David K. Pettegrew, Curriculum Vitae 1
David K. Pettegrew
Address
Messiah College
Department of History
One College Ave Suite 3051
Mechanicsburg, PA, 17055
Office Phone: 717-796-1800 x 2738
Email: [email protected]
Education
The Ohio State University
Ph.D., Ancient History, 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
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Associate Member, 2004-2006
The Ohio State University
M.A., Ancient History, 2000
Wright State University
B.A., Anthropology, Greek, 1998, summa cum laude
Professional Appointments
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Associate Professor of History, Messiah College, Dept. of History, 2012-Present.
Assistant Professor of History, Messiah College, Dept. of History, 2006-2012.
Adjunct, Arcadia Center for Hellenic, Mediterranean and Balkan Studies, Athens, Greece 2005.
Instructor, The Ohio State University, Dept. of History, 2002-2004.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Ohio State University, Dept. of History, 2000-2002.
Graduate Research Assistant, The Ohio State University, Dept. of History, 1998-2000, 20032004.
Courses Taught
History 101. Western Civilization I
History 301. Greco-Roman Society and Culture
History 302. Roman History
History 303. Late Antiquity
History 305. Historical Archaeology
History 310. Medieval Europe
History 319. Cyprus: Archaeology and History (Field School in Archaeology in Cyprus)
History 394. Digital History
IDFY 101. First-Year Seminar: The World of Late Antiquity
IDCC 260. Cross-Cultural Course: Albania and Greece (May-Term)
Latin 101 and 102. Fundamentals of Latin
Latin 201. Intermediate Latin
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Scholarship
A. Books
Pyla-Koutsopetria I: Archaeological Survey of an Ancient Coastal Town, with W.R. Caraher and R.S.
Moore, and with contributions by M. Andrioti, P.N. Kardulias, D. Nakassis, and B.R. Olson,
American Schools of Oriental Research Archaeological Reports No. 21, Boston 2014: American
Schools of Oriental Research.
The Isthmus of Corinth: Crossroads of the Mediterranean World, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan
Press (forthcoming).
The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology, with W.R. Caraher and T. Davis, Oxford
University Press (under contract)
Pyla-Koutsopetria II: Excavations at Vigla and Koutsopetria, with M. Hadjicosti, W.R. Caraher, and R.S.
Moore, and with contributions by M. Andrioti, P.N. Kardulias, S. Lepinski, D. Nakassis, and B.R.
Olson, American Schools of Oriental Research Archaeological Reports (in preparation).
B. Articles and Book Chapters
Book reviews in American Journal of Archaeology (2010, 2013), Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2003,
2012), Corinthian Matters (2010-2014), Journal of Hellenic Studies (2010), and Speculum (2012).
“High-Resolution Survey and the New Quest for the Byzantine Landscape,” in W.R. Caraher and K.
Kourelis (eds.), Theory and Method in Byzantine Archaeology, New York: Cambridge University
Press (forthcoming).
“Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: Recent Work at the Site of Pyla-Vigla,” with W.R. Caraher,
R.S. Moore, and D. Nakassis, Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus 2011-2012 (in
press).
“Corinthian Suburbia: Patterns of Roman Settlement on the Isthmus,” in B. Gebhard and T.E. Gregory
(eds.), ‘The Bridge of the Untiring Sea’: The Corinthian Isthmus from Prehistory to Late Antiquity,
Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens (in press).
“The Diolkos and the Emporion: How a Land Bridge Framed the Commercial Economy of Roman
Corinth,” for S.J. Friesen, S. James, and D.N. Schowalter (eds.), Corinth in Contrast: Studies in
Inequality, Leiden 2013, pp. 126-142: Brill Academic Press.
“The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: A Preliminary Report on Excavations at Pyla-Vigla, a
Fortified Settlement Dating to the Hellenistic Era,” with B.R. Olson, W.R. Caraher, and R.S. Moore,
Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 5.3 (2013), 74-82. http://jaei.library.arizona.edu
“Taking Mobile Computing to the Field,” with S.B. Fee and W.R. Caraher, Near Eastern Archaeology
76.1 (2013), 50-55.
“Diolkos,” in R.S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C.B. Champion, A. Erskine, and S.R. Huebner (eds.),
Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Malden, MA 2013: Wiley-Blackwell.
“Connectivity,” in R.S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C.B. Champion, A. Erskine, and S.R. Huebner (eds.),
Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Malden, MA 2013: Wiley-Blackwell.
“Mediterranean Harbors,” in R.S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C.B. Champion, A. Erskine, and S.R. Huebner
(eds.), Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Malden, MA 2013: Wiley-Blackwell.
“Lechaion,” in R.S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C.B. Champion, A. Erskine, and S.R. Huebner (eds.),
Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Malden, MA 2013: Wiley-Blackwell.
“Greek Landscapes,” in R.S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C.B. Champion, A. Erskine, and S.R. Huebner
(eds.), Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Malden, MA 2013: Wiley-Blackwell.
“The Diolkos of Corinth,” American Journal of Archaeology 115.4 (2011), 549-574.
“Trade and Exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Model from Cyprus,” with W.R. Caraher and R.S.
Moore.” In M. Dalla Riva, H. Di Giuseppe (eds.), Meetings between Cultures in the Ancient
Mediterranean. Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Rome 22-
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26 Sept. 2008. Bollettino di Archeologia on line I 2010
www.archeologia.beniculturali.it/pages/pubblicazioni.html. (PDF File).
“Towers and Fortifications at Vayia in the Southeast Corinthia,” with W.R. Caraher and S. 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.
“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, and D. Nakassis, 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 A. Brauer, C.
Mattusch and A. 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.R. Caraher, R.S. Moore, and J.S. Noller, 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.”,
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,” Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 14.2 (2001), 189-209.
C. Conferences and Symposia (Select)
“Creating a Comprehensive Public Research Library in Zotero,” workshop presented with B. Transue,
The Humanities and Technology Camp, Harrisburg, October 2013.
“Nero’s Canal: Archaeology in Ancient History,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Association of Ancient Historians, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, May 2013.
“Archaeological Data and Small Projects: A Case Study from the Pyla-Koustopetria Archaeological
Project on Cyprus,” with W.R. Caraher, S.B. Fee, and R.S. Moore, Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Seattle, January 6, 2013.
“The Isthmus and the Consequences of Geography: New Directions in the Study of Commercial Corinth,”
Paper presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Conference, Chicago, November 17-20, 2012.
“Pyla-Vigla: Life and Times on a Ptolemaic Garrison Camp in Southern Cyprus,” with B.R. Olson, R.S.
Moore, and W.R. Caraher, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental
Research, November 2012.
“Producing Peasants in the Corinthian Countryside,” Paper presented with W. Caraher at the annual
meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, January 2012.
“Basil’s Thunderbolt: Niketas Ooryphas and the Portage of the Corinthian Isthmus,” Paper presented at
the Byzantine Studies Conference, Chicago, October 2011.
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“The Diolkos, Emporium, and Commercial Corinth,” Paper presented at the international meeting of the
Society of Biblical Literature, London, July 2011.
“Niketas Ooryphas Drags His Fleet: Portaging the Corinthian Isthmus in 872 AD,” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Antonio, January 2011.
“Travel to Greece between Antiquity and the Grand Tour,” Colloquium organized for the annual meeting
of the Archaeological Institute of America, January 2011.
“Turning Profit on the Isthmus of Corinth: The Commercial Facility of an Ancient Land Bridge,” Paper
presented at the “Corinth in Contrast” conference at the University of Texas, October 2010.
“Memories Entrenched: Reflections on Archaeological Fieldwork in Cyprus, June 2009,” Faculty-student
colloquium organized for Messiah College School of Humanities Symposium, February 2010.
“Between Sea and Mountain: The Archaeology of a 20th 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.
“Report on the Seventh Season of the Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project,” with W.R. Caraher,
R.S. Moore, D. Nakassis, and M.G. Brown, Paper presented at the 27th Annual CAARI
Archaeological Workshop, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2009.
“The Christianization of the Roman City,” Lecture for the faculty colloquium, Seek the Welfare of the
City: Historical Perspectives on Faith in the Public Square, Messiah College School of Humanities
Symposium, February 2009.
“Three New Sites in the Eastern Corinthia,” with W.R. Caraher, Paper presented at the annual conference
of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, January 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 Congress 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.
“The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: The Sixth Season,” with W.R. Caraher, R.S. Moore, D.
Nakassis, and M.G. Brown, Paper presented at the 26th Annual CAARI Archaeological Workshop,
Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2008.
“Mapping our Pasts. Archaeology, GIS Technology, and Public Knowledge,” Faculty-student colloquium
organized for Messiah College School of Humanities Symposium, February 2008.
“Pyla-Koutsopetria: The Evolution of a Survey Project,” with M.G. Brown, W.R. Caraher, R.S. Moore,
G. Fisher, B. Olson, B. Pierce, and D. Terry, Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago, January 2008.
“Across Larnaka Bay: Recent Investigations of a Late Antique Harbor Town in Southeast Cyprus,” with
W.R. Caraher and R. Scott Moore, Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Byzantine Studies Conference,
Montreal, October 2007.
“The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: The Fourth Season,” with W.R. Caraher, R.S. Moore,
M.G. Brown, S. Lepinski, D. Nakassis, Paper, CAARI Archaeological Workshop, Nicosia, Cyprus,
June 2007.
“Surveying the Isthmus: Patterns of Settlement in the Roman-Late Roman Corinthia,” Paper, The
American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, June 2007.
“Beyond the Boom-and-Bust Countryside: Problems and Prospects in Understanding the Archaeological
Evidence for Late Antique Rural Settlement,” Paper, Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute
of America, San Diego, January 2007.
“Between City and Country: Settlement on the Fringe in Late Roman Cyprus,” with W.R. Caraher and
R.S. Moore, Annual Meeting 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, CAARI Archaeological Workshop, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2006.
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“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 Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project 2003-2005: Preliminary Results,” with W.R. Caraher and
R.S. Moore, Paper presented at the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Conference,
Philadelphia, November 2005.
“The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: A Second Preliminary Report,” with W.R. Caraher, R.S.
Moore, and J. Noller, Paper presented at the 23rd Annual 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, Paper presented at the 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, Paper presented at the 22nd Annual CAARI Archaeological Workshop,
Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2004.
“A Late Roman Settlement ‘Explosion’? The Continuity and Reuse of Sites in the Eastern Korinthia,”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Francisco,
January 2004.
“Refurbishing the Farms: The Reuse of the Rural Landscape in Late Roman Greece,” Paper presented at
the International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Boston, August 2003.
“Ceramic Rubbish and Recycling in the Classical Landscapes of Greece,” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, January 2002.
“Archaeological ‘Signatures’ of Byzantine Churches: Survey Archaeology and the Creation of a
Byzantine Landscape,” with W.R. Caraher and T.E. Gregory, Paper presented at the Byzantine
Studies Conference, University of Notre Dame, November 2001.
“Italiote States and the Italian Confederation: The Nature of Roman Hegemony and Religious Innovation
in the Third Century,” Paper presented at the Graduate Conference in Military History, The Ohio
State University, November 1999.
D. Public Lectures and Presentations (Select)
“Meet the Corinthians: How Archaeology and History are Changing the Way we Think about St. Paul’s
Early Christian community.” Lenten lecture series at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Lent 2014.
“From Potsherds to the Ancient Economy: The Challenges of Interpreting Archaeological Surface
Survey,” Talk presented at the graduate student lunch at the University of North Dakota, October
2010.
“Setting the Stage for St. Paul’s Corinth: How an Isthmus Determined the Maritime Character of a
Roman City,” Invited lecture presented at the University of North Dakota, October 2010.
“St. Paul and the Wicked City of Corinth,” Presentation for Faculty Interdisciplinary Fellowship Seminar,
Messiah College, March 2010.
“Seven Years at an ancient harbor in Cyprus,” with W.R. Caraher and R. Scott Moore, Lecture presented
at the Officer’s Club of the Sovereign Base Area, Dhekelia, Cyprus.
“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.
“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.
“Archaeology Today,” Lecture presented for the ‘Thoughts and Thinkers’ Series, Messiah College,
March 2007.
“Reading the Landscapes of Roman Corinth,” Invited lecture presented at Bryn Mawr College, February
2007.
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“Writing History from the Dirt,” Public lecture for Messiah College Department of History, November
2007.
“The Problem of Christian Corinth,” Public Lecture for the Bethany Village Venture Series,
Mechanicsburg, PA, October 2007.
“The New Breed of Hyper-Intensive Survey: A Case Study from the Eastern Korinthia,” Invited lecture
for the Archaeological Survey Meetings at the Canadian Institute at Athens, May 2006.
“The End of Ancient Corinth: Views from the Landscape,” Lecture presented at the American School of
Classical Studies at Athens, February 2006.
“Methodology in Greek Landscape Archaeology,” Invited lecture at Wright State University, Dayton,
Ohio, April 2000.
E. Digital Scholarship
Corinthian Matters (www.corinthianmatters.com), creator and editor, 2010-Present. Resource website and
blog devoted to the study of the Corinthia, Greece.
Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project Data in Open Context
(http://opencontext.org/projects/3F6DCD13-A476-488E-ED10-47D25513FCB2), co-author, 2013Present. Dataset collected by the Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project (PKAP), which
documents fieldwork from 2004-2010 near the modern village of Pyla on the southern coast of
Cyprus.
Digital Harrisburg (www.digitalharrisburg.com), creator and editor, 2014-Present. Faculty and student
website devoted to the digital history projects of faculty and students for Digital History and
Pennsylvania History classes.
Fellowships and Grants
Messiah College Scholarship Chair, 2014-2016
Loeb Classical Library Fellowship, Harvard University Press, 2012-2013, $28,729
Messiah College Scholarship Chair, 2009-2011
Messiah College Scholarship Grant, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 20122013, 2013-2014
Jacob Hirsch Fellowship, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2005-2006
Archaeological Fieldwork
Register of Professional Archaeologists: Certified RPA, 2008-Present
Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: Larnaka, Cyprus, Co-Director (with R. Scott Moore and
William Caraher): 2007-Present; Field Director: 2003-2007
Oakes Museum of Natural History at Messiah College: Curator of Archaeology, 2007-Present
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),
Independent Research: 2003-Present, Team Leader: 2000-2002, Field Walker: 1999
The Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia: Corinth, Greece (Director: T.E. Gregory),
Volunteer in cleaning operation in Roman Bath: 2004, 2007; 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
Wright State University Field School in Archaeology: Dayton, Ohio (Director: R. Riordan),
Supervisor: 1996-1997, Student Participant in excavation and survey, 1994-1995
Cultural Resource Management Work: Dayton, Ohio, volunteer excavator and surveyor in Phase I
archaeological contract projects in southeast Ohio, 1994-1997