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2003 ASOR Annual Meeting
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A15
8:30am – 10:30am, Hebrew Bible, History and Archaeology

Dale W. Manor (Harding University) and Daniel Browning (William Carey College), Presiding

  • Elizabeth Bloch-Smith (Tel Dor Excavations), “Excavation, Survey and Text: Converging Views of Iron I ‘Israelite’ Life and Death” (20 min.)
  • Amihai Mazar (Hebrew University), “Iron Age Chronology: A View from Tel Rehov” (20 min.)
    Anson F. Rainey (Tel Aviv University), “Southwestern Judah in the Eighth Century BCE” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)
  • Oded Lipschits (Tel Aviv University), “The Place of the Babylonian Period in the Archaeology of Palestine” (20 min.)
  • Rachel Hallote (SUNY Purchase), “Digging the Hebrew Bible in the 19th Century: The Bible vs. Science as a Basis for Site Selection, Excavation and Presentation” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)

A16
8:30am – 10:30am, Egypt and Canaan I

Michael G. Hasel (Southern Adventist University), Presiding

  • Lilly Gershuny (Israel Antiquities Authority), “Bronze Wine Sets in Canaan: How Egyptian Are They?” (25 min.)
  • Louise Steel (University of Wales Lampeter), “Egyptian Funerary Cones from el-Moghraqa, Gaza” (25 min.)
  • Robyn Gillam (York University), “Earliest Egyptian Objects: Performance or Representation?” (25 min.)
  • Hendrik Bruins (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), “Radiocarbon Dating as a Time Foundation: Linking Egypt and Canaan in the Early Bronze and Iron Age” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (20 min.)

A17
8:30am – 10:30am, Ancient Food and Foodways

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

  • Peter Warnock (University of Missouri-Columbia), “Chicken or the Egg: Which came first, using Olives for Oil or for Food?” (20 min.)
  • Andrew Cohen (Brandeis University), “Introduction to the Culture of Barley” (20 min.)
    Alexia Smith (Boston University), “Bronze Age and Iron Age Agriculture in Syria: A View from Tell Qarqur” (20 min.)
  • Channa Cohen Stuart (Bar Ilan University), “What did they Eat in the Iron Age Levant?” (20 min.)
  • Moshe Kochavi (Tel Aviv University), “Transport of Commodities as a Major Factor in the Bronze and Iron Ages of the Sea of Galilee” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (20 min.)

A18
8:30am – 10:30am, Reports on Current Excavations, Non-ASOR Affiliated I

Robert A. Mullins (UCLA), Presiding

  • Zvi Greenhut (Israel Antiquities Authority), “New Excavations at Moza: A Settlement from the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages in Judah” (25 min.)
  • Eli Yannai (Israel Antiquities Authority), “The Excavations at Tel Lod and their Contribution to Understanding Egyptian Presence in the Land of Israel at the End of Early Bronze IB” (25 min.)
  • Juha Pakkala (University of Helsinki), Juergen Zangenberg (University of Mainz) and Stefan Muenger (University of  Bern), “Kinneret Regional Project: The 2003 Season” (25 min.)
  • Aren Maeir (Bar Ilan University), “Excavation, Survey and Remote Sensing at Tell es-Safi/Gath - Update for 2003” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (20 min.)

A19
8:30am – 10:30am, Stories of Legitimacy in the Ancient Near East

Peter Feinman (Inst. of History, Archaeology, and Education), Presiding

  • Matthew J. Adams (Pennsylvania State University), “Variances in the Annals of Shalmaneser III and the Interpretation of the Campaigns of King David” (20 min.)
  • Steven Stannish (SUNY Potsdam), “Horemheb and the Amarna Pharaohs” (20 min.)
  • Jonathan David (Pennsylvania State University), “Persian Propaganda and Herodotean Inquiry: The Accession Stories of Darius Hystaspes” (20 min.)
  • Joseph Weinstein (BBN Technologies), “The ‘Succession History’ of Moses” (30 min.)
  • Peter Feinman (Inst. of History, Archaeology, and Education), “Finkelstein’s Achilles’ Heel: The Relationship Between the Omrides and the Davides” (30 min.)

A20
10:45am – 12:45pm, Maritime/Nautical Archaeology

Ezra Marcus (University of Haifa) and Aaron Brody (Pacific School of Religion), Presiding

  • Ralph Pedersen (Texas A&M University), “Utnapishtim’s ‘Ark’ and the Sewn Boat of the Indian Ocean” (20 min.)
  • Cheryl Ward (Florida State University) and Robert Ballard (Institute for Exploration), “Deepwater Archaeology in the Black Sea” (20 min.)
  • Samuel Wolff (W.F. Albright Institute), “Amphoras as an Indicator of Ancient Exchange: The Case of Punic and Roman Amphoras in the Eastern Mediterranean” (20 min.)
  • Discussion and Recess (10 min.)
  • Daniel Master (Wheaton College), “Excavating in Deep Water: Results from the 2003 Expedition to the Eastern Mediterranean” (20 min.)
  • Shelley Wachsmann (Texas A&M University), John Hale (University of Louisville) and Robert Hohlfelder (University of Colorado - Boulder), “The 2003 Persian War Shipwreck Survey: Preliminary Report” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)

A21
10:45am – 12:45pm, Egypt and Canaan II

K. Lawson Younger, Jr. (Trinity International University), Presiding

  • James K. Hoffmeier (Trinity International University), “Some Preliminary Observations about Egyptian History from the Excavations at Tell el-Borg (N. Sinai) since 2000” (20 min.)
  • Gregory Mumford (University of Toronto), “The First Millennium BC Town and Trade at Tell Tebilla (East Delta, Egypt)” (20 min.)
  • Michael G. Hasel (Southern Adventist University), “A Statistical Analysis of Foreign Name Determinatives in the Battle of Kadesh Accounts” (20 min.)
  • Robert Mullins (UCLA), “Beth Shean during the Amarna Period B: Was it really an Egyptian Garrison?” (20 min.)
  • Jeffrey Zorn (Cornell University), Ayelet Gilboa (Hebrew University), and Ilan Sharon (Hebrew University), “A Siamun Scarab from Tel Dor and the Chronology of the Iron I/Iron IIa Transition” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (20 min.)

A22
10:45am – 1:15pm, Theoretical and Anthropological Approaches to Near Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean Art and Archaeology

Sarah Kielt Costello (SUNY Binghamton), Andrew McCarthy (University of Edinburgh), and Louise Hitchcock (UCLA), Presiding

  • Louise Hitchcock (UCLA), Opening Remarks (5 min.)
  • Gabriela Castro Gessner (SUNY Binghamton), “Learning to Paint Pots: Exploring Socialization Practices” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Philip Karsgaard (University of Edinburgh), “From Feasting to Redistribution in Prehistoric Greater Mesopotamia” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Avraham Faust (Bar-Ilan University), “The Canaanite Village: The Social Structure of Middle Bronze Age Rural Communities” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • William Krieger (California State University Pomona), “Keeping up With the Joneses: Geography and Theory in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Robert Sauders (American University), “Raising Canaan: Examining the Social and Political Genesis of a Palestinian Archaeology” (25 min.)
  • Discussion and Concluding Remarks (5 min.)

A23 
10:45am – 12:45pm, Reports on Current Excavations, non-ASOR Affiliated II

TBA, Presiding

  • Stephen Pfann (University of the Holy Land), “Nazareth Village Farm Excavations” (20 min.)
  • Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah (Israel Antiquities Authority), “The Synagogues from Umm el-'Umdan: A Second Temple Period Village Identified with Modi'in of the Hasmoneans” (20 min.)
  • Shimon Gibson (W. F. Albright Institute), “In the Shadow of Mount Zion: A First-Century Burial Shroud at Akeldama in Jerusalem” (20 min.)
  • Brian M. Schultz (Bar Ilan University), “New Data and Reflections Concerning the Qumran Cemetery” (20 min.)
  • Jon Seligman (Israel Antiquities Authority), “A Newly Discovered Georgian Monastery Near Jerusalem” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (4 min. following each paper)

A24
10:45am – 12:45pm, E. L. Sukenik (1953-2003): “Jewish Archaeology” Fifty Years Later

Eric M. Meyers (Duke University), Presiding

  • Neil A. Silberman (Independent Scholar), “Digging for Identity: E. L. Sukenik in Jerusalem, 1911-1947” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)
  • Steven Fine (University of Cincinnati), “Sukenik on the Ancient Synagogue” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)
  • Lawrence H. Schiffman (New York University), “Sukenik and the Dead Sea Scrolls” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)

A25
12:45pm –2:15pm, Communicating Archaeology to the Public

Carolyn D. Rivers (ASOR Outreach Education), Presiding

Rami G. Khouri (Daily Star Newspaper, Beirut), “Archaeology and Public Education: Linking Local Identity, Economy and Heritage Protection” (60 min.)
Discussion period (30 min.)

A26
12:45pm –2:15pm, Khirbet Qana Publication Workshop I
Theme: Moving Towards Publication

Alysia Fischer (Independent Researcher) and Douglas Edwards (University of Puget Sound), Presiding

  • Barry Goldstein (University of Puget Sound), Discussant
  • Peter Richardson (University of Toronto), Discussant
  • C. Thomas McCollough (Centre College), Discussant
  • Jack Olive (Independent Researcher), Discussant

A27
2:00pm –4:00pm, Archaeology of Anatolia I
Theme: Current Excavations

Sharon R. Steadman (SUNY Cortland), Presiding

  • Ronald L. Gorny (University of Chicago) and Gregory McMahon (University of New Hampshire), “From Bronze to Byzantine: Soldiers, Clerics, and Traders at Çadır Höyük, Central Anatolia” (20 min.)
  • Elizabeth Stone (SUNY Stony Brook) and Paul Zimansky (Boston University), “The Structure of the Urartian City at Ayanis” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)
  • Timothy Matney (University of Akron) and Ann Donkin (University of Akron), “Geophysical and Regional Surveys at Ziyaret Tepe” (20 min.)
  • Stephen Batiuk (University of Toronto), “Recent Investigations into the Red Black Burnished Ware of the Amuq Valley” (20 min.)
  • Bradley Parker (University of Utah) and Lynn Swartz Dodd (University of Southern California), “A Synthetic Report on Three Years of Excavation at Kenan Tepe, Turkey” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (10 minutes)

A28
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Archaeology and the Public

Ann Killebrew (Pennsylvania State University) and Joseph Greene (Harvard University), Presiding

  • Joseph Greene (Harvard University), “Preserving Petra: Public, Private, and Parastatal Efforts” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Sandra Scham (University of Maryland), “Archaeological Outreach and Education at Akko” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Adel Yahya (Palestinian Association for Cultural Exchange), “Preserving World Cultural Heritage in War Time” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Ze’ev Herzog (Tel Aviv University) and Lawrence Belkin (Independent Scholar), “Conceptual and Technological Issues in Site Preservation: Reconstructing Tel Beersheba” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A29
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Individual Submissions I

Susan L. Cohen (Montana State University), Presiding

  • Aaron Burke (University of Chicago), “The Kingdom of Ashkelon: Archaeological Inquiry into a Middle Bronze Age Kingdom in the Southern Levant” (20 min.)
  • Martin Peilstocker (Israel Antiquities Authority), “The Akko Plain (Israel) During the Middle Bronze Age – Urbanism in a Mediterranean Coastal Plain” (20 min.)
  • Discussion/Recess (10 min.)
  • Jack (John) Green (University College London), “Continuity and Change in Funerary and Mortuary Ritual at the Late Bronze – Early Iron Age Cemetery of Tell es-Sa'idiyeh, Jordan” (20 min.)
  • Gerald Mattingly (Johnson Bible College), “Between the Desert and the Sown. The Function of Mudaybi’: An Iron II Moabite Fortress” (20 min.)
  • Steven R. Notely (Nyack College), “Historical and Geographical Evidence for the Site Identification of Bethsaida” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)

A30
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Problems in Ceramic Typology

Celia J. Bergoffen (SCIEM Project), Presider

  • Lynn Dodd Swartz (University of Southern California), “Innovation and Adaptation in Mesopotamia’s Northern Frontier Zone: The Middle Bronze Age Pottery Assemblage at Kenan Tepe, Turkey” (20 min.)
  • Eli Yannai (Israel Antiquities Authority), “Pottery Vessels Imported from the Syrian-Lebanese Coast to Israel during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages” (20 min.)
  • Joanna S. Smith (Columbia University), “Local, Regional, and International Ceramics from Phlamoudhi, Cyprus” (20 min.)
  • Navah Panitz-Cohen (Hebrew University), “Wall Brackets in the Late Bronze and Iron Age I: A Cypriot Marker in the Levant?” (20 min.)
  • Celia J. Bergoffen (SCIEM Project), “Canaanite Wheelmade Versions of Late Cypriot Handmade Pottery and Trade” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (15 min.)

A31
2:00pm – 4:00pm, ETANA Workshop
Theme: Integrated Technology-Enabled Archaeology

James W. Flanagan (Case Western Reserve University) and Douglas R. Clark (Walla Walla College)

Discussion

A32
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Archaeology of Anatolia II
Theme: From Seaside to Mountaintop:  Settlements Across Anatolia

Jennifer Ross (Hood College), Presiding

  • Marie Marley (SUNY Binghamton), “Religion On the Go: Figurines from 2nd Millenium Kenan Tepe” (25 min.) PAPER CANCELLED
  • Tony Sagona (University of Melbourne), “Hearths and Houses East of the Turkish Euphrates” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)
  • Sharon R. Steadman (SUNY Cortland), “The Northern Anatolian Plateau in the Chalcolithic: Glimpses of an Unknown Vitality” (25 min.)
  • Michelle Bonogofsky (University of California, Berkeley), “A Bioarchaeological Study of Plastered Skulls from Anatolia: New Discoveries and Interpretations” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)

A33
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Presidential Forum
Theme: The Future of American Archaeology in the Post-Saddam Middle East

Lawrence T. Geraty (La Sierra University), Presiding

  • Lawrence T. Geraty (La Sierra University), Introduction (5 min.)
  • Rami G. Khouri (Daily Star Newspaper, Beirut), Keynote Speaker (45 min.)
  • John Russell (Massachusetts College of Art), Respondent
  • Elizabeth Stone (SUNY Stony Brook), Respondent
  • Richard Zettler (University of Pennsylvania), Respondent

A34
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Individual Submissions II

Jill L. Baker (W. F. Albright Institute), Presiding

  • Wade Kotter (Weber State University), “A Web-Based Bibliography of Archaeological Excavations in the Southern Levant” (20 min.)
  • Michael Weigl (University of Vienna), “Material from Tell el-`Ajjul in North American Museums” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Jeff Chadwick (Brigham Young University), “Biblical Hebron in the Late Bronze Age” (20 min.)
  • Michael Homan (Xavier University of Louisiana), “Beraters of the Lost Archaeology or What I Learned About Excavating from the Cinematic Arts” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)

A35
4:15pm – 6:45pm, Archaeology of Cyprus
Theme: A History of American Archaeologists on Cyprus

Danielle Parks (Brock University) and Ann-Marie Knoblauch (Virginia Tech), Presiding

  • Ioannis Violaris (Department of Antiquities, Cyprus), “Cesnola from the Cypriots’ Point of View: Some New Evidence” (15 min.)
  • Ellen Herscher (CAARI), “The University of Pennsylvania Excavations at Lapithos, 1931” (15 min.)
  • Thomas Davis (CAARI), “America comes to Cyprus: The work of George McFadden at Kourion” (15 min.)
  • Stuart Swiny (University at Albany), “Cyprus BC and Explorations in the Episkopi Region” (15 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min)
  • A. Bernard Knapp (University of Glasgow), “A History of Archaeological Survey on Cyprus” (15 min)
  • John R. Leonard (SUNY Buffalo), “American Archaeologists in Cypriot Waters: One Nation's Contributions to the Underwater Exploration of Cyprus' Past” (15 min.)
  • Nathan Kayne Harper (Wichita State University), “Short Skulls, Long Skulls and Thalassemia: J. Lawrence Angel and the Development of Cypriot Anthropology” (15 min.)
  • Despo Pilides (Department of Antiquities, Cyprus ), “American Archaeological Research in Cyprus: The Local View” (15 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)

 

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