| A2
8:30 10:30am, Reports on Current Excavations, ASOR-Affiliated Jennie
R. Ebeling (University of Evansville), Presiding - Burton
MacDonald (St. Francis Xavier University), "The Ayl to Ras an-Naqb Archaeological
Survey, Southern Jordan: Phase 1, 2005" (25 min.)
- Rudolph
Dornemann (ASOR), "The 2005 Season of Excavations at Tell Qarqur, Syria" (20 min.)
- Ron
Tappy (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary) and P. Kyle McCarter (Johns Hopkins University),
"The 2005 Excavation Season at Tel Zayit, with Special Attention to the Tenth
Century BCE" (30 min.)
- Scott
Moore (Indiana University of Pennsylvania), William Caraher (University of North
Dakota), and David Pettegrew (Ohio State University), "Pyla Koutsopetria Archaeological
Project 2003-2005: Preliminary Results" (25 min.)
- Jerome
C. Rose (University of Arkansas) and Dolores L. Burke (University of Arkansas),
"Excavations at Ya'amun, North Jordan" (20 min.)
A3
8:30 10:30am, Archaeology of Mesopotamia I Constance
E. Gane (Andrews University), Presiding - Jean
Evans (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), "Early Dynastic Sculpture in the Shara
Temple." (20 min.)
- Discussion
(4 min.)
- Aubrey
Baadsgaard (University of Pennsylvania), "Big Heads or Big Hair? 'Fixing' the
Evidences of Hairstyles and Hair Ornaments in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia" (20
min.)
- Discussion
(4 min.)
- Paul
Zimmerman (University of Pennsylvania), "A Reassessment of the Interrelation of
Tombs 789 and 800 from Ur" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(4 min.)
- Yelena
Rakic (University of Pennsylvania), "The Contest Scene and Sealing Practices in
the Akkadian Period" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(4 min.)
- Catherine
Demos (University of California, Berkeley), "The Socio-cultural Life of Semi-precious
Stone Commodities in the Third Millennium Middle Asian Interaction Sphere: the
Beginnings of Complex Society in Eastern Iran" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(4 min.)
A4
8:30 10:30am, Archaeology of Cyprus I
Theme: Ethnicity Danielle
Parks (Brock University) and Ann-Marie Knoblauch (Virginia Tech), Presiding
- Albert J. Ammerman (Colgate
University), "New Evidence for Pre-Neolithic Sites on Cyprus" (15 min.)
- A.
Bernard Knapp (University of Glasgow), "The Social Identity of Mediterranean Islanders:
The Case for Prehistoric Cyprus" (15 min.)
- Discussion
(10 min.)
- Louise
Hitchcock (University of Melbourne), "Building Domination: Encoding Aegean Ethnic
Identity in Cypriot Archaeology" (15 min.)
- David
Collard (University of Melbourne), "Throwing out the 'Sea Peoples' with the Bathwater:
'Bathtubs' from Late Bronze Age Cyprus" (15 min.)
- Discussion
(10 min.)
- Susan
Helft (University of Pennsylvania), "A Reassessment of the Hittites in Cyprus"
(15 min.) (25 min.)
- Michael
Hasel (Southern Adventist University) "The Report of Wenamun and the Identification
of Alasiya" (15 min.)
- Discussion
(10 min.)
A5
8:30 10:30am, Arabia I
Theme: Archaeology and Epigraphy David
F. Graf (University of Miami), Presiding - Moawiyah
M. Ibrahim and Abdu Othman Ghaleb (San'a University, Yemen), "Excavations of the
American Foundation for the Study of Man at Mahram Bilqis, Marib, Yemen, 1998-2005"
(20 min.)
- Mohammed
Maraqten (Marburg University, Germany), "Epigraphic Discoveries of the American
Foundation for the Study of Man at Mahram Bilqis, Near Marib, Yemen." (20 min.)
- Glenn
Corbett (University of Chicago), "Ancient North Arabian Petroglyphs: Idle Graffiti
or the Socially Meaningful Products of Ancient Desert Life?" (20 min.)
- Mohdfadel
Khatatbeh (King Saud University),"Nabataean Domestic Architecture-Ithra Palace:
A Case Study" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(20 min.)
A6
8:30am 10:30pm, ETANA Workshop I James
W. Flanagan (Case Western Reserve University) and Douglas Clark (ASOR), Presiding
- Edward Fox (Virginia Tech.)
and James W. Flanagan (Case Western Reserve University), "ETANA Digital Library:
The Most Recent Developments and a Demonstration" (40 min.)
- Linda
Cantara (Case Western Reserve University), "Building an Archaeological Thesaurus
for the ETANA Digital Library" (30 min.)
- Douglas
Edwards (University of Puget Sound), "Village and Valley in Regional Perspective:
An Archaeological and Geo-spatial Study of Khirbet Qana and the Bet Netofa Valley"
(30 min.)
- Discussion
(20 min.)
A7
10:45am 12:45pm, Archaeology and the Public Ann
Killebrew (Pennsylvania State University) and Joe Greene (Semitic Museum, Harvard
University), Presiding - Thomas
Davis (CAARI) and Alan Simmons (Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas), "Whose Site Is It,
Anyway? Towards a Third Way in Archaeological Publication" (25 min.)
- Discussion
(5 min.)
- Zvi
Gal (Israel Antiquities Authority), "Tamra, Galilee - A Failure to Rescue an Antiquity
Site" (25 min.)
- Discussion
(5 min.)
- Muge
Sevketoglu (Eastern Mediterranean University), "Protecting the Heritage of Cyprus
in a Changing Political Climate" (25 min.)
- Discussion
(5 min.)
- Rafi
Greenberg (Tel Aviv University) and Yuval Farjun (Ganim Community Council), "Archaeology
and Community at Rogem Ganim, West Jerusalem" (25 min.)
- Discussion
(5 min.)
A8
10:45am 12:45pm, Archaeology of Mesopotamia II
Richard
L. Zettler (University of Pennsylvania), Presiding - Elizabeth
C. Stone (SUNY, Stony Brook), "High Resolution Digital Globe Imagery as a Tool
for Understanding the Organization of Mesopotamian Settlement" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(4 min.)
- Andrew
McCarthy (University of Edinburgh), "Emblems of Ethnicity: Hurrians, Elamites
and the Mitannian 'Common-Style' Glyptic" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(4 min.)
- Jeffrey
Szuchman (UCLA), "Revisiting Hanigalbat: Settlement in the Western Provinces of
the Middle Assyrian Kingdom" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(4 min.)
- Stephanie
Reed (University of Chicago), "Holy Ashur at Khorsabad: The Performative Statue
of Palace K" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(4 min.)
- Julia
Lawson and Richard L. Zettler (University of Pennsylvania), "The Changing Faces
of Mesopotamia and the Resurrection of Seven Clay Coffins from Nippur" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(4 min.)
A9
10:45am - 12:45pm, Archaeology of Cyprus II
Theme: Ethnicity II
Danielle Parks
(Brock University) and Ann-Marie Knoblauch (Virginia Tech), Presiding
- Ayelet Gilboa (Zinman
Institute of Archaeology), "Cypriots on the Southern Levantine Coast in the early
Iron Age: The Tel Dor Perspective" (20 min.)
- Kasia
Chudzik (University of Saskatchewan), " 'Bright New Ideas' or "Strangers in a
Strange Land'? Anomalous Tomb Shapes in the Late Bronze/Iron I Age Levant" (20
min)
- Discussion
(10 min.)
- Nicholas
Blackwell (Bryn Mawr College), "Implications of Variation within the 'Royal Cemetery'
at Salamis (Cyprus)" (20 min.)
- Danielle
Parks (Brock University), "Foreigners Living and Dying on Hellenistic and Roman
Cyprus: the Mortuary Evidence" (20 min.)
- Georgia
Bonny Bazemore (Eastern Washington University), "Greek Speakers in Cyprus: Ethnicity"
(20 min)
- Discussion
(10 min.)
A10
10:45am 12:45pm, Arabia II
Theme: Petra and the Nabataeans Moawiyah
Ibrahim (Oman), Presiding - Joseph
Patrich (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), "What has Dionysos to do with Dushara?"
(20 min.)
- David
F. Graf (University of Miami), "In Search of Hellenistic Petra: Excavations in
the Civic Center" (20 min.)
- Kay
Prag (Manchester University), " Jerusalem and Petra as Interactive Cities" (20
min.)
- Leigh-Ann
Bedal (Penn. State at Erie), "The Petra Garden & Pool-Complex" (20 min.)
- Moti
Haiman (Israel Antiquities Authority), "The Nabataeans and Changes in Settlement
Patterns in the Negev from the Hellenistic to the Early Islamic Period" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(20 min.)
A11
10:45am 12:45pm, Material Culture in Ottoman Syro-Palestine (Bilad es-Sham)
Theme: Ottoman Period Ceramics Bert
de Vries (Calvin College) and Øystein S. LaBianca (Andrews University),
Presiding - Miriam
Avissar (Israel Antiquities Authority), "Ottoman Pottery Assemblages from Israel"
(20 min.)
- Marwan
Abu Khalaf (Al-Quds University), "The Ottoman Pottery of Palestine" (20 min.)
- Bethany
J. Walker (Grand Valley State University), "Identifying the Late Islamic period
Ceramically: Preliminary Observations on Ottoman Wares from Central and Northern
Jordan" (20 min.)
- Ruth
Smadar Gabrieli (University of Sydney), "Stability and Change in Ottoman Coarse
Ware in Cyprus" (20 min.)
- Hamed
Salem (Birzeit University), "Ethnoarchaeological Analysis of Ottoman ceramics
in Palestine" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(20 min.)
A12
2:00pm 4:00pm, The Ethics of Collecting and Communicating the Near Eastern Past
Theme: The Obligation to Publish Archaeological Excavations Patty
Gerstenblith (DePaul University College of Law), Ellen Herscher (CAARI) and Morag
Kersel (University of Cambridge), Presiding - Morag
Kersel (University of Cambridge), "Publishing the Past: Some Shocking Statistics"
(15 min.)
- Pavlos
Flourentzos (Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus),"Archaeological Publications
on Cyprus" (20 min.)
- Joe
Uziel (Bar Ilan University) "Publishing Past Archaeological Excavations: The Case
of Yavne Yam" (20 min.)
- Ken
Sams (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) "Publishing Gordion" (20 min.)
- Sam
Paley (University at Buffalo, SUNY) "Digital Tools for the Archaeologist - Examples
of What is Available and Can be used for Publishing" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(20 min.)
A13
2:00pm 4:00pm, Science and Technology in the Ancient World
Theme:
Measurement and Standards Matthew
Harpster (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Presiding - Ely
Levine (Harvard University), "The Weight of the Evidence or the Evidence of the
Weights" (25 min.)
- Stephen
Pfann (University of the Holy Land), "The Experimental Sundial of Qumran" (25
min.)
- Alain
Touwaide (National Museum of Natural History), "Measuring Health, Disease and
Medicines" (25 min.)
- Frederick
Hocker (National Maritime Museums of Sweden), "Nominal and actual weight standards
in an 11th-century AD trading venture" (25 min.)
- Discussion
(20 min.)
A14
2:00pm 4:00pm, Archaeology of Syria I
Mark
W. Chavalas (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse), Presiding - Bekir
Gürdil (UCLA), "Architecture, Space and Contexts: Analyzing the Spatial Organization
of an Ubaid Site in Eastern Anatolia" (20 min.)
- Sarah
Graff (University of Chicago), "A Re-examination of 3rd Millennium Economy Using
Seal Impressed Vessels from Western Syria" (20 min.)
- Glenn
Schwartz (Johns Hopkins University), "A 'Royal' Cemetery from Third Millennium
Syria: Umm el-Marra 2002 and 2004" (20 min.)
- Robert
Bates (Andrews University), "The Graves of Alalakh: Re-examining Woolley's Excavations
at Tell Atchana" (20 min.)
- Kevin
McGeough (University of Lethbridge), "Exchange Relationships at Ugarit" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(20 min.)
A15
2:00pm 4:00pm, Ancient Mediterranean Trade
Theme: Trade During
the Iron Age Barry
M. Gittlen (Baltimore Hebrew University), Presiding - David
Ben-Shlomo (Hebrew University), "Identifying Production Centers and Trade Patterns
of Philistine Wares" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(3 min.)
- Itzhaq
Shai (Bar Ilan University), "Trade in the Iron Age IIA: The Evidence from Tell
es-Safi/Gath" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(3 min.)
- Aaron
Brody (Pacific School of Religion), "Phoenician Pottery from Tell en-Nasbeh: Interregional
Trade in the Iron IIB-IIC Southern Levant" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(3 min.)
- Yifat
Thareani-Sussely (Nelson Glueck School-Hebrew Union College), "In the Service
of the Empire: Local Elites and "pax Assyriaca" in the Negev" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(5 min.)
- John
S. Holladay, Jr. (University of Toronto), "The Israelite Agrarian Economy and
International Trade: An End and New Beginnings" (20 min.)
- Discussion
(10 min.)
A16
4:00pm 6:00pm, Excavations at Tell Gezer in Retrospect and Prospect Lawrence
T. Geraty (La Sierra University), Presiding - William
G. Dever (University of Arizona), "Phase I Excavations at Gezer: A Review and
Critique" (25 min.)
- Joe
D. Seger (Mississippi State University), "Phase II Excavations at Gezer in Retrospect
with a View Inside the MB City" (25 min.)
- Steven
Ortiz (New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary), "New Excavations at Gezer: A
Look Ahead" (15 min.)
- Norma
E. Dever (Pima Community College), "Gezer in Myth and Legend" (25 min.)
- Discussion
and Recognitions (10 min.)
A17
4:15
6:15pm, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, and Archaeology
Gary Christopherson (University
of Arizona), Presiding - Jessie
Pincus (Bar Ilan University), "Geophysical Remote Sensing at Tell es-Safi/Gath
2003-2005" (20 min.)
- Stephen
Batiuk (University of Toronto) and Tim Harrison (University of Toronto), "Towards
Understanding the Iron Age Lower Mound at Tell Tayinat" (20 min.)
- Shawn
Bubel (University of Lethbridge) and Sam Lieff (University of Lethbridge), "Four
Dimensional Analysis of Archaeological Sites Using Geographic Information Science:
A Close Look at Tel Hazor and Tel Beth Shemesh" (20 min.)
- Aharon
Sasson (Univ. of California, San Diego / Tel Aviv University ), "Controlling Space
and the Zoo-archaeological Record: A GIS Spatial Analysis of Faunal Remains in
Stratum II, Tel Beer-Sheba, Israel" (20 min.)
- Michael
Pincus (Mnemotrix Systems, Inc.) and Moti Haiman (Israel Antiquities Authority),
"High-Resolution Archaeology and the Smart GeoData-Referencing Database" (20 min.)
A18
4:15pm 6:15pm, Archaeology of Syria II Brian
B. Schmidt (University of Michigan), Presiding - Kate
Birney (Harvard University), "Tracking Cooking Pots 'a la steatite' in Iron Age
Syria: The Road Inland" (25 min.)
- Jesse
Casana (University of Arkansas), "Settlement and Landscape at Tell Qarqur" (25
min.)
- Klaas
Vansteenhuyse (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Michel Al-Maqdissi (Département
Général des Antiquitιs et Musées, Syrie), Joachim Bretschneider
(Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), and Karel Van Lerberghe (Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven), "Bichrome Ceramics from the Iron Age at Tell Tweini (Syria)" (25 min.)
- Heather M.
Jackson (The University of Melbourne), "Cultural Identity in the Hellenistic Houses
of Jebel Khalid" (25 min.)
- Discussion
(20 min.)
A19
4:15pm 6:15pm, Individual Submissions I
Theme: Roman / Byzantine
Studies Leigh-Ann
Bedal (Pennsylvania State Erie), Presiding -
Matt Cox (University of Arkansas), "Life in Wine: The Wine Presses of Ya'amun"
(25 min.)
- Discussion
(5 min.)
- Erin
Christensen (Brown University), "The Decapolis Cities and their Status in the
Roman Empire" (25 min.)
- Discussion
(5 min.)
-
Christian Haunton (University of Iowa), "The Patera in Roman Religious Iconography"
(25 min.)
- Discussion
(5 min.)
- Uzi
Leibner (Bar Ilan University), "The Settlement Crisis in the Eastern Galilee in
the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Periods and its Historical Implications" (25
min.)
- Discussion
(5 min.)
A20
7:00pm 8:30pm, Presidential Forum - Fakes and Forgeries in the Ancient World Lawrence
T. Geraty (ASOR), Presiding
Speakers:
Roger Atwood (Journalist, author of Stealing History)
Yuval Goren (Tel Aviv University)
Christopher Rollston (Emmanuel
School of Religion)
Robert Wittman (FBI)
Bonnie Magness-Gardiner
(FBI)
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