever Do they Want? An Examination of Information about
Students in Online History Courses at The
"The End of Ancient
"The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological
Project 2003-2005: Preliminary Results," with
W.R. Caraher and R.S. Moore, American Schools
of Oriental Research, November 2005.
"The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: A
Second Preliminary Report," with W.R. Caraher, R.S. Moore, and J. Noller,
CAARI Archaeological Workshop, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2005.
"Siteless Survey
and Intensive Data Collection in an Artifact-rich Environment: Case Studies
from the Eastern Corinthia, Greece," with W.R. Caraher and D.A. Nakassis,
Society of American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2005.
"Preliminary Report
on the Activities of the Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project," with
W.R. Caraher and R.S. Moore, CAARI Archaeological Workshop,
"A Late Roman
Settlement 'Explosion'? The Continuity and Reuse of Sites in the Eastern
Korinthia," Archaeological
"Refurbishing the
Farms: The Reuse of the Rural Landscape in Late Roman Greece,"
International Congress of Classical Archaeology,
"Ceramic Rubbish
and Recycling in the Classical Landscapes of
"Archaeological
'Signatures' of Byzantine Churches: Survey Archaeology and the Creation of a
Byzantine Landscape," with W.R. Caraher and T.E. Gregory, Byzantine
Studies Conference,
"Methodology in
Greek Landscape Archaeology," Invited lecture at
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Books
Pyla-Koutsopetria: An
Papers
"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, forthcoming.
"The End of Ancient
"Koutsopetria: Surveying a
"Surveying the
Isthmus: Patterns of Settlement in the Roman-Late Roman Corinthia," Paper
for Hesperia, In Preparation.
"Across
"Pyla-Koutsopetria: The Evolution of a Survey
Project," with M.G. Brown, W.R. Caraher, R.S. Moore, G. Fisher, B. Olson,
K.R. Pettegrew, B. Pierce, and D. Terry, Poster to be presented at the annual
meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago, January 2008.
Archaeological
Fieldwork
Fellowships
and Awards
Jacob
Hirsch Fellowship,
Outstanding
Alumnus Award,
AIA Dorot Foundation
Travel Award,
Archaeological
Ruth
Higgins Award,
The
G. Michael
Riley International Academic Fund, The
Office of
International Education Dissertation Research Travel Grant, The
Foreign
Language Area Studies Fellowship in Modern Greek, The Ohio State
University, 2000-2001
Anthropology
Departmental Honors,
National
Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1998
Languages
French, German, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek,
Latin
Professional
Memberships
American Historical Association
American Schools of Oriental Research
Archaeological
Association of Ancient Historians
Byzantine Studies
Phi Alpha Theta Honors Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society
Register of Professional Archaeologists