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 Archaeology
1B Remembering Sharon Zuckerman: The Southern Levant in the Second
Millennium 1C Prehistoric Archaeology 1D Archaeology and Biblical Studies I
10:25 AM 1E Cyber-archaeology in the Middle East Today - 1F Archaeology of Anatolia I
8:20 1G Pigments, Paints and Polychromies: Experiencing and Reconstructing Morning Sessions the Colors of the Ancient Near East 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: Survey of Results 3B Archaeology of Egypt 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 Iran 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 Israel 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 Southern Levant I
5C Archaeology of Jordan 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 Ancient Near East I - 5G Archaeology of Syria
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 New Testament 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 Bioarchaeology 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 Cyprus 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 Iraq I Morning Sessions 9H Archaeology of the Natural Environment: Archaeobotany and Zooarchaeology 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 Mesopotamia 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 Maritime Archaeology Sessions 12G Archaeology of Mesopotamia II 4:20 Late Afte 12H Archaeology of Ritual and Religion II