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Program-at-a-Glance 2015 ASOR Annual Meeting | The InterContinental Buckhead-Atlanta, GA

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

7:00-8:15 PM Plenary Address: Susan E. Alcock (Brown University)

8:15-10:00 PM Welcome Reception

Thursday, November 19, 2015

1A History of

1B Remembering Sharon Zuckerman: The Southern in the Second

Millennium 1C 1D Archaeology and Biblical Studies I

10:25 AM 1E Cyber-archaeology in the Today - 1F Archaeology of I

8:20 1G Pigments, Paints and Polychromies: Experiencing and Reconstructing Morning Sessions the Colors of the Ancient 1H Archaeology of Monasticism

2A Reports on Current Excavations-ASOR Affiliated 2B The Levantine EB III: Re-evaluation and New Vistas I

2C Archaeology of the Near East: Bronze and Iron Ages I 2D Archaeology and Biblical Studies II 12:45 PM - 2E Technology in Archaeology: Recent Work in the Archaeological Sciences Morning - 2F Archaeology of Anatolia II Sessions 2G Archaeology of Feasting and Foodways: Production Mid 2H From Diospolis (Lod) to Ramla - A Case Study for Measuring Changes 10:40 AM in Settlement and Society in the Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East

12:45-1:45 PM ASOR Members’ Meeting

3A Hesi Regional Project: of Results 3B Archaeology of 3C Archaeology of the Near East: Bronze and Iron Ages II 3D Ancient Inscriptions I

4:05 PM

- 3E GIS and Remote Sensing in Archaeology I

Sessions 3F Archaeology of I Afternoon

2:00 3G Object Biography for Archaeologists Workshop II: The Object as Magnet I 3H Archaeology of the Byzantine Near East

4A Archaeology of 4B Archaeology and History of Egypt's First Intermediate Period 4C Archaeology of the Near East: Bronze and Iron Ages III 4D Ancient Inscriptions II 6:25 PM

- 4E GIS and Remote Sensing in Archaeology II

Sessions 4F Archaeology of Iran II 4:20

Late Afternoon 4G Object Biography for Archaeologists Workshop II: The Object as Magnet II 4H Archaeology of the Crusader Period

Friday, November 20, 2015

5A New Light on Persian Period Judah - the Archaeological Perspective I

5B Archaeology of the I

5C Archaeology of I 5D The Levantine EB III: Re-evaluation and New Vistas II 5E GIS and Remote Sensing in Archaeology III

10:25 AM 5F Gender in the I - 5G Archaeology of

8:20 5H Decline in the Eleventh Century in the Eastern Mediterranean and Morning Sessions Near East? New Archaeological, Historical, and Environmental Approaches

6A New Light on Persian Period Judah - the Archaeological Perspective II

PM 6B Archaeology of the Southern Levant II

6C Archaeology of Jordan II 6D Ancient Texts and Modern Photographic and Digital Technologies 12:45 - 6E The Role of Texts and Archaeology in the Study of Morning - Backgrounds: Essays in Honor of James F. Strange I Sessions 6F Gender in the Ancient Near East II Mid 6G Satellite-Based Monitoring of Cultural Heritage in Conflict Situations 10:40 AM 6H Qasr Hisham: New Approaches for an Old Monument

12:45-2:00 PM Junior Scholars’ Panel Discussion

7A Theoretical and Anthropological Approaches to the Near East I 7B Integrated Chronologies of the Bronze Age: Combining Historical, Archaeological, and Scientific Approaches 7C Archaeology of Jordan III 7D Archaeology of Arabia I 4:05 PM

- 7E The Role of Texts and Archaeology in the Study of New Testament Backgrounds: Essays in Honor of James F. Strange II

2:00 7F Myth, History, and Archaeology

Afternoon Sessions 7G in the Near East 7H Sicily and the Levant: Diachronic Perspectives on Interconnections

8A Theoretical and Anthropological Approaches to the Near East II

8B Near Eastern Archaeology as Salvage Operation: Ethics, Politics and

Method 8C Archaeology of I 8D Archaeology of Arabia II 6:25 PM - 8E Seals and Seal Use in the Ancient Near East Sessions 8F Landscapes of Settlement in the Ancient Near East I 4:20 Late Afternoon 8G Conservation and Site Preservation in the Near East 8H Mesopotamian Civilizations: Borders, Identities, and Interactions

Saturday, November 21, 2015

9A Theoretical and Anthropological Approaches to the Near East III

9B Museums and the Ancient Middle East: Curatorial Practices and

Audiences I 9C Archaeology of Cyprus II 9D Archaeology of the Black Sea and the Caucasus I

10:25 AM 9E Art Historical Approaches to the Near East I - 9F Landscapes of Settlement in the Ancient Near East II

8:20 9G Archaeology of the Kurdistan Region of I Morning Sessions 9H Archaeology of the Natural Environment: Archaeobotany and in the Near East

10B Museums and the Ancient Middle East: Curatorial Practices and

Audiences II 10C The Iron Age I in the Levant: A View from the North I 10D Archaeology of the Black Sea and the Caucasus II 12:45 PM - 10E Art Historical Approaches to the Near East II Morning Sessions

- 10F Infants as Votive Offerings in Ancient Carthage 10:40 AM

Mid 10G Archaeology of I

12:45-2:00 PM Projects on Parade – Poster Session

11A Methods of Historiography in the Study of Ancient Israel and the

Levant 11C The Iron Age I in the Levant: A View from the North II 11D New Research on Pre-Islamic Central Asia I 11E Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Dress and 4:05 PM - the Body I 11F Archaeology of the Near East: The Classical Periods 2:00 11G Archaeology of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq II Afternoon Sessions 11H Archaeology of Ritual and Religion I

12A Archaeologists Engaging Global Challenges

12C Humayma After Three Decades: The Legacy and the Promise

12D New Research on Pre-Islamic Central Asia II

rnoon 12E Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Dress and

the Body II 6:25 PM - 12F Sessions 12G Archaeology of Mesopotamia II 4:20 Late Afte 12H Archaeology of Ritual and Religion II