Wednesday, 12th February 2020
| 13:30 | IICAS Meeting Venue: the University of Bern, Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. Building Uni Mittelstrasse, Room 116 |
IICAS Members only |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Pre-Registration at the Hotel Kreuz, Zeughausgasse 41, 3011 Bern |
For those who will arrive later the registration will be on Thursday, 13th February 2020, directly at the congress venue. |
| 19:00 | Dinner | Invited Speakers only |
Thursday, 13th February 2020
Venue:
The University of Bern, Lerchenweg 36, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. Building Unitobler, Room F022
The University of Bern, Lerchenweg 36, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. Building Unitobler, Room F022
| 08:00 | Registration | |
| 08:30 | Welcome address | Mango Elena Dean, Faculty of Humanities |
| 09:00 | Opening remarks | Novák Mirko Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern (CH) |
| 09:20 | The Society for the Exploration of EurAsia in Contact with the Past and Present | Baumer Christoph Society for the Exploration of EurAsia, Hergiswil (CH) |
Session 1: Elam and Bactria
Chair: Cerasetti Barbara
| 09:35 | Cultures in Contact - Cultural Transformation - Transculturation. An Archaeological Perspective | Novák Mirko Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern (CH) |
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| 10:00 | The fist-sized "command batons" from Elam and Bactria-Margiana | Mäder Michael Institute for Linguistics, University of Bern, Bern (CH) |
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| 10:25 | Discussion | ||
| 10:45 | Coffee Break |
Session 2: Turkmenistan
Chair: Naymark Aleksander
| 11:10 | Sharing Spiritual Life and Beliefs in the Murghab Region (Southern Turkmenistan): New Evidence from Bronze Age Terracotta Figurines and Seals | Forni Luca Department of Human Studies, University of Trieste, Bologna (IT) |
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| 11:35 | Lock-shaped Stone Handbags (Pierre Ansées) from Central and Middle Asia: Typology, Distribution and new Findings | Bonora Gian Luca ISMEO, Ferrara (IT) |
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| 12:00 | Redefine the idea of BMAC through the last innovative data of the Late Bronze Age Margiana | Cerasetti Barbara Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna, Bologna (IT) |
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| 12:25 | Discussion | ||
| 12:50 | Lunch |
Chair: Sollee Alexander
| 14:00 | Swiss Research at Gonur Depe in 2014 and 2015 | Langenegger Katarzyna Department of Ancient Civilizations, University of Basel & Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern (CH) |
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| 14:25 | Between two cultures - the archaeological record of Akdepe | Kurbanov Aydogdy Collegium de Lyon fellow 2019-2020, Lyon (FR) |
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| 14:50 | Sine Sepulchro cultures of the Early Iron Age: an interconnected Central Asian community of cultures | Lhuillier Johanna Archéorient UMR 5133, CNRS, Lyon (FR) |
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| 15:15 | Isotopic Studies of Bronze Age Societies in Central Asia and Iran | Kroll Sonja Archéozoologie, archéobotanique: sociétés, pratiques et enviroment, CNRS, MNHN, UMR 7209, Paris (FR) |
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| 15:40 | Discussion | ||
| 16:05 | Coffee Break |
Session 3: Central Asia
Chair: Mäder Michael
| 16:30 | Hellenistic Bactria. A view from Torbulok, Tajikistan | Lindström Gunvor Eurasia Department, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Berlin (DE) |
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| 16:55 | Early History of Sogdiana and its international trade: silk, fur, amber, and slaves | Naymark Aleksandr Fine Arts & Art History, Hofstra University, New York (US) |
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| 17:20 | New discoveries in Paikend: on nomadic influence in Sogdian domains | Omelchenko Andrey Oriental, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (RU) |
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| 17:45 | Cultural Exchange along the Silk Road as Reflected in the Sealings Unearthed from Kafir-kala | Begmatov Alisher Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin (DE) |
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| 18:10 | Discussion | ||
| 19:00 | Dinner at: Haus der Universität Schlösslistrasse 5 3008 Bern |
free for Inv. Speakers, others upon registration Directions: Take one of the following busses or trams and get off at "Kocherpark". Please cross this parc. You will find the road "Schlösslistrasse" uphill behind the parc. tram Nr 6 in direction "Fischermätteli" tram Nr 7 in direction "Bümpliz" tram Nr 8 in direction "Brünnen / Westside" |
You can download all abstracts here in one document.
Program subject to change.