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2004 ASOR Annual Meeting
Papers

T H U R S D A Y   S E S S I O N S


A2
8:30 – 10:30am, Philistia and the Philistines in the Transition between the Iron Age I and II

Aren M. Maeir (Bar-Ilan University), Presiding

  • Joe Uziel (Bar-Ilan University), "The Unification of the Philistine Culture ­ a view from the Inside" (18 min.)
  • Aren M. Maeir (Bar-Ilan University), "The Transformation of the Philistine Culture: A Socio-Linguistic Perspective on Societal Change" (18 min.)
  • Carl S. Ehrlich (York University), "Philistine Cult and Religion: A Comparison of Textual and Material Evidence" (18 min.)
  • Yuval Gadot (Hebrew Union College), "Aphek in the Sharon and the Philistine Frontier" (18 min.)
  • Steven Ortiz (New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary), "The 11-10th BCE Ceramic Assemblage at Tel Miqne-Ekron (Stratum IV)" (18 min.)
  • David Ben-Shlomo (Hebrew University), "Identifying Production Centers and Trade Patterns of Philistine Wares" (18 min.)
  • Discussion (12 min.)

A3
8:30 – 10:30am, Individual Submissions I

Susan L. Cohen (Montana State University), Presiding

  • Rachel Hallote (Purchase College, SUNY), "Perspectives on the Holy Land and its People in Nineteenth Century Biblical and Archaeological Scholarship" (20 min.)
  • Alexandra Retzleff (McMaster University), "Imperial policy in Roman theatres: the case of Daphne" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (10 min.)
  • Jeff Chadwick (Brigham Young University), "Walled Up to Heaven" - New Data on the EB and MB City Walls at Hebron (Tell Rumeide)" (20 min.)
  • Michael Weigl (Catholic University of America), "Material from Tell el-Ajjul in North American Museums" (20 min.)
  • John Raab (Dubuque Theological Seminary), "A Window of Stability in the Northern Transjordan During the LB/Iron I Transition" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (20 min.)

A4
8:30 – 10:30am, New Technologies and their Uses in Archaeology (Poster Session)

Rhonda Root (Andrews University) and Gary Christopherson (University of Arizona), Presiding

  • Christian Haunton (University of Iowa), "Experimental Archaeology: What was the Function of the Tripod Vessel?" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Robert Bates (Andrews University), "Making Pottery Drawings with a Computer and a Scanner" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Michel Fortin (Université Laval) and Jacynthe Pouliot (Université Laval), "New Information Technologies at Tell 'Acharneh (Syria): on the Excavation and the Survey" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Matthew Harpster (Texas A&M University), "Making and breaking an Egyptian vessel: Will an Egyptian ship survive a journey to Punt?" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A5
8:30 – 10:30am, Archaeology of Cyprus
Theme: Votives and Votaries in Cypriote and Levantine Sanctuaries

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

  • Stuart Swiny (University at Albany), "An Early Bronze Age Ceremonial Complex in Cyprus?" (15 min.)
  • Louise Hitchcock (University of Melbourne), "Mystifying Metal: Power and Identity at Late Bronze Age Enkomi" (15 min.)
  • Derek Counts (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), "Potnios Theron: The Search for a Principal Male Divinity in Cypriote Sanctuaries" (15 min.)
  • Nancy Serwint (Arizona State University), "Cypriot Votives and the Levantine Legacy" (15 min.)
  • David Ilan (Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology), "Cypriot Votive Elements at Iron I Tel Dan" (15 min.)
  • Doron Ben-Ami (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), "Standing Stones and the Middle Bronze Age Sanctuary Excavated at Hazor" (15 min.)
  • Kevin McGeough (University of Pennsylvania) and Justin Lev-Tov (University of Pennsylvania), "The Social Meaning of Sacrifices and Feasts as seen from the Emar Archives and Hazor Bone Piles" (15 min.)
  • Pamela Gaber (Lycoming College), "The Death of the Gods" (15 min.)

A6
10:45am – 12:45pm, Archaeology of Mesopotamia I

Constance E. Gane (Andrews University), Presiding

  • Amy Gansell (Harvard University), "Adornment and Identity in the Early Dynastic 'Royal Cemetery' at Ur" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Richard Zettler (University of Pennsylvania), "Archaeology and the Problems of Textual Evidence for the Third Dynasty of Ur" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Magnus Widell (University of Chicago), "Exchange(s) in the Ur III Period (2112-2004 B.C.)" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Clemens Reichel (University of Chicago), "Beyond Catalogued Losses--the Iraq Museum Database Project at the Oriental Institute" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A7
10:45am – 12:45pm, Individual Submissions II

Jill L. Baker (AIAR), Presiding

  • Nili Fox (Hebrew Union College), "Holy Piercing? The Connection Between Earrings and Cult Images" (20 min.)
  • Friedrich T. Schipper (University of Vienna), "Jason's Gymnasium in Jerusalem" (20 min.)
  • Carl Savage (Drew University), "Supporting Evidence for a 1st Century Bethsaida at Et-Tell" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah (Israeli Antiquities Authority), "The Roman-Byzantine City Wall of Jerusalem as shown on the Madaba Map - An Archaeological Reconsideration" (25 min.)
  • Michael Fuller (St. Louis Community College), "Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic Coins from Tell Tuneinir, Syria" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A8
10:45am – 12:45pm, The Ethics of Collecting and Communicating the Near Eastern Past
Theme: Academic Responsibility, Publishing and the Scholarly use of Materials without Provenience

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

  • Patty Gerstenblith (DePaul University College of Law), "When Is It Okay to Publish Unprovenienced Archaeological Materials?" (20 min.)
  • Piotr Michalowski (University of Michigan) "Plunder Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: The Cuneiformist Dilemma" (20 min.) this paper has been moved to be last in the session, after the paper by Brody
  • Larry Herr (Canadian University College), Joe Seger (Mississippi State University), and Jim Weinstein (BASOR) "The Development of ASOR's Publication Policy" (20 min.)
  • Sidnie Crawford (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) "To Publish or not to Publish: Lessons from the Dead Sea Scrolls" (20 min.)
  • Christina Brody (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) "Studying the Skeletons in the Closet: Unprovenienced Archaeological Collections in Museums" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (20 min.)

A9
10:45am - 12:45pm, Ancient Mediterranean Trade

Eric H. Cline (George Washington University), Presiding

  • Seth Richardson (University of Chicago), "Forts on the River: ANE State Interest in Euphratean Trade" (25 min)
  • Deborah Cantrell (Vanderbilt University), "Ancient Horse Traders" (25 min.)
  • Christoph Bachhuber (Texas A & M University), "Shifting Perceptions of Trade Between Late Bronze Age Cyprus and the Aegean: The Contributions of Linear B" (25 min.)
  • Avraham Faust (Bar Ilan University) and Ehud Weiss (Harvard University), "Trade and Settlement Expansion in the Seventh Century BCE: Judah, Philistia and the Mediterranean World" (25 min.)
  • Deborah Carlson (Texas A & M University), "The Tektas Burnu Shipwreck: At the Periphery of the Athenian Empire" (25 min.)

A10
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Archaeology of Mesopotamia II

Richard Zettler (University of Pennsylvania), Presiding

  • Jesse Casana (University of Chicago), "Deconstructing the Tell: Nucleated Settlement Systems of the Northern Fertile Crescent" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Marco Ramazzotti (University of Rome La Sapienza), "The 'Urban Revolution' in Lower Mesopotamia: Replica versus Process" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Jeremiah Peterson (University of Pennsylvania), "Anatomical Function in Sumerian Lexicography: The Verb kun-sud, 'To Wave the Tail'" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Matthew Rutz (University of Pennsylvania), "Mesopotamian Cultic Specialists: Archaeology of Elite Domestic Archives" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A11
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Archaeology and the Public I

Ann Killebrew (Pennsylvania State University), Presiding

  • Moti Haiman (Israel Antiquities Authority), "Ancient Desert Agriculture Systems in the Negev - Science, Community and Cultural Heritage" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Adi Kafri (Hebrew Union College), David Ilan (Hebrew Union College), and Yuval Gadot (Hebrew Union College), "Creating a Narrative: Multivocality in the Case of Horvat Sher (Umm el Sur), Modi'in" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Danielle Steen (Stanford University), Benjamin Porter (University of Pennsylvania) and Bruce Routledge (University of Liverpool), "Balks not Bombs: Community Archaeology at Dhiban (Jordan)" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Robert Sauders (American University), "Managing Palestinian Heritage - Examining the Intersections and Interactions of Local Communities, Archaeologists and Politics in the West Bank" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Zvi Gal (Israel Antiquities Authority), "The Preservation of the Cultural Heritage in Israel - The Karmiel Case" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A12
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Arfifacts: the Inside Story
Theme: Metals and Metallurgy

Elizabeth Friedman (Illinois Institute of Technology), Presiding

  • Jonathan Golden (Drew University), "Specialized Metal Production during the Chalcolithic: Testing the Models" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (4 min.)
  • Steven A. Rosen (Ben-Gurion University) and Irina Segal (Geological Survey of Israel), "Nomadic Metallurgy: The Copper Objects from the Early Bronze Age Camel Site, Negev Highlands" (20 min.)
  • Questions (4 min.)
  • David Peterson (University of Chicago) and Peter Northover (Oxford University), "Technology and Value: Early Bronze Age Metalwork from Velikent, Dagestan" (20 min.)
  • Questions (4 min.)
  • Deborah Schorsch (Metropolitan Museum of Art) and Elizabeth Hendrix (MIT), "Ambition and Competence in Late Bronze Age Cyprus" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (4 min.)
  • H. Alexander Veldhuijzen and Thilo Rehren (University College London), "The First Iron in the Levant. Archaeological and Archaeometric Analysis of Iron Smelting at Tell Hammeh, Jordan, and Iron Smithing at Tel Beth-Shemesh, Israel" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (4 min.)

A13
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Archaeology of Israel: New Developments
Theme: Large-scale excavations in Israel

Gideon Avni (Israel Antiquities Authority), Presiding

  • Ronni Reich (University of Haifa), and Eli Shukrun (Israel Antiquities Authority), "Jerusalem in the MBII Period: some Newly Found Data and a Comprehensive Summary" (20 min.)
  • Martin Peilstoecker (Israel Antiquities Authority), "Ancient Jaffa Project" (20 min.)
  • Raz Kletter (Israel Antiquities Authority). "An Iron Age Favissa at Tel Yavneh" (20 min.)
  • Gerald Finkielsztejn (Israel Antiquities Authority), "New trends in the Archaeology of the Hellenistic Period in Israel" (20 min.)
  • Gabi Mazor (Israel Antiquities Authority), "Nysa-Scytopolis: Urban Development of a Greco-Roman Polis (20 min.)
  • Discussion (20 min.)

A14
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Recent Investigations at Tell Atchana (Alalakh), Tell Ta'yinat and Related Studies in the Amuq

K. Aslihan Yener (University of Chicago), Presiding

  • K. Aslihan Yener (University of Chicago), "Rediscovering Alalakh: Excavations at Tell Atchana 2003" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • David Schloen (University of Chicago), "Domestic Architecture in Late Bronze Age Alalakh" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Amir Sumaka'i-Fink (Tel Aviv University), "The Stratigraphy and Chronology of Hittite and Post-Hittite Alalakh" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Timothy Harrison (University of Toronto), "New Foundations and the Evidence for Urban Expansion at Iron Age Ta'yinat" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Asa Eger (University of Chicago), "Frontier Settlements in the Amuq Plain during the Early Islamic Period" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A15
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Archaeology and the Public II
Theme: Jerusalem Past and Present

Ann Killebrew (Pennsylvania State University), Presiding

  • Gideon Avni (Israel Antiquities Authority), "Archaeology and Religious Communities in Jerusalem - the Case of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Orit Peleg (Hebrew University) and Ehud Netzer (Hebrew University), "Was the "Double Gate" built by Abd al-Malik or by King Herod?" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Mahmoud Hawari (Oxford University), "The Citadel of Jerusalem: Critical review of its Conservation, Interpretation and Presentation" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Eric Cline (George Washington University), "Archaeology, Politics, and Nationalism in Jerusalem: 4000 Years of Conflict in the 'City of Peace'" (25 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A16
4:15pm – 6:15pm, The World of Women: Gender and Archaeology

Beth Alpert Nakhai (University of Arizona), Presiding

  • Jonathan Mabry (Desert Archaeology, Inc.), "Birth of the Ancestors: A New Interpretation of Near Eastern Neolithic Figurines" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Beth Alpert Nakhai (University of Arizona), "Figurines and the Flair for the International in the Late Bronze Age" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Channa Cohen Stuart (Leiden University), "The Abuse of the Bible in Social Archaeology" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Marica Cassis (University of Toronto), "A Restless Silence: Women in the Late Antique and Early Byzantine Archaeological Record" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)
  • Uzi Dahari (Israel Antiquities Authority), "Nunneries (or Women's Convents) in the Holy Land in the Byzantine Period" (20 min.)
  • Discussion (5 min.)

A17
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Ancient Inscriptions: Recent Discoveries, New Editions, and New Readings

Christopher A. Rollston (Emmanuel School of Religion), Presiding

  • Aaron Demsky (Bar-Ilan University), "The MPQD Ostracon from Tel 'Ira: A New Reading" (25 min.)
  • P. Kyle McCarter, Jr. (Johns Hopkins University) and Bruce Zuckerman (University of Southern California), "The Honeyman Inscription: Recent Collations and New Photos" (30 min.)
  • Ryan Byrne (Rhodes College), "The Refuge of Scribalism in Iron I Palestine" (25 min.)
  • Walter E. Aufrecht (University of Lethbridge), "Corping with Ammonites and Phoenicians" (20 min.)
  • Christopher A. Rollston (Emmanuel School of Religion), "The Gibeon Inscribed Jar Handles and the Samaria Ostraca: New Editions with High Resolution Photographs and Digital Drawings" (20 min.)

A18
7:00pm, Public Lecture at the San Antonio Museum of Art

  • Bethany Walker (Grand Valley State University), "The Literary and Spiritual Worlds of Medieval Persia: Exploring SAMA's Islamic Ceramic Collection"

 

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