Background
Oscar Broneer was born on December 28, 1894 in Bäckebo, Kalmar County, Sweden. He was the youngest son of Otto and Johanna Sofia (Pettersson) Johnson.
Rock Island, Illinois, United States
In 1922 Oscar Broneer gratuated from the Augustana College with Bachelor of Arts degree.
Berkeley, California, United States
In 1923 Oscar Broneer received a Master of Arts degree from the University of California and Doctor of Philosophy in 1931.
Rome, Italy
In 1924 Oscar Broneer did a postgraduate studies at American Academy.
(The oil lamps found during excavations at Corinth represe...)
The oil lamps found during excavations at Corinth represent a good sampling of different periods, from Archaic Greek to Byzantine times, with a particular wealth of material from earlier periods. After an introduction dealing with some general problems, the author proceeds directly to a classification of 28 types, of which 7 are Greek, 13 are Hellenistic, and the rest Roman and later. There follows a catalogue in which over 1,500 specimens are described.
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1930
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After a discussion of the fragmentary evidence for several buildings of the Greek period which were swept to construct it, the South Stoa at Corinth is treated in detail. Careful description of all the remains, both those in situ and reused blocks, forms the basis of the reconstruction of this extensive two-story building of the third quarter of the 4th century B.C. which stretched the full length of the south side of the Corinthian Agora and, more than any other single building, established the size and shape of the center of the Hellenistic and Roman city.
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1954
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Two successive temples, built on the same foundations, are discussed in this detailed architectural history: an Archaic building built around 700 B.C. and a Classical 5th-century successor. Little is left visible at Isthmia of the temples that would have dominated the sanctuary, and, therefore, this study presents a painstaking exercise in detective work. This yields important results, such as an almost complete reconstruction of the Archaic roof, and a detailed investigation of the workings of the perirrhanterion (a basin for ablutions). Traces of color on the architectural fragments of the temple have been painstakingly recorded, and an appendix discusses the evidence for an unusual 32.04 cm foot being used as the basis for construction.
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1971
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Oscar Broneer’s excavations at the sanctuary at Isthmia between 1952 and 1960 revealed much about an important center of Greek civilization. This volume particularly provides the fullest possible picture of the temenos of Poseidon in Greek and Roman times, including the closely related stadia and the sanctuary of Palaimon and several monuments excavated to the west of the sanctuary: the Sacred Glen, the West Foundation, and the Hippodrome. The Temple of Poseidon itself is discussed in detail in Isthmia I. There is a wealth of information here including some particularly interesting discussion of the starting mechanism of the earlier stadium, the religious significance of two "cult caves" and the underground passage beneath the Temple of Palaimon.
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1973
Oscar Broneer was born on December 28, 1894 in Bäckebo, Kalmar County, Sweden. He was the youngest son of Otto and Johanna Sofia (Pettersson) Johnson.
In 1913 Oscar Broneer immigrated to United States. In 1922 he gratuated from the Augustana College with Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1923 Broneer received a Master of Arts degree from the University of California and Doctor of Philosophy in 1931. In 1924 he did a postgraduate studies at American Academy in Rome, Italy, and American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece from 1924 to 1927.
In 1927 Oscar Broneer started his career as an instructor at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece and worked until 1930. In the same year he was promoted to assistant professor and served for five years. In 1935 he became an associate professor and worked until 1940. In 1942 Bronner was invited to the Johns Hopkins as a lecturer in Greek for year. Broneer served as a technical assistant at the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations for a year. From 1940 to 1952 was a professor of the American School and acting director from 1947 - 1948. From 1948 until his retirement, Dr. Broneer was professor of archeology and classical languages and literature at the University of Chicago. In 1952 he became its field director and served until 1960.
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1930(After a discussion of the fragmentary evidence for severa...)
1954(Two successive temples, built on the same foundations, ar...)
1971(Oscar Broneer’s excavations at the sanctuary at Isthmia b...)
1973Oscar Broneer was a member of German Archeology Institute, of the Swedish Academy of History and Antiquities, of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine and Modem Greek Studies, and Phi Beta Kappa. He was an honorary counselor of the Greek Archeology Society. Broneer was also a member of the Yacht and Country Club in Tampa, Florida, and of the Quadrangle in Chicago, Illinois.
Quotes from others about the person
Elizabeth Gebhard: "Broneer cared deeply about his students, workmen, assistants, museum guards, and all those with whom he shared his archaeological work. He often warned aspiring archaeologists not to forget the real world of Greece and its people in their pursuit of the past."
On September 1, 1927 Oscar Broneer married Verna Pauline Anderson. She died in January, 1948. On June 27, 1955 he married Lula R. Rogan. He had two children from the first marriage: Paul Theodore, Jon Winroth.