LEVANTINE CERAMICS PROJECT
WORKSHOPS (2024)
The Levantine Ceramics Project (LCP) is a collaborative venture of archaeologists working on Levantine ceramics of all eras—from the Neolithic period (c. 5500 B.C.E.) through Ottoman times (c. 1920). Regular workshops are an integral component of the project. At workshops contributors present new discoveries and add information to the LCP’s ever-growing data set. We share ideas, discuss issues of terminology and definition, and better our overall understanding of the field.
Since 2012 the LCP has facilitated workshops in Greece, Israel, Turkey, Poland, Belgium, France, and the United States.
If you are interested in hosting or participating in an LCP workshop, please contact the LCP editor (aberlin@bu.edu) for more information.
May 27-30, 2024: University of Çanakkale and the Troy Museum Workshop
Çanakkale, Turkey
The Levantine Ceramics Project (LCP) and Professor Ekin Kozal (LCP country editor for Turkey) of the University of Çanakkale co-hosted a workshop in May, 2024 at the University of Çanakkale and the Troy Museum. The workshop also included a trip to the important medieval and modern pottery production workshop at Akköy (now on the LCP)! Over 50 Turkish students from around the country came to learn about pottery and the LCP. See the full program here.
June 10-14, 2024: LCP Workshop on Eastern Sigillata B
Ephesus Excavation Compound, Turkey
The second 2024 LCP workshop in Turkey was organized by Drs. Laura Rembart and Alice Waldner, of the Austrian Archaeological Institute and the Ephesus excavations. The subject was Eastern Sigillata B, the fine tableware manufactured in several locales close to Ephesus in the first and second centuries CE. The goal was to bring togeter scholars working on ESB at various sites, and launch conversations to help inform the planned LCP Handbook to Eastern Sigillata B. Ceramic experts from a variety of sites in the region gave presententations and spent a day in the Ephesus Excavation House depot, examining a fasciniating array of ESB pottery.
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