Archaeology, conservation and tourism in the north of Jordan - 28-29-30/09/2015, Amman (Jordan)
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 28-29-30/09/2015
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: The Jordan Museum (Amman, Jordania)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: EAMENA ; the Department of Antiquities of Jordan ; Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
INFO: web - andrea.zerbini@arch.ox.ac.uk ; bernhard.lucke@fau.de
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: gratis/free/gratuito formulario online / registration online / registrazione online
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
Monday 28 September – The archaeology of northern Jordan: from discovery to site display
8.00-9.30Registration
9.30-10.30 Welcome and short speeches
10.30-11.00 Keynote 1 - HRH Prince al-Hassan bin Talal
11.00-11.30 Tea break
11.30-12.00 Keynote 2 - HE Dr M.Jamhawi (Director General of the Department of Antiquities)
12.00-12.30 Keynote 3 - Dr Robert Bewley (EAMENA, Oxford)
12.30-14.00 Buffet lunch
The urban centres of northern Jordan – Archaeology and conservation. Chair: Zeidan Kafafi
14.00-14.30 J.Tidmarsh (University of Sydney) – Whose foundation? The emergence of Hellenistic Pella
14.30-15.00 D.Vila (John Brown University) - Protecting our past/Protecting our future: the future of Abila of the Decapolis in Northern Jordan
15.00-15.30 B.De Vries (Calvin College) and J.DeKock (Open Hand Studios) - A Conservation Strategy for Umm el-Jimal: Engaging the Modern Community in the Preservation and Protection of the Antiquities
15.30-16.00 C.Bührig (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) - Gadara/Umm Qays.The ancient city and its hinterland
16.00-16.30Tea break
New discoveries in Jerash. Chair: TBC
16.30-17.00 G.Zimmer (Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) and T.Weber (Jordan University) - The Jerash Bronze workshop in the light of Greco-Roman metal technology of the central Mediterranean
17.00-17.30 A.al-Shami (Department of Antiquities, Jordan) - Title TBC
17.30-18.00 A.Walmsley (University of Copenhagen) - Raising awareness of the Islamic period at Jarash through targeted excavations and sympathetic restoration work
Tuesday 29 September – Landscape archaeology of northern Jordan in the context of the geoarchaeology of the Levant Regional Surveys. Chair: Mo'awiya Ibrahim
8.30-9.00 D.Hagmann and N.Voss (Universität Wien) - Intensive Systematic Surveys in the Hinterland of Abila and Umm-el Jimal (Decapolis Region, Northern Jordan)
9.00-9.30 F.Kenkel (German Protestant Institute of Archaeology) - The Gadara Region Project: past, present, future
9.30-10.00 S.al-Karaimeh (University of Leiden) - Gadara: benefiting from its irrigated agricultural fields
10.00-10.30 H. al-Sababha (Universität Bonn) - Islamic Pottery and Their Distribution in Agricultural Fields as a Marker of Land Use Throughout the Islamic Period in Northern Jordan
11.00-11.30 D.Boyer (University of Western Australia) - Landscape archaeology of the 'Ajlun Highlands since the Pleistocene: new insights from the Jarash Valley
11.30-12.00 N.Abu Jaber (German-Jordanian University) - Landscape character assessment mapping of the Yarmuk river basin: results and planning implications
12.00-12.30 B.Lucke (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) - Historical landscape change in northern Jordan: the cases of Abila/Queilbeh and Umm al-Jimal
12.30-14.00 Buffet lunch
Landscape Archaeology. Chair: TBC
14.00-14.30 F.Hourani (Jordan University) - Late Prehistoric Landscapes of Northern Jordan: A perspective from the Jordan Valley
14.30-15.00 P-M.Blanc (CNRS), G.Davtian (CEPAM - Nice), J.Rohmer (Université Paris I) - Méthodologies et premiers résultats de la prospection de la mission de Haute Jordanie
15.00-15.30 P.Watson (University of New England) - Fluctuations in land use around Pella of the Decapolis in Late Antiquity: evidence and issues
15.30-16.00 B.Müller-Neuhof (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) - Fourth millennium colonization of the basalt desert: Jawa and its hinterland
16.00-16.30 Tea break
Geoarchaeology in the Levant. Chair: TBC
16.30-17.00 T.Paradise (University of Arkansas) - Petra's great flood: preliminary evidence for 4th-5th century catastrophic flooding
17.00-17.30 H.Bruins (Ben Gurion University) - Landscape Archaeology of runoff-capturing wadi terraces in the central Negev Desert: ancient agriculture and soil manuring from the Late Neolithic to the Early Islamic period
17.30-18.00 P.Kouki (University of Helsinki) - Interpreting OSL dates from wadi sediments in the Jabal Harun area, Petra region
19.00-21.00 Reception at ACOR
Wednesday 30 September – Managing and promoting cultural heritage in the north of Jordan Round Table: Monitoring and Protecting Cultural Heritage
9.00-10.30 Session 1. Documenting threat to archaeological sites: problems and solutions. Chair: Barbara Porter
10.30-11.00 Tea break
11.00-12.30 Session 2. The impact of geodatabases, remote sensing and mapping projects. Chair: TBC
Confirmed discussants (in alphabetical order): Mr Giovanni Antonelli (UNESCO – Iraq), Ms Rebecca Banks (EAMENA, University of Oxford), Dr Robert Bewley (EAMENA, University of Oxford), Dr Mariusz Drzewiecki (Jordan University), Mr Jihad Haroun (Department of Antiquities, Jordan), HE Dr Munther Jamhawi (Department of Antiquities, Jordan), Mr Mohammad Abed al Jaradat (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Palestine), Prof. Lorenzo Nigro (University of Rome - Sapienza), Prof. Graham Philip (Durham University), Mr Jihad Yassine (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Palestine).
12.30-13.30 Buffet lunch
Cultural tourism and community engagement in the north of Jordan. Chair: Carol Palmer
13.30-14.00 F.Andraschko (Universität Hamburg) - Transfer and communication of cultural and natural heritage
14.00-14.30 M.Haddad (Baraka) - A relationship between cultural identity, linear history and tourism in Umm Qais
14.30-15.00 Tea break
15.00-15.30 A.al-Batainah (Department of Antiquities, Jordan) - Archaeology of agriculture. The potential of archaeological restoration for cultural tourism in the north of Jordan
15.30-16.00 M.Shunnaq (Yarmuk University) - The ethnoarchaeology of Al Shalalah area (Al Ramtha district)
16.00-16.15 Short break
Umm al-Jimal: a success story? Chair: Bert De Vries
16.15-16.35 A.Atzori (UNESCO - Jordan) - Culture as a source of resilience: linking cultural assets and rural women in Umm al-Jimal
16.35-16.55 M.Hazza (Umm al-Jimal Project) - Ancient Umm el-Jimal as Seen by the Modern Community
16.55-17.10 Discussion and short break
17.10-17.30 E.Addison (SCHEP) - The potential of cultural heritage sites to bring income into host communities
17.30-17.50 P.Christians (Stanford University) - The role of the community in the long-term site management plan for Umm al-Jimal
18.00 Closing remarks
19.00 Closing reception at the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology (GPIA)