2006 ASOR Annual Meeting
Papers

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A2
8:30 – 10:30am, The Incense Trade Route

Michael Jasmin (The Semitic Museum - Harvard University) and Yifat Thareani-Sussely (Tel-Aviv University and the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology), Presiding

• Michael Jasmin (The Semitic Museum - Harvard University), "The Origin of the Incense Trade Road: When and How?" (25 min.)
• Gwendoline Plisson (The Mersa Gawasis Expedition), "Plants Movements and Exchanges Roads between Arabia, Near East, Africa and India in the 2nd and 1st Millennia BCE" (25 min.)
• Uzi Avner (Arava Institute) "Nabatean Sanctuaries in Southern Sinai" (25 min.)
• Yifat Thareani-Sussely (Tel-Aviv University and the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology), "Anatomy of a Caravan Town in the Desert: The Case of 'Aroer on the South-Arabian Trade Route" (25 min.)
  
• Discussion (20 min.)

A3
8:30 – 10:30am, Archaeology of Mesopotamia I

Piotr Michalowski (University of Michigan), Presiding

• Piotr Michalowski (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Introduction (15 minutes)
• Michel Tanret (Universiteit Gent), "A text is but a text . . ." (25 minutes)
• David I. Owen (Cornell University), "Unprovenanced Cuneiform Texts: Does Context Really Matter?" (25 minutes)
• Richard Zettler (University of Pennsylvania), "Nippur Area TB: Revised Perspectives" (25 minutes)
• Discussion (30 minutes)

A4
8:30 – 10:30am, Archaeology of Cyprus I
Theme: Cityscape and Countryside: The Archaeology of Urban and Rural Landscapes in Cyprus and the Levant

Derek Counts (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee), Presiding

• P. Nick Kardulias (College of Wooster), "Negotiation on the Periphery of World Systems: Case Studies of Incorporation in Cyprus and North America" (30 min.)
• Sarah Stewart (University of Toronto), Sturt Manning (Cornell University), and Carol McCartney (University of Cyprus), "Elaborating Early Neolithic Cyprus" (25 min.)
• General Discussion (10 min.)
• Kevin Fisher (University of Toronto), "Life in the Big City: The Cityscape and Social Interaction in Late Cypriot Bronze Age" (25 min.)
• Louise Hitchcock (University of Melbourne and Albright Institute), "Cypriot Rural Sanctuaries in Their Larger Eastern Mediterranean Context" (20 min.)
• General Discussion (10 min.)

A5
8:30 – 10:30am Hebrew Bible, History and Archaeology I

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

• Jane Cahill (Hebrew University), "Straw Men, Paper Tigers, and the Bully Pulpit: Why Minimalists are Wrong about 10th Century BCE Jerusalem" (20 min.)
• David Maltsberger (Baptist University of the Américas), "The B'nai Hanan: Reconstructing Iron Age Regional Commerce in the Sorek and Aijalon Valleys from Artifactual and Textual Evidence" (20 min.)
• Aren Maeir (Bar-Ilan University), "The 2006 Season of Excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath" (20 min.)
• Discussion (10 min.)
• Avraham Faust (Bar-Ilan University), "The Sharon and the Yarkon Basin in the 10th Century BCE: Ecology, Settlement Patterns and the Political Involvement" (20 min.)
• Anson Rainey (Tel Aviv University), "Ghost Forms in Masoretic Toponyms" (20 min.)
• Discussion (10 min.)

A6
8:30am – 10:30pm, New Technologies and Their Uses in Archaeology (Poster Session)

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

• Introductions (5 min.)
• Jason T. Harrison, Jesse Casana and Aaron Fogel (University of Arkansas), "Deep Subsurface Geophysical Prospection and Photogrammetic Topographic modeling on Near Eastern tell sites." (30 min.)
• Discussion (10 min.)
• Friedrich Schipper, Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, Franz Schuller, Edwin Micewski, Gerhard Sladek, (University of Vienna), "The Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict." (50 min.)
• Discussion (15 min.)

A7
10:45am – 12:45pm, Art and Artifacts of the Ancient Near East: Context, Content, Contacts
Theme: This session focuses on innovative analyses of any facet of Near Eastern artistic production or visual culture.

Elise A. Friedland (Rollins College) and Marian Feldman (University of California, Berkeley), Presiding

• Sarah Costello (Rice University), "Image to Text: Visual Culture and the Invention of Writing" (20 mins.)
• Melissa Eppihimer (Harvard University), "The Stele of Naram-Sin and the Zagros Rock Reliefs: Point/Counterpoint" (20 mins.)
• Eleanor Guralnick (Independent Scholar), "Rediscovered Sculpture Fragments from Khorsabad" (20 mins.)
• Aubrey Baadsgaard (University of Pennsylvania), "Body Ornaments and Embodied Ideals" (20 mins.)
• Lynn Roller (University of California, Davis), "Phrygian Art and its Place in the Near Eastern Tradition" (20 mins.)
• General Discussion (20 mins.)

A8
10:45am – 12:45pm, Archaeology of Mesopotamia II

Richard L. Zettler (University of Pennsylvania), Presiding

• Alice Petty (Burlingame, CA), "Bronze Age Figurines from Umm el-Marra, Syria: Context and Meaning" (20 minutes)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• JoAnn Scurlock (Elmhurst College), "When Gods Fight, People Get Trampled, and Vice Versa: Politics and the Gods in Ancient Mesopotamia." (20 minutes)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Stephanie Reed (University of Chicago/Harvard University Visiting Scholar), "A Performative Image from the Court of Sargon II" (20 minutes)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Jeffrey Szuchman (University of California, Los Angeles), "Approaching Empire: Middle Assyrian Expansion and Administration" (20 minutes)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Elizabeth Stone (Stony Brook University), "Patterns of Looting in Southern Iraq" (20 minutes)
• Discussion (4 min.)

A9
10:45am - 12:45pm, Archaeology of Cyprus II
Theme: Cityscape and Countryside: The Archaeology of Urban and Rural Landscapes in Cyprus and the Levant

Derek B. Counts (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Presiding

• Laurence Alpe (Centre Camille Jullian, Université Aix-Marseille I), "Ancient Limassol and the Problem of "Secondary Towns" in the Age of the Cypriote City Kingdoms" (20 min.)
• Georgia Bazemore (Eastern Washington University), "Neither of Paphos nor of Kourion: Kapsalia as an Independent Political Unit in the Early Iron Age" (20 min.)
• General Discussion (10 min)
• Nathan K. Harper (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), "Health and the City at Late Roman Kourion" (15 min.)
• David K. Pettegrew (Messiah College), William Caraher (University of North Dakota), and R. Scott Moore (Indiana University of Pennsylvania), "Between City and Country: Settlement on the Fringe in Late Roman Cyprus" (20 min.)
• James G. Schryver (University of Minnesota, Morris), "The Relationship of Urban Center and Rural Countryside in Frankish Cyprus (25 min.)
• General Discussion (10 min.)

A10
10:45am – 12:45pm, Hebrew Bible, History and Archaeology II

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

• Gary Arbino (Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary), "Of Pots and Proofs: Digging into the Relationship between Archaeology and Apologetics" (20 min.)
• Michael VanZant (Africa Nazarene University), "Of Tents and States: A Socioarchaeological Analysis of the Oracles against Moab in Isaiah 15-16 and Jeremiah 48" (20 min.)
• Discussion (10 min.)
• Julia Iatesta (Bar-Ilan University), "Hazael's Southern Campaign: the Preliminary Evidence" (20 min.)
• Itzhaq Shai (Bar-Ilan University), "The Names of the Philistine Cities and Their Implications on Understanding the Immigration Process" (20 min.)
• Discussion (10 min.)

A11
10:45am – 12:45pm, Current Issues in Palestinian Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Management

Robert R. Sauders (American University) and Adel H. Yahya (Palestinian Association for Cultural Exchange, Presiding

• Robert R. Sauders (American University), "Political Liminality and its Impacts on Palestinian Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Management" (20 min.)
• Adel H. Yahya (Palestinian Association for Cultural Exchange) "Preserving World Heritage in a Conflict Zone" (20 min.)
• Salah al-Houdalieh (al-Quds University) "Demolishing the Archaeological Heritage of Palestine: The Case of Saffa Village" (20 min.)
• Osama Hamdan "The State of Cultural Heritage Conservation in Palestine" (20 min.)
• Raphael Greenberg (Tel Aviv University), "The Archaeology of a Prolonged Occupation: Review of the Past, Thoughts for the Future" (20 min.)

A12
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Reports on Current Excavations - ASOR-Affiliated I

Madeline Lawson Pruitt (Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary), Presiding

• Burton MacDonald (St. Francis Xavier University), "The Ayl to Ras an-Naqb Archaeological Survey, Southern Jordan: Phase 2, 2006" (20 min)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Rami Arav (University of Nebraska at Omaha), "Bethsaida Excavations, the Twentieth Season" (20 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Susan Cohen (Montana State University), "Excavations at Tel Zahara: Results of the First Season" (20 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Assaf Yasur-Landau (Tel Aviv University) and Eric Cline (George Washington University), "Canaanites and Minoans in the Middle Bronze Age Palace at Tel Kabri, Israel: The Results of the 2005 and 2006 Seasons" (15 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Keith Mattingly (Andrews University), "Caesaropapism and the Social Order of Byzantine Civilization" (20 min.)
• `Discussion (5 min.)

A13
2:00pm – 4:00pm, The World of Women: Gender and Archaeology

Beth Alpert Nakhai (The University of Arizona), Presiding

• Allison Karmel Thomason (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville). "Women and Agency at Kanesh and Ashur" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Celia Bergoffen (Fashion Institute of Technology). "Plank Figurines as Cradleboards" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Carl Ehrlich (York University). "The Philistines and the Feminine Divine" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Hayah Katz (The Open University of Israel). "Methodological Aspects of Research into Women's Status in Biblical Times"(20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Mark Schuler (Concordia University)."Distinguished and Honored: the Women of Hippos/Sussita" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)

A14
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Individual Submissions I

Laura Mazow (East Carolina University), Presiding

• Aaron Greener, "The Symbolic Meaning of the Copper Dagger during the Intermediate Bronze Age" (20 minutes)
• Discussion (5 minutes)
• Kevin McGeough (University of Lethbridge), and Thomas D. Hulit (Independent Scholar), "The Weapons 'Census' from the So-called "House of the Military Governor" at Ugarit" (20 minutes)
• Discussion (5 minutes)
• Laura Mazow (East Carolina University), "Home of the Gods or Residence of the Rulers: Building 350 at Tel Miqne-Ekron" (20 minutes)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Edward Maher (The Field Museum), "Herds, Hotdogs, and Ham: Early Philistine Animal Management and Consumption at Tel Miqne- Ekron" (20 minutes)
• Discussion (5 minutes)
• Anne McKinney Dehnisch (Independent Researcher), "Choosing the Ties that Bind: Roads, Tel Yin'am and Interconnections in the Iron Age" (20 minutes)
• Discussion (5 minutes)

A15
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Culture-Contact in the Persian Levant

S. Rebecca Martin (University of California, Berkeley) Presiding

• Jeremiah Cataldo (Drew University), "The Medley of Yahwism: A Chorus of Voices Joins the Persian-Period Jerusalem cult" (25 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• S. Rebecca Martin (University of California, Berkeley), "Cypriot Art and the Interpretation of Foreign Influence on Cult in the Southern Levant" (25 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Amelia Brown (University of California, Berkeley), "Greek, Phoenician, or Cypriot?: Identity and Ethnicity on Classical Cyprus" (25 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Christopher H. Roosevelt (Boston University), "Constructing Rural Identities in Lydia (Western Turkey) in the Persian Period" (25 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)

A16
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Archaeology of Syria

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

• Jason Ur (Harvard University) and Philip Karsgaard (University of Edinburgh), 'The Evolution of Settlement at Tell Brak: New Data on Urban Emergence' (20 min.)
• Alexia Smith (University of Connecticut), 'Agriculture at Tell Leilan' (15 min.)
• Michael Danti (University of Pennsylvania) and Richard L. Zettler (University of Pennsylvania), 'The 2005 and 2006 Excavations at Tell es-Sweyhat, Syria' (30 min.)
• Rudolph Dornemann (ASOR), 'The 2006 Season of Excavations at Tell Qarqur, Syria' (20 min)
• Jesse Casana (University of Arkansas), 'Lower Town Excavations and Deep Subsurface Geophysical Prospection at Tell Qarqur' (25 min.)
• General Discussion (10 min.)

A17
4:15 – 6:15pm, Reports on Current Excavations - ASOR-Affiliated II

Madeline Lawson Pruitt (Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary), Presiding

• Gwyn Davies (Florida International University) and Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), "The 2005-2006 Excavations in the Late Roman Fort at Yotvata, Israel" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Timothy Harrison (University of Toronto), "The Tayinat Archaeological Project Excavations, 2004-2006" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Brian Janeway (University of Toronto), "The Nature and Extent of Aegean Contact at Tell Ta'yinat and Vicinity in the Early Iron Age: Evidence of Sea Peoples?" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Larry Herr (Canadian University College) and Douglas Clark (La Sierra University), "Tall al-`Umayri Excavations, 2006" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)
• Robert J. Bull (Drew University), "Excavation of the Temple/Altar at Tell er Ras on Mt. Gerizim" (20 min.)
• Discussion (4 min.)

A18
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Problems in the Archaeology of Central Transjordan

Andrew J. Graham (University of Toronto), Presiding

• Stanley Klassen (University of Toronto), "Revisiting Social Complexity in the Early Bronze Age: New Evidence from the Madaba Plain Region" (20min).
• James Pace (Elon University), "The Role of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in Moab" (20min).
• Gregory Linton (Great Lakes Christian College) "New Evidence for the Roman Military Presence in Central Jordan" (20min).
• Darrell Rohl (Andrews University) and Oystein LaBianca (Andrews University), "Culture Contact and Parochialization: A Theoretical View of Culture Change in Roman Transjordan" (20min).
• Gerald Mattingly (Johnson Bible College), "Long-Distance Trade on the Karak Plateau: The Case of Mudaybi' and Fajj al-'Usaykir" (20min).
• General Discussion (20 min.)

A19
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Ancient Inscriptions: Recent Discoveries, New Editions, and New Readings

Christopher Rollston (Emmanuel School of Religion) and Annalisa Azzoni (Vanderbilt University), Presiding

• Annalisa Azzoni (Vanderbilt University), "Persian Period Administration: Aramaic Evidence" (20 min.)
• Nicolle Hirschfeld (Trinity University), "The Potmarks of Hala Sultan Tekke (Cyprus)" (20 min.)
• Charles Haberl (Harvard University), "Iranian Scripts for Aramaic Languages: The Origin of the Mandaic Script" (20 min.)
• Ryan Byrne (Rhodes College), "Palaeographic Shrapnel from the Low Chronology" (20 min.)
• Christopher Rollston (Emmanuel School of Religion, a Graduate Seminary), "Palaeographic Methodology: Things that Critics of Palaeography Never Tell You" (20 min.))
• Anson F. Rainey (Tel Aviv University), Respondent (20 min.)

A20
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Individual Submissions II

Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, Tel Dor Excavations, Presiding

• Eric Lapp (Independent), "Sepphoris Lamps with Menorah Images and Other Clay Lychnoi Unearthed at the "City of P,eace" from Near and Far" (20 mintues)
• Discussion (5 minutes)
• Anne Bullock (Emory University), "Theater, Procession and the Telesterion at Eleusis" (20 minutes)
• Discussion (5 minutes)
• Katherina Galor (Brown University), "New Discoveries at Apollonia-Arsuf, Israel" (20 minutes)
• Discussion (5 minutes)
• Michael Zimmerman (Brown University), "Establishing Continuity in Ceramic Material Culture across the Jordan in the Classical Periods: The Assemblages from 'Araq el-Emir, Herodian Jericho, and Khirbet Qumran" (20 minutes)
• Discussion (5 minutes)
• Hani Nur el-Din (Al-Quds University), "Evolution of the Sacred Area at Tell es Sultan, Jericho" (20 minutes)
• Discussion (5 minutes)

A21
4:15pm – 6:15pm, Artifacts: The Inside Story

Elizabeth S. Friedman (Illinois Institute of Technology), Presiding

• David Adan-Bayewitz (Bar-Ilan University), Frank Asaro and Robert D. Giauque (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), "Silver Concentrations in Excavated Pottery: A New Potential Aid for Evaluating Archaeological Remains and Patterns of Urban Contamination" (25 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Elizabeth S. Friedman (Illinois Institute of Technology), Aaron Brody (Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology, Pacific School of Religion), Dave Peterson (University of Chicago), Marcus Young (Northwestern University), and Sue Mini (Northern Illinois University and Consortium for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago), "Bronzes from Iron Age Judah: Non-destructive Radiation Studies of Tin-Bronze Bangles from Tell en-Nasbeh" (25 minutes)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Michael Notis (Lehigh University), Thilo Rehren and Beno Rothenberg (Institute of Archaeology, University College London), "Inside the Tel Miqne-Ekron Metal Objects" (25 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)
• Ann Feuerbach (Hofstra University), "Crucible Damascus Steel" (25 min.)
• Discussion (5 min.)

A22
7:00pm – 8:00pm, Public Lecture at the Smithsonian with Ronny Reich
"Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Jerusalem"

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