Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas:
Mediterranean Networks and Cyprus
Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus
June 3-5, 2013
Under the auspices of the Association for Coroplastic Studies
Program (To download the conference program and abstracts click here)
MONDAY, JUNE 3
8.45-9.15: Registration
9.15-9.30: Welcoming addresses
Demetrios Michaelides, Director of the Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus
Constantinos Christofides, Rector of the University of Cyprus
Jaimee Uhlenbrock, President of the Association for Coroplastic Studies
Session 1: The Terracotta Figurines from the House of Orpheus in Nea Paphos
Chairperson: Jaimee Uhlenbrock
9.30-10.00: Moulding Expressions of Culture: The Terracotta Figurines from the House of Orpheus in Nea Paphos
Giorgos Papantoniou and Demetrios Michaelides
10.00-10.30: Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data: The Application of Neutron Activation Analysis and Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy for the Study of the Hellenistic and Roman Figurines from the House of Orpheus in Nea Paphos
Vassilis Kilikoglou, Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou, Giorgos Papantoniou, Demetrios Michaelides
10.30-11.00: On Technology and Fabric Composition: Putting the pXRF Dataset into Use
Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou, Eleni Aloupi, Giorgos Papantoniou, Demetrios Michaelides
11.00-11.30: The Use of Information Technology Applications for Supporting the Study and Interpretation of Terracotta Figurines from the House of Orpheus in Nea Paphos
Fernando Loizides, Andreas Lanitis, Giorgos Papantoniou and Demetrios Michaelides
11.30-12.00: Coffee Break
Session 2a: Cyprus
Chairperson: Despo Pilides
12.00-12.30: Terracotta Figurines and Limestone Votaries from Late Classical to Roman times in Eastern Cyprus
Gabriele Koiner and Nicole Reitinger
12.30-13.00: The Terracottas from Larnaca's Salt Lake: Making New Things out of Old
Pauline Maillard
13.00-13.30: The Terracotta Figurines of Hellenistic Arsinoe and its Environs
Eustathios Raptou
13.30-15.00: Lunch Break
Session 2b: Cyprus
Chairperson: Demetrios Michaelides
15.00-15.30: Hellenistic Terracottas: The Evidence from Ancient Arsinoe
Nancy Serwint
15.30-16.00: The Terracottas of Aphrodite and Eros at Amathous: Images of a Cult Statue?
Isabelle Tassignon
16.00-16.30: Underneath the Veil: Terracotta Figurines from the Eastern Necropolis of Amathous
Elisavet Stephani
16.30-17.00: Coffee Break
Session 2c: Cyprus
Chairperson: Arthur Muller
17.00-17.30: Contemplating Issues of Historical Continuity: The Case of the Erimi-Bamboula Figurines
Polina Christofi
17.30-18.00: Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas in the Cypriot Collection of the Ashmolean Museum,
Oxford: Contexts, Iconography, Meaning and Mediterranean Connections
Anja Ulbrich
TUESDAY, JUNE 4
Session 3a: Greece and Asia Minor
Chairperson: Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou
9.00-9.30: Theriomorphic Figures in Hellenistic and Roman Arcadia: A Possible Cypriot Connection
Erin Walcek Averett
9.30-10.00: Praxiteles and the Figurines
Angele Rosenberg
10.00-10.30: Five Terracotta Ex-voto Figurines from Amarynthos, Euboea: A Case-Study in Sanctuary Deposit Practices
Costantina Benissi
10.30-11.00: Coffee Break
Session 3C: Greece and Asia Minor
Chairperson: Vassilis Kilikoglou
9.30-10.00: Production of Terracotta Figurines in the Hellenistic Period at the Ancient City of Pherae, Thessaly
Argyroula Doulgeri-Intzesiloglou and Polyxeni Arachoviti
10.00-10.30: Some New Observations on the Materials used for Decoration of Hellenistic Terracotta Figurines in the Pherai Workshops, Greece
Eleni Asderaki-Tzoumerkioti, Manos Dionysiou, Argyroula Doulgeri-Intzesiloglou, Polyxeni Arachoviti
11.30-12.00: Greek Terracotta Dolls: Between the Domestic and the Religious Sphere
Frauke Gutschke
12.00-12.30: Tanagras in the Rituals of Death and Rebirth
Minna Lönnqvist
13.00-14.30: Lunch Break
Session 3c: Greece and Asia Minor
Chairperson: Rebecca Miller Ammerman
12.30-13.00: Terracotta Veiled Women: A Symbol of Transition from Nymphe to Gyne?
Nathalie Martin
15.00-15.30: “Visiting Gods” Revisited: Aphrodite or Bride?
Arthur Muller
15.30-16.00: Aphrodite, the Coming of Age and the Marriage: Contextualisation and Reconsideration of the Nude Young Women Kneeling in a Shell
Stéphanie Huysecom-Haxhi
16.00-16.30: Coffee Break
Session 3d: Greece and Asia Minor
Chairperson: Stéphanie Huysecom-Haxhi
17.00-17.30: New Hellenistic and Roman Terracotta Figurines from Pergamon’s Residential Area: On Workshops, Types and Images Related to Other Sites, and the Impact of Religions from Other Areas
Sven Kielau
17.30-18.00: Transformation and Appropriation in the Coroplastic Art of Sardis
Frances Gallart Marqués
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5
Session 4:
Italy
Chairperson: Nancy Serwint
9.00-9.30:
Production and Consumption of Terracottas: A Case Study at Metaponto in Southern Italy
Rebecca Miller Ammerman
9.30-10.00: Hellenistic Architectural Terracottas from the Insula Occidentalis of Pompeii
Mario Grimaldi
10.00-10.30: Hellenistic Terracotta Votives from the Insula Occidentalis of Pompeii
Alessandro Russo
10.30-11.00: Coffee Break
Session 5: North Africa: Tunisia and Egypt
Chairperson: Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou
11.00-11.30: Terracotta Figurines in Roman Africa
Solenn De Larminat
11.30-12.00: Conceptualising the Consumption of the Sacred: Mass Production vs. Handmade Figurines
Lara Weiss
12.00-13.30: Visit to the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia
13.30-15.00: Lunch Break
Session 6: The Levant
Chairperson: Giorgos Papantoniou
15.00-15.30: From Alexandria to Tyre: The Egyptian Character of the Hellenistic Figurines from Kharayeb
Marianna Castiglione
15.30-16.00: Levantine koine: Ties between Hellenistic Terracottas from Israel and Cyprus
Adi Erlich
16.00-16.30: A Syrian Tradition in the Hellenistic Terracottas at Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates: The Case of the Persian Riders
Heather Jackson
16.30-17.00: A Look from the Outside: Mediterranean Influences on the Terracotta Figurines from Seleucia on the Tigris
Roberta Menegazzi
17.00-17.30: The Plaster Figurines from the Roman-Byzantine Khirbet es-Samrā Cemetery in Jordan
Abdalla Nabulsi
17.30-18.00: Coffee Break
18.00-18.50: Conclusions and Summary of the Conference
Jaimee Uhlenbrock
18.50-19.00: Discussion on the Publication and Concluding Remarks
The Scientific Committee
20.00: FAREWELL DINNER |
