Preliminary Program
*Each paper discussion is 45 minutes long, divided as follows:
Respondent presentation: 15min
Author response: 10min
General discussion: 30min
**Time zones (please check your time zone and confirm that the times are correct!)
PDT (GMT-7): United States West Coast
EDT (GMT-4): United States East Coast
CEST (GMT+2): Lyon, Cairo, Barcelona, Munich (UK -1hr, Athens +1hr)
CST (GMT+8): Beijing
Day 1: Monday October 11
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7:00-7:30am (PDT);
10:00-10:30am (EDT);
4:00-4:30pm (CEST);
10:00-10:30pm (CST)
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Welcome and Plenary
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J. Gates-Foster
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Session 1: Journeyscapes
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7:30-8:15am (PDT);
10:30-11:15am (EDT);
4:30-5:15pm (CEST);
10:30-11:15pm (CST)
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Maël Crépy
“Practical aspects of journeys in the Eastern Desert of Egypt (18th-20th c. AD): a contribution of western travellers' and early scholars' accounts”
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Respondent:
T.O. Moller
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8:15-9:00am (PDT);
11:15am-12:00pm (EDT); 5:15-6:00pm (CEST);
11:15-12:00pm (CST)
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Laurel Darcy Hackley
“Where to Sit Down in the Desert: Landscape-driven analysis of Eastern Desert networks”
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Respondent:
Julie Marchand
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(5 min break)
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Session 2: Broader Networks
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9:05-9:50am (PDT);
12:05-12:50pm (EDT);
6:05-6:50pm (CEST);
12:05-12:50am (CST)
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“Ptolemaic Elephantry: the Military Roots of Red Sea Trade”
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Respondent:
Steve Sidebotham and Roberta Tomber
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9:50-10:35am (PDT);
12:50-1:35pm (EDT);
6:50-7:35pm (CEST);
12:50-1:35am (CST)
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Katia Schörle
“How many camels does it take to ship ships? The Hermapollon again, from a camel perspective”
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Respondent:
Laura Aguer
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Day 2: Tuesday, October 12
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Session 3: Small Objects
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7:00-7:45am (PDT);
10:00-10:45am (EDT);
4:00-4:45pm (CEST);
10:00-10:45pm (CST)
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Jordi Pérez González
“Gems in Roman Egypt: Pliny's Vision”
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Respondent:
Joan Oller Guzmán, Sergio García-Dils De La Vega, David Fernández Abella, Vanesa Trevín Pita
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7:45-8:15am (PDT);
10:45-11:15am (EDT);
4:45-5:15pm (CEST);
10:45-11:15pm (CST)
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T.O. Moller
“The Qasr Ibrim Loxodontaphoros: elephant imagery between Egypt and Sudan”
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Respondent:
Ryan Reynolds
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(5 min break)
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8:20-9:05am (PDT);
11:20am-12:05pm (EDT);
5:20-6:05pm(CEST);
11:20pm-12:05am (CST)
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Steven Sidebotham, Roberta S. Tomber
“South Asian finds from Berenike, a Ptolemaic-Roman port on Egypt's Red Sea Shore Economic networks”
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Respondent:
Julien Cooper
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9:05-9:50am (PDT);
12:05-12:50pm (EDT);
6:05-6:50pm (CEST);
12:05-12:50am (CST)
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Mariola Hepa
“Work and Private Life: The Small Objects from the Ptolemaic-Roman Sites of the Eastern Desert”
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Respondent:
Despina Iosif
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Day 3: Wednesday, October 13
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Session 4: Local Economies
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7:00-7:45am (PDT);
10:00-10:45am (EDT);
4:00-4:45pm (CEST);
10:00-10:45pm (CST)
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Julien Cooper
“The economy of the Blemmyes, or how to make wealth as a nomad? Notes on the indigenous economies of the Eastern Desert”
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Respondent:
Mael Crepy
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7:45-8:15am (PDT);
10:45-11:15am (EDT);
4:45-5:15pm (CEST);
10:45-11:15pm (CST)
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Laura Aguer
“Feeding human beings and animals in the desert: food and water supply according to the Greek ostraca of Bi'r Samût (3rd cent. BC)
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Respondent:
Mariola Hepa
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(5 min break)
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8:20-9:05am (PDT);
11:20am-12:05pm (EDT);
5:20-6:05pm(CEST);
11:20pm-12:05am (CST)
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Julie Marchand
“Soldiers, monks and porphyry: Late Roman connexions and materiality of Deir el-Atrash fortlet in the north Eastern Desert”
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Respondent:
Kate Liszka, Bryan Kraemer, Meredith Brand
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9:05-9:50am (PDT);
12:05-12:50pm (EDT);
6:05-6:50pm (CEST);
12:05-12:50am (CST)
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Despina Iosif
“Roman Money and the Christian Desert”
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Respondent:
Jordi Pérez González
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Day 4: Thursday, Oct 14
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Session 5: Mining
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7:00-7:45am (PDT);
10:00-10:45am (EDT);
4:00-4:45pm (CEST);
10:00-10:45pm (CST)
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Kate Liszka, Bryan Kraemer, Meredith Brand
“Amethyst and other mined minerals at Wadi el-Hudi in the Roman Period”
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Respondent:
Darcy Hackley
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7:45-8:15am (PDT);
10:45-11:15am (EDT);
4:45-5:15pm (CEST);
10:45-11:15pm (CST)
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Joan Oller Guzmán, Sergio García-Dils De La Vega, David Fernández Abella, Vanesa Trevín Pita
“Quantifying emerald production: mining in the Smaragdus region during Antiquity
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Respondent:
Katia Schörle
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(5 min break)
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8:20-8:50am (PDT);
11:20-11:50am (EDT);
5:20-5:50pm(CEST);
11:20-11:50pm (CST)
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discussion, planning for volume
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