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Sunday 16 November 2008 (Day 1 - Conference Papers)

TIME SPEAKER

11.25 - 11.45 Mark BEECH (1), Marjan MASHKOUR (2), Matthias HUELS (3) and Antoine ZAZZO (4)(1) Historic Environment Department, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), Abu Dhabi, UAE.(2) CNRS, UMR 5197- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle MNHN - Paris, France.(3) Leibniz Labor für Altersbestimmung und Isotopenforschung, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany(4) CNRS, UMR 5197- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle MNHN - Paris, France.Prehistoric camels in Abu Dhabi's Western Region

14.00 - 14.20 Adrian BALASESCU (1), Valentin RADU (2), Emmanuelle VILA (3)

(1) Musée Nationale d'Histoire de la Roumanie, Bucarest, Roumania. (2) Musée Nationale d'Histoire de la Roumanie, Bucarest, Roumania(3) CNRS Archeorient, Lyon, France.The archaeozoological characteristics of Neolithic communities in the Ararat plain (Armenia)

14.40 - 15.00 Adrian BALASESCU (1), Boris GASPARYAN (2), Jérémie LIAGRE (3) and Christine CHATAIGNER (4)(1) Musée Nationale d'Histoire de la Roumanie, Bucarest, Roumanie. (2) Institut d'Archeologie d'Erevan, Armenie. (3) SMAC, Chartres, France. (4) CNRS Archeorient , Lyon, FranceThe fauna from Kalavan 1 (Upper Palaeolithic/Epipalaeolithic, Armenia)

14.20 - 14.40 Nina MANASERYANLaboratory of Vertebrates, Institute of Zoology, Yerevan, ArmeniaCarnivora Mammals of Holocene in Armenia

11.45 - 12.05 Francesco FEDELEUniversity of Naples 'Federico II', Naples, ItalyNew data on domestic and wild camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Sabaean Yemen

12.05 - 12.20 Discussion

12.20 - 14.00 Lunch

Sunday 16 November 2008 (Day 1 - Conference Papers)

TIME SPEAKER

15.00 - 15.20 Lilit MIRZOYAN (1) and Nina MANASERYAN (2)(1) Institut d'Histoire et Archéologie de l'Orient Ancient, Universite Marc Bloch, Strasbourg II, France.(2) Research Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, Yerevan, Armenia.New excavated bone remains and representations of animals from Urartian site Erebuni

16.05 - 16.25 Jennifer J. PIRO and Pam CRABTREENew York University, U.S.A.Zooarchaeological Evidence for Pastoralism in the Early Transcaucasian Culture

16.25 - 16.45 Rémi BERTHONUniversity of Kiel - Germany and UMR 5197- CNRS/MNHN - Paris, France.Animal exploitation in the Upper Tigris Valley during the Bronze Age: a first assessment from HirbemerdonTepe and Kavusan Höyük

16.45 - 17.05 Canan CAKIRLARKoç University Research Center for Anatolian CivilizationsEvidence for fish processing in the Eastern Mediterranean and a new case from Iron Age Kinet Höyük (Hatay, Turkey)

15.20 - 15.35 Discussion

17.05 - 17.30 Discussion

17.30 End of Day 1

15.35 - 16.05 Tea

18.30 Departure on coach for Opening Reception and Dinner

19.00 - 20.00 Opening Reception at the Al Ain National Museum

20.00 - 22.30 Dinner at the Al-Ain Palace Museum .

22.30 Departure on coach back to the Mercure Hotel

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Monday 17 November 2008 (Day 2 - Conference Papers)

TIME SPEAKER

9.00 - 9.20 Napierala HANNES(Eberhard-Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Germany.Late and Epipalaeolithic faunal remains from Syria.

9.40 - 10.00 Anna RUSSELLFaculty of Archaeology, Leiden University , The Netherlands.Changing patterns of animal exploitation and the 8.2k BP climate event: preliminary findings from the faunalremains of Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria c. 6800 - 5800 BC

10.00 - 10.20 Eva-Maria GEIGL (1), Mélanie PRUVOST, Reinhard SCHWARZ, Marie LIOUVILLE, Camille BERTHELOT, Sophie CHAMPLOT,Thierry GRANGE, Michael HOFREITER, Lamys HACHEM, Hitomi HONGO, Séverine BRAGUIER and Hans-Peter UERPMANN (2)(1) Institut Jacques Monod CNRS UMR 7592, Universités Paris 6 et 7, Tour 43, 2, Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris cedex 05, France.(2) Eberhard-Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Germany.The palaeogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA from Neolithic and Bronze Age bones points to Southwest Asiaas the centre of cattle domestication

11.45 - 12.05 Nerissa RUSSELL (1) and Katheryn TWISS (2)(1) Cornell, U.S.A.(2) Stony Brook, U.S.A.Digesting the Data: Dogs as Taphonomic Agents at Neolithic Catalhoyuk, Turkey

9.20 - 9.40 Lionnel GOURICHONUMR 5133 - Archéorient, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, 7 rue Raulin, F-69007 Lyon, FranceThe Natufian fauna of Dederiyeh Cave (Northern Syria)

10.20 - 10.35

12.05 12.20 Discussion

Discussion

12.20 - 14.00 Lunch

10.35 - 11.05 Coffee

11.05 - 11.45 Poster session

Monday 17 November 2008 (Day 2 - Conference Papers)

TIME SPEAKER

14.00 - 14.20 Joris PETERS (1) and Gisela GRUPE (2)(1) Veterinärwissenschaftliches Department, Institut für Paläoanatomie und Geschichte der Tiermedizin,Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Kaulbachstr. 37, 80539 München, Germany.(2) Dept. I der Fakultät für Biologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Biozentrum,Grosshaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.Reconstructing hunting and farming practices in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Upper Euphrates region using stableisotopes in human and animal bone structural carbonate

14.20 - 14.40 Daniel HELMER (1) and Lionel GOURICHON (2)(1) UMR 5133 - Archéorient, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Antenne de Jalès, F-07460 Berrias, France(2) UMR 5133 - Archéorient, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, 7 rue Raulin, F-69007 Lyon, FranceThe fauna of Tell Aswad (Damascus, Syria), early Neolithic levels. Relations with the northern and southern Levant sites

14.40 - 15.00 Jean-Denis VIGNE (1), Isabelle CARRÈRE (2) and Jean GUILAINE (3)1) CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France.(2) EHESS, TRACES, Toulouse, France.(3) Collège de France, Toulouse, France.Evolution of the use of sheep and goat during the early preceramic Neolithic at Shillourokambos (8300-7000 cal. BC)

15.00 - 15.20 Marjan MASHKOUR and Jean-Denis VIGNECNRS, UMR 5197- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle MNHN - Paris, France.Neolithic of southwest Iran viewed through the animal remains

16.05 - 16.25 Julie DAUJAT and Marjan MASHKOURCNRS, UMR 5197- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle MNHN - Paris, France.Faunal remains from Middle Neolithic site of Qaleh Rostam, Zagros (Iran)

15.20 - 15.35 Discussion

15.35 - 16.05 Tea

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Monday 17 November 2008 (Day 2 - Conference Papers)

TIME SPEAKER

16.25 - 16.45 Lionnel GOURICHONMinistry of Tourism and Antiquities, Palestine.The Faunal Remains from Mar-Nicola, a Byzantine & Islamic site, Beit Jala - Palestine.

16.45 - 17.05 Beatrice DE CUPERE, Anton ERVYNCK, Mircea UDRESCU and Johnny DE MEULEMEESTERBelgium.Archaeozoological research at the castle of Aqaba (Red Sea coast, Jordan): preliminary results

17.05 - 17.25 Discussion

17.25 End of Day 2

Tuesday 18 November 2008 (Day 3 - Conference Papers)

TIME SPEAKER

9.00 - 9.20 Hiljke BUITENHUISARC, Groningen, The Netherlands.Multivariate analysis as a tool in identifying Sheep (Ovis sp.) and Goat (Capra sp.)

9.20 - 9.40 Hervé MONCHOT (1) and Guillaume CHARLOUX (2)((1) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - IPH - CNRS, UMR 5198 - Paris, France.(2) CNRS - UMR 8167- France.The Opet Temple Courtyard Excavations: A Zooarchaeological Reference Study for Karnak (Egypt)

9.40 - 10.00 Veerle LINSEELE (1), Wim VAN NEER (2), Harco WILLEMS (3) and Bart VANTHUYNE (4)(1) Center for Archaeological Sciences, Leuven, Belgium(2) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.(3) Center for Archaeological Sciences, Leuven, Belgium(4) Center for Archaeological Sciences, Leuven, BelgiumAn unusual cattle burial at Dayr el-Barsha (Middle Egypt, New Kingdom - 3rd Intermediate Period)

10.00 - 10.20 Wim VAN NEER and Veerle LINSEELE(1) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Leuven, Belgium. (2) Center for Archaeological Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.Burials of wild and domestic animals at the Predynastic elite cemetery of Hierakonpolis (Upper Egypt)

11.05 - 11.25 Emmanuelle VILA (1) and Marjan MASHKOUR (2)(1) UMR 5133 - "Archéorient. Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien", Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon, France.(2) CNRS, UMR 5197- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle MNHN - Paris, France.Thoughts about Ass domestication

11.25 - 11.45 Jill WEBERUniversity of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. / Independent Scholar.Elite Equids, Part 2: Seeing the Dead

10.20 - 10.35 Discussion

10.35 - 11.05 Coffee

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Tuesday 18 November 2008 (Day 3 - Conference Papers)

TIME SPEAKER

11.45 - 12.05 R. BENDREY (1), S. LEPETZ (1), G.I. ZAITSEVA (2), Antoine ZAZZO (1), K.V. CHUGUNOV (3), N. BOKOVENOK (2),K. DEBUE (1), J. UGHETTO (1), H-P. FRANCFORT (4) and Jean-Denis VIGNE (1)1) CNRS, UMR 5197- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle MNHN - Paris, France.(2) Institute for the History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.(3) State Hermitage Museum, Russia.(4) Maison de l'Archéologie et de l'Ethnologie René Ginouvès - Nanterre, France.Human-horse relationships in thenomadic societies of later prehistoric Central Asia: preliminary results of stable isotope analyses of horse tooth enamel

14.00 - 14.20 Jwana CHAHOUD and Emmanuelle VILAUMR 5133, Archéorient, Maison de l'Orient et de la MéditerranéeStudy of the faunal remains from Ugarit (Maison aux Albâtres) and from Qatna (Palace K): Animal use duringthe Late Bronze Age in Syria

14.20 - 14.40 Lubna OMARKyoto University Japan.Animal Exploitation at Tell Bderi ( Jazira, NE Syria ) during the Early Bronze Age

14.40 - 15.00 Scott RUFOLOJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.New Insights into the "Second Urban Revolution" of Northern Mesopotamia from Five Early Bronze Age FaunalAssemblages of the Khabur Basin, Syria

12.250- 14.00 Lunch

15.00 - 15.20 Free slot

15.20 - 15.35 Discussion

15.35 - 16.05 Tea

Tuesday 18 November 2008 (Day 3 - Conference Papers)

TIME SPEAKER

16.05 - 16.25

16.25 - 16.45

Emmanuelle VILAUMR 5133, Archéorient, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon, France / UMR 5197- CNRS / UMR 5133, CNRS,Archéorient, Lyon, FrancePreliminary comments about the discovery of elephant bones at Mishrife/Qatna in Late Bronze Age Syria

16.45 - 17.05

Francois POPLINMuséum national d'Histoire naturelle /CNRS, UMR 5197 - Paris, France.Matiere dure animale

17.05

Discussion

17.30

End of Day 3

18.00

Departure on coach from Mercure Hotel to Al Ain Zoo for Closing Dinner

18.30 - 19.00

Welcome reception at Al Ain Zoo

19.45

Bird Show at Al Ain Zoo

21.45

Buffet dinner outside in Al Ain Zoo (at the Mixed African Exhibit area)

Departure on coach back to the Mercure Hotel

22.15 Arrive back to Mercure Hotel

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Wednesday 19 November 2008 (Day 4 - ASWA General Assembly & Optional Excursion)

TIME SPEAKER

9.00 - 10.30 ASWA General Assembly

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee

11.00 Departure on coach for Optional Excursion to Al Ain

11.30 - 13.00 Visit to Hili Archaeological Park

13.00 - 14.00 Buffet Lunch in "Caravan Restaurant" Al Ain Mall

14.00 Departure on coach to Camel Market, Mezyad tombs & Mezyad Fort by Jebel Hafit

18.00 Departure from Mezyad on coach back to the Mercure Hotel

18.30 Arrive back to Mercure Hotel

Thursday 20 November 2008 (Day 5 - Optional Excursion)

TIME SPEAKER

7.30 Departure on coach to Sharjah Archaeology Museum

9.30 Arrive Sharjah Archaeology Museum

12.00 Depart to Sharjah Desert Park

13.00 Arrive and have Lunch at the Sharjah Desert Park Cafe

14.00 Visit the Sharjah Desert Park

15.30 Visit the Botanical Park next door to the Sharjah Natural History Museum (currently closed for renovation)

16.30 Depart Botanical Park

18.30

ASWA delegates depart.

Return to Mercure Hotel

Friday 21 November 2008 (Day 6)

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