Programme
8th-10th June 2021
Tuesday, June 8th
16:00-16:15
Conference Opening – Welcome Address
Katharina Schmidt (German Protestant Institute of Archaeology), Benedikt Hensel (University of Zurich); Rocío Da Riva (University of Barcelona) and Mohammad al Najjar (Amman)
Welcome Address
Ahmad al Shami (Acting Director General of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan)
16:15-17:15
Tribal Kingdoms and the Tribal Element in Southern Levantine Iron Age Polities with a special focus on Edom (20 min)
Oystein S. LaBianca, Andrews University
Social, Political, and Economic Changes in Lowland Edom during the Iron Age. Using Archaeological and Archaeometallurgical Evidence to model the change. Khirbet an Nahas as a Case Study (20 min)
Mohammad Al Najjar, Levantine Labs UC San Diego
Iron IIA Faynan and ‘Early Edom’: A Critique and an Alternative Scenario? (20 min)
Piotr Bienkowski, University of Manchester
until 17:45
Discussions
18:15-18:55
Edom in the Nabonidus Chronicle: A Land Conquered or a Vassal Defended? A Reappraisal of the Annexation of North Arabia by the Late Babylonian Empire (20 min)
Hanspeter Schaudig, University of Heidelberg
The Hilltop Settlements of Edom: the Case of Sela (20 min)
Rocío Da Riva, University of Barcelona
until 19:25
Discussions
19.55-20.55
ELRAP – Implications for an Integrated Regional Copper Industry and Local Complex Societies in the Wadi Arabah, Southern Levant (20 min)
Thomas E. Levy, UC San Diego
An Industrial Landscape: Regional Perspectives of Iron Age Faynan from Khirbat al-Jariya (20 min)
Brady Liss, UC San Diego
Ceramics and the Chronological Relationship between the Lowlands and Highlands of Ancient Edom (20 min)
Neil Smith, UC San Diego
until 21.25
Discussions – and Closing of the Day
Wednesday, June 9th
16:00-16:15
Opening of the Day
16:15-17:15
Late Iron Age Edom: Political Power and Social Dynamics in Southern Transjordan (20 min)
Andrew Danielson, University of California, Los Angeles
Biblical Scholarship and Edom: State of the Field and Perspectives for Future Research (20 min)
Benedikt Hensel, University of Zurich
Wadi Bayir area in SE Jordan and its Importance for the Cultural History of Pre-Islamic North Arabia as gleaned from its Epigraphical Heritage (20 min)
Hani Hayajneh, Yarmouk University
until 17:45
Discussions
18:15-19:15
Between Empire and Community in Iron Age Edom (20 min)
Bradley L. Crowell, Drake University
Assyria and Edom in Light of Northern Arabian Trade (20 min)
Alexander Johannes Edmonds, University of Tübingen
Growing at the Fringes of the Empire: Edom in Neo-Assyrian and other Contemporary Sources (20 min)
Ariel Bagg, University of Heidelberg
until 19:45
Discussions
20:15-20:55
Discovery and Investigation of an Edomite Stronghold in the Petra Region (20 min)
Saad Tweissi, United Arab Emirates University
Which Edom? Synchronizing Written Sources and Archaeological Evidence for a Chronology of Ancient Edom (20 min)
Juan Manuel Tebes, Catholic University of Argentina
until 21:20
Discussions – and Closing of the Day
Thursday, June 10th
14:00-14:15
Opening of the Day
14:15-15:15
The Roads to Mansur: Reflections on a future Project on Drones, Surveys, and Routes in Southern Jordan (20 min)
Katharina Schmidt, German Protestant Institute of Archaeology Amman and Piotr Bienkowski, University of Manchester
Body Extensions for Survival: Female Terracotta Figurines South of Wadi Hasa (20 min)
Régine Hunziker-Rodewald and Andrei Aioanei, Université de Strasbourg
A view from the North (20 min)
Margreet Steiner
until 15:45
Discussions
16:15- 16:55
Khirbat Barqa: An Iron Age Site on the Southern Periphery of Faynan (20 min)
Russell Adams, University of Waterloo
Excavations and Survey at Khirbat al-Dabba: A Late Iron Age Site in Context (20 min)
Charlotte Whiting, Aga Khan University (canceled)
A Review of the Epigraphical Evidence from Edom (20 min)
Omar al Ghul, Yarmouk University
until 17:20
Discussions
17:20-18:10
“Multifaceted Edom”: Final Discussions and Closing of the Conference
