Monday 28 September – The archaeology of northern Jordan: from discovery to site display
| 9.00-10.00 | Registration |
| 10.00-10.20 | Welcome speeches (Mr I.Amarin, Director, The Jordan Museum; Dr A.Zerbini, University of Oxford) |
| 10.20-10.40 | Keynote 1 - HE Dr Monther Jamhawi (Director General of the Department of Antiquities) |
| 10.40-11.00 | Keynote 2 - Dr Robert Bewley (EAMENA, University of Oxford) |
| 11.00-12.00 | Keynote 3 - HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan |
| 12.00-13.30 | Buffet lunch |
| 13.30-14.00 | Tour of the Jordan Museum for conference speakers (led by Dr Yosha al-Amri) |
The urban centres of northern Jordan – Archaeology and conservation. Chair: Zeidan Kafafi
| 14.00-14.30 | J.Tidmarsh (University of Sydney) – Whose foundation? The emergence of Hellenistic Pella |
| 14.30-15.00 | D.Vila (John Brown University) - Protecting our past/Protecting our future: the future of Abila of the Decapolis in Northern Jordan |
| 15.00-15.30 | B.De Vries (Calvin College) and J.DeKock (Open Hand Studios) - A Conservation Strategy for Umm el-Jimal: Engaging the Modern Community in the Preservation and Protection of the Antiquities |
| 15.30-16.00 | C.Bührig (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) - Gadara/Umm Qays.The ancient city and its hinterland |
| 16.00-16.30 | Tea break |
New discoveries in Jerash. Chair: Maysoun al-Nahar
| 16.30-17.00 | A.Walmsley (University of Copenhagen) - Raising the profile of the Islamic period at Jarash, 1980-2015: excavations, restoration, and presentation |
| 17.00-17.30 | A.al-Shami (Department of Antiquities, Jordan) - New excavations in Jerash |
| 17.30-18.00 | D.Boyer (University of Western Australia) - Landscape archaeology of the 'Ajlun Highlands since the Pleistocene: new insights from the Jarash Valley |
Tuesday 29 September – Landscape archaeology of northern Jordan in the context of the geoarchaeology of the Levant
Regional Surveys. Chair: Mo'awiya Ibrahim
| 9.00-9.30 | D.Hagmann and N.Voss (Universität Wien) - Intensive systematic surveys in the hinterland of Abila and Umm-el Jimal (Decapolis region, Northern Jordan) |
| 9.30-10.00 | F.Kenkel (German Protestant Institute of Archaeology) - The Gadara Region Project: past, present, future |
| 10.00-10.30 | S.al-Karaimeh (University of Leiden) - Gadara: benefiting from its irrigated agricultural fields |
| 10.30-11.00 | H. al-Sababha (Universität Bonn) - Islamic pottery and its distribution in agricultural fields as a marker of land use throughout the Islamic period in Northern Jordan |
| 11.00-11.30 | Tea break |
Landscape change. Chair: Frauke Kenkel
| 11.30-12.00 | N.Abu Jaber (German-Jordanian University) - Landscape character assessment mapping of the Yarmuk river basin: results and planning implications |
| 12.00-12.30 | M.Shunnaq (Yarmuk University) - The ethnoarchaeology of Al Shalalah area (Al Ramtha district) |
| 12.30-13.00 | B.Lucke (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) - Historical landscape change in northern Jordan: the cases of Abila/Queilbeh and Umm al-Jimal |
| 13.00-14.00 | Buffet lunch |
Landscape Archaeology. Chair: Sultan Ma‘ani
| 14.00-14.30 | F.Hourani (Jordan University) - Late Prehistoric landscapes of Northern Jordan: A perspective from the Jordan Valley |
| 14.30-15.00 | P-M.Blanc (CNRS), G.Davtian (CEPAM - Nice), J.Rohmer (Université Paris I) - Méthodologies et premiers résultats de la prospection de la mission de Haute Jordanie |
| 15.00-15.30 | P.Watson (University of New England) - Fluctuations in land use around Pella of the Decapolis in Late Antiquity: evidence and issues |
| 15.30-16.00 | B.Müller-Neuhof (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) - Fourth millennium colonisation of the basalt desert: Jawa and its hinterland |
| 16.00-16.30 | Tea break |
Geoarchaeology in the Levant. Chair: ‘Abdallah al-Shorman
| 16.30-17.00 | T.Paradise (University of Arkansas) - Petra's great flood: preliminary evidence for 4th-5th century catastrophic flooding |
| 17.00-17.30 | P.Kouki (University of Helsinki) - Interpreting OSL dates from wadi sediments in the Jabal Harun area, Petra region |
| 18.30-21.00 | Reception at ACOR |
Wednesday 30 September – Managing and promoting cultural heritage in the north of Jordan
| 9.00-9.30 | Y.al-Amri (The Jordan Museum) The approach of the Jordan Museum in protecting our past |
Round Table: Monitoring and Protecting Cultural Heritage
| 9.30-10.45 | Session 1. Documenting threat to archaeological sites: problems and solutions. Chair: Barbara Porter |
| 10.45-11.15 | Tea break |
| 11.15-12.30 | Session 2. The impact of geodatabases, remote sensing and mapping projects. Chair: Yahya al-Shawabkeh |
| Confirmed discussants (in alphabetical order): Dr Fadi Bala'awi (Hashemite University), Dr Robert Bewley (EAMENA, University of Oxford), Dr Douglas Clark (Madaba Plains Project), Dr Mariusz Drzewiecki (Jordan University), Mr Jihad Haroun (Department of Antiquities, Jordan), HE Dr Monther Jamhawi (Department of Antiquities, Jordan), Mr Mohammad Abed al Jaradat (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Palestine), Mr Jihad Kafafi (Jordan Museum), Mr Tammam al-Khasawneh (Jordan Museum), Prof. Lorenzo Nigro (University of Rome - Sapienza), Prof. Graham Philip (Durham University), Mr Jihad Yassine (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Palestine). | |
| 12.30-13.30 Buffet lunch |
Cultural tourism and community engagement in the north of Jordan. Chair: Carol Palmer
| 13.30-14.00 | F.Andraschko (Universität Hamburg) - Transfer and communication of cultural and natural heritage |
| 14.00-14.30 | M.Haddad (Baraka) - A relationship between cultural identity, linear history and tourism in Umm Qais |
| 14.30-15.00 | Tea break |
| 15.00-15.30 | A.al-Batainah (Department of Antiquities, Jordan) - Archaeology of agriculture. The potential of archaeological restoration for cultural tourism in the north of Jordan |
| 15.30-16.00 | I.Arce (University of Copenhagen) - Heritage for development. The experience of the Qasr al-Hallabat Project |
| 16.00-16.15 | Short break |
Umm al-Jimal: a success story? Chair: Bert De Vries
| 16.15-16.35 | A.Atzori (UNESCO - Jordan) - Culture as a source of resilience: linking cultural assets and rural women in Umm al-Jimal |
| 16.35-16.55 | M.Hazza (Umm al-Jimal Project) - Ancient Umm el-Jimal as seen by the modern community |
| 16.55-17.10 | Discussion and short break |
| 17.10-17.30 | E.Addison (SCHEP) - Introducing SCHEP: Sustainable Cultural Heritage through the Engagement of Local Communities |
| 17.30-17.50 | P.Christians (Stanford University) - The role of the community in the long-term site management plan for Umm al-Jimal |
| 18.00 | Closing remarks |
| 19.00- | Closing reception at the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology (GPIA) |