[Session 1 Bronzeworking in the Levant and Mediterranean]

From Megan Cifarelli <[log in to unmask]>:
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On 30 January, 2024, the first session of the Webinar Series Bronzeworking Centres in Eurasia, organized by Manuel Castelluccia, Megan Cifarelli, and John Curtis, will be held under the auspices of the University of Naples “L’Orientale,” with four sessions to follow on the 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th February.

The Zoom link to attend the webinar as an audience is the following:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85462794125

This series recalls the historic conference at the British Museum in 1986 that brought together leading experts in the bronze metallurgy of cultures in ancient Western Asia to assess the state of the field, and to look broadly at the circulation of bronze technology and artefacts as the Bronze Age came to its conclusion and the Iron Age commenced. The ensuing 1988 volume, Bronze-working Centres of Western Asia, c. 1000–539 BC, has been an indispensable resource for a generation of students and scholars. While time has not diminished its utility, after nearly 40 years of technological, methodological, and theoretical developments in the fields of archaeology, art history, and archaeometry, and of new discoveries made in the field, the time is ripe for a reassessment.

This online conference series, and the resulting volume, will update and expand upon the original volume, presenting a broad look at the manufacture, decoration, use, and exchange of bronze artefacts in regions stretching from the Mediterranean Sea across the enormous expanse of the Eurasian continent to China from the late second millennium to the rise of Achaemenids. The contributions to this series feature a wide range of perspectives and include the work of scholars from Israel, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, China, Western Europe, the UK, Canada, and the United States. The volume will be dedicated to the memory of Oscar White Muscarella.

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Program
https://www.unior.it/en/events

BRONZEWORKING CENTRES OF EURASIA
from the Late 2nd millennium BC to the 539 BC

Organized by: Manuel Castelluccia, Megan Cifarelli, John Curtis

[Please note: Times are in Central European, with all sessions starting at 15.00 (9:00 EST) and finishing between 18.00 and 18.30 (12:00-12:30 EST).
At the end of each presentation, there will be a 5–10-minute period for questions and answers.]

SESSION 1: Tuesday 30th January 2024, 15.00-18.00 (9.00-12.00 EST).
Moderator: Manuel Castelluccia

15.00: Welcome and Introduction
Manuel Castelluccia, Megan Cifarelli, John Curtis

15.30: Bronzeworking technology, including extraction of primary metals
Omid Oudbashi

Bronzeworking in the Levant and Mediterranean
16.00: The Northern Levant: Dirk Wicke
16.30: The Southern Levant: Naama Yahalom-Mack
17.00: Phoenicia: Gioacchino Falsone

SESSION 2: Tuesday 6th February 2024, 15.00-18.00 (9.00-12.00 EST).
Moderator: Megan Cifarelli

Bronzeworking in Mesopotamia
15.00: The Middle and Late Assyrian Periods: Tamás Dezső
15.30: Late Bronze Age Kassite: Tim Clayden
16.00: Late Babylonian: Heather Baker

Bronzeworking in Anatolia
16.30: West Anatolia/Phrygia: Maya Vassileva
17.00: East Anatolia: Aynur Özfirat
17.30: Urartu: Paul Zimansky

SESSION 3: Tuesday 13th February, 15.00-18.00 (9.00-12.00 EST).
Moderator: Manuel Castelluccia

Bronzeworking in the South Caucasus
15.00: Western South Caucasus: Nathaniel Erb-Satullo
15.30: Central South Caucasus: Ruben Davtyan
16.00: Eastern South Caucasus: Zaur Hasanov, Safar Ashurov

Bronzeworking in the North Caucasus
16.30: Late Bronze Age: Sabine Reinhold, Marianne Mödlinger, Fabian Fricke
17.00: Bronzeworking in the Central and Western parts of the North Caucasus in the Cimmerian and Early Scythian era: Vladimir Erlikh and Natalia Eniosova
17.30: The Western Eurasian Steppe: Sergej Makhortykh

SESSION 4: Tuesday 20th February, 15.00-18.00 (9.00-12.00 EST).
Moderator: Megan Cifarelli

15.00: Bronzeworking in Egypt: Marsha Hill and Deborah Schorsch
15.30: Bronzeworking in the Arabian Peninsula: Romolo Loreto, Peter Magee, Arnulf Hausleiter

Bronzeworking in Iran
16:30: North-West Iran, Mannaea, and the Caspian Littoral: Yousef Hassanzadeh, Omid Oudbashi, Megan Cifarelli
17.00: Luristan: Bruno Overlaet, Zahra Hashemi
17.30: Elam: Yasmina Wicks and Lucia Cerullo
18.00: Central Iranian Plateau and Eastern Media: Mehrdad Malekhzadeh, Reza Naseri

SESSION 5: Tuesday 27th February, 15.00-18.00 (9.00-12.00 EST).
Moderator: Manuel Castelluccia

Bronzeworking in Central and East Asia
15.00: Central Asia: Michele Minardi
15.30: North China: Shao Huiqiu

Bronzeworking in the Western Mediterranean
16.00: Nassos Papalexandrou

Concluding Remarks
16.30: Manuel Castelluccia, Megan Cifarelli, John Curtis
17.00: Discussion

Reposted from Agade.

Regards,
Pete

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