9th International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan

Cultural Interaction through the Ages

Program

 

Saturday, 22 May, 2004

Arrival at Petra / Registration

 

Sunday, 23 May, 2004

8:00-9:00

Late Registration

9:30

Departure to Al-Hussein Bin Talal University

11:00-11:30

Opening Ceremony

11:30-12:00

Coffee Break

12:00-12:30

Keynote Speech: Evaluating Cultural Interaction: Historical Perspectives on Conflict, Interchange and Plurality in Pre-Modern Society

Dr. Alan Walmsley

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00

Departure to Wadi-Musa

16:00

Opening of the exhibitions

Session 1A: Cultural Interaction through the Ages

Chairperson: Pierre Bikai

 

17:00-17:20

Faces of the Orient – 10,000 Years of Art and Culture from Jordan

Salje, B.

17:20-17:40

Jarash and Petra as Seen through the Eyes of William Bankes, English Traveller in the 19th Century

Radcliffe, F.

17:40-18:00

Trade and Tribes in Arabia during the Graeco-Roman Period. Reflections on “The Arabs in Antiquity”

Salles, J.-F.

18:00-18:20

Tracing Lines – Aerial Archaeology and Khatt Shebib

Bewley, B. and Kennedy, D.

18:20-18:40

The Minaret at Qastal: Its Significance and Date

Bisheh, G.

18:40-19:00

Developing a Digital Library for Near Eastern Archaeology

Flanagan, J.W., Clark, D.R. and Fox, E.A

 

Monday, 24 May, 2004

 

Session 2A: Settlement Patterns and Exploitation Strategies: The Practical Use of Land

Chairperson: Ahmad Shboul

9:00-9:20

Rural Settlement on the Karak Plateau: Khirbat Faris

McQuitty, A.

9:20-9:40

Late Bronze Age Settlement Patterns North of az-Zarqa River

Kafafi, Z.

9:40-10:00

Nabataean Edom: A Demographic and Archaeological Approach to Modeling Regional Dynamics and Sedenterization

Twaissi, S.

10:00-10:20

The Political Economy of the Hellenistic-Roman Settlements in the Dhiban Plateau

Ji, C.- H. and Lee, J. K.

10:20-10:40

The Politics of Land Management in Medieval Islam: The Northern Jordan Survey, 2004

Walker, B.

10:40-11:00

تنظيم المجال في المغرب الأقصى خلال العصور

الوسطى منطقتي

 "ترغا" و "بيلونتش"    نموذجا

Al-Touri, A.

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

 

Session 3A: Water Strategies in Water Arid Lands

Chairperson: Jutta Haeser

11:30-11:50

The Sociohydrology of the M-LPPNB Occupation in the Greater Petra-Area

Gebel, H.G.

11:50-12:10

Water Strategies in the Iktanu Region of Jordan

Prag, K.

12:10-12:30

Irrigation Systems at Dayr ‘Alla

van der Kooij, G.

12:30-12:50

Discussions on Terrace Cultivation and its Relationship to the City of Petra, in Southern Jordan

Lavento, M., Haggrèn, H., Hertell, E., Huotari, M., Jansson, H., Junnilainen, H., Kouki, P., Mukkala, A., Silvonen, S. and Ynnilä, H.

12:50-13:10

The Water Facilities at Tall Hisban: Diachronic Social Structures in the Tall Hisban Region

Merling, D.

13:10-13:30

Water Strategies in the Southern Ghawrs and Northeast ‘Arabah

MacDonald, B.

13:30-15:30

Lunch Break

 

Session 4A: Production, Interregional Trade and the Formation of Social Institutions

Chairperson: Jean-François Salles

15:30-15:50

Sesame Seed Oil and the Nabataeans. A Preliminary Case Study on the Provisioning of Petra

Tuttle, C.

15:50-16:10

Provenance of Marbles from the Nabataean Site at Qasr el-Bint, Petra and Umm Qays, Jordan

Abu Jaber, N., Al-Saad, Z. and Bashaireh, Khaled

16:10-16:30

Interregional Trade at Roman and Byzantine ‘Aqaba

Parker, S.T.

16:30-16:50

Vineyards and Stone Quarries at Khirbat Yajuz during the Roman and Byzantine Periods

Khalil, L.

16:50-17:10

An Hypothetical View of Gerasa as Provider for Roman Frontier Stations Seen from a Late Roman Hippodrome Pottery Kiln Dump

Kehrberg, I. (presented by Burns, R.)

17:10-17:40

Coffee Break

 

Session 5A:Farming in Jordan, Origins, Adaptation and Development: Social Implications

Chairperson: Douglas Clark      

17:40-18:00

The Earliest Farmers in Jordan

Finlayson, B. and Kuijt, I.

18:00-18:20

Domesticating Villages: Subsistence and Land Use Patterns During the Jordanian Neolithic

Simmons, A.

18:20-18:40

Es-Sifiya: An Early Neolithic Farming Community in Wadi al-Mujib, Jordan

Mahasneh, H.

 

 Monday, 24 May, 2004

 

Session 2B: Water Strategies in Water Arid Lands

Chairman: Fawzi Zayadine

9:00-9:20

استراتيجية استعمالات المياة في بلدتي الربة والقصر بمحافظة الكرك في الفترة النبطية والرومانية

Shiyab, A.

9:20-9:40

The Water-Supply Systems in the Region of Udhruh

Abu Danneh, F.

9:40-10:00

The Ancient Irrigation System at Qasr Tilah, Northern Wadi Arabah

Niemi, T.N.

10:00-10:20

Archaeological Evidences of the Water Distribution System and Quarrying Activity

Ghreyb, R. and Ronza, M.E.

10:20-10:40

Notes on the Old Water System and its Integration in Jordan’s Future

Abu Shmaes, A.

9:00-9:20

الموار المائية في المناطق الجافة وشبه الصحراوية

مدينة تونس في العهد الحفصي

(القرن السابعللهجرة الى العاشر)

Al-Dolati, A.

10:40-11:00

استراتيجية استعمالات المياة في بلدتي الربة والقصر بمحافظة الكرك في الفترة النبطية والرومانية

Shiyab, A.

 

11:00-11:30

 

Coffee Break

 

Session 3B: Elites, Production, the Role of Gift Exchange and the Formation of Social Institutions

Chairperson: Genevieve Dollfus

11:30-11:50

Elites and Exchange in the Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age I

Kerner, S.

11:50-12:10

Mud-Brick Town Walls in EBI-II Jordan and their Significance for Understanding the Formation of New Social Institutions

Schaub, R.T.

12:10-12:30

Social Institutions at Khirbat Iskandar: An Argument for Elites in EB IV

Richard, S. and Long, J.

12:30-12:50

Qasr al-Hallabat: Continuity and Change from the Roman-Byzantine to the Umayyad Period

Arce, I.

12:50-13:10

The Political and Economic Organization of the Karak Plateau: Town and Countryside

van der Steen, E.

13:10-13:30

Hellenistic-Imperial Animal Sculpture: Between 'Foreign Influence' and 'Independence'

  Meynersen, F.

13:30-15:30

 

Lunch Break

 

Session 4B: The Steppe (Jordanian Badiyah) as a Corridor

Chairperson: Ghazi Bisheh

15:30-15:50

East Jordan Perspectives on the “Levantine Corridor”

Quintero, L.A., Wilke, P.J. and Rollefson, G.O

15:50-16:10

Humayma and the Abbasid Family

Schick, R.

16:10-16:30

استرايجية المكان والزمان في قصير عمرة

Raba‘i, I.

16:30-16:50

التاريخ الحضاري  لمنطقة البادية الأردنية الشمالية

Obaidat, D.

16:50-17:10

البادية الاردنية كمعبر للحضارة

المحافظة على السياحة البيئية و الأثرية في محمية الأزرق المائية

Wahib, M.

17:10-17:40

Coffee Break

Session 5B: Farming in Jordan, Origins, Adaptation and Development: Social Implications

Chairperson:  Denyse Homes-Fredericq

17:40-18:00

Tell Johfiyeh: An Iron Age Farmstead in North Jordan

Lamprichs, R.

18:00-18:20

The Impact of Agriculture on the Formation of Nabataean Beliefs

El-Khouri, L.

18:20-18:40

Land Occupation in the Gerasa Territory during Roman and Byzantine Time: Some Examples for Future Research

Seigne, J.

18:40-19:00

Petra, Bayda: Al-Amti and the “Nabataean Village”

Bikai, P.M.

 

 

Tuesday, 25 May, 2004

 

Session 6A: Trade and the Social-Cultural Impact of Trade Relations

Chairperson: Mu‘awiyah Ibrahim

9:00 - 9:20

The Impact of Long-Distance Trade on the Pastoral-Nomadic Populations of Southern Jordan and Northwestern Arabia During the Iron Age

Corbett, G.J.

9:20 - 9:40

The Social-Cultural Impact of Trade Relations: The Case of the Nabataeans. Chance or Danger?

Wenning, R.

9:40 -10:00

The Gaza-Damascus Road in the Medieval Periods and its Branches in Palestine and Jordan

Zayadine, F.

10:00-10:20

Traditional Trade Networks and Social Interaction between Jordan and other Parts of Bilad al-Sham: Historical and Sociological Considerations

Shboul, A.

10:20-10:40

Trade and the Acquisition of Wealth in Rural Late Antique North Jordan

Rose, J., El-Najjar, M. and Burke, D.

10:40-11:00

The Jordanian Countryside as a Corridor for Population Movements and Trade

Abujaber, R.

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

 

Session 7A: Cultural Interaction through the Ages

Chairperson: Abdelaziz al-Touri

11:30-11:50

Cultural Interaction through the Ages: The View from Tall Hisban and the Madaba Plains

LaBianca, Ø. S.

11:50-12:10

Cultural Interaction through the Windows of the Four-Room House at Tall al-‘Umayri

Clark, D.R.

12:10-12:30

A List of Ammonite Kings According to the Inter-Cultural and Political Relations

Abu Dayyeh, A.

12:30-12:50

افاميا مدينة هلنستية سلوقية متعددة الثقافات واوجه التشابه مع مدينة جرش

Hreitani, M.

12:50-13:10

الرقص والاحتفالات في النقوش والرسومات الصفوية

Al-Khraysheh, F.

13:10-13:30

Cultural Interaction and Change: An Elite Urban Residence in Late Byzantine Early Islamic Madaba

Foran D. and Harrison, T.

13:30-15:30

Lunch Break

 

Session 8A: The Archaeology of Jordan: Recent Studies and Research

Chairperson: Edward B. Banning

15:30-15:50

Tall Zera‘a in Wadi al-‘Arab: The Gedara Region Project”

Vieweger, D.

15:50-16:10

Cultural Materials of the Decapolis Region – Distribution, Intensity, Composition, Provenance, and Decomposition in Relation to Land Use and Environmental Conditions

Al-Sababha, H.

16:10-16:30

Excavations and Survey at Khawarij, Wadi Rayyan

Lovell, J.

16:30-16:50

University of Mu’tah Excavations at Shqeirah, Dhat Ras of South Jordan: A Preliminary Report

Atiat, T.

16:50-17:10

The Hellenic Archaeological Project of the University of Ioannina in Jordan 200-2004: A Preliminary Synthesis of the Excavation Results at Ghawr as-Safi and Tall Kafrein

Papadopoulos, T.J. and Kontroli-Papadopoulou, S.

17:10-17:40

Coffee Break

 

Session 9A: Cultural Resource Management: Interpreting the Past

Chairperson: Talal Akasheh

 

17:40-18:00

How to Introduce Archaeology to the General Public

Nasser, N.

 

18:00-18:20

Prehistory at Bayda: Past Present and Furture

Dennis, S., Finlayson, B. and Najjar, M.

18:20-18:40

Wadi Aseikhim: Startegies of Use and of Valorization of the Desertic Land of the “Badiyah” through the Archaeological Heritage

Al-Khouri, M. and Infranca, G.C.

18:40-19:00

Collecting the Near Eastern Past: Motivating Factors for Amassing Archaeological Collections

Kersel, M.

 

Tuesday, 25 May, 2004

 Session 6B: Cultural Interaction through the Ages

Chairperson: Martha Joukowsky

9:00 - 9:20

Nabataean Funerary Complexes: A Source of Information for the Palaces of Hellenistic Kings and Roman Emperors

Schmid, S.G.

9:20 - 9:40

Reflections on Local Peculiarities and Connections to the Classical World in the Wall Paintings of Petra

Shaer, M.

9:40 -10:00

The Petra Sanctuaries in Local and Interregional Relations: Some Remarks from Recent Finds

Augé, C.

10:00-10:20

Examples of Cultural Interaction through Architecture during the Hellenistic and Roman Periods

Haddad, N.

10:20-10:40

Echoes from the Slopes of Parnassus. The Muses in the Despoils and Provincia Arabia

Weber, T.M.

10:40-11:00

Nabataeans and Parthians: A Reappraisal on their Political, Commercial and Cultural Links

Tholbecq, L.

 

11:00-11:30

 

Coffee Break

 

Session 7B: The Archaeology of Jordan: Recent Studies and Research

Chairperson: Kay Prag

 

11:30-11:50

The 4th Millennium Site of Tall Hujayrat al-Ghuzlan/Aqaba – New Results, 2004

Khalil, L. and Schmidt, K.

11:50-12:10

Investigating ‘Conder’s Circle’ at ‘Ayn Jadidah, Near Mount Nebo

Mortensen, P. and Thuesen, I.

12:10-12:30

The Monastic/Pilgrimage Church at Jabal Haroun – Comparative Observations

Fiema, Z.

12:30-12:50

Jordan, a Holy Land: The Case of Bethany Beyond the Jordan

Hilo, Y.

12:50-13:10

The Cairn of the Mermaids

Bikai, P.M.

13:10-13:30

Water Mills in Northern ‘Ajlun and Social Organization: The Case of Koufranja

Shunnaq, M.S.

 

13:30-15:30

 

Lunch Break

 

 

Session 8B: Transport Evolution: Camels, Pack Animals and Wheeled Vehicles

Chairperson: Raouf  Abujaber

15:30-15:50

Camel Petroglyphs in Wadi Nasib and their Implications for the Use of Camels during the Late Bronze Age in the Levant

Younker, R.W.

15:50-16:10

Two-Humped Camels: Trajanic Propaganda or Reality

Graf, D.F.

16:10-16:30

Ancient Roads in Central Jordan

Kennedy, D.

16:30-16:50

Housing and Transport at the Origins of Nomadic Pastoralism

Wilke, P.J.

(presented by Rollefson, G.)

16:50-17:10

العربة في شمال الجزيرة العربية قبل الإسلام: نشأتها - تقنياتها

Al-Saeed, S. bin Fayez

17:10-17:40

Coffee Break

 

 

Session 9B: Cultural Interaction through the Ages

Chairperson: Lutfi Khalil

17:40-18:00

The Umayyad Complex at the Amman Citadel: A Final Assessment of Seven Years of Research and Intervention (1995-2001)

Arce, I.

 

18:00-18:20

The Development of Cultural Heritage between the Islamic Conquest and Existing Traditions

Al-Huneidi, H.M.

18:20-18:40

الفن التشكيلي عبر العصور

Sadeq, M.

18:40-19:00

مؤسسة اسلاميات للخزف  (تجربة انتاجية ابداعية)

Mufleh, D.

19:00-19:20

الحفاظ على الهوية التاريخية لمدينة عمان من خلال الترميم لجبل القلعة

Othman, M.

Wednesday, 26 May, 2004

Session 10A: Workshop: New Museums in Jordan

Chairperson: Asem Barghouti

9:00-11:00

Workshop: New Museums in Jordan

(Museums under the umbrella of the “Tourism Sector Development Project”)

 

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

Session 11A: Production, Interregional Trade and the Formation of Social Institutions

Chairperson: Bill Finlayson

11:30-11:50

Preliminary Report on a Use-Wear Analysis of Microlithic Flint Implements from ‘Ayn Rahub, Northern Jordan

Richter, T.

11:50 -12:10

Networking in the Neolithic: Wadi Ziqlab in its Regional Context

Banning, E.B. and Gibbs, K.

12:10-12:30

Axes, Adzes, Chisels, and Picks from the Neolithic Settlement of ‘Ayn Ghazal: A Technological and Ecological Analysis of Ground Bit Tools

Hintzman, M.W. and Quintero, L.

12:30-12:50

Craft Production and Landscape at the Early Bronze Age Settlement at el-Lejjun

Jones, J.

12:50-13:10

Variation in Late Iron Age Ceramic Assemblages in Southern Jordan: “Edomite” Pottery Reconsidered

Whiting, C.

13:10-13:30

A Bronze Workshop at Petra

Grawehr, M.

13:30-15:30

Lunch Break

16:00

Excursion to Bayda

The Neolithic Village (S. Dennis, B. Finlayson and M. Najjar)

The Recent Excavations at Bayda (P.M. Bikai)

 

Wednesday, 26 May, 2004

 

Session 10B: Settlement Patterns and Exploitation Strategies: The Practical Use of Land

Chairperson: Robert Wenning

9:00 -9:20

Two Bronze Age Cemeteries in the Southern Jordan Valley

Najjar, M.

9:20 -9:40

استغلال الاراضي في مملكة عمون

Haroun, J.

9:40 -10:00

Al-Herri, an Early-Roman-Era Local Settlement on the Edge of the Badiyah

de Vries, B.

10:00-10:20

Geology, Geomorphology and Structural Setting of Petra, Jordan

Barjous, M.

10:20-10:40

The Architectural Planning and Structure of the City Entrance of Ancient Gadara

Bührig, C.

10:40-11:00

الاستيطان الروماني المتأخر في منطقة راس النقب جنوبي محافظة معان في ضوء الاكتشافات الأخيرة

Al-Shami, A.

 

11:00-11:30

 

Coffee Break

 

Session 11B: Settlement Patterns and Exploitation Strategies: The Practical Use of Land

Chairperson: Hamzeh Mahasneh

11:30-11:50

Land Uses and Their Effect on the Demography of Region: A Study of Three Different Areas in The South of Jordan ; Shouback , Athruh  and Beer Abu – Danah

Salhieh, M. and al-Jbarat, M.

11:50-12:10

الاستيطان الحضاري في منطقة وادي الشلالة عبر العصور

Naqrash, A.

12:10-12:30

The Nabataean Exploitation of the Natural Resources and Their Landscape Management in Petra

Khrisat, B.

12:30-12:50

The Imperial Legacy? The Environmental Impact of Roman Mining and Smelting in Wadi Faynan

Al-Saad, Z. and Grattan, J.P.

12:50-13:10

The Manuscript of Julian of Ascalon and its Implications in the Research and Conservation of the Archaeological Heritage in the Territory of Jordan

Di Rocco, G.

13:10-13:30

Wadi ‘Arabah: Barrier or Interface

Bienkowski, P. and van der Steen, E.

13:30-15:30

Lunch Break

 

16:00

Excursion to Bayda

The Neolithic Village (S. Dennis, B. Finlayson and M. Najjar)

The Recent Excavations at Bayda (P.M. Bikai)

Thursday, 27 May, 2004

 

Session 12A: Water Strategies in Water Arid Lands

Chairperson: Zeidoun Al-Muheisen

9:00-9:20

The Petra Great Temple’s Water Strategy

Joukowsky, M.S.

9:20-9:40

The Petra Garden and Pool Complex

Bedal, L.-A.

9:40-10:00

The Hydraulic Infrastructure of Petra. A Model for Water Strategies in Arid Lands

Bellwald, U.

10:00-10:20

Nabataean Water Management Strategies in Wadi ath-Thamad

Daviau, M. and Foley, C.

10:20-10:40

Water and Society at the Ancient Desert Site of Humayma, Ancient Hawara

Oleson, J.P.

 

10:40-11:00

 

Coffee Break

 

 

Session 13A: Trade and the Social-Cultural Impact of Trade Relations

Chairperson: Abdelaziz Al-Dolati

11:00-11:20

دور ممالك جنوب الجزيرة العربية في التجارة الدولية في الفترة ما بين (ق.1 ق.م. – ق.3 م.) وأثرها في إزدهار ونشوء مملكة الأنباط

Mala‘beh, N.

11:20-11:40

الاهمية التجارية لبادية شمال شرق الاردنفي العصرالروماني

Al-Shdaifat, Y.

11:40-12:00

التفاعلات الثقافية عبر العصور

(ثورة النقل و الجمال، ظهور الحيوانات، و العربات)

Oweis, E.

12:00-13:00

Session 14A: Closing

Chairperson: Fawwaz Al-Khraysheh

14:00

Lunch

16:00

Excursion to Petra

 

Thursday, 27 May, 2004

Session 12B: Cultural Resources Management: Interpreting the Past

Chairman: Ziad Al-Saad

9:00-9:20

Interpretation and Interaction; The Case of the Hijaz Railway of Ma‘an Jordan

Fakhoury, L.

9:20-9:40

Designations of Places of Pasture and Water in the Old North Arabian Inscriptions

Ababneh, M.A. and Al-Ghul, O.

9:40-10:00

The Effects of Tourism on Archaeological Sites

Comer, D.

10:00-10:20

NGO and Government Collaboration in Archaeological Sites Management, Jordan (Petra Case)

Akrawi, A.

10:20-10:40

An Exhibition on a Shoestring

Poepjes, A. (presented by D. Kennedy

 10:40-11:00

 Coffee Break

 

Session 13B: Production, Interregional Trade and the Formation of Social Institutions

Chairperson: Mohammad Najjar

11:00-11:20

Production, Commerce and the Revival of Jarash in the Early Islamic Period

Walmsley, A.

11:20-11:40

The Sugar Industry in Ghawr as-Safi, Jordan

Politis, K.D.

11:40-12:00

نموذج اخر لانتاج السكر في وادي الاردن

Taha, H.

12:00-13:00

Closing Session (Session 14A)

Chairperson: Fawwaz Al-Khraysheh

14:00

Lunch

16:00

Excursion to Petra

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