Programme
Thusday, 30.01.2003
10:30 Opening of the Conference by O.Univ.Prof. Dr. Herwig Friesinger, Secretary of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
10:45 Manfred BietakChronological Problems on the Transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age - an Introduction
11:00 Trude DothanTwo Models of the Late Bronze Imports to Southern Canaan
11:45 Nava Panitz-CohenThe Late Bronze Age Ceramic Assemblage at Tel Batash, Strata X-VI: Continuity and Change
12:30 Lunch Break 
14:15 Mario MartinEgyptian and Egyptian-style Pottery in Canaan in the Late Bronze Age. Typology, Chronology, Pots and People ?
15:00 David AstonDating Late Bronze Age Amphorae in New Kingdom Egypt
15:45 Coffee Break 
16:15 Assaf Yasur-LandauThe Use and Abuse of Mycenaean Ppottery in the Chronology of LBA Palestine: a Methodological Approach
17:00 Irmgard HeinAn Imported Pottery Shape at Tell el-Dabca/ cEzbet Helmi: the Aegean Rhyton
17:30 Discussion 
18:30 Reception by the Austrian Academy of Sciences Hermann Hunger Haus, Sonnenfelsgasse 19, A-1010 Vienna
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Friday, 31.01.2003
9:00 Hanan CharafAn Assessment of the Continuity and Change in the LBI Pottery at Tell cArqa
9:45 Joachim Brettschneider The Late Bronze Age at Tell Tweini (Jebleh, Syria)
10:30 Coffee Break  
11:00 Marta LucianiOld and New Research: the Evolving Tale of the Late Bronze Age in Qatna
11:45 Peter FischerTell el-Ajjul, Gaza and Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan Valley, during the First Half of the Late Bronze Age: Cultural Similarities and Differences
12:15 Discussion  
12:45 Lunch Break
14:00 Mirko Novák The Chronology of the Bronze Age Palace of Qatna
14:45 Coffee Break  
15:15 We move to the Hermann Hunger Haus, Theatersaal, Sonnenfelsgasse 19, A-1010 Vienna
15:30 Peter PfälznerDiscovery of the Royal Archives and the Royal Tombs in Qatna, Syria
16:45 Peter Warren Crete and Egypt - the Transmission of Relationships
18:00 Small Reception by SCIEM 2000 Hermann Hunger Haus, Sonnenfelsgasse 19, A-1010 Vienna
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Saturday, 01.02.2003
9:00 Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier The Minoan Frescoes of Alalakh and Tel Kabri and Chronology
9:45 Peter Pfälzner The Wall Paintings from the Palace of Qatna, Syria: Dating and Parallels
10:30 Coffe Break  
11:00 Manfred BietakThe Date of the Tell el-Dabca Wall Paintings
11:45 Nanno Marinatos The Lion Frieze from Tell el Dabca
12:15 Lyvia MorganFeline Hunters in the Tell el-Dabca Pantings
13:00 Lunch Break  
15:00 Meeting in the SCIEM 2000 office Coffee will be served.
15:30 Discussion and final conclusions  
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