Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue – Volume 1

Sessions 1, 2, and 5 from the Conference Broadening Horizons 6 Held at the Freie Universität Berlin, 24–28 June 2019

Edited by Christian W. Hess Edited by Federico Manuelli

Book cover: Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue – Volume 1

Extent: 308 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2021)

ISBN: 9781803270944

7.99 x 10.87 inches

Price: $68.00

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Proceedings of the Broadening Horizons 6 conference (2019): Volume 1 presents 17 papers from Session 1: Entanglement. Material Culture and Written Sources in Dialogue; Session 2: Integrating Sciences in Historical and Archaeological Research; and Session 5: Which Continuity? Evaluating Stability, Transformation, and Change in Transit


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 1 contains 17 papers from Session 1: Entanglement. Material Culture and Written Sources in Dialogue; Session 2: Integrating Sciences in Historical and Archaeological Research; and Session 5: Which Continuity? Evaluating Stability, Transformation, and Change in Transitional Periods.

Foreword - Costanza Coppini, Georg Cyrus, Hamaseh Golestaneh, Christian W. Hess, Nathalie Kallas, Federico Manuelli, and Rocco Palermo Introduction - Christian W. Hess and Federico Manuelli Session 1 - Entanglement. Material Culture and Written Sources in Dialogue Tamed Violence: Inscribed Weapons in Mesopotamia - Augusta McMahon La Maison d'Urtenu. A Functional Study of a 'Great House' from Ugarit - Juan Alvarez Garcia Protecting the Residence: Doorjambs, Lintels, Hieroglyphics Inscriptions, and Blue Pigment between Southern Levant and Egypt - Giampiero Tursi On the Participation of Egyptian Artists in Achaemenid Art - Zohreh Zehbari Session 2 - Integrating Sciences in Historical and Archaeological Research Digital Prosopography of Babylonia: New Horizons - Caroline Waerzeggers 'Green Frog in the Water'. A Herpetological Approach to the Magico-Medical Use of Frogs and Frog-Amulets in Mesopotamia - Carolin Dittrich and Eva Gotting-Martin Ancient Agriculture in Early Bronze Age Northern Mesopotamia Reconstructed from Archaeobotanical Remains - Ghias Klesly 3D Imagery for On-Site Assessment of Mud Brick Architecture: A Case Study from Gird-i Shamlu (Iraqi Kurdistan) - Felix Wolter An Overview of the Achaemenid Glazed Architectural Decoration - Negar Abdali Monitoring Damage to Cultural Heritage Sites Using Open Source Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Data - Hassan el-Hajj Ink Recipes from the Islamic Era: Texts, Manuscripts, Ink Replication, and Scientific Analyses - Claudia Colini Session 5 - Which Continuity? Evaluating Stability, Transformation, and Change in Transitional Periods Cultures 'In Transition'. Interpreting Time, Persistence, and Changes in the Archaeological Record - Marcella Frangipane There and Back Again - Towards a New Understanding of Abandonment Practices at the Neolithic Settlement of Gobekli Tepe - Julia Schonicke Tarhuntassa: Rise and Fall of the New Capital for the Hittite Empire - Natalia Lodeiro Pichel Dual Narratives: Collapse and Transition at the End of the Late Bronze Age - Jesse Michael Millek Do Not Fear the Dark: Change and Continuity in the Amuq Valley (14th-6th Centuries BC) - Mariacarmela Montesanto A Possible Neo-Babylonian House-Type for the New Seleucid Foundations? - Stefanos Karampekos, Foreword – Costanza Coppini, Georg Cyrus, Hamaseh Golestaneh, Christian W. Hess, Nathalie Kallas, Federico Manuelli, and Rocco Palermo Session 1 — Entanglement. Material Culture and Written Sources in DialogueAugusta McMahonJuan Álvarez García between Southern Levant and Egypt – Giampiero TursiZohreh Zehbari Session 2 — Integrating Sciences in Historical and Archaeological ResearchCaroline WaerzeggersCarolin Dittrich and Eva Götting-MartinGhias KleslyFelix WolterNegar AbdaliHassan el-HajjClaudia Colini Session 5 — Which Continuity? Evaluating Stability, Transformation, and Change in Transitional PeriodsMarcella FrangipaneJulia SchönickeNatalia Lodeiro PichelJesse Michael MillekMariacarmela MontesantoStefanos Karampekos

  • Edited by Christian W. Hess
  • Edited by Federico Manuelli