Both Jennifer Palinkas and James A. Herbst work as architects for the Corinth Excavations which is a respected organization. Jennifer Palinkas is a B.Arch., the University of Cincinnati, and James A. Herbst is a Master of Science in Architectural History, the University of California, Berkeley who has other publication by credible publisher in The Urban Religion in Roman Corinth: Interdisciplinary Approaches. The article is published in The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens which is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal. The publisher is an academic press and it is cited by respected sources. The site is affiliated with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens which is a recognized organization.
The authors argue that the road to the field of Panaia in Ancient Corinth is an important historical place. It testifies to the division of the lands of the early colony in Corinth, urbanization in the 4th century AD and subsequent deurbanization in the 6th century. This is due to the fact that the excavations show the cessation of maintenance of the road. The lack of use of the road demonstrates that the boundaries of the city have moved away, therefore, deurbanization has occurred. The authors use the excavations they conducted on the site as evidence. It is credible because the found parts of the road have passed a scientific examination – an expertise.
The source is not biased: the authors do not insist on their judgments but provide the reader with factual information. The article was refereed by two outside reviewers in a double-blind process. The authors’ goal is to draw the attention of historians to further explorations of the Roman road. The intended audience is a scientific collaboration of historians or people who are interested in the history of Greece. The construction of the Roman road has been studied quite thoroughly, so the source seems to be accurate.
Key area of agreement with other sources is that a high-quality road network in Rome was one of the greatest achievements of their civilization (Clotuche, 2009). The annotated article has generally balanced approaches. All of sources on the topic share the same assumptions with a minor slight discrepancy in the proofs (Gershon, 2021). The research provides new archeological evidence to old approaches (“Ancient Roman roads,” n.d.). This source is suitable for academic research because the authors use weighty archeological evidence for their theses.
References
Ancient Roman roads and their influence in modern road designs. (n.d.).
Clotuche, R. (2009). The Scheldt valley commercial activity zone: 350 hectares of the Gallo-roman landscape. Britannia, 40, 41-64.
Gershon, L. (2021). Traces of submerged Roman road found beneath venetian lagoon.