Cyprus Round Table at University at Albany, Nov. 16, 1998

[Aceramic Neolithic figurine from Khirokitia]

Round Table Discussion

"The Earliest Prehistory of Cyprus:
From Colonization to Exploitation"

University at Albany, Albany, NY
Monday November 16, 1998
Humanities Building room 354

9:15-9:30am: Welcome and Introductory Remarks. Stuart Swiny (University at Albany)

9:30-10:00am: "The First Humans in Cyprus and Pygmy Hippopotami: Successful Colonization or a Brief Feast?" Alan Simmons (University of Nevada at Las Vegas)

10:00-10:10am: Discussion

10:10-10:40am: "Faunal Remains from Akrotiri Aetokremnos." David Reese (Field Museum of Natural History)

10:40-10:50am: Discussion

10:50-11:30am: "The Excavations at Parekklisha Shillourokambos." Jean Guilaine (Collège de France)

11:30-11:40am: Discussion

11:40-11:55am:

Coffee Break

11:55am-12:25pm: "Preliminary Archaeozoological Results and Reflections on the Early Aceramic Neolithic in Cyprus." Jean-Denis Vigne (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle)

12:25-12:35pm: Discussion

12:35-1:05pm: "At the Other End of the Sequence: the Cypriot Aceramic Neolithic as Seen from Khirokitia." Alain Le Brun (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

1:05-1:15pm: Discussion

1:15-2:30pm: Lunch

2:30-3:00pm: "Plant Resources in Neolithic Cyprus." Julie Hansen (Boston University)

3:00-3:10pm: Discussion

3:10-3:50pm: A summing up, and "From Foraging to Farming and Herding in the Levant." Ofer Bar-Yosef (Harvard University)

3:50-4:30pm: General discussion

Sponsored by
the Institute of Cypriot Studies, the Department of Classics, the College of Arts and Sciences,
and the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

For more information, contact Professor Stuart Swiny, HU 372, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222; tel. 518-442-3982; e-mail swiny@albany.edu.

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(Image information: The image is of an Aceramic Neolithic figurine found at Khirokitia, made of andesite and approximately 19 cm high. It is described on p. 267 of Porphyrios Dikaios, Khirokitia, as #967.)

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9:15-9:30am:	Welcome and Introductory Remarks. Stuart Swiny (University at Albany)
9:30-10:00am:	"The First Humans in Cyprus and Pygmy Hippopotami: Successful Colonization or a Brief Feast?" Alan Simmons (University of Nevada at Las Vegas)
10:00-10:10am:	Discussion
10:10-10:40am:	"Faunal Remains from Akrotiri Aetokremnos." David Reese (Field Museum of Natural History)
10:40-10:50am:	Discussion
10:50-11:30am:	"The Excavations at Parekklisha Shillourokambos." Jean Guilaine (Collège de France)
11:30-11:40am:	Discussion
11:40-11:55am:
Coffee Break
11:55am-12:25pm:	"Preliminary Archaeozoological Results and Reflections on the Early Aceramic Neolithic in Cyprus." Jean-Denis Vigne (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle)
12:25-12:35pm:	Discussion
12:35-1:05pm:	"At the Other End of the Sequence: the Cypriot Aceramic Neolithic as Seen from Khirokitia." Alain Le Brun (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
1:05-1:15pm:	Discussion
1:15-2:30pm:	Lunch
2:30-3:00pm:	"Plant Resources in Neolithic Cyprus." Julie Hansen (Boston University)
3:00-3:10pm:	Discussion
3:10-3:50pm:	A summing up, and "From Foraging to Farming and Herding in the Levant." Ofer Bar-Yosef (Harvard University)
3:50-4:30pm:	General discussion