Settlement and Sanctuary on Cyprus from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages:
Views from the Columbia University Excavations at Phlamoudhi

Symposium Program, January 20-22, 2005
This symposium accompanies an exhibition of the same name in the:

Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery
8th floor of Schermerhorn Hall
Columbia University in the City of New York
20 January - 19 March 2005
Open Wed-Sat 1-5
www.learn.columbia.edu/phlamoudhi

This symposium was made possible through the generous support of the:
Columbia University Center for Archaeology
Columbia University Center for the Ancient Mediterranean
Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University Friends of Phlamoudhi

Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
Miriam and Ira. D. Wallach Art Gallery

Organizer: Joanna S. Smith

PROGRAM [Download the symposium program]

Thursday January 20, 2005
First workshop program (workshop registration limited to 30 people)
[To register, please contact Joanna S. Smith (jss245@columbia.edu)]
Center for Archaeology and lab, 9th floor of Schermerhorn Extension

1:00-1:30            
Joanna S. Smith (Columbia University)
Illustrated introduction to the workshop

1:30-3:30            
Work with ceramics, small finds, samples, and records

3:30-4:00           
Coffee/tea break

4:00-5:00           
Discussion

5:00-7:00            
Opening reception for the exhibition
(8th floor of Schermerhorn outside the Wallach Art Gallery)

Friday January 21, 2005
Lecture program (open to the public)
501 Schermerhorn

9:00-9:30            
Coffee/tea welcome

9:30-9:40            
Jonathan Crary (Columbia University)
Introductory comments

9:40-9:50            
Joanna S. Smith
Introduction to the sessions

I. Phlamoudhi, Cyprus in its Mediterranean archaeological and geological context Moderator: Lee Z. Ullmann (Columbia University)

9:50-10:20            
Despo Pilides (Department of Antiquities, Cyprus)
Toward completing the puzzle: a history of archaeological research in Cyprus

10:20-10:50            
Jay S. Noller (Oregon State University)
Physical foundations of Phlamoudhi: its natural context and topography

10:50-11:10            
Discussion

11:10-11:25            
Coffee/tea break

II. Excavations at Phlamoudhi: art, architecture, and life through the ages: Part One Moderator: Roberta Casagrande (Columbia University)

11:25-11:55            
Allan S. Gilbert (Fordham University)
The little expedition that could: an insider's view of Columbia's excavations  

11:55-12:25            
Joanna S. Smith
Phlamoudhi- Melissa : from settlement to sanctuary  

12:25-12:45            
Discussion

12:45-2:10            
Lunch
(8th floor of Schermerhorn outside the Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University)

2:10-2:15            
Joanna S. Smith
Introduction to the afternoon sessions

III. Excavations at Phlamoudhi: art, architecture, and life through the ages: Part Two, Moderator: Todd A. Davis (Columbia University)

2:15-2:45            
Mara T. Horowitz (Columbia University)
Phlamoudhi- Vounari : new perspectives on a multi-function site

2:45-3:15            
Kyle L. Killian (Columbia University)
Hellenistic, Roman, and Medieval Phlamoudhi

3:15-3:35            
Discussion

3:35-3:50            
Coffee/tea break

IV. Plants, animals, food, and drink at Phlamoudhi, Moderator: Sandrine Larrivé-Bass (Columbia University)

3:50-4:20            
Nancy M. Dammann Davis (Columbia University)
From seeds to landscape: archaeobotanical evidence from Phlamoudhi

4:20-4:50            
David S. Reese (Yale University)
Man and animal on ancient Cyprus

4:50-5:10            
Discussion

V. Historical Perspectives on the Columbia University Expedition to Phlamoudhi, Moderator: Joanna S. Smith

5:10-5:40           
Robert S. Merrillees (France)
Phlamoudhi Vounari and Melissa : 35 years and 35 centuries later

5:40-6:00            
Discussion

6:00-7:30            
Reception
(8th floor of Schermerhorn outside the Wallach Art Gallery)

Saturday January 22, 2005
Second workshop program (workshop registration limited to 30 people)
[To register, please contact Joanna S. Smith (jss245@columbia.edu)
Center for Archaeology and lab, 9th floor of Schermerhorn Extension

10:00-10:30            
Joanna S. Smith
Illustrated introduction to the workshop

10:30-12:30            
Work with ceramics, small finds, samples, and records

12:30-1:00            
Lunch break

1:00-2:00            
Discussion

2:00-5:00            
Opportunity to visit the Wallach Art Gallery

Read the Abstracts and Biographies of our participants