Seminar for Arabian Studies

Seminar 2006

The 2006 Seminar for Arabian Studies was held at the British Museum in London from Thursday 27th - Saturday 29th July 2006.

This was supported by the MBI Foundation. Visit their website at: www.mbifoundation.com and read details about their sponsorship at http://www.mbifoundation.com/mbi-foundation-projects/seminar-for-arabian-studies.html



The Seminar took place during the British Museum's "Middle East Now Season".



This related event also took place during the Seminar:

Thursday 27th July 2006 - BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum - 18.30 p.m.
"Corridor of Commerce: Archaeology and the lives of the peoples of the Gulf over seven thousand years".

In this illustrated lecture, Dr Derek Kennet, archaeologist and lecturer at the University of Durham, explored how the pivotal position of the Gulf from Antiquity to the 19th century is reflected in the rich archaeological heritage of this region. Admission £5, Concessions £3, Free to registered attendees of the Seminar. The lecture formed part of the British Museum's "Middle East Now Season".

* NEW * To see some photographs of the 2006 Seminar for Arabian Studies Reception click here.

PROGRAMME

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

ABSTRACTS

* NEW * GALLERY OF PICTURES FROM THE RECEPTION

FURTHER DETAILS

HOTELS

LOCATION MAPS

BOOKING FORM FOR SEMINAR AND ACCOMMODATION

CONTACT

THE SEMINAR FOR ARABIAN STUDIES
27-29 July 2006

PROGRAMME
All lectures will be held in the Clore Centre within the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG

The Provisional programme is as follows:

THURSDAY 27 JULY 2006

9:00 Registration

9:30 Welcoming remarks: John CURTIS, Keeper of the Department of the Ancient Near East, British Museum, UK.

SESSION I: Palaeolithic & early prehistoric Arabia (chair: Mike PETRAGLIA, Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge, UK)

9:40 Early prehistory in the Farasan Islands and the Southern Red Sea. Geoff BAILEY (University of York, UK).

10:05 Among Arabian Sands: evidence for hunter-gatherer range expansions into Oman during the Pleistocene. Jeffrey I. ROSE (Southern Methodist University, USA).

10:30 Spreading the Neolithic over the Arabian Peninsula. Philipp DRECHSLER (Tübingen University, Germany).

10:55-11.30 Coffee

11:30 Neolithic Tombs, Burnt Mounds and Flints in the Desert: Recent Work in the Umm az-Zamul Region of Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE. Richard CUTTLER (University of Birmingham, U.K), Heiko KALLWEIT, (Freiburg, Germany), Mark BEECH (Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage, U.A.E), Anja ZANDER (ASA Laboratory for Archaeometry, Germany), Will PITT (Univ.of Birmingham, U.K.) & Walid Yasin AL-TIKRITI (Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage, U.A.E.).

11:55 Les niveaux VIe millenaire de Suwayh SWY-1, Sultanat of Oman. Vincent CHARPENTIER (Nanterre Cédex, France).

12.20 Kârimis: The Yemeni Evidence. Eric VALLET (University of Paris 1, France).

12:45-14.00 Lunch

SESSION II: 3rd-1st Millennium BC Southeast Arabia (chair: Lloyd WEEKS University of Nottingham, UK)

14:00 Transformation processes in oasis settlements in Oman 2005 - final stage: Archaeological survey at the oasis of Nizwa. Juergen SCHREIBER (DAI, Germany).

14:25 Investigations at Wadi Bani Kharous, Sultanate of Oman. Moawiyah IBRAHIM (Al-Isra' University, Jordan) & Badar AL-ALAWI (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman).

14:50 Riding the Crest: lessons from the loss of the Magan Boat. Tom VOSMER (Magan Boat Project).

15:15-15:45 Tea

SESSION III: Death and Burial Practice (chair: StJohn SIMPSON, The British Museum, UK)

15:45 A Tale of Two Tombs: an anthropological and artefactual evaluation of the collective Umm an-Nar graves, Hili N and Tomb A Hili North, An Ain, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Kathleen MCSWEENEY (University of Edinburgh, UK) & Sophie MÉRY (Maison de l'Archéologie et de l'Ethnologie, France).

16:10 Tribal links between the Gulf and the Middle Euphrates during the beginning of the second millennium B.C. Christine KEPINSKI (Nanterre Cédex, France).

16:35 The Materials Employed in Ancient Yemeni Burial Practices. Stephen BUCKLEY, Joann FLETCHER, Don BROTHWELL (University of York, UK), Khaled AL-THOUR & Mohammed BASALAMA (University of Sana'a, Yemen).

17:00 The Jewish cemetery at Sohar, Oman - revisited. Aviva KLEIN-FRANKE (Universität zu Köln, Germany).

17:25 END

18.30 Corridor of Commerce: Archaeology and the lives of the peoples of the Gulf over seven thousand years.

In this illustrated lecture, Dr Derek Kennet, archaeologist and lecturer at the University of Durham, will explore how the pivotal position of the Gulf from Antiquity to the 19th century is reflected in the rich archaeological heritage of this region.
Admission £5, Concessions £3, Free to registered attendees of the Seminar. The lecture forms part of the British Museum's "Middle East Now Season".

FRIDAY 28 JULY 2006

SESSION IV: Early Historic Arabia (chair: Jurgen SCHREIBER?, DAI, Germany)

9:30 The beads of ed-Dur (Umm al-Qaiwain, UAE). An DE WAELE (Ghent University, Belgium).

9:55 Preliminary results of Compositional Analyses on SE-Arabian Coins from Ed-Dur (Umm Al-Qaiwain, UAE). Parsival DELRUE, David De MUYNCK, Pieter ROGIERS & An DE WAELE (Ghent University, Belgium).

10:20 Structural damage from earthquakes in the 2nd-9th Century at the archaeological site of Aila in Aqaba, Jordan. Ross THOMAS (University of Southampton, UK), Tina NIEMI (University of Missouri, USA) & S.Thomas PARKER (North Carolina State University, USA).

10:45 Sculptures at Tayma during the first millennium BC. Arnulf HAUSLEITER (DAI Berlin).

11:10-11:40 Coffee

V: Architecture and Epigraphy in Ancient South Arabia (chair: Michael MACDONALD)

11:40 The Almaqah Temple of Sirwah: Architecture, religion and presentation of power in Sabaean times. Iris GERLACH (DAI, Yemen).

12:05 A new inscription of Yitha'amar Watar bin Yakrubmalik from Sirwah. Norbert NEBES (Universität Jena, Germany).

12:30 The word slm/snm 'statue' in Arabian languages. Fiorella SCAGLIARINI (University La Sapienza, Italy).

12:55-14:00 Lunch

14:00

SESSION VI: Ancient South Arabia (chair: Nadia DURRANI, Current World Archaeology, UK)

14:00 W F Prideaux (1840-1914); Britain's first Sabaeologist? Carl PHILLIPS (ArScAn du CNRS, Paris, France) & St J. SIMPSON (The British Museum, UK).

14:25 From Safîr to Balhâf - Preventive archaeological survey and rescue excavations along the Yemen LNG pipeline route (Governorates of Marib & Shabwa, Yemen). Rémy CRASSARD (CEFAS, Yemen) & Holger HITGEN (DAI, Yemen).

14:50 Rites and funerary practices at Rawk during the fourth millennium BC (Wadi 'Idim-Yemen). Tara STEIMER-HERBET (IFPO, Syria), Abdull-Rahman AS-SAQQAF (Sayyun Museum), Olivier LAVIGNE (EHESS, France), Thomas SAGORY (EPHE, France), Jean-François SALIEGE, Marjan MACHKOUR (CNRS, France) & Hervé GUY (INRAP, France).

15:15-15:45 Tea

15:45 Giving Zafar a New Face. Paul YULE, Kristina FRANKE & Cornelia RUPPERT (University of Heidelberg, Germany).

16:10 New evidence of cultural changes at Makaynûn during the first millennium BC. Anne BENOIST (CNRS, Lyons, France), Michel MOUTON (CNRS-IFPO, Syria), Jérémie SCHIETTECATTE (Nanterre, France) & Olivier LAVIGNE.

16:35 Statement from the Steering Committee

16:45 *FILM* Wilfred Thesiger and the story of the hare. John DOLLAR (Volcano Films Ltd, UK).

17:15 END

18:00 Reception in Clore Centre, British Museum.

SATURDAY 29 JULY 2006

SESSION VII: Environment, Trade and Production in Medieval Arabia (chair: Derek KENNET, University of Durham, UK)

9.30 New inscriptions from Mahram Belqis.Plus a New Dated Zabur Inscription. - Yusuf Abdullah (AFSM, USA).

9:55 Ceramic production in medieval Yemen: the Yadhghat kiln site. Axelle ROUGEULLE (CNRS, France).

10:20 Al-Jabali: a silver mine in the Arabian peninsula. Audrey PELI (University of Paris I, France) & Florian TÉREYGEOL (CNRS, France).

10:45-11:15 Coffee

11:15 Recent Archaeological work at Al Balid, Oman. Juris ZARINS (Missouri State University, USA) & Lindsay DECARLO (University of Chicago, USA).

11:40 Al Qisha: Archaeological Investigations at an Islamic Period Yemeni Village. Lynne NEWTON (University of Minnesota, USA).

12:05 Vegetation History and Wood exploitation at Kush, Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE: Results of the charcoal analysis. Margareta TENGBERG (University of Paris I, France).

12:30 Water and waste in medieval Zabid, Yemen. Ingrid HEHMEYER (Ryerson University, Canada).

12:55-14.00 Lunch

SESSION VIII: Domestic and Religious Architecture, Ethnography and Islamic History (chair: Venetia Porter, The British Museum, UK)

14:00 Towards a new perspective: Banu Mahdi, a 4th imamate in Yemen. Ahmad O AL-ZAYLAI (King Saud University, Arabia).

14:25 Traditional Houses in Saudi Arabia: Similar Principals and Different Forms. Mashary AL-NAIM (King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia).

14:50 Star Gazing in Traditional Water Management: a case study in Northern Oman. Harriet NASH (University of Leeds, UK).

15:15-15:45 Tea

15:45 The Anthropology of 'Modernity' in Soqotra: Exploring the Vectors of Change in a Transitional Community. Serge D. ELIE (University of Sussex, UK)

16:10 Rare photographs from the 1930s and 1940s by Yihyeh Haybi, a Yemenite Jew from Sanaa : Historical Reality and Ethnographic Deductions. Ester MUCHAWSKY-SCHNAPPER (The Israel Museum, Israel).

16:35 Closing remarks.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Aufnahme archaeologischer Befunde in Zafar/Dhu Raydan (Jemen) - N. CARSTENSEN

Developing a framework of Holocene climatic change and landscape archaeology for the lower Gulf region, south-eastern Arabia - Gareth W. PRESTON (Department of Geography, Oxford Brookes University, UK), Adrian G. PARKER (Department of Geography, Oxford Brookes University, UK), Helen WALKINGTON (Department of Geography, Oxford Brookes University, UK) and Martin J. HODSON (School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, UK)

Anwendungsmoeglichkeiten von Quickbird-Daten fuer ein Archaeologieprojekt - C. RUSCH

Middle Palaeolithic - or what? A new site in Sharjah, UAE - Julie SCOTT-JACKSON (PADMAC Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK), William SCOTT-JACKSON (PADMAC Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK) and Sabah JASIM (Director of Antiquities, Sharjah, UAE).

The Sources on the Fitna of Mas'ud b. 'Amr and Their Uses for Basran Tribal History - Brian ULRICH (Department of History, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.).

Perforators, scrapers and more from the lithic industry of Wadi Shab, a Middle Holocene site on the Oman coast - Donatella USAI (IsIAO, Roma, Italy) and A. CAVALLARI.

The Latest Discoveries of the Mahram Bilqis Archaeological Project - Zaydoon ZAID (American Foundation for the Study of Man, Virginia, USA).

The committee is very keen to widen participation at the Seminar, in particular to students, and we would be grateful if you would display the attached poster in your institution.

Images of last year’s Seminar can be found at www.arabianseminar.org.uk/2005gallery.html.

If you know of anyone who would like to be added to the Seminar mailing list please ask them to email or write to us and we will be happy to oblige.

Those who require an official invitation to the Seminar for visa or other reasons should let us know by April.

We will be contacting you again in April with further details. We very much hope that you will be able to join us at the British Museum and look forward to seeing you there.

Yours sincerely,

The Steering Committee

Derek Kennet (Chair), Ardle Mac Mahon (Secretary), Andrew Thompson (Treasurer), St John Simpson (Chief Editor), Robert Carter (Editor), Mark Beech, Nadia Durrani, Robert Hoyland, Michael Macdonald, Venetia Porter, Lloyd Weeks.

FURTHER DETAILS

Those who require an official invitation to the Seminar for visa or other reasons should let us know by April.

If you know of anyone who would like to be added to the list please ask them to email or write to us and we will be happy to oblige.

The Committee is very keen to widen participation at the Seminar, in particular to students, and we would be grateful if you would display the attached document in your institution. Click here to download a poster for the 2006 Seminar.

We will be contacting you again in April with more details. We very much hope that you will be able to join us at the British Museum and look forward to seeing you there.

Yours sincerely,

The Steering Committee
Derek Kennet (Chair), Ardle Mac Mahon (Secretary), Andrew Thompson (Treasurer),
St John Simpson (Chief Editor), Robert Carter (Editor), Mark Beech, Nadia
Durrani, Robert Hoyland, Michael Macdonald, Venetia Porter, Lloyd Weeks.

ACCOMMODATION:
is available at Astor College. The cost is £33.00 per night (bed & breakfast) per person in single bedrooms. Astor College is a student residence and for those who prefer to make their own arrangements a list of hotels can be found on our webpage, however, the Seminar bears no responsibility for these.

Astor College
99 Charlotte Street
London W1T 4QB
Tel: 020 7387 4537
Fax: 020 7383 0843

Astor College is a self-catered Hall but Breakfast has been arranged at Ramsay Hall, which is nearby on Maple Street. Astor College has 250 rooms, the majority of which are single rooms, and come equipped with a small refrigerator. There are kitchens supplied with basic cooking equipment and local shopping facilities are nearby on Tottenham Court Road. Aston College has a TV lounge and laundry facilities. Both Astor College and Ramsay Hall are about a 10 minutes walk (15-20 minutes if you have luggage) to The British Museum.

Mainline Stations
Euston, St. Pancras and King's Cross railway stations are located about 10-15 minutes away.

Underground
The nearest stations are Goodge Street, Warren Street and Tottenham Court Road.

REGISTRATION:
The conference fee for the three days is £75 or £30 for individual days (the fee for Friends of the British Museum is £40 (£15 per day) and students is £20 (£10 per day). Registration will take place at the British Museum, (in forecourt of the Clore Education Centre in front of the BP Lecture Theatre), Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG from 9:00am on the 27th July. Please return the booking form below with your payment (Sterling cheque payable to: Seminar for Arabian Studies) to reach us by the 27th of June.

PAYMENT from ABROAD:
(We regret that our bank no longer accepts Euro-cheques free of charge). Payment can be made in the following manner:

(1) Send a Sterling Cheque or bankdraft made payable to 'Seminar for Arabian Studies'.

(2) Bank Transfers directly to 'SEMINAR FOR ARABIAN STUDIES' in Sterling (adding a £2 handling charge for amounts under £100 or £7 for amounts over £100). Our bank details are as follows:

Lloyds Bank plc
Paddington Branch
London

IBAN GB03 LOYD 309 640 004 599 51

Account Number: 0459951
Sort Code: 30-96-40

SWIFT: LOYDGB21062
Telex: 888301 to Lloyds Bank plc,
International Operations Centre,
P.O. Box 63,
38a Paradise Street,
Birmingham B1 2AB

Important: Please ensure that your invoice number along with your surname and initials are quoted- this will help us to identify your payment.

CONTACT

For further information contact:

Dr. Ardle MacMahon (Secretary)
Seminar for Arabian Studies
The British Museum
c/o Asia Department
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG
UK
email: seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk

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