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BenF; DougM; JordanM Colonization I recommend focusing on colonization in one areas, eg. in Sicily, Southern Italy, BlackSea
AndyJ;GabyT TheDelianLeague The account of Thucydides is central; check also the book by Donald Kagan
MadelineM; KyleW The AthenianWar in Sicily Thucydides is central; to your bibliography add T J Dunbabin.
JenB; HattieE; CleoJ; Temple building May need to focus on one area; perhaps Italy or Sicily.
MichaelD Economics of Ancient Greece [see ShellyA and LindsayB below] Read Xenophon's, Oeconomicos. Not economics in the modern sense, but rather household / estate management.
AlexB Ionian / Aelian migration Good selection of books; recommend this subject, and not the others.
JamesM; StephenS; NateO; Trojan War Careful with this one; Homer provides info only on the short period covered by the Iliad. Check Wace and Stubbings on the archaeological background.
LarissaC; MeganW; DesireeG Pottery and Trade Could be excellent, but you will need access esp to info from shipwrecks and other excavations. Check with Prof. Hurwit. Allow plenty of time to collect data.
StephenO PublicBuildings at Athens [see AnnaS below] check ESHAG for some information; also the excavations in the Athenian agora (in the art library in Lawrence Hall). I recommend focusing on the Agora, the public market / meeting place.
TimN; AaronH Archaeology of Dorian Invasions Allow also for literary tradition. There will not be much material; check with me before 31Jan.
RossA; ChristinaS Temple building (see above) I recommend that you work also with Jen, Hattie and Cleo [see above] so that you do not overlap; or extend the project. so all canwork together.

SteveL; NickW; BrianS

Ethnolographhy I recommend that you focus on what Homer reports in the catalogue of ships at Troy, book 2 of the Iliad.
AnnaS art and politics I recommend focusing on what the tyrant Peisistratus did to encourage art as a way of supporting his regime. You might also work with StephenO on the public buildings in the agora
ShellyA; LindsayB Greek household Work also with MichaelD above
Brie, DesireeB; ChrisT Timeline on Greece and Persia; As a foundation fine; but you will need to interpret the data.
NateB Alcibiades and the Peloponnesia War good subject; lends itself to mapping; but also need to explain the ups and downs of his career.
KevinB; TedS; MattK physical layout of Greek cities I suggest that you look at the layout of Greek colonies. Collect all the maps you can find and arrange. So harbors, walls, hinterland; water supply, agric.
RyanL Thermopylae check Krommayer - Veith; also commentaries on Herodotus and the battle.