Special Panel:
Arms and Armour as Indicators of Cultural Transfer. The Steppes and the Ancient World from Hellenistic Times to the Early Middle Ages

25.-27.11.2003

Venue: Wittenberg, LEUCOREA Foundation
Date: November 25-27, 2003

Organizers: Prof. Dr. Markus Mode, Institut für Orientalische Archäologie und Kunst, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, und Prof. Dr. Jürgen Tubach, Institut für Orientalistik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Programme

November 25th, 2003
LEUCOREA Foundation, Collegienstrasse 62, 06886 Wittenberg

 

Opening

09:00 - 09:30 a.m.

Welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Gunnar Berg, on behalf of the Leucorea Foundation, our hosting organization

Welcome speech by the Speakers of the Collaborative Research Centre 586, Prof. Dr. Stefan Leder and Prof. Dr. Bernhard Streck

Introducing words by the organizers, Prof. Dr. Markus Mode and Professor Dr. Jürgen Tubach

Section I - Military achievements of the Eurasian Nomads

9:30 a.m.

Dr Natal'ja Viktorovna Polosmak (Novosibirsk):
Arms and armour of the Pazyryk-people in Gorny Altai, 4.-2. c. B.C.

10:00 a.m.

Dr. Vladimir Dmitrievich Kubarev (Novosibirsk):
Die Bewaffnung der Frühnomaden laut den Altai- Petroglyphen [Armament of the early nomads according to the rock art of the Altai mountains]

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Coffee break

11:00 a.m.

Dr. Sergej Stepanovich Minjaev (St. Petersburg):
Archaeological context for a reconstruction of the Hsiung-nu bow

11:30 a.m.

Dr. Vadim Jurevich Zuev (St. Petersburg):
Early Sarmatian weaponry in the light of excavations of the Prochorovka barrows

12:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Lunch

2:30 p.m.

Dr. Juliy Sergeevich Chudjakov (Novosibirsk):
Die Bewaffnung der zentralasiatischen Nomaden im 3. und 5. Jh. [Armament of the Central Asian nomads in the 4th and 5th centuries AD]

3:00 p.m.

Dr. Alisa J. Borisenko (Novosibirsk):
Die Bewaffnung der alten Turkvölker, der Gegner der Sasaniden [Armament of the ancient Turkic peoples, the opponents of the Sasanians]

3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Coffee break

4:00 p.m.

Dr. Gleb Vladimirovich Kubarev (Novosibirsk):
Die Schutzwaffen als Indikator der Nomadenmigration in Eurasiens Steppenzone im VI.-X. Jh. [Defensive armour as indicator of nomadic migrations in the Eurasian steppes zone in the 6th-10th centuries AD]

4:30 p.m.

Michail Viktorovich Gorelik (Moscow):
Savirian knights

 

November 26th, 2003
LEUCOREA Foundation, Collegienstrasse 62, 06886 Wittenberg

Section II - Contact Zones: The Near East

9:00 a.m.

Prof. Dr. Susan B. Downey (Los Angeles):
Arms and armour as cultural coding in the art of Dura Europos and Palmyra

9:30 a.m.

Dr. Simon T. James (London):
The impact of Steppe peoples and the Partho-Sasanian world on the development of Roman military equipment and dress

10:00 - 10.30 a.m.

Coffee break

10:30 a.m.

Dr. Marek Jan Olbrycht (Krakow):
The Arsacid army. Organization and strategy

11:00 a.m.

Dr. St. John Simpson (London):
Sasanian helmets from Niniveh

11:30 a.m.

Dr. Gerd Gropp (Hamburg):
Die Schwerter vom Taq-e Bustan [The swords of Taq-e Bustan]

12:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Lunch

2:30 p.m.

Prof. Dr. Markus Mode (Halle):
Art and ideology at Taq- i Bustan: The armoured equestrian

Section III - Contact Zones: Central Asia and The Far East

3:00 p.m.

Salutation words by Magnificence Prof. Dr. Wilfried Grecksch, the Rector, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

3:00 p.m.

Dr. Viktor Nikolaevich Pilipko (Moscow):
Arms and armour from Old-Nisa

3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Coffee break

4:00 p.m.

Dr. Valerij Pavlovich Nikonorov (St. Petersburg):
Celtic-style-shields in the Middle and Far East (since hellenistic times onwards)

4:30 p.m.

Dr. Valentina Ivanovna Raspopova (St. Petersburg):
Sogdian arms and armour in the period of the Great Migrations

 

November 27th, 2003
LEUCOREA Foundation, Collegienstrasse 62, 06886 Wittenberg

9:00 a.m.

Prof. Dr. Boris Il'ich Maršak (St. Petersburg):
Arms, armour and tactics of Sogdiana, her allies and adversaries

9:30 a.m.

Dr. Jorinde Ebert (Wien):
Depictions of arms and armour in the art of Turfan-Oasis

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Coffee break

10:30 a.m.

Dr. Alexander Koch (Zürich):
Frühmittelalterliche Blankwaffen im Spiegel chinesischer Bilddenkmäler des 5.- 10. Jh.s [Early mediaeval cold steel in the light of Chinese pictorial monuments of the 5th-10th centuries AD]

11:00 a.m.

Dr. Aleksandr K. Nefedkin (St. Petersburg):
Late Sarmatian arms and armour in classical tradition and archaeology

Section IV - Contact Zones: Central and Eastern Europe

11:30 a.m.

Dr. Vladimir Anatol'evich Goroncharovskij (St. Petersburg):
Some notes on defensive armament of the Bosporan cavalry in the first centuries A.D.

12:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Lunch

2:30 p.m.

Prof. Dr. Mariusz Mielszarek (Torun):
Once more on "Draco"-Standarts

3:00 p.m.

Dr. Aleksandr Simonenko (Kiev):
On the origin of Roman scale armour

3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Coffee break

4:00 p.m.

Dr. Mechthild Schulze-Dörlamm (Mainz):
Awarische Einflüsse auf Bewaffnung und Kampftechnik des ostfränkischen Heeres in der Zeit um 600 ? [Awarian influences on equipment and war techniques of the Eastern Frank forces around AD 600 ?]

4:30 p.m.

Closing words