The Archaeology and History of Jerash: 110 Years of Excavations

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The Archaeology and History of Jerash: 110 Years of Excavations

Veranstalter
Achim Lichtenberger (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster), Rubina Raja (Aarhus University)
Veranstaltungsort
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Ort
Kopenhagen
Land
Denmark
Vom - Bis
02.03.2017 - 03.03.2017
Website
Von
Achim Lichtenberger, Institut für Klassische Archäologie und Christliche Archäologie/Archäologisches Museum, Universität Münster

110 years ago, in 1907, the first excavations were undertaken in Jerash. It was the beginning of an intensive and continuous period of research in this major city of the Decapolis. Large-scale excavations were undertaken in the 1920s and 1930s after the institution of the mandate. These were followed by several international projects, most nameworthy the large initiative begun in the late 1970s, Jerash Archaeological Project. From the outset of excavations within the urban space of Jerash, the Greco-Roman city Gerasa with its public monuments along the cardo was one of the foci. Furthermore, Christian churches found special interest in the early years as well as in later periods. In the last decennia, research interests have shifted, moving away from the large public monuments to the areas beyond the city centre and chronological focus left behind the classical and early Christian periods and encompassed the later periods, in particular the Early and Middle Islamic periods. Also, the restoration and preservation of the monuments and the presentation to the public have become important issues but also challenges. These changed interests reflect current questions of archaeology, which have intensified the view of long-term transformations and the transitional periods as well as relations between city and hinterland. In order to move the understanding of the development of Jerash forward, it is necessary to bring together researchers who have worked in Jerash over the last decades. Such a communal effort will bring the contextualisation of this important site further within a local, regional as well as wider framework of the Hellenistic, Roman, Islamic and Medieval worlds. It is important to view Jerash as a case study of a major city in the Levant and to further understand its place in cultural history. Therefore, a programme reflecting the research undertaken in Jerash over the last decades has been put together by the organisers in order to facilitate fruitful dialogue between the various missions working in Jerash earlier and today.

Programm

Venue:
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
H.C. Andersens Boulevard 35, Copenhagen, Denmark

Thursday 2 March 2017

8:30
Registration and coffee (3rd floor)

Introduction (1st floor – meeting hall)
9:00
Introduction
Achim Lichtenberger and Rubina Raja
9:15
Archaeological Research in Jerash and the Danish-German Northwest Quarter Project 2011-2016
Achim Lichtenberger and Rubina Raja

Session 1: The landscape (Chair: Rubina Raja)
10:15
The role of landscape in the occupational history of Gerasa and its hinterland
Don Boyer
11:15
Soils, sediments and environmental history: Introducing geosciences to archaeology at Jerash
Genevieve A. Holdridge, Kristine Thomsen, Søren M. Kristiansen and Ian A. Simpson
12:15
Lunch

Session 2: Spatial organisation (Chair: Rubina Raja)
13:15
Suburban life in southwest Jarash from the Roman to the Abbasid period
Louise Blanke
14:15
Urbanism at Islamic Jarash: New readings from archaeology and history
Alan Walmsley
15:15
The Northwest Quarter of Jerash: Outlines of a settlement history
Georg Kalaitzoglou
16:15
Break

Session 3: Buildings in the cityscape (Chair: Achim Lichtenberger)
16:45
The Artemis Temple in Jarash: Overreaching or resistance?
Massimo Brizzi
17:45
The ‘great eastern baths’ of Jerash/Gerasa: Balance of knowledge and ongoing research
Thomas Lepaon
18:45
A Byzantine thermopolium on the main colonnaded street in Gerasa
Daniela Baldoni
20:00
Dinner in town

Friday 3 March 2017

8:30 Coffee (3rd floor)

Session 1: Site management (1st floor – meeting hall) (Chair: Achim Lichtenberger)
9:00
The challenges facing Jerash archaeological site development
Ali Al Khayyat
10:00
Recent Italian restoration work and excavation in the Sanctuary of Artemis
Roberto Parapetti
11:00
Break

Session 2: Written records – archaeological finds (Chair: Achim Lichtenberger)
11:30
Why did Hadrian spend the winter of 129/130 in Gerasa?
Jacques Seigne
12:30
Romans in Gerasa: A Greek inscription from the hippodrome excavations
Pierre-Louis Gatier
13:30
Lunch

Session 3: An abundance of records (Chair: Rubina Raja)
14:30
Tell Abu Suwwan, Jerash, Jordan: Neolithic skulls and rituals
Maysoon al Nahar
15:30
High pottery quantity: Some remarks on ceramics in context from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project
Heike Möller
16:30
Break

17:00
Working with coins in Jerash: Problems, solutions and preliminary results
Ingrid and Wolfgang Schulze
18:00
Forensic investigations of the Jerash glass
Gry Barfod
19:00
Final discussion and publication process
20:00
Dinner in town

Kontakt

Achim Lichtenberger

Institut für Klassische Archäologie und Christliche Archäologie

lichtenb@uni-muenster.de

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