Broadening Horizons 4: A Conference of young researchers working in the Ancient Near East, Egypt and Central Asia, University of Torino, October 2011

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Broadening Horizons is an international congress dedicated to postgraduate students and early-stage researchers working with disciplines in the area of Ancient Near East and Eastern Mediterranean studies. With Broadening Horizons 4 the thematic areas were broadened, opening the congress up to the Central Asia studies. The conference was hosted at Università degli Studi di Torino, from the 25th to the 28th of October 2011. Broadening Horizons 4 was a huge success. A total of seventy-four participants from fifteen countries attended the congress, making it the most successful edition. This volume includes most of papers presented at the congress and the key lecture by St John Simpson. The volume has been arranged according to the sessions: settlement patterns and exchange networks; socio-economic reconstruction of ancient societies based on archaeological, historical or environmental records; application of new technologies in archaeological research; impact of human dynamics on landscape evolution; exploitation of the natural environment and sustenance strategies; and posters. Anyone with an interest in the Ancient Near East, Eastern Mediterranean and Central Asia studies will find much to enjoy and appreciate in this volume. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Presentation Introduction Settlement patterns and exchange networks COPPER MINING COMMUNITY IN TRANSCAUCASIA DURING CHALCOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGES CIRCULATING THROUGH THE CITY: AN ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENT AND SPACE CONTROL IN A NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIAN CITY A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CULTURAL INTERACTION BETWEEN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL AREAS OF ANATOLIA IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM BC THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE OF THE EARLY BRONZE IV PERIOD IN THE SOUTHERN LEVANT: A CERAMIC PERSPECTIVE THE TRANSITION FROM THE BRONZE AGE TO THE IRON AGE IN NORTHERN PALESTINE TRANSFERRED RELIGION – CAN FAITH BE EXCHANGED? PALMYRA, CITY AND TERRITORY THROUGH THE EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES LOOKING AT AND BEYOND LATE CHALCOLITHIC POTTERY OF THE BURDUR PLAIN, SOUTHWEST TURKEY ARCHITECTURE AND USE OF SPACE IN MIDDLE BRONZE AND LATE BRONZE AGES IN MESOPOTAMIAN TEMPLES Socio-economic reconstruction of ancient societies based on archaeological, historical or environmental records DEMOLITION AND RESTORATION AT GIZA: THE EGYPTIAN SENSE OF HISTORY AND HERITAGE THE MODELLING SKULLS FROM THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST ‘HAMMERHEAD BOWLS’ IN THE SYRIAN JEZIRAH: A CASE-STUDY FROM TELL BARRI WAGONS AND WINE IN EARLY BRONZE AGE CENTRAL ANATOLIA THE EARLY-MIDDLE BRONZE AGE TRANSITION IN TRANSCAUCASIA: THE BEDENI POTTERY CASE HUMAN ICONOGRAPHY ON METAL VESSELS FROM BRONZE AGE MIDDLE ASIA THE ORACLE AT DIDYMA, HITTITE DUDDUMAR AND THE MERCY OF THE GODS ITALIAN EXCAVATIONS AT NIMRUD: PRELIMINARY STUDIES ABOUT SHELL, GLASS AND STONE SMALL FINDS CERAMICS FROM ACHAEMENID AND POST ACHAEMENID QALEH KALI (TAPPEH SERVAN, JINJUN), IRAN: POLITICAL REALITY VERSUS CULTURAL ACTUALITY INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CLASS DIVISION ON THE SASANIAN BURIAL RITUALS (224-650 AD) NEW SEALINGS FROM OLD NISA THE ISLAMIC RELIEF-MOULDED JUGS FROM TELL BARRI (SYRIA) INVESTIGATING THE ORIGIN OF EARLY BRONZE AGE MONUMENTAL CHAMBER TOMBS IN THE MIDDLE EUPHRATES VALLEY Application of new technologies in archaeological research UNLOCKING STORIES FROM OBJECTS: SOME ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CASE-STUDIES BASED ON NEW RESEARCH AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM INFERENTIAL ANALYSIS IN ARCHAEOLOGY: THE CHI SQUARE AND ITS APPLICATION TO CERAMIC STUDIES. A CASE STUDY FROM MIDDLE BRONZE AGE AND LATE BRONZE AGE POTTERY OF QATNA ORGANIC REMAINS FROM MIDDLE BRONZE AGE CERAMIC VESSELS AT TELL AHMAR (NORTH SYRIA) CLOSE ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ARCHAEOMETRY IN CYPRUS BASALT VESSELS DISTRIBUTION IN THE SOUTHERN LEVANT DURING THE IRON AGE BROADENING THE HORIZONS OF SPACE AND PLACE. A NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY, MULTISCALAR APPROACH ON SETTLEMENT PATTERNS NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT PALMYRA. THE CASE OF THE ITALIAN-SYRIAN MISSION PAL.M.A.I.S. A COMPLETE OPERATIONAL SEQUENCE OF A BONE INDUSTRY ELEMENT FROM THE NORTHERN NEAR EAST: A NEOLITHIC BEVELLED TOOL PROBABLE CASES OF LEPROSY IN TWO SKULLS FROM THE KOC-OBA KURGAN (KAZAKHSTAN) Impact of human dynamics on landscape evolution FRONTIERS AND FORTIFICATIONS IN ASSYRIA: AN INTRODUCTION Exploitation of the natural environment and sustenance strategies IRON AGE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS REGARDING AGRICULTURE AT AL MADAM, SHARJAH (U.A.E.) THE JAGHJAGH RIVER VALLEY DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD (2nd – 4th CENTURIES CE) Posters FURTHER REMARKS ABOUT LITHIC PRODUCTION AT AKARÇAY TEPE (MIDDLE EUPHRATES VALLEY) DURING THE LATE PPNB PARTHIAN PERIOD STORAGE JARS FROM THE SOUTH WEST BUILDING IN OLD NISA THE TESS DATABASE FOR THE CATALOGUING OF THE MOSAICS OF CRETE (GREECE) THE DEFENCES OF HATRA: A REVALUATION THROUGH THE ARCHIVE OF THE ITALIAN EXPEDITION A NEW ASSESSMENT OF THE END OF THE OXUS CIVILIZATION (SOUTHERN CENTRAL ASIA, CA. 1750-1500/1400 BCE): OVERVIEW OF THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE SOCIETY FORTIFICATION SYSTEMS IN CENTRAL AND LOWER MESOPOTAMIA BETWEEN THE 3RD AND THE FIRST HALF OF THE 2ND MILLENNIUM BC: AN OVERVIEW