‘Alabaster’: an interdisciplinary workshop on the sources and uses of calcite-alabaster across archa
We are delighted to announce the programme and our call for attendees at the workshop ‘‘Alabaster’: an interdisciplinary workshop on the sources and uses of calcite-alabaster across archaeological contexts' at the Norwegian Institute in Rome, 9-10 May 2019. Organising Committee: Simon J. Barker (Norwegian Institute in Rome) & Simona Perna (ICAC/RHUL).
FECHA CONGRESO/CONGRESS DATE/DATA CONGRESSO: 09-10/05/2019
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Norwegian Institute in Rome (Rome, Italy)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Simon J. Barker; Simona Perna
INFO: alabasterworkshop2019@gmail.com
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: gratis / free / gratuito
alabasterworkshop2019@gmail.com
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
DAY 1: THURSDAY 9TH MAY
09:00-10:00
REGISTRATION
10:00-10:30
INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKSHOP
Organising Committee and Christopher Prescott, Director of the Norwegian Institute in Rome
10:30 -11:00
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CALCITE ALABASTERS USED IN ANTIQUITY AS DECORATIVE STONES
Lorenzo Lazzarini, Università IUAV di Venezia
11:00-11.30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30-12:00
ALABASTRO DEL CIRCEO AND OTHER ITALIAN ALABASTERS
Matthias Bruno, Independent Researcher, Rome
12:00-12:30
ALABASTER IN ANCIENT ALGERIA (NUMIDIA AND MAURETANIA)
John J. Herrmann, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Annewies Vandenhoek, Harvard University/Harvard Semitic Museum
12:30-1:00
ALABASTERS OF JEBEL TEBAGA, JEBEL OUST AND JEBEL ROUASS IN TUNISIA: FROM THEIR EXTRACTION TO THEIR USES IN ANTIQUITY
Ameur Younes, Universito of Tunis
1:00-2:00 LUNCH BREAK (SPEAKERS ONLY)
2:00-2:30
THE TEOMIM CAVE: AN ANCIENT QUARRY OF CALCITE ALABASTER ON THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF ISRAEL
Boaz Zissu, Bar-Ilan University, Miryam Bar-Matthews, Uri Davidovich, Ayala Albeck, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Amos Frumkin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2:30-3:00
TRAVERTINE (ORIENTAL ALABASTER) FROM EGYPT: ITS GEOLOGY, AND ITS ANCIENT SOURCES AND USES
James Harrell, University of Toledo
3:00-3:30
AN OVERVIEW ON ALABASTER QUARRIES OF SOUTH-WESTERN PHRYGIA (TURKEY): CHARACTERISTICS OF EXTRACTION AREAS AND EXPLOITATION
Giuseppe Scardozzi, CNR-IBAM, National Research Council of Italy - Institute for Archaeological and Monumental Heritage, Lecce
3:30-4:00 COFFEE BREAK
4:00-4:30:
CALCAREOUS ALABASTER FROM THE MARIB PROVINCE/YEMEN – MINING, USAGE AND OCCURRENCES BY THE SABAEAN CULTURE
Christian Weiß, University Erlangen, Dr. Iris Gerlach, German Archaeological Institute
4:30-5:00
ANCIENT BANDED TRAVERTINE QUARRIES IN THE LYCUS VALLEY: MINERO-PETROGRAPHIC, GEOCHEMICAL AND MULTI-ISOTOPIC CHARACTERIZATIONS
Tamer Koralay & Nergis İmre, Pamukkale University
5:00-5:30
ANCIENT ALABASTER, NEW PROVENANCE METHODS AND QUARRY DATA
Simon Barker, Norwegian Institute in Rome, Simona Perna, Instituto Catalán de Arqueología Clásica/RHUL, Igor M. Villa, Università di Milano Bicocca, Institut für Geologie, Bern.
5:30-6:0030-11:00
FLUID ANALYSIS AND ICP-MS ANALYSIS FOR DETERMINING ALABASTER PROVENANCE
Walter Prochaska, Montanuniversität Leoben, Simon Barker, Norwegian Institute in Rome, Simona Perna, Instituto Catalán de Arqueología Clásica/RHUL
6:00- 7:00 DRINKS RECEPTION (SPEAKERS ONLY)
DAY 2: FRIDAY 10TH MAY
9:30-10:00
USES AND SYMBOLISM OF ALABASTER FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE RENAISSANCE
Simon Barker, Norwegian Institute in Rome, Simona Perna, Instituto Catalán de Arqueología Clásica/RHUL
10:00-10:30
ALABASTER VESSELS IN THE BRONZE AGE MEDITERRANEAN: AN EXAMPLE OF INTERNATIONAL AND RECIPROCAL INFLUENCES
Hélène Bouillon, Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)
10:30-11:00
THE ALABASTER INDUSTRY FROM THE IRON AGE TO THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD IN THE NEAR EAST: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LARGE EMPIRES
Andrea Squitieri, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30-12:00
ALABASTER VASES FROM CYPRUS
Eustathios Raptou, Department of Antiquities of Cyprus
12:00-12:30
ALABASTER IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE. THE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
Alfred M. Hirt, University of Liverpool
12:30-1:00
EVIDENCE FOR USE AND TRADE IN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER IN THE ROMAN PERIOD
Patrizio Pensabene, Università degli Studi "La Sapienza" di Roma
12:30-2:00 LUNCH BREAK (SPEAKERS ONLY)
2:00-2:30
ALABASTER AT LEPTIS MAGNA, TRIPOLITANIA (LIBYA)
Matthias Bruno, Fulvia Bianchi, Independent Researchers, Rome
2:30-3:00
ALABASTER MERCHANDISE AND ITS GLASS EMULATIONS IN ANTIQUITY
Miguel Cisneros Cunchillos, Universidad de Cantabria, Esperanza Ortiz, Zaragoza, Juan Ángel Paz, Museum of Zaragoza
3:00-3:30
ENGLISH ALABASTERS IN CONTEXT: SYMBOLIC MEANINGS, MATERIAL QUALITIES, AESTHETICS
Zuleika Murat, Università degli Studi di Padova
3:30-4:00 COFFEE BREAK
4:00-5:00
ALABASTER CARVING DEMONSTRATION
Federico Pruneti and Simone Ferti, Alabastrai, scultori, Volterra, Italy
5:00-5:30
CONFERENCE CONCLUSION
Organising Committee
8:00 CONFERENCE DINNER (SPEAKERS ONLY)