Symposium March 2008
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The symposium will bring together approximately 20 archaeologists to speak about various aspects of the medieval Anatolian countryside including the results from different excavations, surveys, and specialized studies. The purpose of the symposium is to use the archaeological record to gain a better understanding of the medieval Anatolian countryside and the socio-cultural processes that affected it.
Organizers:
Dr. Tasha Vorderstrasse (Research Fellow, NINO) and Dr. J. Roodenberg (Director, NINO)
Contact address:
tashakv@yahoo.com / t.k.vorderstrasse@let.leidenuniv.nl
Practical information:
Map of Leiden
RMO map (the symposium will take place at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, RMO)
Preliminary program:
| Friday February 29 (RMO Meeting hall) | |
| 9:30-10:00 | Registration and Reception |
| 10:00-10:15 | Opening by the Director of the NINO, Dr. J. J. Roodenberg |
| Chair of First Session: Dr. T. Vorderstrasse (Leiden) | |
| 10:15-10:45 | Dr. C. Lightfoot (New York), Excavations at Amorium: results from the last ten years |
| 10:45-11:15 | Dr. M. Jackson (Newcastle upon Tyne), Medieval rural settlement at Kilise Tepe in the Göksu Valley |
| 11:15-11:30 | Pause |
| 11:30-12:00 | Dr. M. Cassis (Cortland and Toronto), Cadir Hoyuk: A Rural Settlement in Byzantine Anatolia |
| 12:00-12:15 | Discussion |
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch |
| Chair of Second Session: Dr. J. Crow (Edinburgh) | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Dr. J. J. Roodenberg (Leiden), Byzantine Burials in Rural Northwest Anatolia |
| 14:00-14:30 | Dr. M. Kwiatkowska (Sopot), The Byzantine and Anatolian Turks' cemetaries in Çatalhoyuk - continuation or discontinuation? |
| 14:30-14:45 | Pause |
| 14:45-15:15 | Dr. K. Ciggaar (Leiden), Byzantine Anatolia, Holy Anatolia |
| 15:15-15:45 | Prof. Dr. C. Jolivet-Levy (Paris), A rural settlement near the village of Bahçeli, Cappadocia |
| 15:45-16:00 | Discussion |
| 16:00-17:00 | Tour through the NINO library for interested participants |
| 17:00-18:30 | Drinks in canteen |
| Saturday, March 1 (RMO Meeting Room) | |
| 9:30-10:00 | Reception |
| Chair of Third Session: Dr. Archibald Dunn (Birmingham) | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Prof. Dr. J. Crow (Edinburgh), Castles or fortified places: a case study from Byzantine Paphlagonia and the Pontus |
| 10:30-11:00 | Dr. V. Kalas (Detroit), The Aristocratic House in Medieval Anatolia |
| 11:00-11:15 | Pause |
| 11:15-11:45 | Dr. H. Vanhaverbeke (Leuven), "Empty Lands" or What happened after the 7th century? |
| 11:45-12:15 | Dr. T. Vorderstrasse (Leiden), Old Excavations in the Anatolian Countryside |
| 12:15-12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| Chair of Fourth Session: Dr. C. Lightfoot (New York) | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Dr. A. Vionis with Prof. Dr. J. Poblome (Leuven) Medieval coarse wares in SW Anatolia and the Aegean (late 7th-13th centuries a.C.): Ceramic continuity, commerce and daily life |
| 14:00-14:30 | Dr. J. Vroom (Sheffield), Medieval Ceramics and the Archaeology of Consumption in eastern Anatolia |
| 14:30-14:45 | Pause |
| 14:45-15:15 | Dr. W. Eastwood (Birmingham) with Prof. Dr. J. Haldon (Princeton): "Cappadocia will be given over to ruin and become a desert": Environmental and Landscape Change in Cappadocia since Late Antiquity |
| 15:15-15:30 | Discussion |
| 15:30-15:45 | Summary by Dr. T. Vorderstrasse |
| 15:45-16:00 | Closing of symposium by Dr. J. J. Roodenberg |
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