1998 ASOR Annual Meeting: Academic Program

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1998 ANNUAL MEETING - Orlando, FL
Academic Program

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Wednesday 18 November

A1 VIENNA BALLROOM

6:30pm - 8:30pm Plenary Session
Theme: Ugarit and the Bible

Rudolph Dornemann (ASOR Executive Director), Presiding

1) Theodore J. Lewis (University of Georgia), “Ugaritic El and Israelite El in Text and Iconography” (30 minutes)
2) Dennis Pardee (Oriental Institute, Chicago, Illinois), “Ugaritic Ritual” (30 minutes)
3) Alan Millard (University of Liverpool, England), “Aspects of Ugarit and the Bible” (30 minutes)
4) Discussion (30 minutes)

Thursday 19 November

A2 MILAN A/B

8:00am - 10:00am Reports on Current Excavations & Surveys, Session I, ASOR-Affiliated

Bert DeVries (Calvin College), Presiding

1)   Leigh-Ann Bedal (University of Pennsylvania), “Petra Lower Market Survey”. (20 mins)
2)   Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Brown University), “Petra: Brown University Excavations of the Great(?) Temple”. (20 mins)
3)   Kenneth G. Holum (University of Maryland), “Combined Caesarea Expeditions: 1998 Summer Season”, (20 mins)
4)   Discussion and Recess (10 mins)
5)   Robert J. Bull (Drew University), “On the Composition and Orientation of Two Temples on the Acropolis of Tell Balatah (Shechem)”. (20 mins)
6)   Rudolph H. Dornemann (ASOR), “The 1998 Season of Excavations at Tell Qarqur, Syria”. (20 mins)
7)   Discussion (10 mins)

A3 MILAN C/D

8:00am - 10am Ancient Mediterranean Trade
Theme: Bronze Age Cyprus

Albert Leonard, Jr. (University of Arizona), Presiding

1)   Stuart Swiny (University at Albany, State University of New York), “Review of Trade in the Early and Middle Cypriot Bronze Age.” (15 mins)
2)   Ezra S. Marcus (University of Haifa, Israel), “Cyprus, the Delta and the Levant: east Mediterranean maritime trade in the Middle Bronze Age.” (15 mins)
3)   Ellen Herscher (Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute), “Trade at Maroni, Cyprus, at the Dawn of the Late Bronze Age.” (15 mins)
4)   Discussion and Recess (15 mins)
5)   Kjell Malmgren (University of Gotheburg), “The Nineteenth Century Excavations at Klavdhia, Cyprus.” (15 mins)
6)   Albert Leonard, Jr. (University of Arizona), “The Role of Larnaca Hinterlands in Bronze Age Mediterranean Trade.” (15 mins)
7)   Eric Cline (Stanford University), “Cypriot Wallbrackets at Tiryns: Irrationality, Gift Exchange and Distance Value.” (15 mins)
8)   General Discussion (15 mins)

A4 MILAN A/B

10:30am - 12:30pm Egypt, Canaan and Israel
Theme: Seti to Sheshank: Decline of a Bronze Age Empire, Rise of an Iron II Complex State

Shmuel Givon (Bar-Ilan University, Israel), Presiding

1)   Robert Mullins (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), “Beth Shean Level IX Revisited.” (15 mins)
2)   Susan Braunstein (The Jewish Museum, New York), “Power Dynamics Among Canaanites, Egyptians and Philistines: The View from Tell el-Far’ah South.” (15 mins)
3)   Peter Feinman (Columbia University), “The Song of the Sea: Egypt and Israel in the Time of Ramses II and Ramses VI.” (20 mins)
4)   Anson Rainey (Tel Aviv University, Israel), “His Seed is Not.” (20 mins)
5)   Max Miller (Emory University), “Proto-Israelites” - A Poor Choice of Terminology.” (20 mins)
6)   Ron Hendel (Southern Methodist University), “Mnemohistory and the Egyptian Collapse: The Case of the Exodus.” (30 mins)

A5 MILAN C/D

10:30am - 1:30pm Hebrew Bible, History and Archaeology

Diana Edelman (James Madison University), Presiding

1)   Sara L. Gardner (University of Arizona), “The Gezer Standing Stones, Cave 30:IV Graffiti and Joshua 10:12-13: Astronomical Observatory and Astral Records.” (30 mins)
2)   Robert D. Miller, III (Albright Institute of Archaeological Research), “Iron I Shiloh as Complex Chiefdom.” (30 mins)
3)   Dale Manor (Harding University), “Worshipping Images and Figurines: Biblical and Anthropological Perspectives.” (30 mins)
4)   Rami Arav (University of Nebraska at Omaha), “Bethsaida Iron Age II City Gate.” (30 mins)
5)   Michele Burns (Jerusalem University College), “Rediscovering the Hinnon Valley Tombs.” (30 mins)
6)   James M. Trotter (Murdoch University), “Was the Second Jerusalem Temple Primarily a Persian Project?” (30 mins)

A6 MILAN A/B

2:00pm - 4:00pm Workshop on Caesarea Maritima, Session I
Theme: Architecture and Occupation of City, Harbor and Hinterland

Avner Raban (University of Haifa, Israel), Presiding

1)   Introduction (10 mins)
2)   Eduard G. Reinhardt (Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia), “Paleoenvironmental Interpretation of the Ancient Harbor at Caesarea.” (20 mins)
3)   Farland Stanley, Jr. (The University of Oklahoma), “Herod’s Temple to Roma and Augustus: Design and Construction.” (20 mins)
4)   Martha K. Risser (Trinity College), “From Byzantine to Islamic: Evidence from Area LL.” (20 mins)
5)   Robert W. Stieglitz (Rutgers University, Neward), “Hydraulic and Fishing Installations at Tel Tanninim.” (20 mins)
6)   Discussion and Evaluation (30 mins)

A7 MILAN C/D

2:00pm - 4:00pm Art of the Ancient Near East
Theme: Visual Art and Material Cutlure

Pauline Albenda (New York City), Presiding

1)   Denise Schmandt-Besserat (University of Texas at Austin), “Interface Between Writing and Art.” (20 mins)
2)   William E. Mierse (University of Vermont), “The Phoenician Temple of Melkart at Gadir.” (20 mins)
3)   Eleanor Guralnick (Chicago), “Assyrian Sculptured Slabs and Standards of Measurement.” (20 mins)
4)   Discussion (10 mins)
5)   Arlene Fradkin (Florida Atlantic University), “Animal Figures in the Basilical Building Mosaics at Roman Sepphoris, Lower Galilee, Israel.” (20 mins)
6)   Pauline Albenda (New York City), “Patterned Textiles in Assyria: Evidence from Sculpture and Painting.” (20 mins)
7)   Discussion (10 mins)

A8 MILAN A/B

4:30pm - 6:30pm Workshop on Caesarea Maritima, Session II
Theme: Analysis of Material Culture

Kenneth G. Holum (University of Maryland), Presiding

1)   Introduction (05 min)
2)   Jane DeRose Evans (Temple University), “The Return of Prosperity?: The Economy of Caesarea Between 70 and 253 C.E.” (15 mins)
3)   Rivka Gersht (Tel Aviv University, Israel), “Oriental Deities and Symbols at Caesarea.” (15 mins)
4)   Maia Greenwell-Cunningham (Citrus Community College), “The Faunal Remains from the Promontory Palace: An Analysis of Species Utilization and Human Consumption.” (15 mins)
5)   Stacy Clark (University of Pennsylvania), “The Excavation at Caesarea Maritima: The Bone, Antler, Ivory and Shell Artifacts from the Promontory Palace.” (15 mins)
6)   Michal Oren-Pascal (University of Haifa, Israel), “The Sea-Borne Trade of Caesarea: Evidence of Imported Amphorae.” (15 mins)
7)   Yael D. Arnon (University of Haifa, Israel), “The Transitional Period at Caesarea (640-700 C.E.) as Reflected in Oil Lamps.” (15 mins)
8)   Evaluation and Discussion (25 mins)

A9 MILAN C/D

4:30pm - 6:30pm Individual Submissions, Session I

Jonathan Tubb (The British Museum), Presiding

1)   Bryan Jack Stone (University of California, Los Angeles), “What Happened to the Philistines? Moving Beyond Description.” (25 mins)
2)   Amos Nur and Eric Cline (Stanford University),”Poseidon’s Horses: Reconsideration of Earthquakes and ‘Systems Collapse’ at the End of the Late Bronze Age in the Agean and Eastern Mediterranean.” (25 mins)
3)   Discussion (10 mins)
4)   Michael G. Hasel (Southern Adventist University), “Burial Patterns and Early Bronze IV Social Structure in the Southern Levant: An Ethnoarchaeological Study.” (25 mins)
5)   Avraham Biran (Hebrew Union College), “A Neo-Hittite Banquet Scene at Dan.” (25 mins)
6)   Discussion (10 mins)

Friday 20 November

A10 MILAN A/B

8:00am - 10:00am Reports on Current Excavations, Session II, non-ASOR Affiliated

Barry Gittlen (Baltimore Hebrew University), Presiding

1)   Daniel C. Browning (William Carey College) and Amihai Mazar (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), “The Second Season of Excavations at Tel Rehove, Israel.” (25 mins)
2)   Tammi J. Scneider (Claremont Graduate University) and Gunnar Lehmann (Ben Gurion University), “Returning to Tell el-Far’ah (South).” (25 mins)
3)   Discussion (10 mins)
4)   W. Harold Mare (Covenant Theological Seminary), “The 1998 Abila of the Decapolis Excavations.” (25 mins)
5)   Shmuel Givon (Bar Ilan University), “Tel Harasim Stratum IV: A Fortified City on the Western Border of Judah.” (25 mins)
6)   Discussion (10 mins)

A11 LES CONTINENTS

8:00am - 10:00am Archaeology of Cyprus, Session I
Theme: Cult and Religion

Margaret E. Morden (University of Michigan), Presiding

1)   Introduction (10 mins)
2)   Joanna Smith ( Boston University), “Unknown? It Must be Sacred!: Uprooting the Foundations of Cypro-Minoan.” (20 mins)
3)   Kevin Fisher (University of Toronto), “The Architecture of Ritual in Late Bronze Age Cyprus.” (20 mins)
4)   Recess (10 mins)
5)   Mary Grace Weir ( Princeton University), “A Re-examination of the Cult-Places at Vouni Palace, Cyprus.” (15 mins)
6)   Pamela Gaber (University of Arizona), “Adonis in Cyprus.” (20 mins)
7)   Discussion (20 mins)
8)   Summation (5 mins)

A12 AMPITHEATRE

10:30AM - 12:30PM Pottery Analysis and Interpretation Seminar
Theme: There is no Particular theme for this Session

Gloria London (Burke Museum), Presiding

1)   Suzanne Richard (Drew University) and Paul S. Holdorf (Khirbet Iskandar Expedition), “Chronology versus Regionalism in the EB IV: A Case for Three Phases from Khirbet Iskandar.” (15 mins)
2)   Jonathan D. Lawrence ( University of Notre Dame), “A Re-examination of Stamped Handles from Tell Beit Mirsim, Bethel and Tell el-Ful.” (15 mins)
3)   Avner Raban ( University of Haifa, Israel), “A Reassesment of the Iron Age I Collared-Rim Pithoi.” (20 mins)
4)   Sandra Fortner (University of Munich, Germany), “The Hellenistic and Roman Fine and Coarse Wares at Bethsaida-Julias.” (15 mins)
5)   Alan Walmsley (University of Sydney, Australia), “Pottery and the Social History of Late Antique and Islamic Jordan.” (15 mins)
6)   Uzi Baram (New College, University of South Florida), “New Directions in the Archaeology of Ottoman Tobacco Pipes.” (15 mins)
7)   Nachum Applbaum (Hebrew University) and Yaakov Applbaum (Hadassah University Hospital), “Computed Tomography Imaging of Ceramic and Clay Artifacts.” (15 mins)
8)   Discussion, questions and comments (10 mins)

A14 AMPHITHEATRE

2:00pm - 4:00pm Ancient Anatolia, Session I
Theme: Current Excavations

Sharon R. Steadman (State University of New York at Cortland), Presiding

1)   Mehmet Özdogan (Istanbul University, Turkey), “In Between Europe and Anatolia: Recent Work in Eastern Thrace.” (15 mins)
2)   Ronald L. Gorny (University of Chicago) and Sharon R. Steadman (SUNY Cortland), “Excavations at Cadir Höyük.” (15 mins)
3)   Timothy C. Matney (University of Akron), “Survey and Excavation at Ziyaret Tepe in the Diyarbakir Province, 1997-1998.” (15 mins)
4)   Marie-Henriette Gates (Bilkent University , Israel), “Bronze Age Kinet Höyük, A Mediterranean Harbor Town in Eastern Cilicia (Turkey).” (15 mins)
5)   Discussion and Recess (10 mins)
6)   Elizabeth C. Stone (State University of New York, Stony Brook) and Paul Zimansky (Boston University), “Excavations in the Outer Town for the Urartian Fortress at Ayanis.” (15 mins)
7)   Geoffrey Summers (Middle Eastern Technical University, Turkey), “The Kerkenes Dag Project: An Overview of Results 1993-1998.” (15 mins)
8)   Robert L. Vann (University of Maryland) and Robert L. Hohlfelder (University of Colorado), “Survey of Aperlae in Lycia: The 1998 Season.” (15 mins)
9)   Discussion (5 mins)

A15 AMPHITHEATRE

4:30pm - 6:30pm Ancient Anatolia, Session II
Theme: Religion and Ritual

Billie Jean Collins (Emory University/ASOR), Presiding

1)   Mehmet Özdogan (Istanbul University, Turkey), “Buildings of Cult and the Cult of Buildings in Neolithic Anatolia.” (20 mins)
2)   Lauren Bigelow (Northwestern University), “Ritual and Economy - An Examination of Foundation Deposits.” (20 mins)
3)   Discussion (20 mins)
4)   Billie Jean Collins (Emory University/ASOR), “Searching for Cybele: The Anatolian Great Mother Reconsidered.” (20 mins)
5)   Jeremiah R. Dandoy (Independent Researcher - Gordion Project), “Celtic Sacrifice in Anatolia.” (20 mins)
6)   Discussion (20 mins)

A17 VIENNA A

4:30pm - 6:30pm Individual Submissions, Session II

Jonathan Tubb (The British Museum), Presiding

1)   Timothy P. Harrison (University of Toronto), “Megiddo Stratum VI and the Tenth Century Debate.” (25 mins)
2)   Jodi Magness (Tufts University), “The Mausolea Augustus, Alexander and Herod the Great.” (25 mins)
3)   Discussion (10 mins)

A16 AMPHITHEATRE

7:30pm - 9:30pm Archaeology of Cyprus, Session II
Theme: Foreign Influence

Margaret E. Morden (University of Michigan), Presiding

1)   Introduction (10 mins)
2)   Nancy Serwint (Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute), “Cypriot Aphrodite and Her Near Eastern Identity.” (25 mins)
3)   Louis Hitchcock (University of California, Los Angeles), “Cult(ural) Continuity and Regional Diversity: Encoding Aegean Form and Function in Late Bronze Age Cypriote Architecture.” (20 mins)
4)   Recess (10 mins)
5)   Danielle Parks (University of Missouri at Columbia), “Burial Curtoms of Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus: Native and External Influence.” (20 mins)
6)   Christopher Mavromatis (State University of New York at Albany), “The Sotira Archaeological Project Survey, 1997.” (20 mins)
7)   Discussion (18 mins)
8)   Summation (02 mins)

A18 LES CONTINENTS

7:30pm - 9:30pm Arabia

David F. Graf (University of Miami), Presiding

1)   George E. Mendenhall (University of Michigan), “Arabic in Semitic Historical Linquistics.” (20 mins)
2)   Fawwaz al-Khraysheh (Yarmouk University), “New Evidence for the Relationship of Safaitic and Thamudic Pre-Islamic Arabic Inscriptions.” (20 mins)
3)   Fawzi Zayadine (Department of Antiquities of Jordan), “Some New Safaitic Inscriptions with Historical Allusions.” (20 mins)
4)   Discussion (10 mins)
5)   Zbigniew Fiema (Dumbarton Oaks), “Petra’s Urban Center: New Archaeological Evidence.” (20 mins)
6)   David F. Graf (University of Miami), “Recent Exploration of Northwest Arabia.” (20 mins)
7)   Discussion (10 mins)

Saturday 21 November

A19 / A20 MILAN C/D

10:00am - 1:00pm Tribes of the Testament, Session I and Symposium on Recent Archaeological Research in the Madaba Plains Region of Jordan
Themes: Gad! Reuben, Moab and the Hebrew Bible and Symposium on Recent Archaeological Research in the Madaba Plains Region of Jordan

Larry Herr (Canadian University-College) and Douglas R. Clark (Walla Walla College), Presiding

1)   Randall Younker (Andrews University), “Iron Age Tribes of the Madaba Plains Region.” (30 mins)
2)   Peter Feinman (Columbia University), “Nebo - Why North Moab Was Important to Israel: Claiming the Past to Legitimate the Present in the 9th Century B.C.E.” (30 mins)
3)   Chang-Ho Ji (La Sierra University), “Iron Age Settlement Patterns and Tribal History in the Dihiban Plateau: A Preliminary View.” (30 mins)
4)   Discussion (10 mins)
5)   Larry G. Herr (Canadian University-College), “The 1998 Excavations at Tall al-Umayri, Jordan.” (20 mins + 4 mins discussion)
6)   Karen A. Borstad (University of Arizona), “Reconstructing Ancient Roads: A Diachronic Study of Communication Routes Using Geographic Information System Models for the Madaba Plains Project Region.” (20 mins + 4 mins discussion)
7)   Øystein S. LaBianca (Andrews University), “Iron Age Tribal Kingdoms in the Southern Levant: Ten Hypotheses.” (20 mins + 4 mins discussion)
8)   Discussion (10 mins.)
9)   Paul J. Ray, Jr. (Andrews University), “The Iron I Bedrock Trench at Tall Hisban: Another Look.” (20 mins + 4 mins discussion)
10) Gary L. Christopherson (University of Arizona), “The New Hisban Survey.” (20 mins + 4 mins discussion)
11) Discussion (10 mins)

A21 MILAN C/D

2:00pm - 4:00pm Tribes of the Testament, Session II (Questions for Discussion)
Theme: Reuben and Gad

Peter Feinman (Columbia University), Presiding

Discussants: Larry Herr, Randall W. Younker, Chang-Ho Ji

1)   Compare the Material Culture of Transjordan and Cisjordan in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages. (15 mins)
2)   Define the Israels of Merneptah, Deborah, Ishbaal and Omri as related to the Transjordan tribes of Reuben and Gad. (15 mins)
3)   Discuss the sanctuary in the Transjordan including the relation to the biblical accounts in Deut. 27:2-8, Josh.22 and Balaam. (15 mins)
4)   What were the mating habits between people of the Transjordan and Cisjordan including the biblical accounts in Num.25 and Gen.35:22? (15 mins)
5)   What was the relation of Reuben to the political leadership of Israel as expressed in Gen.30:14-21, Gen.49:3-4 and Num.16? (15 mins)
6)   Why was the land of North Moab important in biblical texts? (15 mins)

A22 AMPHITHEATRE

2:00pm - 4:00pm Sepphoris Regional Project

Jonathan Reed (University of La Verne), Presiding

1)   Ken Hoglund (Wake Forest University), “Introduction to the Sepphoris Regional Project Publications: A Contextual Approach.” (15 mins)
2)   Jurgen Zangenberg (Univeritat Wuppertal, Germany), “The Stratigraphy of the Late Hellenistic Fortress at the Sepphoris Acropolis.” (15 mins)
3)   Melissa Aubin (Duke University), “The Architecture of the Late Hellenistic Fortress at the Sepphoris Acropolis.” (15 mins)
4)   Bill Grantham (Troy State University), “The Sepphoris Faunal Remains: Area 85:3.” (15 mins)
5)   Alysia Fischer (University of Arizona), “The Hellenistic and Early Roman Glass from Sepphoris: A Look at Material Culture Change.” (15 mins)
6)   Eric Meyers (Duke University), “An Assesment of the SRP Excavations at Sepphoris.” (15 mins)
7)   Business Meeting (30 mins)

A23 MILAN A/B

2:00pm - 4:00pm Reports on Current Excavations and Surveys, Session III, ASOR-Affiliated

Bert DeVries (Calvin College), Presiding

1)   Chang-Ho Ji (La Sierra University) and Jong-Keun Lee (Korean Samyook University), “Archaeological Survey of the Iraq al-Amir Region and the Wadi el-Kefrein, 1998. (20 mins)
2)   Bert DeVries (Calvin College), “The Umm el-Jimal Project, 1998 Season.” (20 mins)
3)   Terry W. Eddinger (Houston Graduate School of Theology/NC Campus), “Excavating a Site Like Mudaybi: What Makes it Work”. (20 mins)
4)   Discussion (10 mins)
5)   Gerald L. Mattingly (Johnson Bible College, Knoxville, TN), “The 1997 Season of the Karak Resources Project”. (20 mins)
6)   S. Thomas Parker (North Carolina State University), “The Roman Aqaba Project: The 1998 Campaign.” (20 mins)
7)   Discussion (10 mins)