Copyright (c) 2007 Macalester College All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/classics_honors Recent documents in Honors Projects en-us Thu, 03 May 2007 01:36:17 PDT 3600 http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/classics_honors/8 http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/classics_honors/8 Tue, 01 May 2007 13:28:49 PDT This thesis examines the process by which Christianity became the dominant religion of Corinth as evidenced in the archaeological record. I compare the evidence in Corinth to historical evidence for the Eastern Roman Empire, including imperial legislation and evidence for Christianization in five other eastern cities. I conclude that, in order for Christianity to supplant paganism as the dominant religion in ancient society, it had to accept many of the institutions and traditions of paganism. My investigation of the archaeological evidence in Corinth, specifically the monumental architecture, the sculpture, and the cemeteries, reveals the same phenomenon in Corinth. Eli J. Weaverdyck http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/classics_honors/7 http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/classics_honors/7 Tue, 01 May 2007 05:49:11 PDT Across the Levant "libation installations" have been identified at numerous ancient archaeological sites. This paper examines these claims in light of both the surrounding material remains and the surviving texts of the region that mention libations of wine and water. It shows that libation, the ritual pouring out of a liquid offering to a god, in ancient Syria-Palestine did not require a receptacle for successful completion of the act. Rather, the category "libation installation" exists not because of solid evidence but to fulfill the needs of modern scholars and any such claim must be carefully scrutinized before being accepted. Amy M. Fisher