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| 10.00-10.20 am | Arrival and Orientation |
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| 10:20-10:30 am | Welcoming remarks: Jonathan Tubb (British Museum) & Xander Veldhuijzen (University College London) |
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| MORNING SESSION | Chairman: Karen Wright, University College London |
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| 10:30-11:00 am | Gerrit van der Kooij (Institute of Archaeology, Leiden University) From town to camp and back again - Excavations and research at Tell Deir 'Alla (Click for Abstract) |
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| 11:00-11:10 am | Questions |
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| 11:10-11:30 am | Coffee (please make your own arrangements) |
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| 11:30-12:00 am | Jonathan Tubb (Curator of Syria-Palestine in the Department of the Ancient Near East, British Museum) Tell es-Sa'idiyeh in the Late Iron Age (Click for Abstract) |
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| 12:00-12:10 am | Questions |
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| 12:10-12:40 am | Rachael Sparks (Curator, Petrie Palestinian Collection, University College London) Gypsum vessel workshops in the Jordan Valley (MBII - Iron I) (Click for Abstract) |
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| 12:40-12:50 am | Questions |
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| 12:50-2:00 pm | LUNCH (please make your own arrangements) |
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| AFTERNOON SESSION | Chairman: Peter Parr (Palestine Exploration Fund) |
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| 2:00-2:30 pm | Xander Veldhuijzen (Institute of Archaeology, University College London) Results of the 2000 season at Tell Hammeh (az-Zarqa); excavation and analysis of the Iron Age ironsmelting operation (Click for Abstract) |
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| 2:30-2:40 pm | Questions |
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| 2:40-3:10 pm | Jack Green (Institute of Archaeology, University College London) A framework for studying burial ritual at Tell es-Sa'idiyeh (Click for Abstract) |
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| 3:10-3:20 pm | Questions |
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| 3:20-3:40 pm | Coffee (please make your own arrangements) |
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| 3:40-4:10 pm | Peter M. Fischer (Austrian Academy, Vienna, and Gothenburg University) Excavations at Tell Abu al-Kharaz (1989-2001): From the Early Bronze Age to the Iron Age (Click for Abstract) |
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| 4:10-4:20 pm | Questions |
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| 4:20-4:50 pm | Konstantinos D. Politis (Special Assistant Curator, Department of Medieval & Modern Europe, British Museum) Recent Bronze & Iron Age period excavations in the Ghor es-Safi (Deir 'Ain 'Abata, An Naq' and Tuleilat Qasr Moussa Hamid) (Click for Abstract) |
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| 4:50-5:00 pm | Questions and Close |
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| 5:30-7:00 pm | Wine Reception at the Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY (Staff Common Room, 609, - 6th Floor) - open to all participants |
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