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Old Excavations, New Interpretations: The 2008–2013 Seasons of The Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia

The Archaic Colonnade at Ancient Corinth: A Case of Early Roman Spolia

Spolia in Fortifications and the Common Builder in Late Antiquity (Mnemosyne, Supplements. History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity, 389)

Jon Frey received his BA in Ancient History and Classics from the Ohio State University and his MA and PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. He has been an Assistant Professor jointly appointed in the Department of Art and Art History and the Department of French Classics and Italian since 2007 where he teaches courses on the Classical World, Classical Mythology, Ancient Art and Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology. He has participated in archaeological projects in Egypt, Crete and Greece and currently serves as field coordinator at the Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia. His most recent publication, “Pausanias, William Martin Leake and the “Depopulation” of Ancient Greece,” in Archaeology and History of Medieval and Post Medieval Greece (Ashgate, 2008), explores the role early travelers have played in shaping the research goals of classical archaeologists today. His current research focuses on the phenomenon of spoliation as evidence for individual and local agency in late antiquity. Each summer, Prof. Frey leads a study abroad program in Greece.

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MSU Excavations at Isthmia to Use Radio Wave Tracking for Its Collection

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Exhibit Explores MSU’s Archaeological Excavations in Greece

Associate Professor of Classical Studies; Art History & Visual Culture

Through the careful study of excavation records dating back some 40 years, Michigan State University’s Jon Frey has discovered an ancient gymnasium at the archaeological site of Isthmia, Greece.

Learn more at http://www.cal.msu.edu/news/digital-dig-new-discovery-ancient-greece

Digital Dig: Researcher Discovers Gymnasium in Greece

Jon Frey first encountered archaeology at the site of Isthmia in Greece in 1993 as a study abroad student. He has since returned almost every year to the same ancient excavation. Now a classical archaeologist and Associate Professor of Classical Studies in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at MSU, Frey will oversee the dig near Corinth, Greece, where he first got his start.

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens recently approved the transfer of directorship of the Isthmia Excavations to Michigan State University under Frey’s leadership. He takes the reigns from Dr. Timothy Gregory and The Ohio State University, which has led the project since 1987. Learn more: https://cal.msu.edu/news/msu-to-lead-digitized-archeology-project-in-greece/

Leading Legacy Dig in Ancient Greece

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