Ancient Jericho - Tell es-Sultan. From first settlers to an urban site in changing situations - 14-1
FECHA CONGRESO/CONGRESS DATE/DATA CONGRESSO: 14-15/06/2019
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: The Archaeological Society of Finland (Helsinki, Finland)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: The Archaeological Society of Finland (SARKS)
INFO: JerichoArchaeology2019@gmail.com
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE:
Normal / regular / normale: 80 €
Con excursiones opcionales / with optional excursions / con escursioni facoltative: 120€
Estudiantes / students / studenti: 60€
Público / audience/ pubblico: 25€ /dia/day/giorno - 10€ presentación/lecture/conferenza
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
Session 1. Plenary EXCAVATING JERICHO Past and present excavations with various methods and the results of excavations The previous excavations The radiocarbon revolution The current Italian-Palestinian excavations Key-note: Prof. Lorenzo Nigro, University of Sapienza, Rome Session 2. FROM FIRST SETTLERS TO NEOLITHIC JERICHO Natufians, domestication Domestication, irrigation and storage Pre-Pottery Neolithic period: architecture and its function Urban site? Stratified society Cults and Rituals Skulls: modified in vivo and plastered skulls White ware and pottery technology Other Pre-Pottery sites in the Near East and their comparison to Jericho 3. Session BRONZE AGE JERICHO Pastoral nomads and urban worlds in conflict Pastoralists in Jericho tombs? Conflict, conquest, new arrivals theories Comparison to the contemporary sites in the Levant Metallurgy and Jericho 4. Session: Posters DAY 2. Saturday 15th June 5. Session BRONZE AGE JERICHO Pastoral nomads and urban worlds in conflict Conflict, conquest and new arrivals theories Comparison to the contemporary sites in the Levant Ethnographic analogies and ethnoarchaeology, Bedouins 6. Session, Plenary PROTECTING AND PRESERVING ANCIENT JERICHO Excavation methods affecting the preservation of the tell Recording and documentation Environmental conditions and their effects Conflict zone and protection Tourism and handling it DAYS 2.-3. an extra excursion to Bergvik manor starting on Saturday late afternoon /evening