David K. Pettegrew

 

Address

Messiah College

Department of History

P.O. Box 3051

Grantham, PA, 17027

Office Phone: 717-766-2511 x 2738

Email: dpettegrew@messiah.edu

 

 

Education

The Ohio State University, Department of History

Ph.D., Ancient History, August 2006

Dissertation: Corinth on the Isthmus: Studies of the End of an Ancient Landscape

Major Field: Ancient History; Minor Fields: Archaeology, Late Antiquity, Church History

Advisor: Dr. Timothy E. Gregory

 

American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Associate Member, 2004-2006

 

The Ohio State University, Department of History

M.A., Ancient History, 2000

Thesis: Conceptualizing the Greek Farmstead: Rethinking Archaeological Categories for Classical-Period Rural Settlement

Advisor: Dr. Jack Balcer

 

Wright State University

B.A. in Anthropology and Greek, 1998, summa cum laude

 

Professional Appointments

Messiah College

Assistant Professor: 2006-Present

 

Arcadia Center for Hellenic, Mediterranean and Balkan Studies, Athens Greece.

Part-time Faculty: Independent Study on Statistics and Archaeology, Winter 2005

 

The Ohio State University

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

Publications

"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 Corinthia, Greece," with W.R. Caraher and D. Nakassis, Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 19.1 (2006), 7-43.

"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.

 

 

Presentations

"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 Bryn Mawr College, Paper Presented February 2007.

"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, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2006.

"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 Athens, May 2006.

"Who are Our Students and Whatever Do they Want? An Examination of Information about Students in Online History Courses at The Ohio State University," with T.E. Gregory, Paper Presented at the Online Conference, The American Association of History and Computing, April 2006.

"The End of Ancient Corinth: Views from the Landscape," After Tea Talk Series at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, February 2006.

"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, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2004.

"A Late Roman Settlement 'Explosion'? The Continuity and Reuse of Sites in the Eastern Korinthia," Archaeological Institute of America, San Francisco, CA, January 2004.

"Refurbishing the Farms: The Reuse of the Rural Landscape in Late Roman Greece," International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Boston, MA, August 2003.

"Ceramic Rubbish and Recycling in the Classical Landscapes of Greece," Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, PA, January 2002.

"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, University of Notre Dame, November 2001.

"Methodology in Greek Landscape Archaeology," Invited lecture at Wright State University, Department of Anthropology, April 2000.

"Italiote States and the Italian Confederation: The Nature of Roman Hegemony and Religious Innovation in the Third Century," presented at The Ohio State University Graduate Conference in Military History, The Ohio State University, November 1999.

 

 

Current Projects

Books

Pyla-Koutsopetria: An Ancient Harbor Town of Southeast Cyprus, with W. Caraher, R. Scott Moore, and Maria Hadjicosti, et al.. Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, In Preparation.

Corinth on the Isthmus: Studies of the End of an Ancient Landscape, In Preparation.

 

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 Corinth? Views from the Landscape," in William R. Caraher, Linda Jones Hall, and R. Scott Moore (eds.), Archaeology and History in Medieval and Post-Medieval Greece: Studies on Method and Meaning in Honor of Timothy E. Gregory, forthcoming.

"Koutsopetria: Surveying a Harbor Town," with W.R. Caraher and R.S. Moore, in Near Eastern Archaeology (2008), forthcoming.

"Surveying the Isthmus: Patterns of Settlement in the Roman-Late Roman Corinthia," Paper for Hesperia, In Preparation.

"Across Larnaka Bay: Recent Investigations of a Late Antique Harbor Town in Southeast Cyprus," with W.R. Caraher and R. Scott Moore, Paper to be presented at the Thirty-third annual Byzantine Studies Conference, October 2007.

"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

Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project, Pyla-Koutsopetria, Cyprus (Directors: W.R. Caraher and R.S. Moore), Field Director: 2003-Present. (http://www.chss.ipu.edu/pkap)

ASCSA Corinth Excavations, Panayia Field, Corinth, Greece (Director: G.D.R. Sanders), Area Supervisor: 2005

Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey, Corinth, Greece (Directors: T.E. Gregory and D.J. Pullen),  Study Seasons: 2003-2006, Team Leader: 2000-2002, Field Walker: 1999

The Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia, Corinth, Greece (Director: T.E. Gregory), Supervisor in cleaning operations in Roman Bath: 2007; Volunteer in cleaning operation in Roman Bath: 2004; Volunteer in analysis of stratigraphy of the Roman Bath; flotation, sieving, and processing of soil samples: 1998

Australian Paliochora-Kythera Archaeological Survey, Cythera, Greece (Directors: T.E. Gregory and S. Paspalas), Team Leader: 2001-2003

Ayios Vasilios, Corinthia, Greece, Director: T.E. Gregory. Volunteer Excavator: 2001

Wright State University Field School in Archaeology, Dayton, Ohio, Director: R. Riordan. Supervisor: 1996-1997, Student Participant in excavation and survey: 1994-1995

Archaeological Contract Work, Dayton, Ohio, Excavator and surveyor in various Phase I archaeological contract projects in southeast Ohio: 1994-1997

 

Fellowships and Awards

Messiah College Scholarship Grant, 2007

Jacob Hirsch Fellowship, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2005-2006

Outstanding Alumnus Award, Wright State University, Department of Classics, 2004

AIA Dorot Foundation Travel Award, Archaeological Institute of America, 2004

Ruth Higgins Award, The Ohio State University, Department of History, 2002

G. Michael Riley International Academic Fund, The Ohio State University, College of Humanities, 2002

Office of International Education Dissertation Research Travel Grant, The Ohio State University, 2002

Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship in Modern Greek, The Ohio State University, 2000-2001

Anthropology Departmental Honors, Wright State University, 1998

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 Institute of America

Association of Ancient Historians

Byzantine Studies

Phi Alpha Theta Honors Society

Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society

Register of Professional Archaeologists