ANCIENT
FOODS AND FOODWAYS
Section Chair: Albert Leonard, Jr., Department of Classics, University
of Arizona, ML 371, Tucson, AZ 85721-0001. Tel: 520 621-1689; Fax:
520 621-3678; Email: albertl@u.arizona.edu. Email for Spring and Summer
2004: ancientwine@aol.com.
One session is
planned for 2004.
ANCIENT
INSCRIPTIONS: RECENT DISCOVERIES, NEW EDITIONS, AND NEW READINGS
Section Chair: Christopher A. Rollston. Emmanuel School of Religion, One Walker Dr., Johnson City, TN 37601. Tel: 423 461-1501; Fax: 423 926-6198; Email: rollstonc@esr.edu.
One section is
planned for 2004.
ANCIENT
MEDITERRANEAN TRADE
Section Chair: Eric Cline, Dept of Classics and Semitics, George Washington University, 345 Phillips Hall, 801 22nd St. NW, Washington, DC 20052. Tel: 202 994-0316; Fax: 202 994-2156; Email: ehcline@gwu.edu.
One session is
planned for 2004.
ARABIA
Section Chair: David F. Graf, Department of History, University of Miami, POB 248107, Coral Gables, FL 33124-4662. Tel: 305 284-5965; Email: dgraf@umiami.ir.miami.edu.
Two sessions are planned for 2004: (1) Archaeology and Epigraphy (2) Petra and Mada'in Salih. For participants coming from the Middle East, limited funding is available. Requests should be addressed to David Graf at the above address.
ARCHAEOLOGY
AND THE PUBLIC: INTERPRETATION, PRESENTATION AND CONSERVATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SITES IN THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST
Section Chairs: Ann Killebrew, Dept. of Classics and Mediterranean Studies/Jewish Studies, Pennsylvania State Univ., 108 Weaver Building, University Park, PA 16802-5500. Tel: 814 231-7780; Fax: 814 867-6294; Email: aek11@psu.edu; and Joseph Greene, Semitic Museum, Harvard University, 6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel: 617 495-5656; Fax: 617 496-8904; Email: greene5@fas.harvard.edu.
One session
is planned for 2004. As archaeology enters the 21st century, excavators
are faced with increasing accountability to the site itself, to government
authorities, and to the public in general, both local and international.
This session will address issues relating to on-site conservation,
interpretation, presentation, and stewardship of archaeological sites
- issues that are increasingly an integral part of all field projects
in the region. Additional topics to be discussed are the relationship
between the archaeologist and the public, site ownership and management,
local community empowerment and dissemination of information about
sites.
ARCHAEOLOGY
OF ANATOLIA
Section
Chair: Sharon Steadman, Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology, P.O. Box
2000, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045. Tel: 607 257 3262; Email:
srsteadman@aol.com.
Two sessions are planned for 2004. Themes: 1) Current Excavations; 2) Social Systems and Material Culture. Limited space available.
ARCHAEOLOGY
OF CYPRUS: VOTIVES AND VOTARIES IN CYPRIOTE AND LEVANTINE SANCTUARIES
Section Chairs: Dr. Danielle Parks, Brock University, Department of Classics, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, CANADA. Tel: 905 688 5550 (ext 3321); Email: dparks@spartan.ac.brocku.ca; Dr. Ann-Marie Knoblauch, Dept of Art and Art History, 201 Draper Rd (0103), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061. Tel: 540 231-3170; Fax: 540 231-5761; Email: amk@vt.edu.
One session is
planned for 2004. Theme: Votives and Votaries in Cypriote and Levantine
Sanctuaries. This session invites papers on the topic of sanctuaries
in Cyprus and/or the Levant, particularly the evidence for religious
offerings made at the sanctuaries, what they were and who was making
them. The purpose of this session is to better understand the unique
nature of votive offerings on Cyprus by examining the similarities
and differences found at sanctuaries on and off the island. Papers
that are site-specific or cover multiple sites are welcome, as are
papers that deal more generally with issues of iconography, scale,
placement, etc. We invite papers addressing any period of antiquity,
and papers that investigate the topic by looking at Cyprus, the Levant
or both regions.
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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ISRAEL
Section
Chairs: Gideon Avni, Israel Antiquities Authority, PO Box 586, Jerusalem
91004, Israel; Fax: 972-2-5892238; Email: Gideon@israntique.org.il;
Uzi Dahari, Israel Antiquities Authority, PO Box 586, Jerusalem 91004,
Israel; Fax: 972-2-5892238; Email: Uzi@israntique.org.il.
The last decade
has witnessed an unparalleled expansion of archaeological activities
in Israel. Hundreds of excavations and surveys have been conducted
all over the country, contributing substantially to the archaeological
database of the Holy Land. The Israel Antiquities Authority had a
major role in ths vast archaeological activity. This session will
focus on bringing the results of major archaeological projects conducted
in the last years by the IAA and other leading archaeological institutions
in Israel.
ARCHAEOLOGY
OF JORDAN
Section Chair: Bethany Walker, Dept. of History, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078-3054, bethanw@okstate.edu; Phone: 405-744-8183 (office phone); Fax: 405-744-5400.
One session is
planned for 2004.
ARCHAEOLOGY
OF MESOPOTAMIA
Section Chairs: Constance E. Gane, Old Testament Dept., Seminary, Andrews University, Berrien Spring, MI 49104-1500. Tel: 269 471-2871 (office); 269-471-2861 (Dept. of OT); Fax: 269471-6202; Email: cgane@andrews.edu. Richard Zettler, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania Museum, 33rd & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Telephone: 215-898-9492 (office); 215-898-7461 (Dept. of Anthropology); Fax: 215-898-7462 Email: rzettler@sas.upenn.edu
Two sessions are planned for 2004. This section seeks submissions in all areas illuminated by archaeology that relate to the material, social, and religious culture, history and international relations, and texts of ancient Mesopotamia.
ARCHAEOLOGY
OF SYRIA
Section Chair: Mark Chavalas, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-La-Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601. Tel: 608 785-8350; Fax: 608 785-8370; Email: chavalas.mark@uwlax.edu.
One session is planned for 2004. This section is concerned with all
areas of Syria that are illuminated by archaeology. These include
a discussion of recent archaeological excavations, history, religion,
society, and texts. There is the possibility of a second session if
enough quality papers are submitted.
ARTIFACTS:
THE INSIDE STORY
Section Chair: Elizabeth Friedman (Illinois Institute of Technology), Department of Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3101 S. Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60616. Tel: 312-567-7973; Fax: 312-567-3494; Email: friedman@iit.edu.
One session is planned for 2004. This session welcomes submissions in which the analysis of Near Eastern artifacts by means of physical or chemical techniques has led to a new or re-interpretation of the archaeological record. This year's session will focus primarily on metals and related pyrotechnological industries: their identification, methods of production, evidence of workshop activity, artifact distribution and transport, technological significance, and social meaning.
CONTEXT, CONTENT, CONTACTS: ART AND ARTIFACTS OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
Section Chair: Eleanor Guralnick, 1301 East 55th St, Chicago, IL 60615. Tel: 773 752-5069; Fax: 773 752-8680 (call before faxing); Email: eleanorguralnick@aol.com.
One session is
planned for 2004.
EGYPT
AND CANAAN
Section
Chair: K. Lawson Younger, Jr., Trinity International University, 2065
Half Day Rd., Deerfield, IL 60015. Tel: 847 317-8063; Fax: 847 317-8141;
Email: lyounger@trin.edu.
One session is planned for 2004. The purpose of this section is to provide a venue for dialogue between Egyptologists (who normally attend the ARCE conference) and ASOR. Aspects of the Egyptian culture, religion, or history in the Bronze or Iron Ages that shed light on the cultures, religions, or history of other people in the ancient Near East or eastern Mediterranean are welcome.
ETANA (ELECTRONIC TOOLS AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ARCHIVES) WORKSHOP
Section Chairs: James W. Flanagan, Dept. of Religion, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106; Tel: 216 368-4129 or 216 368-2210; Fax: 216 368-4681; Email: james.flanagan@case.edu; and Douglas R. Clark, School of Theology, Walla Walla College, 204 S. College Ave., College Place, WA 99324; Tel: 509 527-2456; Fax: 509 527-2253; Email: clardo@wwc.edu.
Two sessions are planned for 2004. Theme: First session--ETANA NSF Digital Library Project: Update and Demonstration; Second session--ETANA Digital Library: Hands-on Workshop for Participants and Project Directors
THE ETHICS OF COLLECTING AND COMMUNICATING THE NEAR EASTERN PAST:
ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITY, PUBLISHING, AND THE SCHOLARLY USE OF MATERIALS
WITHOUT PROVENIENCE
Section
Chairs: Ellen Herscher, 3309 Cleveland Ave. NW, Washington DC, 20008;
Patty Gerstenblith, DePaul University College of Law, 25 East Jackson
Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604; and Morag Kersel, Dept. of Archaeology,
Cambridge University, Downing St., Cambridge, UK CB2 3DZ; Email: mmk29@cam.ac.uk.
One session is
planned for 2004.
Over the course
of three years, papers in this section will examine the ethics of
collecting and disseminating the Near Eastern past, the effects on
the destruction of archaeological heritage, and the consequences for
our understanding of the past. Potential solutions and compromises
in the current debate will also be considered. In the first year of
this section, papers focused on fakes and forgeries. In the second
year of this session the focus will be on academic responsibility,
publishing and the scholarly use of materials without provenience.
There is a growing divide in the academic circles between those who
would not consider studying unprovenienced material and those who
feel we do a disservice to the archaeological record by ignoring this
corpus. Academic journals from organizations like the AIA, SAA and
ASOR currently prohibit the publication of artifacts from unknown
sources, thus eliminating many objects from potential publication.
Do such bans discourage the destruction of the world's cultural heritage
through illicit excavation? By publishing in periodicals like Minerva,
Biblical Archaeology Review, Archaeology Odyssey, all of which
accept advertising for the antiquities trade, are scholars complicit
in the trade? What is the cost to scholarship of ignoring artifacts
that may appear to be important but are without proper pedigree? We
encourage submissions from museum professionals, collectors, conservators,
archaeologists, and scholars who routinely work with unprovenienced
material.
GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS), REMOTE SENSING, AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Section Chair: Gary Christopherson, Center for Applied Spatial Analysis, Box 3, Harvill 460, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Tel: 520 621-6267; Fax: 520 621-6181; Email: garych@casa.arizona.edu.
One session is
planned for 2004.
HEBREW
BIBLE, HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Section Chair: Dale W. Manor, College of Bible & Religion, Harding University, P.O. Box 12280, Searcy, AR 72149. Tel: 501 279-4456; Fax: 501 279-4042; Email: dmanor@harding.edu.
One session is planned for 2004.
INDIVIDUAL
SUBMISSIONS
Section
Chair: Susan L. Cohen, Dept. of History and Philosophy, Montana State
University, Bozeman, MT 59717; Tel: 406 994-5202; Email: scohen@montana.edu.
Two sessions
are planned for 2004. This section is for papers which do not fit
into other sessions in the program. Submissions must be made by Email.
LANDSCAPE
ARCHAEOLOGY: RESEARCH QUESTIONS IN ARID ZONE ARCHAEOLOGY
Section Chair: Benjamin Saidel, 2126A N. Forgeus St, Tucson, AZ, 85716. Tel: 520 784-0641; Fax:: 520 621-2088; Email: benjaminsaidel@hotmail.com.
One session is planned for 2004. This session seeks to discuss new research questions pertaining to archaeological and ethnoarchaeological investigations of arid zone populations in the Near East. The chronological span of this session ranges from the Epipaleolithic through the Ottoman periods.
MARITIME/NAUTICAL
ISSUES
Section Chairs: Aaron J. Brody, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709. Tel: 510 849-8201; Fax: 510 845-8948; Email: abrody@psr.edu; and Ezra Marcus, Recanati Center for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel. Email: ezra@research.haifa.ac.il.
One session is planned for 2004.
MATERIAL
CULTURE IN OTTOMAN SYRO-PALESTINE: BILAD EDH-SHAM
Section
Chairs: Organizers: Øystein LaBianca, Dept of Behavioral Sciences,
Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49104. Tel: 269 471-1290;
Fax: 269 471-3108; Email: labianca@andrews.edu; and Bert deVries (Calvin
College).
Two sessions
are planned for 2004. The theme of the first session is "The
'Strongman' in urban and rural society of Mid-nineteenth Century Palestine."
The goal of the panel is to study the localization of socio-political
authority in the interim between Egyptian, Ottoman and European control
of Palestine. Papers will highlight the role of the Palestinian notables
in the localization of power through a combination of ethnographic
and archaeological approaches. These include the examination of the
careers of strongmen in historical and ethnographic sources, and the
physical remains of the Kursiyyeh villages and urban manufacture-market
centers that emerged in this period. The anticipated result will be
a better understanding of the shifting relations between tribal, peasant
and urban sectors of the population, which is at the roots of the
formation of modern Palestinian society.
The theme of
the second session is "Textiles and embroidery in Ottoman Syro-Palestine
(Bilad esh-Sham)." Its goal is to study the technology and design
of textiles in follow-up of the paper and display of Ottoman textiles
presented by Widad Kawar and Sally de Vries. Papers will examine both
the textile industry - the sources of textiles, the technical and
commercial aspects of the weaving industry - and the role of woven
and decorative patterns, their pre-Ottoman antecedents and international
influences, as well as their role in their expression and preservation
of culture identity.
NEW
TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR USES IN ARCHAEOLOGY (POSTER SESSION)
Section Chairs: Rhonda Root, Division of Architecture, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49104-0450. Tel: 269-471-3496; Fax: 269-471-6261; Email: rroot@andrews.edu and Gary Christopherson, Center for Applied Spatial Analysis, Box 3, Harvill 460, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Tel: 520-621-6267; Fax: 520-621-6181; Email: garych@casa.arizona.edu .
One poster session
is planned for 2004 with displays remaining available throughout the
conference. Both static and non-static (digital) displays are welcome.
Depending on content, a poster display might include a formal presentation
(10-15 minutes) during the session. All presenters will be available
for questions during the session. After the formal poster session,
static posters will be publicly displayed for the remainder of the
conference; digital displays (using the presenter's own equipment)
will be available at the convenience of the presenter. Presenters
must arrive with poster(s) fully prepared and ready for display.
ORGANIC
APPROACHES TO NEAR EASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY
Section Chair: Edward F. Maher, Independent Researcher; Email: efmaher@hotmail.com.
One session is
planned for 2004. A number of major cultural issues will be explored
from the study of organic materials in this session, including but
not limited to, social stratification, technological development,
cult, symbolism, subsistence, trade, and differential modes of resource
exploitation and management. These and other topics will be addressed
through the analysis of the biological and botanical components of
prehistoric and historic archaeological sites from the Near East.
Presenters are encouraged to adopt a multidisciplinary perspective,
and their work should emphasize the wider cultural aspects of their
investigations.
OUTREACH
EDUCATION
Section
Chair: Gloria London, 7701 Crest Drive NE, Seattle WA 98115; Tel:
206 522-6426; Email: glondon@earthlink.net.
This session
will be held on November 20th, outside of the regular meeting schedule
and separate registration will be required.
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PERSIAN LEVANT: RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACHES
Section
Chair: S. Rebecca Martin, History of Art Department, Univ. of California,
Berkeley, 416 Doe Library #6020, Berkeley, CA 94720-6020; Email: s_becky@uclink4.berkeley.edu.
The session planned
for 2004 will serve as an introduction to recent archaeological approaches
to the Persian Levant. This inaugural section intends to highlight
new work and to encourage further research into the sometimes-neglected
Persian period. A secondary aim is to discuss how this recent research
has (or has not) engaged scholars and methods of other periods and
regions. Submissions are welcome on any material from Persian strata
from all regions of the Levant; also encouraged are papers discussing
new interpretive methods (theoretical-analytical). All presenters
are asked to demonstrate how their topics relate to the current state
of the field and to suggest what they see as the key research topics
and concerns for the period.
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PHILISTIA AND THE PHILISTINES IN THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE IRON AGE
I AND II
Section Chair:
Aren Maeir, Institute of Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan
52900, Israel; Fax: 972-3-5351233; Email: maeira@mail.biu.ac.il.
One session is planned for 2004. The session will
present and discuss current finds and syntheses on the tranformation
and development of the Philistine culture during the late Iron Age
I and the early Iron Age II. To date, the Philistine culture is well-known
from the earlier (Iron Age I) and later phases (Iron Age II-III) of
the Iron Age, and very little is known on the middle stages of its
development. Based on recent excavations (Tell es-Safi, Ashkelon,
Ekron), as well as work on earlier excavations (Ashdod) in Philistia,
but at sites in the Shephelah as well (e.g., Beth Shemesh, Batash,
Zayit) new perspectives, interpretations and understandings are possible
about the "middle phase" of the Philistine culture.
PREHISTORIC
ARCHAEOLOGY
Section
Chairs: April Nowell, Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria.
PO Box 3050 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P5, Canada; Tel.: (250) 721-7054;
Fax: (250) 721-6215; Email: anowell@uvic.ca; Gary O. Rollefson, Department
of Anthropology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362. Tel: 509
527-4938; Fax: 509 527-5026; Email: rollefgo@whitman.edu.
Two sessions are planned for 2004. The first session will consist of papers on Paleolithic themes; Prehistoric Transitions--Behavioral Modernity and Social Complexity from the Lower Paleolithic to the Natufian; invited papers only; the second session will be on Neolithic themes and will be open to submitted papers.
PROBLEMS
IN CERAMIC TYPOLOGY
Section Chair: Celia Bergoffen; SCIEM 2000; 329 West 76th St. #5, New York, NY 10023. Tel./Fax: 212 721-9855; Email: cb18@nyu.edu.
One session is
planned for 2004. The session will feature papers dealing with issues
of typology / classification and its relevance for the study of chronology,
trade, art or social history.
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RECENT INVESTIGATIONS AT TELL ATCHANA (ALALAKH) AND TELL TA'YINAT,
AND RELATED STUDIES IN THE AMUQ
Section Chair: K. Aslihan Yener, Oriental Institute, University of
Chicago, 1155 East 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637; Tel 773 702-0568;
Email a-yener@uchicago.edu.
One session is planned for 2004. The Tell Atchana
Project is an ASOR-affiliated project, and together with the Ta’yinat
Project forms part of a broader regional research initiative, the
Amuq Valley Regional Project, launched in 1995, and now in its 10th
year of intensive field research.
REPORTS
ON CURRENT EXCAVATIONS—ASOR AFFILIATED
Section
Chair: Jennie Ebeling, Department of Archaeology and Art History,
University of Evansville, 1800 Lincoln Avenue, Evansville, IN 47722,
Office: 812 488-1019, Fax: 812 474-4079, Email: je55@evansville.edu
Two sessions
are planned for 2004. Review the list of ASOR-Affiliated
projects.
REPORTS
ON CURRENT EXCAVATIONS—NON-ASOR AFFILIATED
Section Chair: Bob Mullins, 55989 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 92284; Tel: 760 228-0929 (H); Email: robertalanmullins@hotmail.com.
Two sessions
are planned for 2004.
ROMAN
AND BYZANTINE PALESTINE :THE GALILEE IN THE HELLENISTIC THROUGH BYZANTINE PERIODS
Section
Chair: Jürgen Zangenberg, Bergische Universitaet, Fachbereich A:
Ev. Theologie, D-42097, Wuppertal, Germany. Tel: 49 202 439-2352,
Fax: 49 202 439-3130, Email: zangenberg@t-online.de.
One session is planned for 2004. Papers submitted for this session should be devoted to the topics of religion(s), ethnicity and modes of identity formation in Hellenistic through Byzantine Galilee.
SOUTHERN
LEVANTINE ARCHAEOLOGY — CROSSING MODERN POLITICAL BORDERS
Section Chairs: Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, 123 Upland Tr., Bala Cynwyd, PA, 19004. Tel: 610 664-7829, Email: bloch-smith@msn.com; and Gunnar Lehmann, Dept. of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel. Tel: 972 7 6499180; Email: gunnar@bgumail.bgu.ac.il.
One session is planned for 2004. Contemporary
religious and political barriers hinder communication among archaeologists
working in the southern Levant (Lebanon, Israel, and the Palestinian
Authority territories). This session aims to disseminate information
from recent excavations and facilitate communication among archaeologists
working in the region. Possible topics include a particular time period,
an historical event such as a king's campaign, regional material culture
or architecture, or cultural systems adapted to particular ecological
zones.
PROBLEMS
IN THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CENTRAL TRANSJORDAN
Section
Chairs: Debra Foran and Andrew Graham, Department of Near and Middle
Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto,
ON M5S 1C1; Fax: 416 978-3305; Email: dforan@chass.utoronto.ca; andrew.graham@utoronto.ca.
Theme: The transitions
from the Late Iron Age to the Persian period and from the Late Byzantine
to Early Islamic period. One session is planned for 2004. Papers may
incorporate textual, archaeological and theoretical perspectives.
Geographical boundaries may include the regions both north (southern
Amman) and south (to the Wadi al-Hasa) of the Madaba Plain.
THEORETICAL
AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO NEAR EASTERN AND EAST MEDITERRANEAN
ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Section Chairs: Sarah Costello, 3608 Audubon Place #1, Houston, TX 77006, USA, 713-521-9217; Email: scostell@binghamton.edu; Andrew McCarthy, University of Edinburgh, School of Arts, Culture and the Environment, University of Edinburgh, The Old High School, 12 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH1 1LT; Tel: +44 (0)131 650 2553; Fax: +44 (0)131 650 2378; E-mail: Ephphilon@aol.com; Louise Hitchcock, Centre for Classics and Archaeology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia, Telephone: 8344-7033; lahi@unimelb.edu.au.
One session is
planned for 2004.
Theory is important to the way we interpret information from the past and use it in the present; anthropological methodologies are key to understanding the human element in studies of Near Eastern art and archaeology. As section chairs, we actively solicit submissions on all areas of explicitly theoretical and anthropological approaches to ancient Near Eastern and east Mediterranean art and archaeology. In previous years papers in this session have included: applied anthropological methodology from the four-fields of anthropology (and sub-fields) including archaeology, linguistic anthropology, physical anthropology, and cultural anthropology; the so-called "New Art History;" interpretive approaches to the material culture of the Ancient Near East, including topics such as systems theory, sampling strategies, cognitive archaeology, chaos theory, meme theory, semiotics and structuralism, post-structuralism, contextual analysis, Marxist approaches, concepts of time and space, structuration theory, phenomenology and performance, habitus, structured deposition, the Annales school, discourse analysis, spatial analysis, landscape, and other related areas including hermeneutics, dialectics, alternative constructions of gender identity, theories dealing with cultural and ethnic identity, ideology, social and critical theory; historiography, critical approaches to museology and heritage management, and the politics of the past. In 2004, we are particularly interested in abstracts dealing with explicitly theoretical and critical approaches to systems of interaction and exchange and the construction of social identities (which may include ethnicity, emotion, humor, nationalism, etc), however, all approaches will be considered.
WORKSHOP
ON CAESAREA MARITIMA
Section
Chair: Kenneth Holum, Department of History, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD 20742. Tel: 301 405-4315; Fax: 301 314- 9399; Email:
kh22@umail.umd.edu.
One session is
planned for 2004. Session is closed; invited papers only.
WORKSHOP
ON THE ROMAN AQABA PROJECT
Section
Chair: S. Thomas Parker, Department of History, Box 8108, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8108. Tel: 919 515-2483; Fax:
919 515-3886; Email: thomas_parker@ncsu.edu.
One session is
planned for 2004. Session is closed; invited papers only.
THE
WORLD OF WOMEN: GENDER AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Section Chair: Beth Alpert Nakhai, Committee on Judaic Studies, University of Arizona, 816 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721. Tel: 520 206-9748; Fax: 520 624-6127; Email: bnakhai@email.arizona.edu.
One session is
planned for 2004. This session explores the interface between gender
and archaeology, and the ways in which archaeology and related disciplines
can together reconstruct the world of women in antiquity. Submitted
papers should explore subjects such as the household and domestic
life, industry and commerce, religion, and so forth. Topics that do
not fall within these guidelines may be included, as well.
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WRITING WORKSHOP
Section Chair: Billie Jean Collins, ASOR Publications, 825 Houston
Mill Road, Atlanta, GA 30329; Tel: 404 727-0807; Fax 404 727-4719;
Email: bcollin@emory.edu.
One session is
planned for 2004. This informal session is directed toward recent
Ph.D.s and graduate students. It will provide tips for getting a paper
through the peer review process and preparing the article for publication
as well as offer guidance on how to communicate archaeology to the
general public. One invited speaker will offer advice on how to turn
a dissertation into a book. The session will also provide an opportunity
for young scholars to meet, and ask questions of, ASOR's journal editors.
Session is closed; invited papers only.