LIVING FLUIDLY: USES AND MEANINGS OF WATER IN ASIA MINOR (SECOND CENTURY BCE – SECOND CENTURY CE) by Cecelia Feldman Weiss B.A., Tufts University 2003 A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department of Archaeology and the Ancient World Brown University May 2011 © Cecelia Feldman Weiss 2011 This dissertation by Cecelia Feldman Weiss is accepted in its present form by the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient world as satisfying the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Date________________ ______________________ Susan E. Alcock, Advisor Date________________ ______________________ Ömür Harmanşah, Advisor Recommended to the Graduate School Date________________ ______________________ John F. Cherry, Reader Date________________ ______________________ Sheila Bonde, Reader Date________________ ______________________ John Bodel, Reader Approved by the Graduate Council Date________________ ____________________ Peter M. Weber, Dean of the Graduate School iii CECELIA FELDMAN WEISS Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World Brown University Box 1837 • Providence, RI USA • 02912 EDUCATION __________________________________________________________________ 2011 Ph.D. in Archaeology and the Ancient World , Brown University Dissertation title: Living Fluidly: Uses and Meanings of Water in Asia Minor, 2nd century BCE to 2 nd century CE 2003 B.A. magna cum laude , double major in Archaeology and Art History Tufts University PUBLICATIONS _______________________________________________________________ Books Forthcoming (2012) Locating the Sacred: Theoretical Approaches to the Emplacement of Religion , edited by C. Weiss and C. Moser. Joukowsky Institute Publication Series (no. 4) Peer Reviewed Book Chapters In press “Bodies in Motion: Civic Ritual and Place-Making in Roman Ephesus.” In Roman Place-Making Past and Present , edited by D. Totten and K.L. Samuels. Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series, Portsmouth RI. (expected 2011) 2010 “Performativity of Place: Movement and Water in Second Century A.D. Ephesus.” In TRAC 2009: Proceedings of the 19th Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference Southampton & Michigan 2009 , edited by A.J. Moore, E. Harris, P. Girdwood, G. Taylor & L. Shipley. Oxbow Books, Oxford Forthcoming (2012) “Re-placing the Nile: Water and Mimesis in the Practice of Egyptian Religion at Pergamon.” In Locating the Sacred: Theoretical Approaches to the Emplacement of Religion , edited by C. Weiss and C. Moser. Joukowsky Institute Publication Series (no. 4) In preparation “Ephesos, Hydropolis of Asia: Civic Benefaction and the Provision of Water.” In Cosmopolitan Topographies: Narrative, Identity, and Urban Spaces Web Publications 2009 Farewell. Archaeography , March 9, 2009 2008 Dov’e il colosseo? (Where is the Colosseum?): An enquiry into the Multiplicity of Relations with an ‘Emblem of Imperial Rome.’ Archaeolog , February 2008 AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS _____________________________________ 2010-2011 Graduate Student Coordinator, Mellon Graduate Workshops, Brown University 2009-2010 Fluid Thinking: Exploration of Water in Society, Mellon Graduate Workshop, Brown University 2010 Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World Travel and Fieldwork Grant iv 2010 Archaeological Institute of America Graduate Student Travel Grant 2009-2010 Robert and Nancy Carney Fellowship, Brown University 2009 Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World Travel and Fieldwork Grant 2008-2009 Graduate School Teaching Assistantship, Brown University 2008 Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World Travel and Fieldwork Grant 2008 Graduate School Proctorship, Brown University 2007 Graduate School Teaching Assistantship, Brown University 2006 Graduate School Proctorship, Brown University 2005-2006 Graduate School Fellowship, Brown University 2003 The Mariane J. Witherby Scholarship for Study in Italy, Tufts University 2000 Dorot Grant for Study in Israel TEACHING___________________________________________________________________ 2009 Teaching Assistant, Architecture and Memory , Brown University, Dr. Ömür Harmanşah 2008 Teaching Assistant, Classical Art at the RISD Museum , Brown University, Dr. Gina Borromeo 2007 Teaching Assistant, Archaeologies of the Greek Past , Brown University, Dr. Christopher Witmore 2007 Teaching Assistant, Field Archaeology in the Ancient World , Brown University, Dr. Susan Alcock 2008 Sheridan Teaching Certificate, Level 1: Focus on Reflective Teaching Methods 2004-2006 Trench Supervisor, Anglo-American Project in Pompeii (Casa del Chirurgo) FIELD EXPERIENCE__________________________________________________________ Doctoral Research 2009, 2010 Österreischisches Archäologisches Institut Ephesos , Selçuk Turkey (under the supervision of Mag. Dr. Sabine Landstätter, ÖAI) Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Pergamon , Bergama Turkey (under the supervision of Dr. Felix Pirson) Survey/Architectural Survey 2008 Event Place Performance: A Survey Project in the Beyşehir Lake Basin , Central Turkey (Dr. Ömür Harmanşah, Brown University), Research Assistant to Dr. Ömür Harmanşah 2008 Gordion Excavation Project , Yassıhoyuk Turkey (Dr. G. Kenneth Sams, UNC Chapel Hill, and the University of Pennsylvania Museum), Research Assistant to Dr. Ömür Harmanşah, Architectural Survey Excavation 2001-2006 Anglo-American Project in Pompeii , Pompeii Italy (Dr. Rick Jones, University of Bradford and Dr. Damian Robinson, Oxford University), Trench Supervisor 2005 Ostia Antica , Ostia Italy (Evelyne Bukowiecki, L’École Française de Rome) 2000 Combined Caesarea Expedition , Caesarea Israel (Dr. A. Raban, University of Haifa and Dr. Ken Holum, University of Maryland), Field Student v MUSEUM WORK AND EXHIBITS_______________________________________________ 2008 Teaching Assistant: Classical Art in the RISD Museum with Dr. Gina Borromeo, Curator of Ancient Art at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) 2006, 2008 Collections Proctor: worked to create an online catalogue (wiki) for the Joukowsky Institute artifact and coin collection 2005-2006 Believing Africa, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University Team member in the development, design, and mounting of the exhibit as part of classes Museums and Material Culture and Exhibitions in Museums ORGANIZED SESSIONS AND COLLOQUIA______________________________________ 2010 Locality of Sacrality: Theoretical Approaches to the Emplacement of Religion (with Claudia Moser, Brown University). Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG), Brown University. April 30-May 2, 2010 2009-2010 Fluid Thinking: Exploration of Water in Society . Mellon Graduate Workshop, Brown University, September 2009-May 2010 CONFERENCE PAPERS_______________________________________________________ 2011 Ephesos, Hydropolis of Asia: Civic Benefaction and the Provision of Water. Cosmopolitan Topographies: Narrative, Identity, and Urban Spaces , Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX. January 10-11, 2011 2010 Reconsidering Kapıkaya: a Rock-Cut Sanctuary near Pergamon, Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. January 6-10, 2010 2009 Allianoi: Object of Archaeological Inquiry and Site of Contestation, Fluid Thinking: Exploration of Water in Society , Brown University. October 1, 2009 2009 Where is the Colosseum? An Enquiry into the Multiplicity of Relations with an ‘Emblem of Imperial Rome’, Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG), Stanford University. May 1- 3, 2009 2009 Gods, Bodies, and Water: Investigating Kapıkaya, a Rock-Cut Sanctuary near Pergamon, Brown Bag Series in Archaeology , Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University. April 23, 2009 2009 Performativity of Place: Explorations of Movement in the Ancient Cityscape of Ephesus, Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. April 3-5, 2009 2008 Performance, Memory, Place: Civic Performance and Place-Making in Second Century Ephesus, Critical Roman Archaeology Conference (CRAC), Stanford University. March 2-3, 2008. INVITED LECTURES AND GUEST LECTURES ___________________________________ 2010 To Worship Fluidly: Water, Ritual, and Politics at Pergamon, Invited lecture ( Eta Sigma Phi chapter ), University of Massachusetts at Amherst. March 4, 2010 2009 City and Spectacle: The Salutaris Procession in its Urban Context, guest lecture in City and the Festival , Ömür Harmanşah, Brown University. November 24, 2009 vi 2009 The House of the Surgeon: Excavation with the Anglo-American Project in Pompeii (and other cool stuff), guest lecture in Pompeii , Michelle Berenfeld, Brown University. March 3, 2009 2007 Fashion and (Socio)Politics: Male and Female (Un)Dress in Archaic and Classical Athens, guest lecture in Archaeologies of the Greek Past , Christopher Witmore, Brown University. November 28, 2007 SKILLS_______________________________________________________________________ Languages: English (native speaker) Italian (reading fluency and speaking proficiency) Spanish (reading fluency and speaking proficiency) German (reading) French (reading) Latin (reading) Ancient Greek (reading) Turkish (basic reading and speaking) Computing: Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint; Photoshop; Basic knowledge of ArcGIS9 vii Acknowledgements Even before I typed the first words of this dissertation, I fantasized about writing the acknowledgements. Looking forward to writing this section probably had something to do with being faced with a daunting