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I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AL-ANDALUS. Caliphate and Taifas (10th-11th c.)
Alicante-Denia (23-25 October 2013)
Organised by: MARQ. Archaeological Museum of Alicante:
In collaboration with: Denia City Council and Museum. University of Alicante
Direction-Coordination: Rafael Azuar Ruiz, [email protected]
Secretary: Olga Manresa Bevia , [email protected]
This conference is awarded 2 free elective credits. by the University of Alicante (Code 20130364).
PLACES ARE SOLD OUT
New requests will be dealt with on a first come, first served basis, depending on the number of people who leave.
The year 2015 marks the thousandth anniversary of the conquest of the Balearic Islands and the island of Sardinia by Mujahid, lord of the Taifa of Denia. On this occasion, the MARQ wishes to join the various events organised by the Museum and the Denia Town Council, with the celebration of this international conference of archaeological studies and research on the revision of this crucial historical event, which was the expansion of Denia around the Mediterranean at the beginning of the 11th century. At this conference, various specialists will analyse and update our knowledge of al-Andalus in the general context of the end of the Caliphate and the Taifa period, with special emphasis on the archaeology and history of the Taifa of Denia. Studies and analyses of a broad geographical vision that extend and are understood from the political-commercial relations that the Taifa of Denia maintained with the Fatimid Empire of Egypt, with the North African governments and the emerging Christian Kingdoms and Republics of the northern Mediterranean; without forgetting the role it played in the dynamics of the various Taifas of the interior of the Peninsula, especially taking into account that its territory extended to Segura de la Sierra itself, in the current province of Jaén.
All of this is analysed and reviewed from the perspective of the Umayyad caliphate of Córdoba and its subsequent decomposition into various local powers, interested in justifying their legitimacy in the continuity of the power of al-Andalus.
PROGRAMME OF SESSIONS
–FIRST DAY (MARQ-ALICANTE) (23 October )
9.30: Collection of credentials
10.00: Institutional Opening Ceremony.
10.30: Break
11.00-11.30:
Posthumous tribute to Manuel Acién Almansa, Professor Dr. of the University of Malaga
11.30.-12.15: 1st Conference
Antonio VALLEJO. Museum of Fine Arts, Córdoba: "Palatine architecture of the Caliphate".
12.15-13.00: 2nd Conference
Antonio MALPICA. University of Granada: "Medina Ilbira
13.00- 13.30: Debate: "Spaces of power
13.30.- Poster Exhibition
AFTERNOON SESSION
16.00-16.45: 3rd conference
Mª Antonia MARTINEZ. University of Malaga: "Epigraphy of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Taifa Kingdoms: Arabic writing in the service of power".
16.45-17.30: 4th conference
Juan ZOZAYA: "Caliphate Andalusian metalwork".
17.30-18.00: Coffee break
18.00-18.45: 5th conference
Josep A. GISBERT. Archaeological Museum of the City of Dénia: "Madînat Daniya (11th century). Urban topography and material culture. The praxis of archaeology as a factor of excellence".
18:45- 19.30 - 6th conference
Guillem ROSSELLÓ: "The Denia-Balearic-Sardinian taifa through archaeological and documentary sources".
19.30-20. 00.- Debate "The writing and material culture of the Caliphate and the Taifa".
II SECOND DAY ( DENIA) (24 October)
Assembly hall of the Casa Municipal de Cultura
Pza. Jaume I, s/n
Dénia
9.00.- Departure from MARQ;
Buses will be available for the participants of the Conference to travel to Denia with limited places. Reservations can be made on the opening day (23rd) at the time of collecting credentials (8:30-9.00 h.).
10.00.- Institutional reception
10.30 -11.15: 7th conference
Carolina DOMÉNECH. University of Alicante: "Numismatics and circulation of the Valencian Taifas".
11.15-12.00: 8th conference
Vicente SALVATIERRA. University of Jaén: "Segura de la Sierra and the Taifa of Denia".
12.00-12.45: 9th conference
Patrice CRESSIER and Sophie GILOTTE ( CIHAM-UMR 5648, CNRS. France): "Playing in al-Andalus in the 11th century".
13.30-14.00: DEBATE "The Taifa of Denia
15.30.AFTERNOON SESSION
Dénia Castle. Visit to the monumental complex.
Guided tour: The seven gates of the citadel of Madînat Daniya.
Visit Archaeological Museum of the City of Dénia.
Mint tea and Rif sweets for the attendees.
19.00 Return to Alicante
III THIRD DAY (MARQ-ALICANTE) (25 October)
9.00-9.45: 10th Conference
Sonia GUTIÉRREZ. University of Alicante and Catherine RICHARTÉ. INRAP. France: "Ships coming and going: Caliphate ceramics and goods on the coasts of Provence".
9.45-10.30: 11th Conference
Rafael AZUAR .MARQ. Archaeological Museum of Alicante: "Archaeology of Denia and the Mediterranean 11th century".
10.30-11.00: Coffee break
11.00-13.45: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION. CALIPHATE AND TAIFA CERAMICS
Speaker and moderator: Manuel RETUERCE
11.00-11.30:
Manuel RETUERCE. Univ. Complutense de Madrid:
"Overview of the study and research on Caliphate and Taifa ceramics".
11.30-12.00:
Jaume COLL. Gonzalez Martí National Museum. Valencia :
"Ceramic firing techniques and systems from the Caliphate to the Taifas in the Sharq al-Andalus".
12.00-12.30:
Susana GÓMEZ Archaeological Field of Mértola. Portugal:
"Overview of Caliphate and Taifa ceramics from the Gharb al-Andalus period".
12.30-13.00:
Josefa PASCUAL and Pau ARMENGOL. SIAM.valència:
"Ceramic productions from the Caliphate and Taifa periods in Balansiyya".
13.00-13.30 ROUND TABLE:
"Other archaeological sources for the knowledge of the Caliphate and the Taifas of al-Andalus".
14.00. CLOSING CEREMONY
