Dear colleagues,
on the occassion of the 75th anniversary of the DAI-Istanbul we want to direct your
attention to the International Workshop
HOW DID FARMING REACH EUROPE?
Anatolian-European relations from the second half of the 7th through the first half of
the 6th millennium cal. B.C.
Place: Alman Arkeoloji Enstitüsü, Ayazpasa Camii sk. 48, Gümüssuyu-Istanbul/Türkiye
Date: 20th-22th May 2004
This workshop is open for everybody and seeks to bring together scientists working in
Anatolia, the Aegean, Greece and Bulgaria, to examine the rise, spread and known
distribution of the Neolithic and to discuss different models of neolithisation in this area.
For further information please contact:
lichter@istanbul.dainst.org
Dr.Clemens Lichter
Alman Arkeoloji Enstitüsü
Ayazpasa Camii Sk. 48
TR-34437 Gümüssuyu-Istanbul
Tel.: +90 (0)212 252 3490
Tel.: +90 (0)212 244 0714
Fax: +90 (0)212 252 3491
www.dainst.de
e-mail: lichter@istanbul.dainst.org
PROGRAM
May 20th 2004, Thursday
Morning session: Introduction and framework (Chairperson: C.Perlès)
10.00-11.00 C.Lichter, Istanbul, R.Meric, Izmir; Introduction
11.00-11.50 M.Özdogan, Istanbul; Westward expansion of the Neolithic way of life: what
we know and what we do not know
11.50-12.40 L.Thissen, Amsterdam; Absolute dating of the Early Neolithic period in the
Eastern Mediterranean
12.40-14.00 Lunch break
Afternoon session: Anatolian Roots (Chairperson: L.Thissen)
14.00-14.50 U.Schoop & D.Etkin-Schoop, Tübingen/Istanbul; The long escape of the
Neolithic out of the Central Anatolian Plain or how the food producing economy reached
the Aegean littoral
14.50-15.40 S.Özdol, Izmir; Defining the cultural impact of the Konya Region and the
BeysehirSugla Lakes Area on the neolithisation of Western Anatolia: based on pottery
evidence
18.00-19.00 S.Hansen, Berlin; Neolithic Figurines - East and West
May 21th 2004, Friday
Morning session: Neolithisation of Western Anatolia (Chairperson: S.Hansen)
09.00-09.50 C.Lichter, Istanbul; Western Anatolia in the late Neolithic and early
Chalcolithic: the actual state of research.
09.50-10.40 E.Abay, Izmir; Neolithic settlement at Ulucak Höyük and its cultural relations
with neighbouring regions in Western Anatolia
10.40-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-11.50 Z.Derin, Izmir; Architectural tradition in the Neolithic settlement at Ulucak
Höyük
11.50-12.40 B.Erdogu, Durham; Visualising Neolithic landscape: archaeological theory in
the Aegean Islands
12.40-14.00Lunch break
Afternoon session: Neolithisation of the Balkans and Greece (Chairperson:
M.Özdogan)
14.00-14.50 T.Efe, Istanbul; The neolithisation in northwestern inland Anatolia
14.50-15.40 J.Bertram, Tübingen & N.Karul, Istanbul; From Anatolia to Europe: The
ceramic sequence of Hoca Cesme in Turkish Thrace
15.40-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-16.50 I.Gatsov, Sofia; Stone assemblages from the earliest Neolithic settlements in
Thrace. The state of research
16.50-17.40 M.Budja, Ljubljana; The neolithisation of the Balkans: where in the puzzle?
17.40-18.30 K.Kotsakis, Thessaloniki; The Neolithic in Greece: concepts and models
18.30-19.20 A.Sampson, Rhodes; Early productive stages in the Aegean Basin from the 9 th
to the 7th millennia cal BC
May 22th 2004, Saturday
Morning session: Neolithic in Greece (Chairperson: K.Kotsakis)
09.00-09.50 N.Efstratiou, Thessaloniki; Tracing the story of the first farmers in Greece a
long and winding road
09.50-10.40 A.Reingruber, Heidelberg; The Argissa Magula and the Early Neolithic in
Thessaly
10.40-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-11.40 N.Kyparissi-Apostolika & Georgia Kotzamani, Athens; Worlds in transition:
MesolithicNeolithic lifestyles at the cave of Theopetra, Thessaly, Greece
11.40-12.40 E.Alram-Stern, Wien; The Early Neolithic settlement in Central and Southern
Greece. The actual state of research
12.40-14.00 Lunch break
Afternoon session: "Border crossing" cultural elements (Chairperson: M.Budja)
14.00-14.50 E.Rosenstock, Tübingen; Tells of Anatolia and the Balkans in their natural
setting
14.50-15.40 H.Schubert, Chexbres; Anatolia and Europe: where comes the ornamentation
from?
15.40-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-16.50 H.Schwarzberg, Halle; On the way to Europe
16.50-17.40 C.Perlès, Paris; From the Near East to Greece: cultural elements that did not
transfer
17.40-18.00 C.Lichter & R.Meric: Concluding remark