The Joint Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and the Society for Classical Studies (SCS) (formerly known as the American Philological Association) will take place in Washington, D.C., January 2–5, 2020. Sessions exploring artifacts, art, social systems, fashion, cooking vessels, trade networks, shipwrecks, architecture, inscriptions, and archaeological research methods of the classical and New World will be offered.
There are several talks of interest related to Turkey.
On 3 January 2020:
Müge Durusu-Tanriover, Bilkent University, ‘Tracing the Western Frontier of the Hittite Empire: Results from the Polatlı Landscape Archaeology and Survey Project’
Christina DiFabio, University of Michigan, ‘Monuments to Civic Memory: Text and Topography of Two Hellenistic Fountains in Western Anatolia’
On Saturday, January 4:
Matthew Harpster, Koç University, Mustafa V. Koç Maritime Archaeology Research Center, ‘Tides of Change: New Time, New Needs, New Practices in Maritime Archaeology in Turkey’
Gül Pulhan, Işılay Gürsu, Lutgarde Vandeput, and Gülşah Günata (Discussant: Christina Luke, Koç University), ‘Safeguarding Archaeological Assets of Turkey (SARAT)’
On Sunday, January 5:
Emine Sokmen, Hitit University Çorum, ‘Archaic Tieion: Results of Recent Archaeological Investigations and implications for Early Colonization and Romanization of the City’
Owen P. Doonan IV, California State University Northridge and S. Yücel Şenyurt, Gazi University Ankara, ‘The Fortress of Kurul kalesi, a Pontic Stronghold in the Final Battles between the Romans and the Pontic Kingdom’
View the entire programme here
