Archives and Special Collections Exhibits
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2-23-2022
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Archaeology is the study of ancient and recent human passed through the analysis of material remains. This profession could study anything from millennia old fossils to building remains from the last century. David M. Robinson was a classical archaeologist, who primarily studied ancient Rome and Greece and the material culture associated with them.
While participating in other excavations in Corinth and Salamis, Robinson's most notable work occurred at Olynthus in 1928. Today individuals can still view objects uncovered by Robinson at the University of Mississippi Museum where amphoras, statuettes, and gold and silver coins are on permanent display. Similarly, the Archives and Special Collections maintains an impressive breadth of materials ranging from field logs, correspondence, photographs, and maps.
Olynthus, while not well known today, in antiquity was an important city in northwest Greece. It fell victim to Phillip of Macedon in 348 B.C. and never re-occupied. However, the destruction of Olynthus ironically preserved a snapshot of Greek daily life from that., leaving it untouched until its excavation in 1928.
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