June 9-13, 2014 University of Basel Switzerland 9. International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East Abstracts Sections, Posters, Workshops Organisers 9th ICAANE ICAANE Basel Organising Committee International Scientific Committee Prof. Dr. Antonio Loprieno Prof. Dr. Manfred Bietak Rector of the University of Basel, Egyptology University of Vienna Prof. Dr. Susanne Bickel Prof. Dr. Hartmut Kühne Egyptology, University of Basel Free University of Berlin Dr. Denis Genequand Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Margueron Islamic Archaeology, University of Geneva École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris Prof. Dr. Bruno Jacobs Dr. Wendy Matthews Ancient Near Eastern Studies, University of Basel Reading University Dr. Oskar Kaelin Prof. Dr. Paolo Matthiae Ancient Near Eastern Studies, University of Basel University of Rome La Sapienza Prof. Dr. Jean-Marie Le Tensorer Prof. Dr. Diederik Meijer Prehistorical Archaeology, University of Basel University of Leiden Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Mathys Prof. Dr. Ingolf Thuesen Old Testament Studies and Semitic Languages University of Copenhagen University of Basel Prof. Dr. Alan Walmsley Prof. Dr. Rolf A. Stucky University of Copenhagen Classical Archaeology, University of Basel Prof. Dr. Irene Winter Harvard University Further Support Islamic Archaeology Dr. Ueli Brunner Dr. Alison Gascoigne University of Zurich University of Southampton M.A. Gino Caspari Dr. Cristina Tonghini University of Hamburg Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia Dr. Rita Gautschy Prof. Dr. Donald Whitcomb University of Basel University of Chicago Content Papers Sections 1 to 7 5 Posters 141 Workshops 163 Papers Themes/Sections 1-7 Sessions Morning 0900-1045, Midday 1115-1300, Afternoon 1430-1615, Evening 1645-1830 1 Ababneh, A. 5 Dealing with the Past Interpretive Media, Problems and Challenges at the Museum of Dar As 11 Wednesday Saraya in Jordan Afternoon Jordan • Yarmouk University, Irbid • [email protected] Jordan has a rich tangible cultural heritage which manifests itself in archaeological sites, historic centres, and different museums. Museums play major roles in the cultural life of a society and they are considered as tourist magnets. The Dar As Saraya museum is a city museum in the city of Irbid in Jordan that uses different approaches to interpret the history of the area. This paper seeks to assess interpretation techniques applied at this museum in regard to the public and the significance of the museum. The museum was visited and documented by examining two main topics: exhibition and display and interpretation media. Examination of exhibition and display focused on the themes and the structure of the display. The public information analyses the way in which information is communicated. Public interpretation includes education programs, panels and a guide book. Public interpretation covers issues like management, organization and publics of the museum. The values of the museum were identified, along with a profile of the public of the museum, interpretation techniques and tools were also determined. According to this study, it is found that the museum in north Jordan is lacking effective interpretation programs and is limited. This is due to the absence of scientific studies of values of museums, visitors’ profile and improper techniques of interpretive tools. Those in charge of museums management and interpretation have to review their plans and policies; they have to apt with visitors’ desires and international interpretation principles Key words: interpretation, museums, challenges, Dar As Saraya, Jordan 2 Abedi, Akbar – Ahmadi, Rasul – Karimifar, Azam – Abbasi, Mahdi – 6.1 Reports Region Mottaghizadeh, Farnaz – Abedi, Hossein – Allahyari, Hasan 11 Wednesday An Updated Chronology for the Chalcolithic Period of the Lake Urmia Midday Basin, NW Iran: New Evidence from Dava Göz Iran • University of Tehran • [email protected] The settlement of Dava Göz situated about 15km SW of Khoy and 5km north of the Dizaj Diz town in NW Iran. Dava Göz is a small site at north of the Lake Urmia, measuring about 100×100m (ca. 1ha). The first season of archeological excavation primarily aimed to clarifying the chronology, settlement organization, and respond to some of the fundamental questions such as the transition process from Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic (Hajji Firuz to Dalma) and identifying different cultural horizon including Late Chalcolithic (LC1 and LC2 periods) and also outlining cultural condition of the region during prehistoric periods. The present paper is intended to expose briefly the main stratigraphic, architectural and material data from the site. The stratigraphy of the settlement is now well understood and covers the Late Neolithic/transitional Chalcolithic (Hajji Firuz/Dalma=Period I) and Chalcolithic (Pisdeli=LC1=Period II and Chaff-Faced Ware horizon=LC2=Period III) phases of the regional culture of north of the Lake Urmia Basin. Actually, Dava Göz is one of the scant well excavated settlements that give new and fresh information on the developments of the Lake Urmia Basin communities between the sixth to fourth millennium BC, and on their relationships with the contemporary Caucasian cultures as well as with those located further west and south, in Eastern Anatolia and in the Syro-Mesopotamian region. The implications of the findings will discuss along with limitations and future research directions. 7 Sessions Morning 0900-1045, Midday 1115-1300, Afternoon 1430-1615, Evening 1645-1830 3 Abolahrar, Alireza (1) – Zare, Mosa (2) – Ebrahimi, Saeed (2) 6.1 Reports Region The Study of the Oldest Pottery belong to Neolithic Period, Based on 11 Wednesday Archaeological Survey on Banooj Tepes in Darab, Fars, Iran Morning Iran • 1 Islamic Azad University, Kazerun Branch; 2 Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch • [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] The present paper is the results of survey and research on a Neolithic- Ceramic site at Banooj village in Darab.Darab is an ancient city that located in the east of Fars province in the south west of Iran.Banooj tepe are two tape that situated near of Banooj village (054º31'190 E, 27º38'853N). In the center of Darab that called Banooj A and Banooj B. One of the important character of Banooj tells in this survey is the age of them in the region. Banooj A is located in the south of Banooj village and we found one of the oldest Fars' potteries in there, which is parallel with Jarry period (6100-5800 BC) in Marvdasht. Banooj B also is another important tells, because there are a few sites parallel with Mushki period (6300-6100 BC) in Fars province. After one cycle of settlement in Bnooj B, the settlers have left their house and had gone to other site, may be they settled down in Banooj A? Key words: Fars, darab, banooj, Marvdasht, Mushki, Jarry 4 Abu-Laban, Aiysha 2 Travelling Images Representing the Divine in Dilmun Iconography – between Image and 10 Tuesday Concept Morning Denmark • University of Copenhagen • [email protected] By the end of the 3rd millennium BCE and more than half a century onwards, the Dilmun civilization developed its own iconographic tradition which is best represented in the seal assemblage. By focusing on the representation of divine figures and symbols on Dilmun seals the paper will discuss: 1. the notion of adopting ‘foreign’ divine images without employing their original concept, and 2. the reuse of old iconographic concepts from the past (Early Dilmun period) on late type Dilmun seals (Middle Dilmun period). The paper is part of the author’s PhD research on the stamp seals from Failaka, mainly based on the recent discoveries conducted by the Kuwaiti-Danish Mission to Failaka in Kuwait (2008-2012). The archaeological project is a collaboration between Moesgård Museum in Denmark and Kuwait’s National Council of Culture, Arts and Letters. 5 Aghalary, Bayram – Abdollahzadeh, Aylar 6.2 Reports Themes Cultural Characteristics of Northwestern of Iran in the Parthian Period 13 Friday (Based on the Results of the 2nd Season of Excavations at Köhne Pāsgāh Morning Tepesi) Turkey/Iran • University of Hacettepe/Ankara; University of Tehran • bairamaghalary@yahoo. com Northwestern of Iran in the Parthian period was part of the Atropatene semi-autonomous province. The region witnessed several cultural and political events and developments during the Parthian Period; however, in the study and exploration of this era, we are in short of cultural material. In recent years (2007-2008), the rescue excavations in Khodā-āfarin Dam Area have opened a new horizon in studying this significant historical phase in northwestern region. The issue at point is the old mound of Köhneˊ Pāsgāh Tepesi which was explored in parallel with the project for saving the dam of Khodā-āfarin and other areas in two seasons. Due to limited material evidence related to the region during the Parthian Period, the material and data derived from the region will definitely be able to fill, though partialy, some of the gaps and material as well as cultural ambiguities and the manner of cultural interactions in the region. To this end, authors of the present article, have endeavored to introduce and carry out a comparative study of the findings of the Parthian Period belonging to this period together with other regions which were concurrent with it, with the aim to take an effective step in the qualitative and quantitative study of the date and the amount of bilateral interactions in the northwest of Iran and the neighboring regions