Yannos Kourayos, Greek Ministry of Culture, Archaeological Barbara Bolognani, University of Bologna Period Terracottas from Tel Dor and Ashkelon Museum of Paros and Erica Angliker, University of Zurich Warriors and Matrons: the Late Iron Age Society at 16:30-17:00 Coffee break Figurines in Context: An Overview of the Figurines from the Karkemish through the Coroplastic Arts 17:00-18:30 Session 10: Phoenician Terracottas in Cult Sanctuary of Despotiko Raz Kletter, University of Helsinki Chair: Gil Gambash, University of Eleni Palla, International Hellenic University of Thessaloniki Figurines from Tel Beer-Sheba and Tel Malhata - Two Late Adi Erlich, University of Haifa Female Terracotta Figurines of the Hellenistic Period Found Iron Age Sites in the Judean Negev The Cult of Youth: Phoenician Influence on the Terracottas in Burial Contexts in Bottiaea 12:30 Short break and collecting packed lunch from the Roman Temple at Omrit 13:30-15:00 Light lunch and visit to the Hecht Museum 13:00 Excursion to Beth She'arim and Akko, two Meir Edrey and Assaf Yasur-Landau, University of Haifa 15:00-16:30 Session 3: Greek Theatre and Grotesques World Heritage sites Sunken Votives? Figurines from the Seabed and Seashore in Chair: Sonia Klinger, University of Haifa Back by 20:30 Southern Phoenicia Linca Kucsinschi, Paris Nanterre University Registration Required Ignacio Grau Mira, Universitat d'Alacant, Mireia Lopèz-Bertran, Behind an Actor's Mask: A Study of Ancient Theatrical Universitat de València and Iván Amorós, Museu de Prehistòria Day Three: Thursday, March 15th. Main Campus, Activity in Dobrudia through the Coroplastic Finds de València The Student Center, floor 0 Heather Bowyer, Arizona State University The Terracottas of the Iberian Sanctuary of la Serreta Physically Dysmorphic Votives at the Corinthian Sanctuary 10:00-11:30 Session 7: Production: On Coroplasts, (Alcoi-Cocentraina-Penàfuila, Alacant, Spain) of Demeter and Kore Technology and Workshops 18:30 Closing Remarks Isabelle Hasselin Rous, Louvre Museum Chair: Fanny Vitto, Antiquities Authorities The Athlete Grotesques of Smyrna: The Originality of a Nancy Serwint, Arizona State University Subject of Caricature and the Identification of a Production Techniques of the Coroplast: Evidence from the Ancient Workshop Marion and Arsinoe Under the auspices of Association for Coroplastic Studies Achim Lichtenberger, Westfälische Wilhems-Universität and the University of Haifa (Zinman Institute of Archaeology, 16:30-17:00 Coffee break Müster, and Kimberlee Sue Moran, Rutgers University Camden the Onassis Program of Hellenic Studies, the Haifa Center for 17:00-18:00 Session 4: Modern Attitudes: Collections and Mediterranean History, Faculty of Humanities, Landscapes of Fakes Fingerprints on Terracotta Figurines and Oil Lamps from Knowledge and School of History). Chair: Jochai Rosen, University of Haifa the Late-Roman Beit Nattif Workshop Claudia Cenci, Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e - Notice that each day of the conference will take place at a Riccardo Berriola, National Archaeological Museum of Naples Paesaggio per le Province di Verona, and Roby Stuani, different venue - The Collection of Terracottas of Raffaele Gargiulo in the Universitat de Barcelona National Archaeological Museum of Naples Monday, March 12th: Excursion to the Sea of Galilee Piazza Arditi (Verona). A Coroplastic Workshop between the Kseniya Polezhaeva, Lomonsov Moscow State University and the Golan 1st Century BCE and the 3rd Century CE Terracottas Are a Forger's Best Friend Registration Required 11:30-12:00 Coffee break 18:00-19:00 Terracottas workshop at the pottery studio 12:00-13:30 Session 8: The Day One: Tuesday, March 13th. University of Haifa, in the Dr. Reuven Hecht Arts Center Building Chair: Danny Rosenberg, University of Haifa Main Campus, Eshkol Tower Observatory Oren Arbel, University of Haifa Ianir Milevski, Israel Antiquities Authority 19:30 Reception and dinner for speakers 9:00 Registration and coffee The Figurine from Ouleh and the Iconography of the Senate Room, Floor 29, Eshkol Tower 9:30-10:00 Opening Remarks: Adi Erlich, University of Haifa Chalcolithic Sessions sponsored by the Onassis Program of Hellenic Day Two: March 14th. The Port Campus Nadeshda B. Knudsen, Tel Aviv University Studies 8:30 Registration Why figurines? Reflections on the Production and Possible Chair: Jeannine Horowitz, University of Haifa Significance of Zoomorphic Figurines from Tel Bet Yerah 9:00-10:30 Session 5: Terracottas in the Ancient Near East Barbara Bolognani, University of Bologna Greetings Chair: Zvi Greenhut, Israel Antiquities Authority The Iron-Age Coroplastic Production of the Northern 10:00-10:30 Keynote: The Study of Greek Figurative Roberta Menegazzi, Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi di Levant: Defining Chronologies and Inter-Regional Terracottas: A Cautionary Tale Torino per il Medio Oriente e l'Asia Productions Jaimee Uhlenbrock, President of the Association Beyond Terracotta: Bone and Stone Figurines from Seleucia 13:30-15:30 Lunch. Tour of the laboratories of the for Coroplastic Studies (ACoSt) on the Tigris Zinman Institute of Archaeology, exhibition 10:30-11:30 Session 1: Terracottas from Shrines at Corinth Anna de Vincenz, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research of terracottas. Sonia Klinger, University of Haifa A Unique Female Figurine's Head from En Gedi The Phoenician Series: Sessions in collaboration with Terracottas from the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Erin Darby, University of Tennessee Haifa Phoenician lecture series Acrocorinth: the Usual and the Unusual Finds Coroplasts as Ritual Experts? The Religious Role of Figurine Sponsored by the Haifa Center for Mediterranean History (HCMH) Theodora Kopestonksy, University of Tennessee Producers in the Iron II Levant

Dancers, Riders, and Standing Ladies: Leading Figures in 10:30-11:00 Coffee break 15:30-16:30 Session 9: Phoenicians around the Mediterranean Ayelet Gilboa, University of Haifa. Chair and opening remarks Terracotta Assemblages at Small Corinthian Shrines 11:30-12:30 Session 6: Terracottas from the Iron Age in to the Phoenician Series 11:30-12:00 Coffee break the Levant 12:00-13:30 Session 2: Greek Figurines Chair: Irit Ziffer, Eretz Israel Museum Meritxell Ferrer, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Mireia López- Bertran, Universitat de València Chair: Jaimee Uhlenbrock, ACoSt Aaron Greener, University of Haifa, Gabriel Barkay, Bar-Ilan Marking Food: Phoenician and Punic Terracotta Moulds Céline Murphy, The Heritage Management Organization University, and Zachi Dvira (Zweig), Bar-Ilan University Tanya Sokolsky, University of Haifa Animal and Human Figurines at Minoan Peak Sanctuaries: The Characteristics of the Figurine Fragment Assemblage Interspecies Relationships Expressed in Clay Discovered in the Soil Poenicia and Beyond: Comparative analysis of the Persian-