2006 ASOR Annual Meeting
Papers

F R I D A Y   S E S S I O N S

A23
8:30am – 10:30am, The Ethics of Collecting and Communicating the Near Eastern Past
Theme: Presenting the Public Face of Near Eastern Archaeology

Patty Gerstenblith (DePaul University College of Law), Ellen Herscher (CAARI) and Morag Kersel (University of Cambridge), Presiding

• Rachel Hallote (Purchase College SUNY), "A History of Public Presentation in Archaeology." (30 min.)
• Christina Luke (Boston University) and Morag M. Kersel (University of Cambridge), "Archaeology and Ethnography: The Public Face of Archaeological Practice." (30 min.)
• Michelle Lucey-Roper (Federation of American Scientists) and Alice Petty (Walters Art Museum), "Sim Ur or Grand Theft Chariot? Creating an entertaining and educational video game to engage non-traditional audiences in learning about the ancient Near East." (30 min.)
• Discussion (30 min.)

A24
8:30am – 10:30am, Workshop on the Roman Aqaba Project
Theme: The Economy of Aila, a Roman Port on the Red Sea

S. Thomas Parker (North Carolina State University), Presiding

• Joseph Stumpf (Montgomery College), "Excavation Area K: A Domestic Complex within Roman Aila" (15 min.)
• Discussion (5 minutes)
• Joann McDaniel (University of Michigan), "The Small Finds from Aila" (15 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• S. Thomas Parker (North Carolina State University), "Supplying Aila: Some Remarks on Imports to the Port" (15 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Respondent: Eric Christian Lapp (Independent Researcher), "The Importation of Ceramic Lamps Ceramic Lamps to Aila" (15 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Respondent: Jennifer Ramsay (Simon Fraser University),"The Imported Plant Remains " (15 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• General Discussion (15 min.)

A25
8:30am – 10:30am, Archaeology of Israel - New Developments
Theme: Large scale Excavations from the Roman and Byzantine periods

Gideon Avni (Israel Antiquities Authority), Presiding

• Yotam Tepper (Israel Antiquities Authority) "The `Megiddo Chapel` - An Early Christian Prayer Hall in Kefar `Othnai" (20 min.)
• Leah Di Segni (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) "A third Century Christian Cultic Hall in Megiddo: the Epigraphic finds" (20 min.)
• Discussion (10 min.)
• Ronnie Reich (University of Haifa) "The Gihon Spring and the Pool of Siloam in the Late Second Temple period" (20 min.)
• Michael Eisenberg (University of Haifa) "Seven Seasons of Excavation at Hippos-Sussita" (20 min.)
• Moshe Fischer (Tel Aviv University) "Archaeology of Intercultural Encounters at the Eastern Mediterranean: Yavneh Yam as a Case Study" (20 min.)
• Discussion (10 min.)

A26
8:30am – 10:30am, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, and Archaeology

Gary L. Christopherson (University of Arizona), Presiding

• Jessie Pincus Ben-Avraham (Bar-Ilan University) "Archaeogeophysical Work and Ground-Truth Excavations at Hazor" (25 min.)
• Sarah Parcak (University of Alabama-Birmingham) "Reconstructing Ancient Egyptian Landscapes Using Satellite Remote Sensing, Survey and Coring (Tell el-Amarna, Middle Egypt)" (25 min.)
• Robert Cargill (University of California at Los Angeles), "Qumran Through (Real) Time: The Qumran Visualization Project" (25 min.)
• Gary L. Christopherson (University of Arizona) The Great Communicator: GIS as Storyteller (25 min.)
• Jamal Barghouth (Palestinian Institution for Cultural Landscape Studies) "Landscape of Ain Arik during the Ottoman Period" (25 min.)

A27
8:30am – 10:30am, ETANA (Electronic Tools & Ancient Near Eastern Archives) Workshop I
Theme: The Latest Developments in ETANA for Archaeologists

James W. Flanagan (Case Western Reserve University) and Douglas R. Clark (La Sierra University), Presiding

• James W. Flanagan and Douglas R. Clark, "Introduction: Present and Future Prospects" (10 minutes)
• Edward Fox (Virginia Tech), Rao Shen (Virginia Tech), N. Srinivas Vemuri (Virginia Tech), Weiguo Fan (Virginia Tech), Linda Cantara (Case Western Reserve University), Joanne Eustis (Case Western Reserve University), James W. Flanagan (Case Western Reserve University), Douglas R. Clark (La Sierra University), Ricardo da S. Torres (UNICAMP), "ETANA-DL: Integrated Digital Library Services for Archaeology" (60 min.)
• Interaction and Discussion (50 min.)

A28
10:45am – 12:45pm, Egypt and Canaan I

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

• Michael Hasel (Southern Adventist University)" The Identification of Pa-Canaan in Egyptian Narrative Accounts" (30 min.)
• Richard Hess (Denver Seminary) "Cultural Aspects of Onomastic Distribution in the Amarna Texts in Light of New Evidence" (30 min.)
• Catherine Duff (University of Toronto) "The Nature of Egyptian Imperialism in the Late Bronze Age Palestine: Evidence from the Ceramics" (30 min.)
• James K. Hoffmeier (Trinity International University) "Egypt’s New Kingdom/LBA East Frontier Defensive System: The 2006 Season at Tell el-Borg" (30 min.)

A29
10:45am – 12:45pm, Theoretical and Anthropological Approaches to Near Eastern and East Mediterranean Art and Archaeology
Theme: Fluid Boundaries: Borders, Memory, Gender and the Body

Sarah Kielt Costello (Rice University), Louise Hitchcock (University of Melbourne), and Andrew P. McCarthy (University of Edinburgh), Presiding

• Matthew Canepa (College of Charleston), "Ritual and Visual Technologies of Memory in Sasanian Iran" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Øystein LaBianca (Andrews University), "Theorizing Contact Zones and Crossroads: Civilizations, Empires, Cultural Worlds and Identity Spaces in the Levant" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Aharon Sasson (Tel-Aviv University), "Reassessment of "Market Economy" in the ancient Near East" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Karina Croucher (University of Liverpool), "Treatment of the Body - theoretically speaking!" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.) Emily Miller (California State University, Fullerton), "Gender ambiguity in pre- and proto-palatial Cretan art" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)

A30
10:45am – 12:45pm, Prehistoric Archaeology

Gary O. Rollefson (Whitman College) and April Nowell (University of Victoria), Presiding

• Sonia Shidrang (National Museum of Iran), "The Zagros Aurignacian: The Perspective from Yafteh, Iran" (20 min.)
• Michael Neeley (Montana State University) and Jane Peterson (Marquette University), "Tracking the Transition to Domestication Economies: The Late Epipaleolithic of the Wadi Juheira, Jordan" (20 min.)
• Jane Peterson (Marquette University) and Michael Neeley (Montana State University), "The Neolithic World: A View from Khirbet Hammam" (20 min.)
• Alan H. Simmons (University of Nevada - Las Vegas), "Ais Yiorkis: An Unusual Early Neolithic Upland Habitation in Western Cyprus" (20 min.)
• Gary O. Rollefson (Whitman College), "Late Neolithic Desert Sanctuaries in Southern Jordan" (20 min.)
• General Discussion (20 min.)

A31 
10:45am – 12:45pm, Maritime/Nautical Issues

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

• Brendan Foley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Katerina Delaporta (Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities), Dimitris Sakellariou (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research), Richard Camilli, (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) " 2006 Deep Water Aegean Sea Survey" (20 min.)
• Justin Leidwanger (University of Pennsylvania) "Integrating Shallow and Deep Water Investigations around Cyprus: The 2005-2006 Institute of Nautical Archaeology Survey" (20 min.)
• Discussion and Recess (15 min.)
• Zaraza Friedman (Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa) "Seaborne Trade as Reflected in Mosaics" (20 min.)
• Alexis Catsambis (Texas A&M University) "The Sheytan Deresi Shipwreck- A New Approach" (20 min.)
• Discussion (15 min.)

A32
10:45am – 12:45pm, The Transition from the Late Bronze to the Iron Age at Megiddo and the North

Eric H. Cline (George Washington University) and Israel Finkelstein (Tel Aviv University), Presiding

• Israel Finkelstein (Tel Aviv University), "Introduction" (5 min.)
• David Ussishkin (Tel Aviv University), "The Destruction of Late Bronze Megiddo and the Invasion of the Sea Peoples" (15 min.)
• Eran Arie (Tel Aviv University), "From Old Canaan to New: The Domestic Evidence from Area K at Megiddo" (15 min.)
• Norma Franklin (Tel Aviv University), "Continuity and Change in Area M at Megiddo: The Nordburg and the 'Mycenaean Tomb'" (15 min.)
• Ayelet Gilboa (Zinman Institute of Archaeology, Haifa University) "Megiddo and the "Northern Sea People" Phenomenon" (15 min.)
• Eric Cline (The George Washington University), David Hunt (Smithsonian Institute), Jonathan Greenberg (The George Washington University), and Courtney Prutzman (The George Washington University), "A Preliminary Analysis of the Rediscovered Skeletal Material in the Smithsonian from LB and IA Tombs at Megiddo" (15 min.)
• Israel Finkelstein (Tel Aviv University), "New Canaan: An Update" (15 min.)
• General Discussion (15 min.)

A33
2:00pm –4:00pm, Egypt and Canaan II

Michael Hasel (Southern Adventist University), Presiding

• Robyn Gillam (York University) "Sacred Simulations: The Site of Heliopolis in the Later Period" (30 min.)
• Jeffrey R. Chadwick (Brigham Young University) "Hebron Was Built Seven Years Before Zoan in Egypt" (30 min.)
• Walter Crist (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) "Games of Interaction: Senet and Mehen in the Eastern Mediterranean (30 min.)
• Peter Feinman (Institute of History, Archaeology and Education) "Garden of Eden: The Cosmic Center of Israelite Cosmography" (30 min.)

A34
2:00pm –4:00pm, Landscape Archaeology

Benjamin Saidel (East Carolina University), Presiding

• Steven A.Rosen (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Archaeology) "The Timnian and the Ghassulian: Contrasting Case Studies in the Landscape Archaeology of a Desert" (15 min.)
• Jennifer Jones (University of Minnesota, Duluth)) "Living Landscapes: Work, Movement, and Ideology in the Early Bronze Age" (15 min.)
• Aaron Burke (UCLA) "The Bronze Age Landscape of the Levant" (15 min.)
• Channa Cohen Stuart (Free University of Amsterdam, Inst. of Geo- and BioArchaeology). "Living on the fringe, Eating in the desert" (15 min.)
• Moti Haiman (Israel Antiquities Authority) "The Agricultural Landscape of the Northern Negev Desert in the 6th-8th Centuries C.E.: Aspects of Economy and Ethnicity" (15 min.)
• Martin Peilstocker (Israel Antiquities Authority) "Jaffa: a Port City or City with a Port?" (15 min.)
• Andrew McCarthy (University of Edinburgh, Archaeology) "Carchemish in Context: The Land of Carchemish Survey Project, Syria, 2006" (15 min.)
• Susan E. Alcock (Brown University, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World) "The Vorotan Project, Southern Armenia: 2005 and 2006 Seasons" (15 min.)

A35
2:00pm –4:00pm, In the Footsteps of J. Lawrence Angel: The Bioarchaeology of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean

Megan A. Perry (East Carolina University), Presiding

• Megan A. Perry (East Carolina University) and Jane E. Buikstra (Arizona State University), "J. Lawrence Angel and Bioarchaeology in the Eastern Mediterreanean and Near East" (15 min.)
• Jerome C. Rose, Ernest K. Batey, and Aimee E. Huard (University of Arkansas), "In the Footsteps of Larry Angel: Life Table Analysis of Predynastic Hierakonpolis" (15 min.)
• Brenda Baker (Arizona State University), "Tomb it May Concern: Reconstructing Lifeways at Abydos, Egypt (15 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Lesley Gregoricka (The Ohio State University), Mark Schurr (University of Notre Dame), and Susan G. Sheridan (University of Notre Dame), "Weaning Patterns at St. Stephen's Monastery in Byzantine Jerusalem" (15 min.)
• Susan G. Sheridan (University of Notre Dame), Erica Williams (University of Notre Dame), Anne Guappone (University of Notre Dame), and Jaime Ullinger (The Ohio State University), "The Bioarchaeology of Migration: Reconstructing Pilgrimage to Byzantine Jerusalem" (15 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Jaime Ullinger (The Ohio State University), Donald J. Ortner (National Museum of Natural History), "Daily Activity and Its Skeletal Impact at Bab edh-Dhra'" (15 min.)
• Sherry Fox (American School of Classical Studies at Athens), "The Bioarchaeology of Cyprus" (15 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)

A36
2:00pm –4:00pm, Workshop on Caesarea Maritima I

Kenneth G. Holum (University of Maryland), Presiding

• Kenneth G. Holum (University of Maryland), "Introduction" (5 min.)
• Kathryn Gleason (Cornell University), "Recent Interpretations of the Promontory Palace at Caesarea Maritima" (25 min.)
• Edna Amos (Israel Antiquities Authority) "Reconstruction of Herod's Temple to Roma and Augustus at Caesarea" (25 min., to be read by Jennifer Stabler)
• Peter Gendelman (The Israel Antiquities Authority) "Roman Caesarea within the Framework of Mediterranean Marine Trade: The Evidence of Amphoras" (25 min.)
• Rivka Gersht (Tel Aviv University and Oranim College), "Luxurious Caesarea: The Decorative Program of the Byzantine Bath-House" (25 min.)
• Kenneth G. Holum, Comment and discussion (15 min.)

A37
4:15 – 6:15pm, Workshop on Caesarea Maritima II

Kathryn Gleason (Cornell University), Presiding

• Hagith Sivan (University of Kansas), "The Weeping Pillars of Caesarea and the Shaping of Communal Identities" (30 min.)
• Kenneth G. Holum, Response to Hagith Sivan (5 min.)
• Kenneth G. Holum (University of Maryland), "Women of Caesarea: Gendering Urban Space in Late Antiquity" (30 min.)
  
• Hagith Sivan, Response to Kenneth Holum (5 min.)
• Jennifer Stabler (University of Maryland), "The Crusader Courtyard buildings on the Temple Platform, their Latrines, and the Implications for Agriculture" (30 min.)
• Kathryn Gleason, Discussion (15 min.)

A38
4:15 – 6:15pm, Reports on Current Excavations and Surveys Non-ASOR Affiliated

David Ilan (Hebrew Union College), Presiding

• Yehiel Zelinger (Israel Antiquities Authority), "A Fourth Century Church Near Lod (Diospolis)" (20 min)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Stefan Muenger (University of Bern), Juha Pakkala (University of Helsinki), Jürgen Zangenberg (Leiden University), Wolfgang Zwickel (Johannes Gutenberg University), "The 2006 Field- and Study-season at Tel Kinrot (Israel)" (20 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Oded Lipschits (Tel Aviv University) and Manfred Oeming (University of Heidelberg), "First Results from the 2005-2006 Excavation Seasons in Ramat Rachel" (20 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Alexander Fantalkin (Tel Aviv University) and Oren Tal (Tel Aviv University), "The Iron Age Fortress at Tel Qudadi" (20 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Michael Toumazou (Davidson College), Derek B. Counts (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), P. Nick Kardulias (College of Wooster), "Excavations at Athienou-Malloura, Cyprus: An Update on Recent Investigations" (20 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)

A39
4:15 – 6:00pm, Ancient Mediterranean Trade
Theme: Trade During the Iron Age

Barry M. Gittlen (Baltimore Hebrew University), Presiding

• Carolina Aznar (St. Louis University, Madrid Campus) "8th - 7th Century B.C.E. Wine Storage Jars Exchanged in the Southern Shephelah and Northern Negev" (25 min.)
• Discussion (3 min.)
• Marian Feldman (University of California, Berkeley) "Trading Nostalgia: Phoenician and North Syrian Luxury Arts in the Eastern Mediterranean" (25 min.)
• Discussion (3 min.)
• Ana Margarida Arruda (Centro de Arqueologia de Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa) "Mediterranean Trade on the Atlantic Coast of the Iberian Peninsula: Evidence of Phoenician Trade in the Far West" (25 min.)
• Discussion (10 min.)

A40
4:15 – 6:00pm, Material Culture in Ottoman Syro-Palestine
Theme: Textiles and Embroidery in the Ottoman Empire

Bert de Vries (Calvin College), Bethany Walker (Grand Valley State Uinversity) and Oystein LaBianca (Andrews University), Presiding

• Widad Kawar (Amman, Jordan) "Bedu Weaving using the Ground Loom" (20 min.)
• Sally de Vries (Grand Rapids, Michigan) "A Display of Representative Ground Loom Weavings." (20 min.)
• Sumru Belger Krody (Eastern Hemisphere Collections, Textile Museum, Washington DC), "Tulips to Roses: Ottoman Embroidery Tradition" (20 min.)
• Vera Tamari (Birzeit University), "Royal-Rich Rural Ceremonial Costumes in Late Ottoman Palestine: The Diversity and Richness of Textiles and Fabrics in Palestinian Traditional Costumes" (20 min.)
• Hamed Salem (Birzeit University), "Historical Comparisons of two Palestinian Traditional Crafts Reflected on Pottery and Embroidery Designs" (20 min.)
• Discussion (20 min.)

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