From: owner-ane@ (ANE Digest) To: ane-digest Subject: ANE Digest V2001 #337 Reply-To: Sender: owner-ane@ Errors-To: owner-ane@ Precedence: bulk ANE Digest Wednesday, December 26 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 337 ane International Conference in Rhodes ane Early Israel's Origins ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 12:05:12 +0200 From: Kousoulis Panagiotis Subject: ane International Conference in Rhodes Dear Colleagues, Attached please find the First Announcement of an International Conference on the settlers and settlements in the Greek peninsula during prehistoric times (9000 to 1000 BC), which is organised by the Archaeology & Archaeometry Branch of the Department of Mediterranean Studies of the University of the Aegean (Rhodes, Greece). There will be a special session on the interactions between Greece and neighboring regions (SE Mediterranean, Egypt, Cyprus, Asian Minor, Balkans, Italy). We look forward to seeing you all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN DEPARTMENT OF MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES 1 DEMOKRATIAS AVE, RHODES 85100, GREECE Organizing Committee: Prof. I. Liritzis (Chairman), Prof. A. Sampson (Co-Chairman), Dr P. Kousoulis (Secretary, Bursar), Dr. M. Stefanakis (Member), Dr S. Syropoulos (Member), Dr E. Karatzola (Member). 1st ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "SETTLERS AND SETTLEMENTS IN GREECE, 9000-1000 BC" Rhodes, 7-11 October 2002 The Archaeology & Archaeometry Branch of the Department of Mediterranean Studies of the University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece holds an international conference on the settlers and settlements in the Greek peninsula during prehistoric times (9000 to 1000 BC). The conference will be held at the Grand Amphitheatre at the University of the Aegean in Rhodes. It focuses on the following topics of social, technological and environmental context: Settlement pattern recognition. Early technological advancement. Agricultural revolution. Testing of theories of migration and its respective autochthonous, semi-autochthonous or imported development. Evidence of interactions between islanders and mainland Greece. Evidence of interactions between Greece and neighboring regions (SE Mediterranean, Egypt, Cyprus, Asian Minor, Balkans, Italy). The problem of localized and regional development. Signs of earliest writing. Addressing the corrosion problem of early metal finds and cellulose material (e.g. bones). DNA of early human remains in Greece. New evidence of settlement with the onset of Holocene and interglacial period. Sea level fluctuations and coastal changes in the Aegean islands and their effects on settlement lose. Evidence of flooding, pollen analysis. Evidence of food gathering. Physical methods of analysis (dating, provenance, prospection, archaeoastronomy, analysis of raw materials and artifacts). The language of the conference will be in English. Due to the anticipated large number of submissions, participants will be allowed 15mins each for their delivery. Presentations are meant to give the main points of the work, while the longer version can be submitted for publication in the proceedings. Slide, overhead projectors and PowerPoint will be available. The proceedings will be published in the Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry Journal (MAA), provided that they follow the strict refereeing procedure of the journal (web site: www.rhodes.aegean.gr/maa_journal). Those who are interested in attending and giving a paper should send an abstract of c. 500 words by e-mail to the Secretary of the conference by 31 March, 2002. Speakers will be responsible for making and paying for their own travel to Greece. The registration fees are 150 euro, which includes conference material, a copy of the proceedings, guided excursions in Rhodes, accommodation (B&B) and two conference meals. On behalf of the OC Prof. Ioannis Liritzis Director of the Laboratory of Archaeometry, University of the Aegean Contact information Prof. Ioannis Liritzis (Chairman) Dept. of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean, 1 Demokratias Ave., Rhodes 85100, Greece. Tel & Fax: +30-241-99320 e-mail: liritzis@rhodes.aegean.gr Prof. Adamantios Sampson (Co-chairman) Dept. of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean, 1 Demokratias Ave., Rhodes 85100, Greece. Tel: +30-241-99 e-mail: adsampson@rhodes.aegean.gr Dr Panagiotis Kousoulis (Secretary) Dept. of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean, 1 Demokratias Ave., Rhodes 85100, Greece Tel: +30-241-99385 & 99386 e-mail: kousoulis@rhodes.aegean.gr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Panagiotis I. Kousoulis Lecturer in Egyptology Dept. of Mediterranean Studies University of the Aegean Rhodes, 85100 Greece. Tel: +30-241-99385, 99386 Fax: +30-241-99320 Email: kousoulis@rhodes.aegean.gr, p_kousoulis@hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 06:36:40 +0100 From: "Walter Mattfeld" Subject: ane Early Israel's Origins ? According to mainstream Secular Humanist scholars Israel's settlement of the Hill Country as portrayed in the Book of Joshua, appears to be confirmed in the sudden rise of hundreds of settlements in the Early Iron I period. The problem heatedly discussed in the Professional Literature is where did these settlers come from ? Finkelstein argues that they are "Pastoralists", NOT Sedentary peoples from the lowlands to the West. He argues that Late Bronze Age Canaan did not have the manpower to settle the nearly empty Hill Country in Early Iron I. He furthermore notes that a similar phenomena is mirrored in Transjordan- a sparse occupation in the Late Bronze Age, then the appearance of Early Iron I settlements nearly identical to the ones in the Hill Country of Canaan. Burton MacDonald, a professional archaeologist who has worked in Transjordan, also noted the sparse settlements in Transjordan during the Late Bronze and Early Iron I. What disturbs me is that if these scholars are correct about a sparse settlement in Late Bronze Canaan and Transjordan, where did the early Iron I settlers come from, "enmasse" ? The bible suggests that the Hebrews are from Haran of Northern Syria (modern Mesopotamia). Could there have been a settlement of the Hill Country and Transjordan in Early Iron I by a large group of migrating Syrians ? The only way this theory could be confirmed is if spectrographic anaylsis tests could be done on the origins of the clays used in the earliest pottery examplars found in the Early Iron I sites of the Hill Country and Transjordan. If the clays are of local origin, the peoples are natives of these regions. If the clays are predominately of Syrian origins- then the biblical presentation of Hebrews originating in Northern Syrian might be a "relic" of a Syrian invasion in Early Iron I. Has anyone read any spectrographic reports on the Early Iron I clays ? I would be most interested in the results of such reports. All the best, Walter Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld Walldorf by Heidelberg Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany www.bibleorigins.net ------------------------------ End of ANE Digest V2001 #337 **************************** Back issues are available on the Oriental Institute World-Wide Web (WWW) site at: http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/ANE/OI_ANE.html