Centre for the Comparative History of Ancient Societies
invites to
The 11th Annual Scientific Communications Session, online,
12-13 May 2023
Program
Friday, 12 May 2023
Access link: https://meet.google.com/cxu-gzte-xtz
9.30 – 10.15 : Openning conference
Ancient Black Sea gold coins and geopolitics – from the Syrian wars to the Mithridatic wars
Keynote lecturer:
Dr. Viorel Emanuel PETAC*
(*The Numismatic Cabinet of the Romanian Academy Library / Vice President of the Romanian Numismatic Society)
A. Production, exchanges, and cultural evolution – archaeological evidences
Moderator: Dr. Florica (BOHÎLȚEA) MIHUȚ, DIAAIA-FIUB
10.30-10.50: Dr. Katia MOLDOVEANU*; Dr. Alexandra ȚÂRLEA**; Dr. Mihai FLOREA*; Dr. Migdonia GEORGESCU*; Dr. Zizi BALTĂ* – Catching the light. Gold objects in Gumelnița contexts – from gold nuggets to social statements (*National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest, Romania; **Department of Ancient History, Archaeology and History of Art, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest)
10.50-11.10: Dr. Cristian Eduard ȘTEFAN– „Importuri” și imitații în ceramica neo-eneolitică din România. O analiză primară (The Archaeological Institute ”Vasile Pârvan”, Bucharest)
11.10-11.30: Drd. Silviu GHINEA – Sanctuare getice în Muntenia secolelor III-II a.Chr. (University of Bucharest)
11.30-11.50: Dr. Alexandra ȚÂRLEA*; Dr. Roxana BUGOI** – One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Glass production during Greek and Roman times seen through results of compositional analyses on glass shards from Histria – ACS sector (*Department of Ancient History, Archaeology and History of Art, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest; **Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering Horia Hulubei, Bucharest, Romania)
11.50-12.10: Discussions
12.10-12.20. – Lunch Break
Moderator: Dr. Cristian-Eduard ȘTEFAN, The Archaeological Institute ”Vasile Pârvan”, Bucharest
12.20-12.30: Dr. Laurențiu CLIANTE*; Dr. Alexandra ȚÂRLEA**; Drd. Aurelia PARASCHIV* – Goods from faraway Lands? Egyptian glass containers in the collections of the Museum of National History and Archaeology Constanţa (*Museum of National History and Archaeology Constanța, Romania; **Department of Ancient History, Archaeology and History of Art, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest)
12.30-13.00: Dr. Victor-Valentin BOTTEZ – Standard and improvisation. Building materials used in Insula Iα from the Acropolis Centre-South Sector in Istros (University of Bucharest, Faculty of History, Department of Ancient History, Archaeology, and Art History)
13.00-13.20: Dr. Alexandra ȚÂRLEA*; Radu STĂNESCU** – A flicker of light. Late Roman Glass Goblets from old excavation at Beroe (Tulcea county, Romania) (*Department of Ancient History, Archaeology and History of Art, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest; **Institute of Eco-Museal Research Tulcea, Romania)
13.20-13.40: Dr. Iulia ILIESCU*, Radu O. STĂNESCU**– Roman remains in the fortified settlement at Beidaud (Tulcea county) (*University of Bucharest, Faculty of History, Department of Ancient History, Archaeology, and Art History; ** Institute of Eco-Museal Research Tulcea, Romania)
13.40-13.50: Discussions
13.50-14.20 – Break
Moderator: dr. Alexandra – Clara Țârlea, Head of the Archaeological Research Centre ”Vasile Pârvan”, DIAAIA-FIUB
14.20-14.40: Student III, Delia TARCAN*– Change by challenge: Evolving Mycenaean Craftsmen Mentalities Seen Through Sword Hilts Technology and Iconography (*University of Bucharest, Faculty of History)
14.40-15.00: Phd Student Aurelia PARASCHIV* – Glass is everywhere. ”Glass Unguentaria” from Tomis (1st – 4th c. AD) (*Museum of National History and Archaeology Constanţa, PhD student University Ovidius Constanţa)
15.00-15.20: MA Student, Vlad CIUR – Roman light at the edge of the Empire: Italic firmalampen in Scythia Minor’” (University of Bucharest, Faculty of History)
15.20-15-40: MA. Student Alina Prakharenka – The cultural exchanges between Olbia and the Scythians, including the adoption of Scythian art styles and iconography by the Olbian artisans, and the incorporation of Olbian goods and technology into Scythian material culture (Institute of Archaeology at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland)
15.40-15.50: Discussions
15.50-16.00 – Break
Moderator: Dr. Carol Căpiță, DIAAIA-FIUB
16.00-16.20: Dr. Ioan Carol OPRIȘ – Weighing sets for the gold coin during the 6th – first half of the 7th century. Some considerations on glass exagia solidi found in the Balkans and on the Lower Danube (University of Bucharest, Faculty of History, Department of Ancient History, Archaeology, and Art History)
16.20-16.40: MA Student Franceska-Cristina ȘTIRBU*; Dr. Gabriel VASILE**; Dr. Oana DAMIAN** – “A less common funerary practice: A triple burial dating back to the Middle Byzantine period from Nufaru (Tulcea County) – a bioarchaeological approach”. (*University of Bucharest; **“Vasile Pârvan” Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest)
16.40-17.00: Dr. Evgenia VELYCHKO – Jewelry with Isis symbols from the barbarian burials of the Northern Black Sea region (National Museum of the History of Ukraine, Kiev)
17.00-17.20: Drd. Sterling WRIGHT*; MA. Student Franceska-Cristina ȘTIRBU**; Dr. Alexandra-Clara ȚÂRLEA**; Dr. Sorin AILINCĂI*** – Exchanging genes and goods: How ancient DNA can illuminate complex mobility patterns in the Black Sea region (*Penn State University, University Park, United States of America; ** Bucharest University; ***ICEM Eco-Museal Research Institute, Tulcea, Romania)
17.20-17.40: Dr. Manuela DOBRE – Sur le commerce et les marchandises dans la Topographie chrétienne de Cosmas Indicopleustès (University of Bucharest, Faculty of History, Department of Universal History and International Relations)
17.40-17.50: Discussions
Saturday, 13 May 2023
Access link : https://meet.google.com/cjv-gpcu-suh
B. Production and Exchanges – reading the written and visual sources
Moderator: Dr. Vladimir Crețulescu, DIAAIA-FIUB
9.30-9.50: Dr. Daniela ZAHARIA – Farmers versus merchants in the legalist „natural” state-controlled economy at the origins of the Chinese Empire (University of Bucharest, Faculty of History, Department of Ancient History, Archaeology, and Art History)
9.50-10.10: Dr. Florica (Bohîlțea) MIHUȚ – Financial activities and cultural practices at the end of the Roman Republic – Cicero’s uilla from Tusculum (University of Bucharest, Faculty of History, Department of Ancient History, Archaeology, and Art History)
10.10-10.30: Dr. Andra JUGĂNARU – Letter Writing in Late Antiquity – A “Vir Trilinguis” and Some Rich Pious Ladies of Rome (University of Bucharest, Faculty of History, Department of Ancient History, Archaeology, and Art History / NEC – ”Ştefan Odobleja” fellow)
10.30-10,50: Dr. Ecaterina LUNG – Artistic exchanges in the Early Middle Ages (University of Bucharest, Faculty of History, Department of Ancient History, Archaeology, and Art History)
10,50-11,10: Discussions
11.10-11.20 – Break
C. Concepts, Methodology, Historical Reflections
Moderator: Dr. Diana Pavel, CICSA
11.20-11.40: Dr. Carol CĂPIȚĂ – The relevance of prehistoric economic mechanisms for the present day economics (University of Bucharest, Faculty of History, Department of Ancient History, Archaeology, and Art History
11.40-12.00: Dr. Mihaela MARCU – Problems du commerce pontique (les VIe-IIIe siècles av. J.-C.) (University of Bucharest, Faculty of History, Department of Ancient History, Archaeology, and Art History)
12.00-12.20: Dr. Alina IANCU*; Dr. Catarina Costeira**; Dr. Francisco B. Gomes** – Raising Awareness of the Romanian National Textile Heritage in the Context of the Official Launching of the Digital Atlas of European Textile Heritage (*National Institute of Heritage, Bucharest;** UNIARQ – Archaeological Centre from University of Lisabone)
12.20-13.00: Hanna MILEWSKA* – Welfare of working animal’s in antiquity. An interdisciplinary comparison of ancient horse breeding and training methods, as well as historical equipment, with modern horse welfare research results (*Faculty of Archaeology and Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw)
13.00-13.20: Discussions
13.20: Concluding remarks – Dr. Daniela ZAHARIA – Head of Department of Ancient History, Archaeology, and Art History