Reviewing Christopher Witmore’s Old Lands: A Chorography of the Eastern Peloponnese (London: Routledge, 2020)

Authors

  • Christopher Witmore Texas Tech University
  • William Caraher University of North Dakota
  • Alfredo González-Ruibal Incipit-CSIC
  • Johanna Hanink Brown University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jma.43204

Keywords:

Old Lands, Eastern Peloponnese, Chorography

Abstract

a) A Journey to A Chorography: Christopher Witmore

b) Old Ways in Old Lands: William Caraher

c) Manifesting the Infraordinary: Alfredo González-Ruibal

d) This Old Land: Johanna Hanink

e) Re-Grounding Chorographically: Christopher Witmore

Author Biographies

  • Christopher Witmore, Texas Tech University

    Christopher Witmore is Professor of Archaeology and Classics in the Department of Classics and Modern Languages and Literatures at Texas Tech University. An active field archaeologist, he works on projects in Greece, Norway, and the United States.

  • William Caraher, University of North Dakota

    William Caraher teaches in the Department of History and American Indian Studies at the University of North Dakota. His archaeological field work and research focuses on Greece, Cyprus, and contemporary North Dakota.

  • Alfredo González-Ruibal, Incipit-CSIC

    Alfredo González-Ruibal is an archaeologist with the Institute of Heritage Studies, Spanish National Research Council. His research focuses on the archaeology of the contemporary past and African archaeology. He conducts fieldwork in Spain and the Horn of Africa.

  • Johanna Hanink, Brown University

    Johanna Hanink is Associate Professor of Classics and a member of the Program in Modern Greek Studies at Brown University. Her work focuses on classical Athens and the modern reception of Greek antiquity.

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2021-07-22

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Witmore, C. ., Caraher, W., González-Ruibal, A., & Hanink, J. (2021). Reviewing Christopher Witmore’s Old Lands: A Chorography of the Eastern Peloponnese (London: Routledge, 2020). Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology, 34(1), 109-131. https://doi.org/10.1558/jma.43204