Friday, 14th 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
Session 4: Central Asia continued
Chair: Shenkar Michael
| 08:30 | A study of the gold folding crown from Tillya-tepe as an indicator of cultural exchange and status | Peterson Sara History of Art and Archaeology, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, Wiltshire (UK) |
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| 08:55 | Monumental plot polychrome painting of Karatepa in Old Termez | Pidaev Shakirdjan Institute of Art of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent (UZ) |
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| 09:20 | Fortifications, fortresses, and border walls in ancient Bactria-Sogdiana (sedentary and nomads between Samarkand and Ai Khanum) | Rapin Claude CNRS Paris, ENS / UMR 8546 Archéologie et Philologie d’Orient et d’Occident (AOROC), Paris (FR) |
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| 09:45 | Discussion | ||
| 10:10 | Coffee Break |
Chair: Lhuillier Johanna
| 10:35 | Bactrian influence in the re-foundation of Vardana in the Early Medieval period | Pozzi Silvia Independent researcher, Udine (IT) |
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| 11:00 | Crossroads between Iran and Central Asia. New data on the ceramic assemblage of the Bukhara Oasis. | Bruno Jacopo Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino (IT) |
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| 11:25 | Idols of Clay? Early Chalcolithic production area of clay figurines in Southern Turkmenistan | Blochin Jegor Rescue Archaeology, IHMC RAS, Saint-Petersburg (RU) |
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| 11:50 | Uch Kulakh Tepe: cultural contacts in the early medieval times | Vincenzi Ilaria Universitat autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (ESP) |
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| 12:15 | Discussion | ||
| 12:40 | Lunch |
Chair: Pozzi Silvia
| 14:00 | Hand gestures in Sogdian iconography, their origins, and their significance | Shavarebi Ehsan Institute of Numismatics and Money History, University of Vienna, Vienna (AT) |
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| 14:25 | Eastern Zeravshan valley in Transition from the Sogdian to the Arab Rule: New evidence from the Sanjar-Shah Excavations | Shenkar Michael Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem (IL) |
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| 14:50 | Modular residence block in Panjakent in comparative context | Lurje Pavel Oriental Department, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (RU) |
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| 15:15 | End of the Long Way. Tamgha-signs from Qarshovul-tepa as a marker of Nomad's sedentarisation process |
Ilyasov Djangar Art History, Institute of Art Studies, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent (UZ) |
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| 15:40 | Discussion |
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| 16:05 | Coffee Break |
Chair: Bonora Gian Luca
| 16:30 | Early Karakhanidian glazed ceramics from Bukhara (based on materials from the complex of the Vardanzeh citadel) | Mirzaachmedov Djamaliddin Uzbekistan Academy of Science Y. Gulomov, Samarkand (UZ) |
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| 16:55 | The cultural traditions of urban planning in Samarkand during the epoch of Timur | Malikov Azim Asian studies, Palacký University, Olomouc (CZ) |
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| 17:20 | The Bamiyan Valley as a center of trade and cultural exchange: the latest excavations on the site of Shahr-e Gholghola |
Bendezu Sarmiento Julio Eco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie (UMR 7206), MNHN, CNRS, Paris (FR) |
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| 17:45 | An archaeological survey of sites of Kech-Makran, Balochistan, Pakistan |
Shabir Imran TIAC, Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (PK) |
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| 18:10 | Discussion | ||
| 19:00 | Dinner | Invited Speakers only |
You can download all abstracts here in one document.
Program subject to change.