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**LATE ANTIQUE ARCHAEOLOGY 2004 **
-OBJECTS IN CONTEXT, OBJECTS IN USE-
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 15th-16th May 2004
This conference will study the way in which objects were associated with
each other in everyday life. It will examine the particular arrangements of
objects that defined the spatiality of houses, shops, workshops and churches
at a human level.
Speakers include: Béatrice Caseau, Sauro Gelichi, Alan Walmsley,
Marc Waelkens, Joanita Vroom, R R R Smith and Andrew Poulter
Sites featured: Aphrodisias, Xanthos, Sagalassos, Pella, Scythopolis, Dichin
Also: Late Roman Arms and Armour presented by Comitatus Re-enactment Group.
See below for full details
SATURDAY 15th May
**Artefacts in Religious Space
10.45-11.25 Béatrice Caseau (Paris)
Furnishing late antique Christian basilicas: the static and the movable
11.25-12.05 Michel Vincent (Paris)
Ecclesiastical furniture, fixtures and fittings: the archaeological evidence
**Artefacts in Domestic Space
13.30-14.10 Sauro Gelichi (Venice)
The Modena hoards: rural domestic artefact assemblages
14.10-14.50 Alan Walmsley (Copenhagen)
Houses at Pella, Jordan: the domestic destruction deposits
**Recent Fieldwork in Asia Minor
15.40-16.20 Anne-Marie Manière (Paris) Recent excavations at Xanthos
16.20-17.00 Mark Waelkens (Leuven) Late Antique to Early Byzantine
Sagalassos
**Debate
17.15-18.00 Penelope Allison, Maria Parani and Beatrice Caseau
Texts, pictures or 'the spade that cannot lie'? evaluating sources.
**After dinner: the table and its artefacts
20.00-20.30 Joanita Vroom (East Anglia)
The archaeology of late antique dining in the East Mediterranean
20.30-21.00 Ellen Swift (Kent)
Decorated vessels: the function of decoration in Late Antiquity
SUNDAY 16th MAY
**Understanding finds in context
09.30-10.10 Toon Putzeys (Leuven)
Contextual analysis at Sagalassos
10.10-.10.50 R. R. R. Smith (Oxford)
Statues and their contexts in Late Antiquity:
recent work at Aphrodisias in Caria
**Artefacts in Commercial Space
11.30-12.10 Elias Khamis (Oxford)
The Scythopolis shops: finds in context Artefacts in Personal Space
12.10-12.50 Maria Parani (Nicosia, Cyprus)
Dress and accessories in Late Antiquity
**Artefacts in Military Space
14.10-14.50 John Conyard (Comitatus Military Re-enactment Group)
Reconstructing the late Roman army (with equipment displays)
14.50-15.30 Andrew Poulter (Nottingham)
Deconstructing destruction deposits: finds in context from a late Roman
fort in Bulgaria.
£30 admission (£10 student/unwaged).
Meal prices: Sat lunch £8 Sun lunch £8.
For application form plus Hotel, B&B and Hostel accommodation see
www.lateantiquearchaeology.com Send application form with details of meals
and payment before May 5th to: LAA2004, 2 Moorside Rd, Tottington, Bury,
Lancs, BL8 3HW, England. Cheques in sterling payable to "Late Antique
Archaeology". Cash payment for overseas visitors, by arrangement.
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