Ancient Corinth and the History of Greek Architecture and Town-Planning: A Review Article

Abstract

THE PROGRESS of American excavations in central area of ancient Corinth, results of which are published in various fascicules of Corinth, Volume I, has provided us with an increasingly detailed picture of history of Agora region, and added considerably to our appreciation of ancient Greek architecture and town-planning as a whole.' The early development of Corinth, as we might expect, resembled that of other cities which grew up gradually over a long period. The deepest strata have yielded material from Neolithic and early Bronze Ages.2 No undisturbed Mycenaean material was found before 1948, when Weinberg's investigations behind east wall of Julian Basilica (just outside Agora, cf. plan Fig. 1) demonstrated that in all probability the Mycenaean settlement... is to be looked for on north-south ridge into side of which cutting for Julian Basilica was made. Regrettably, portion of this ridge which lies within area of excavations was almost all cut away by Romans for Basilica and