Friday, 12th January 2023
Venue: Room 224, Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Session 2: Bronze age continued
Chair: Elena Armoli
| 08:30 | Social interaction, mobility, and institutional participation: Archaeology and Ancient Genomes interwoven | Frachetti Michael Washington University in St.Louis (US) |
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| 08:55 | Desert mobilities: results of the Uzbek-UAE expedition to the Qyzylqum | Kidd Fiona New York University Abu Dhabi (AE) |
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| 09:20 | The Eilatan Culture in Fergana Valley: Origin and Development | Ivanov Genadiy Samarkand, Uzbekistan |
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| 09:45 | Discussion | ||
| 10:10 | Coffee break |
Session 3: Graeco-bactrian saka
Chair: Barbara Cerasetti
| 10:35 | Cultural links and changes in the ancient Central Asia: natural, political and economic factors (by the example of the Bukhara region) | Omelchenko Andrey The State Hermitage Museum (RU) |
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| 11:00 | Adapting the Hellenistic Worldview: Bactrian Influences on Greco- Bactrian Art. | Ivanova Evgeniya (GR) |
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| 11:25 | Tracing Craftsmanship and Cultural Interactions: Worked Bone and Ivory Objects from Kushan Bactria in Central Asia |
Aripdjanov Otabek Institute of Fine Arts Academy of Sciences Republic of Uzbekistan (UZ) |
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| 11:50 | Mobility dynamics in the Oasis of Bukhara | Rante Rocco Louvre Museum-La Sorbonne (FR) |
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| 12:15 | Discussion | ||
| 12:40 | Lunch |
Session 4: Early middle ages
Chair: Dimitriy Voyakin
| 13:50 | The transmission of a 'military' motif to Chorasmia and Bactria around the 1st century CE | Peterson Sara School of Oriental and African Studies, London University (GB) |
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| 14:15 | Threads, Tropes, Technologies, and Terminologies - Tracing the Mobility of Central Asian Silks | Ilyasova Zumrad Universität Basel (CH) |
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| 14:40 | Discussion |
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| 15:15 | Archaeological excursion to the Textile Museum of the Abegg Foundation, Riggisberg, followed by dinner | Speakers only |