Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue – Volume 3

Three volumes present the proceedings of the 6th Broadening Horizons Conference, which took place at the Freie Universitat Berlin from 24-28 June, 2019. This volume – Volume 3 – contains 14 papers from Session 4 – Crossing Boundaries: Connectivity and Interaction; and Session 6 – Landscape and Geography: Human Dynamics and Perception

Since 2007, the conferences organized under the title ‘Broadening Horizons’ have provided a regular venue for postgraduates and early career scholars in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. Three volumes present the proceedings of the 6th Broadening Horizons Conference, which took place at the Freie Universitat Berlin from 24-28 June, 2019. The general theme, ‘Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue’, is aimed at encouraging communication and the development of multidisciplinary approaches to the study of material cultures and textual sources. Volume 3 contains 14 papers from Session 4 – Crossing Boundaries: Connectivity and Interaction; and Session 6 – Landscape and Geography: Human Dynamics and Perceptions.

Foreword Introduction - Costanza Coppini, Georg Cyrus, and Hamaseh Golestaneh Session 4: Crossing Boundaries: Connectivity and Interaction Oman Peninsula and the Indus Valley: An Assessment of Material Exchanges during the Iron Age (c. 1300-300 BC) - Carlos Fernandez Rodriguez Seleucid Rule over the Gulf - Miguel Pachon Barragan Identity and Interaction at Togolok 1 in the Murghab Region (Southern Turkmenistan) during the Bronze Age - Luca Forni and Roberto Arciero The Structure of the Urartian Territory as Seen through the Distribution of Inscriptions - Dan Socaciu Do I Know You? Points of Contact between Northern and Central/Southern Mesopotamian Ceramic Traditions in the 2nd Millennium BC - Valentina Oselini Deconstructing Supportive Korai: Denoting Karyatids as Agalmata of Khthonie, Ge-Earth Goddess - Sevil Conka From Athirat to Aphrodite. The Feminine Side of the Sea in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean - Mari Yamasaki Messengers and Envoys within Egyptian-Hittite Relationships - Marco De Pietri Deportation Policies in Egypt's Late Bronze Age Empire, 1500-1300 BCE - Christian Langer Session 6: Landscape and Geography: Human Dynamics and Perceptions Mountains for the Gods: Mimicking Landscape with Architecture. Mesoamerican Pyramids and Mesopotamian Ziqqurats in a Cross-Cultural Examination - Felix Levenson and Monica Pacheco Silva Beyond Dimorphic Chiefdom. An Alternative View of the Site Distribution during the Early Iron Age in the Southern Levant - Maria Tamburrini The Mountain Sanctuary of sami and the Relationship with the Settlement Pattern - Francesca Giusto Some Considerations on Workers and Officials Involved in the Circulation of Fish in the Ur III Umma Province - Angela Greco The Transformation of the Urban Landscape at Hatra (5th/4th Cent. BC - 3rd Cent. AD) - Enrico Foietta, Foreword ;

Introduction – Costanza Coppini, Georg Cyrus, and Hamaseh Golestaneh Session 4: Crossing Boundaries: Connectivity and Interaction Oman Peninsula and the Indus Valley: An Assessment of Material Exchanges during the Iron Age
(c. 1300–300 BC) – Carlos Fernández Rodríguez Seleucid Rule over the Gulf – Miguel Pachón Barragán Identity and Interaction at Togolok 1 in the Murghab Region (Southern Turkmenistan) during
the Bronze Age – Luca Forni and Roberto Arciero The Structure of the Urartian Territory as Seen through the Distribution of Inscriptions – Dan Socaciu Do I Know You? Points of Contact between Northern and Central/Southern Mesopotamian
Ceramic Traditions in the 2nd Millennium BC – Valentina Oselini Deconstructing Supportive Korai: Denoting Karyatids as Agalmata of Khthonie, Ge-Earth Goddess – Sevil Çonka From Athirat to Aphrodite. The Feminine Side of the Sea in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age
Eastern Mediterranean – Mari Yamasaki Messengers and Envoys within Egyptian-Hittite Relationships – Marco De Pietri Deportation Policies in Egypt’s Late Bronze Age Empire, 1500–1300 BCE – Christian Langer Session 6: Landscape and Geography: Human Dynamics and Perceptions Mountains for the Gods: Mimicking Landscape with Architecture. Mesoamerican Pyramids and Mesopotamian Ziqqurats in a Cross-Cultural Examination – Felix Levenson and Mónica Pacheco Silva Beyond Dimorphic Chiefdom. An Alternative View of the Site Distribution during the Early Iron
Age in the Southern Levant – Maria Tamburrini The Mountain Sanctuary of Šami and the Relationship with the Settlement Pattern – Francesca Giusto Some Considerations on Workers and Officials Involved in the Circulation of Fish in the Ur III
Umma Province – Angela Greco The Transformation of the Urban Landscape at Hatra (5th/4th Cent. BC – 3rd Cent. AD) – Enrico Foietta