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2003 ASOR Annual Meeting
Papers

S A T U R D A Y  S E S S I O N S

A36
8:30am – 10:30am, Archaeology of People I
Theme: Archaeology of Early Bronze Age People: Celebrating the Contributions of Walter Rast and Thomas Schaub

Meredith Chesson (University of Notre Dame) and Walter Aufrecht (University of Lethbridge),  Presiding

  • Rafi Greenberg (Tel Aviv University), “Tel Bet Yerah: Life in the City” (12 min.)
  • R. Thomas Schaub (Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania), “Wall Builders of the Early Bronze I-II at Bab edh-Dhra' and Contemporary Sites” (12 min.)
  • David McCreery (Willamette University), “Agriculture and Religion at Bab edh-Drha’ and Numeira during the Urban EBIII Period” (12 min.)
  • Mohammad Najjar (Dept. of Antiquities, Jordan), “Recent Excavations in Safi and Feifa EBA Cemeteries” (12 min.)
  • Pierre de Miroschedji (CNRS), “Tel Yarmuth and the Emergence of Proto-State Organizations in the Southern Levant of the Third Millennium BCE” (12 min.)
  • Stephen Savage (Arizona State University), “From Maadi to the Plain of Antioch:  What can Basalt Spindle Whorls tell us about Overland Trade in the EBA Levant?” (12 min.) PAPER CANCELLED
  • Daniella Bar-Yosef Mayer (Peabody Museum, Harvard Univ.), “Nawamis, Shells, and Early Bronze Age Pastoralism” (12 min.)
  • Discussion (3 min. after each paper)

A37
8:30am – 10:30am, Archaeology of Syria

Mark W. Chavalas (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse), Presiding

  • Glenn Schwartz (Johns Hopkins University), “A Third Millennium Elite Mortuary Complex from Umm el-Marra” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Sarah Randolph Graff (University of Chicago), “A Study of Bronze Age Economy in the Ghab, Northwestern Syria” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Matthew Rutz (University of Pennsylvania), “'The Stele in and out of Cultic Contexts in Bronze Age Syria: Signs of Authority at Emar and Ekalte” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Michael Decker (Rice University), “Fortified Towns, Towers, and Refugees in Syria-Palestine in Late Antiquity” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A38
8:30am – 10:30am, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Eleanor Guralnick (Independent Researcher), Presiding

  • Emily Miller-Bonney (California State University – Fullerton), “Snake Goddesses Redux: A Re-evaluation of the Minoan Snake Goddess” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Harold Liebowitz (University of Texas, Austin), “Late Bronze and Iron Age Terracotta Human Figurines and Wheeled Vehicles as Evidence for Regionalism” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Eleanor Guralnick (Independent Researcher), “Standards of Measure at Nineveh and Nimrud” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Michael Fuller (St. Louis Community College), “Art of Early and Medieval Islamic Syria” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A39
8:30am – 10:30am, Ancient Mediterranean Trade

Eric H. Cline (George Washington University), Presiding

  • Ezra Marcus (University of Haifa), “The Annals of Amenemhet II and Middle Kingdom Maritime Trade” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Jack Holladay (University of Toronto), “Judaeans in Egypt and 'The Camp of the Phoenicians' at Tell el-Maskhuta” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Carolina Aznar (Harvard University), “Storage Jars and Exchanges in the Iron Age II Southern Levant” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Wolfgang Zwickel (University of Mainz), “The Trade with Precious Stones in the Southern Levant in the First Millennium B.C.” (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A40
10:45am – 12:45pm, Archaeology of People II
Theme: Archaeology of Early Bronze Age People: Celebrating the Contributions of Walter Rast and Thomas Schaub

Meredith Chesson (University of Notre Dame) and Walter Aufrecht (University of Lethbridge), Presiding

  • Yorke Rowan (Smithsonian Institution), “Shifts in Material Culture Production: Evidence from the Early Bronze I site of Nahal Tillah, Israel” (12 min.)
  • Gloria London (Burke Museum), “The End of the Calcite Tradition in Cooking Pots, or merely a Pause?” (12 min.) PAPER CANCELLED
  • Nancy Lapp (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary), “The Cylinder Seal Impressions from Numeira” (12 min.)
  • Tim Harrison (University of Toronto), “Community Life, Household Production, and the Ceramic Industry of EBA Tell al-'Umayri” (12 min.)
  • Kay Prag (Manchester Museum), “The Domestic Unit at Tell Iktanu, its Derivations and Functions” (12 min.)
  • Suzanne Richard (Gannon University), “The EB IV Archaeological Household at Khirbet Iskander” (12 min.)
  • William Dever (University of Arizona), “EB IV 'Paleo-bedouin', Ruralism, and Conceptual Landscapes” (12 min.)
  • Graham Philip (University of Durham), “The Early Bronze IV of the Southern Levant: the Sum of its Contradictions” (12 min.)
  • Discussion (3 min. after each paper)

A41
10:45am – 12:45pm, Workshop on Caesarea Maritima
Theme: Studies on Caesarea Maritima, Israel

Kenneth G. Holum (University of Maryland), Presiding

  • Kenneth G. Holum (University of Maryland), Introduction (5 min.)
  • Peter Lampinen (Bausman, PA), “Architecture, Cult, and Coin Types at Caesarea Maritima” (25 min.)
  • Anna Iamim (Porria-Illit, Israel), “Laying Foundations:  The Evolution of Wall Foundation Technology from the 8th to the 13th Century Based on Evidence from Area TP” (25 min.)
  • Jennifer Stabler (University of Maryland), “The Byzantine-Islamic Transition: Garden Features from Caesarea’s Southwest Zone (Areas CV and KK)” (25 min.)
  • Kenneth G. Holum (University of Maryland), “The Byzantine-Islamic Transition: Explaining the End of Ancient Caesarea” (25 min.)
  • Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina), “Comment on the Caesarea Evidence and the Byzantine-Islamic Transition in Palestine” (15 min.)

A42
10:45am – 12:45pm, Material Culture and History: Ottoman Syro-Palestine

Øystein LaBianca (Andrews University) and Bert de Vries (Calvin College), Presiding

  • Eveline van der Steen (W. F. Albright Institute), “The Tribes of Kerak” (20 min.)
  • David C. Chaudoir (University of Arkansas), “Ethnohistorical Approaches to Late Ottoman Hisban, Jordan” (20 min.)
  • Dr. Kamal Abdulfattah (Birzeit University), “Middle East Nomadism in the Modern Era” (20 min.)
  • Ahmed Rjoob (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Palestine), “Late Ottoman Mill Sites in the Wadi El-Far’a, West Bank” (20 min.)
  • Widad Kawar (Amman, Jordan) and Sally de Vries (Grand Rapids, Michigan), “Late Ottoman Cultural Treasurers of Palestine and Jordan – A Representative Display” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (20 min.)

A43
10:45am – 1:00pm, The World of Women: Gender and Archaeology

Beth Alpert Nakhai (University of Arizona), Presiding

  • Uzi Avner (Arava Institute), “Gender in the Desert Prehistoric Religion” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Gay Robins (Emory University), “The Construction of Gender Identity in New Kingdom Egyptian Art” (30 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Beth Alpert Nakhai (University of Arizona), “Gender Implications of Infant Abandonment and Child Sacrifice in Iron II Judah” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Aubrey Baadsgaard (University of Pennsylvania), “A Taste of Women’s Sociality: A New Perspective on Women and Cooking in the Iron Age Levant” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Cynthia Finlayson (Brigham Young University), “Mot’a Marriage, Matriarchal Lineages, and the Archaeological Evidence from Palmyra, Syria” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A44
12:45pm – 2:00pm, Khirbet Qana Publication Workshop II

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

Discussion

A45
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Archaeology of Mesopotamia

Richard Zettler (University of Pennsylvania), Presiding

  • Carrie Hritz (University of Chicago), “The Hidden Landscape of Southern Mesopotamia” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Andrew McCarthy (University of Edinburgh), “Gateway to Power: Tell Leilan Excavations at the City Gate” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Paul Zimansky (Boston University), “Hamida and Brak: Material Culture in the Heartland of Mitanni” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Elizabeth Stone (SUNY Stony Brook), “The Mesopotamian City” (20 min.)
    Discussion (5 min.)
  • Marian Feldman (University of California, Berkeley), “Assur Tomb 45 and the Birth of the Assyrian Empire” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A46
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Arabia I
Theme: Archaeology and Epigraphy in Arabia

David F. Graf (University of Miami), Presiding

  • John F. Healey (University of Manchester), “New Evidence for the Nabataean Legal Tradition and its Relation to Aramaic Common Law” (30 min.)
  • Orit Shamir (Israel Antiquities Authority), “Textiles Basketry and Cordage found along the Spice Route joining Petra and Gaza from the Nabataean Period” (30 min.)
  • Susan Gelb (University of Texas at Austin), “Invisible Paths: Hadrian’s Itinerary through Arabia in AD 130” (30 min.)
  • Jason Moralee (Illinois Wesleyan), “The Re-Use of Pagan Inscriptions in Christian Gerasa” (30 min.)
A47
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Archaeology of Jordan I

Bruce Routledge (University of Pennsylvania), Presiding

  • Ian Kuijt and Meredith Chesson (University of Notre Dame), “Regional Abandonment vs. Occupational Continuity: New Research on Pottery Neolithic Settlements on the Southeastern Dead Sea Plain and Southern Jordan” (20 min.)
  • Greg Linton (Great Lakes Christian College), “Results of the 2001 Karak Resources Project Regional Survey” (20 min.)
  • Alexis Boutin (University of Pennsylvania), “Is Ancestor Veneration Reserved for the Elderly? The View from Ancient Jordan” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)
  • Jim Pace (Elon University), “Form and Decoration of Mudaybi' Iron II Pottery” (20 min.)
  • Bethany Walker (Oklahoma State University), “The Nalka-Hibras Survey: Archaeology Investigations of Mamluk Agricultural Policy” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)

A48
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Casting the First Stone: Recent Studies of Ground and Chipped Stone Tools

Yorke M. Rowan (Pennsylvania State University - Erie) and Jennie R. Ebeling (University of Evansville), Presiding

  • Seiji Kadowaki (University of Toronto), “Spatial Analysis of Lithic Tools from Tabaqat-al Buma, a Pottery Neolithic Settlement in Northern Jordan” (30 min.)
  • Philipp M. Rassmann (University of Washington), “Rocking on Pig Hill: Modification and Recycling of Ground Stone at Domuztepe, Turkey” (30 min.)
  • Charles Faulkner (University of Tennessee), “A Study of Ground Stone Implements from the Karak Plateau” (30 min.)
  • Jennie R. Ebeling (University of Evansville), “Basalt Bowl Production at Tel Hazor” (30 min.)

A49
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Organic Approaches to Near Eastern Archaeology

Edward F. Maher (University of Illinois - Chicago), Presiding

  • Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov (University of Chicago), “Kinship System in the Bronze Age Levant: Ancient DNA Analysis of Human Remains from Ashkelon, Israel” (18 min.)
  • Kevin McGeough (University of Pennsylvania), “The Uses and Abuses of Textual Evidence in the Study of Organic Materials” (18 min.)
  • Alexandra Thompson and M.P. Richards (University of Bradford), “Investigation of Animal Diet and Subsistence Practices in Ancient Egypt and Nubia through Stable Isotope Analysis” (18 min.)
  • Thomas Hulit (University of Durham), “Untanned Animal Hide Products in the Ancient Near East” (18 min.)
  • Shawn Bubel (University of Lethbridge), “The Actions of Burrowing Animals on the Archaeological Record: Faunaturbation as an Altering Force” (18 min.)
  • Stephen Buckley (University of York), “The Identification of Organic Embalming Agents from Ancient Yemeni Mummies” (18 min.)

A50
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Arabia II
Theme: Workshop on Archaeology in Saudi Arabia

John F. Healey (University of Manchester), Presiding

  • Majeed Khan (Ministry of Antiquities and Museums, Saudi Arabia), “Symbolism in the Rock Art of Saudi Arabia” (30 min.)
  • David F. Graf (University of Miami), “Nabonidus’ Tayma’: New Archaeological and Epigraphical Evidence” (30 min.)
  • Discussion: (15 min.)
  • Majeed Khan (Ministry of Antiquities and Museums, Saudi Arabia), “Is Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia?” (30 min.)
  • Discussion (15 min.)

A51
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Archaeology of Jordan II

Gerald Mattingly (Johnson Bible College), Presiding

  • Joel Drinkard (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary), “’The King sitting in the gate’ (2 Sam 19:9): Iron Age Gates East of the Jordan” (20 min.)
  • Annlee Dolan (University of Toronto), “Wadi ath-Thamad Site 13: The Role of Open Air Cult Sites in Iron Age Society” (20 min.)
  • John Raab (Dubuque Theological Seminary), “Hittite Influence on the Construction of LB/Iron I Casemate Walls in the Transjordan” (20 min.)
  • Eric Mitchell (Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary), “The Fortress of Mudaybi':  A Comparative Typology of Iron Age Fortresses” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (20 min.)

A52
4:15pm – 6:15pm, GIS and Archaeology

Gary L. Christopherson (University of Arizona), Presiding

  • Sarah Parcak (Cambridge University), “Remote Sensing in Egypt: New Discoveries from the Delta” (20 min.)
  • Mark Green (Indiana State University), “A Geographic Analysis of Roman (64 B.C.E.-324 C.E.) and Umayyad (640-750 C.E.) Period Site Locations on the Karak Plateau, Jordan” (20 min.)
  • Gary L. Christopherson (University of Arizona), “Using GIS to understand the Umayyad Period in the Region of Tall al-Umayri, Jordan” (20 min.)
  • Benjamin Saidel (W. F. Albright Institute), “Four Days at Khalasa: Using Aerial Photography and GIS Analysis to Reappraise Woolley and Lawrence's Survey of Byzantine Elusa in the Western Negev Desert” (20 min.)
  • Mark Altaweel (University of Chicago), “The Use of ASTER in Archaeological Contexts” (20 min.)
  • Discussion (20 min.)

 

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