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The May 2025 issue of Nestor (52.5) is available as a free download.

CAA 2025

On 5-9 May 2025 the 52nd Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA 2025). Digital Horizons: Embracing Heritage in an Evolving World will be held in Athens, Greece. Further information is available at https://2025.caaconference.org/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
T. S. Andreovits, “Bridging 3D Documentation and Traditional Methods in the Study of Miniature Objects: A Case Study of Human Body Representations on Bronze Age Aegean Seals”
P. Cuthbertson, P. Tsakanikou, S. Kübler, T. Ullmann, and N. Galanidou, “Complexity at what scale? A quantitive multi-scalar approach to topographic complexity at the Acheulean Site of Rodafnidia (Lesbos, NE Aegean)”
A. Michalopoulou, “Spatial Interactions and Socio-Political Organization in Late Helladic Messenia: A Computational Modeling Approach”
B. Keramida, “Modelling Settlement Dynamics and Interaction: Exploring the Landscape of the Bronze Age North-East Peloponnese”
Q. Drillat, “Divisions and Connections in First Millennium BC Central Crete: A Geospatial Approach to Borderlands”
G. Nekhrizov, J. Tzvetkova, V. Gencheva, and N. Kecheva, “Mountains in Scales: Point Process Models of Early Iron Age Sites in Southeastern Bulgaria”
A. Xenaki, “Point Process Modelling: Applications, Challenges, and Limitations of Exploring Human-Landscape Relations in Dikte (Eastern Crete)”
G. Apostolou, “A gate to the past: Systematising the use of historical aerial imagery to explore montane cultural landscapes in Greece”
A. Sarris, A. Agapiou, A. Vionis, M.-A. Vella, and F. Chelazzi, “Exploring the Cultural Landscapes of Xeros River Valley in Cyprus through a Manifold Approach”
N. Ayash, “The Minoan Central Asterousia as a Case of DEM-Aided GIS Study of Network Connectivity”
R. Bieńkowski, D. Buell, D. and A. Kaliszewska, “A Diachronic (Final Neolithic – Venetian) GIS Analysis of Settlement Patterns in the Agios Nicolaos Area of East Crete”
E. E. Papadopoulou, S. Proestakis, L. Moysidou, G. Tataris, N. Soulakellis, P.Tsakanikou, N. Galanidou, “Advanced 3D Mapping and Documentation of the Rodafnidia Archaeological Excavation in Lesvos Using UAV, TLS, and LiDAR Technologies”
M. Konstantakis, M. Larentzakis, K. Kaza, V. Antonopoulou, G. Daskalaki, I. Gourtzioumi, “Creating a Digital Twin of the Early Helladic Cemetery of Asteria Glyfadas: Challenges and Innovations in Field Documentation”
N. Sepetzoglou, “Reconstructing Aegean Bronze Age wall paintings through drawing. From using watercolors to digital images. What’s next?”
C. Scott, “Reflecting on 10 Years at Kaymakçı: Institutional Memory and Bespoke Solutions in Archaeological Data Management”
E. Vereketi, E. Paliou, V. Petrakis, and Y. Papadatos, “Unraveling Identities: A GIS-Based Approach to Weapon Burials and Maritime Networks in Bronze Age Western Greece”
C. Papoulia, A. Chliaoutakis, P. Zervoudakis, and N. Papadopoulos, “Integrating Agent-Based Modelling and Experimental Archaeology for the study of Middle Palaeolithic sea-crossing scenarios. The Inner Ionian Sea Archipelago as a case study”
P. Tsakanikou, N. Galanidou, and S. Kübler, “Modelling the landscape of the Acheulean activity on Lesvos Island, Greece through an affordance-based GIS approach”
A. Argyrou, M. Christoforou, A. Papakonstantinou, D. Alexakis, A. Agapiou, A. Vionis, Athanasios, “Utilizing Low-Altitude Imagery and Weak Learner Algorithms for the Detection of Archaeological Surface Ceramics: The Kophinou case study”
R. Rivers, T. Evans, P. Gheorghiade, and C. Knappett, “Ariadne Redux”
K. Venieri, G. Apostolou, A. Garcia-Molsosa, M. Georgiadis, A. Krahtopoulou, and H. Orengo, “‘From the Mountains to the Plains’: Surveying diverse cultural landscapes in central and northern Greece using the Qfield mobile phone application”
P. Chrysafakoglou, K. Sgouropoulos, M. Dębiec, M. Tasaklaki, and D. Urem-Kotsou, “What’s up in the hood? Digital surface survey of the Thracian landscape around the Neolithic site of Paradimi”

Κέα-Κύθνος ΙΙ

On 10-14 May 2025 an international conference entitled Κέα-Κύθνος ΙΙ: Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογία will be held on Kythnos and Kea. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
Α. Σάμψων, “Ο Mαρουλάς της Κύθνου. Ο αρχαιότερος οικισμός του Αιγαίου”
Γ. Μπασιάκος, Ε. Φιλιππάκη, and Μ. Γεωργακοπούλου†, “Πρώιμες αιγαιακές μεταλλουργικές κάμινοι στην Κύθνο και σε άλλες θέσεις: Παλαιοτεχνολογικές συσχετίσεις”
J. M. A. Murphy, N. Abell, S. LaFayette Hogue, M. Nazou, C. Papoulia, M. Georgakopoulou†, and J. R. Baxley Craig, “Insular Networks and Early Kea: Insights from the Kea Archaeological Research Survey”
Μ. Μαρθάρη, “Παναγία Αντιλαλούσα Γυάρου και Καρθαία Κέας στη Μέση Εποχή του Χαλκού: Βίοι Παράληλλοι”
D. M. Crego, N. Abell, and J. C. Overbeck, “Evidence for ritual at Ayia Irini in period IV”
A. Belza and N. Abell, “Refining Late Cycladic II: Period VII at Ayia Irini, Kea”
E. Gorogianni and R. D. Fitzsimons, “Revisiting the Northeast Bastion: Architecture, Ceramics, and Socio-Economic Dynamics in Late Bronze Age Ayia Irini”
N. Abell, “A preliminary report on ancient pot-mending practices at Ayia Irini, Kea”
J. R. Baxley Craig, “The Ground Stone Edge Tools from Kephala and Ayia Irini, Kea”
C. R. Hershenson and R. D. Fitzsimons, Early LBA Domestic Architecture at Ayia Irini: Notes and Observations”
N. Mourtzas and E. Kolaiti, “Human adaptation to the Late Holocene relative sea-level changes along the coast of Keos Island (NW Cyclades, Greece)”
N. Mourtzas and E. Kolaiti, “Changes in the coastal landscape of the Cyclades over the last 6,000 years”

ASWA XV

On 25-28 May 2025 the XVIth International meeting of the ICAZ Working Group “Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas” (ASWA XV) will be held in Munich. Further information is available at https://spm.snsb.de/staatssammlung-fuer-palaeoanatomie-muenchen/icaz-working-group-archaeozoology-of-southwest-asia-and-adjacent-areas/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
S. Özlem, “Human-Animal Dynamics in Neolithic Anatolia: A Zooarchaeological Study of Suluin Cave in the Lakes District”
P. Crabtree and D. V. Campana, “Hunting in Neolithic and Chalcolithic Cappadocia: Evidence from Tepecik”
B. Arbuckle, H. Ekmen, and G. Ekmen, “Animals in the Kaska lands: Naturecultures, Social Zooarchaeology, and Faunal Remains from Inönü Cave, NW Türkiye”

The April 2025 issue of Nestor (52.4) is available as a free download.

Mediterranean Archaeological Trust

On 23 April 2025 applications for grants to assist with the publication of archaeological fieldwork in the Mediterranean world, with priority to Bronze Age subjects, are due to the Mediterranean Archaeological Trust. The application forms differ for small (up to £4,999) and large (£5,000–£10,000) grants. Further information is available at https://medarchaeotrust.org/.

Fitch Bursary Awards

On 30 April 2025 applications are due for the Fitch Bursary awards 2025-26 from PhD students or early career scholars (up to 8 years upon receiving their PhD) to support research at the Fitch Laboratory, British School at Athens (BSA) for up to 3 months in the academic year (September 2024-July 2025) in any of the fields in which the Laboratory is active and/or hosts facilities. The Bursary includes a monthly stipend (400€), BSA membership and accommodation at the BSA Hostel in Athens and, if required for research purposes, also in Knossos. Further information is available at https://www.bsa.ac.uk/awards/bursaries/fitch-bursaries/.

Petros D. Goneos Memorial Award for Studies on the Culture of the Cyclades

On 3 May 2025 applications and letters of recommendation from young researchers are due for the third year of the Petros D. Goneos Memorial Award for Studies on the Culture of the Cyclades ($7000) for the academic year 2025-2026. Further information is available at https://cycladic.gr/en/research/chrimatiko-epathlo-sti-mnimi-petrou-goneou/?srsltid=AfmBOoorXl86Hi-3kufCNULNjFiNph-eupb1Bw8zd_2YO1L8dm-S2b5X. The Goneos award seeks to encourage, support, and promote high quality research from new researchers who focus on topics related to the culture of the Cyclades from the Neolithic up to the post-Byzantine period or its perception in modern times, approached through disciplines such as archaeology, anthropology, and art history, as well as natural and physical sciences. Innovative and pioneering approaches, collaborative, interdisciplinary projects, and the use and development of information technologies are encouraged. Applications should:
• Outline clearly and in detail how this award will enable the proposed research and lead to its completion
• Demonstrate how the outcomes of the project are expected to contribute to the field by filling research gaps and promoting further research
• Demonstrate the capability of the researcher/s to achieve the proposed outcomes. This can be proven through past academic achievements, prior publications, and reference letters
The application in pdf format, to be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., should include a research proposal (1000 words, not including bibliography and references) and a curriculum vitae demonstrating the applicant’s qualifications to conduct the proposed research. Applicants should initiate and secure two letters of recommendation, to be sent by the referees to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and are to supply the names and contact information of their referees with their application.

Cycladic Seminar 2025

The program of the Cycladic Seminar has been announced for 2025. All seminars begin at 7:00 pm at the Archaeological Society at Athens, 22 Panepistimiou, Athens. Further information is available at https://www.facebook.com/groups/230503754201416/?locale=el_GR.
28 March 2025: Κ. Σμπόνιας, “Early Cycladic Stamp Impressions from Therasia: Considering Sealing Practices in the Cyclades and the Emergence of Writing in the Aegean”
25 April 2025: J. Driessen and C. Macdonald, “‘The Troubled Island’ 30 years later: The Bronze Age Santorini Eruption and its Consequences in the Aegean World in the Light of the Most Recent Research” (held jointly with the Minoan Seminar)
22 May 2025: Λ. Πλάτων, “Ακρωτήρι Θήρας και Ζάκρος Κρήτης: βίοι παράλληλοι για δύο νησιωτικές πόλεις του Αιγαίου της Εποχής του Χαλκού”
11 December 2025: Ν. Αγγελοπούλου, “Πούντα Αγκάλη: η πρώτη γνωστή μόνιμη εγκατάσταση της Τελικής Νεολιθικής στη Μήλο”

MAGS 2025

On 2-5 April 2025 the 6th Maritime Archaeology Graduate Symposium (MAGS 2025) will be held at the University of Ioannina, Greece. Further information is available at https://hff-mags.org/. Papers, workshops, and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
V. Tourloukis, “Coastal Adaptations, Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans: New Evidence from the Apidima Cave Complex (Mani, Southern Greece)”
A. Desikou and K. Tsonakas, “A Cultural Route from Mycenae to Thebes Through the Corinthian Gulf”
C. Kyriakopoulos, “Aquatic Landscapes in Aegean Art During the Neopalatial Period: Symbolism and Narrative”
Workshop I – Prehistoric Boatbuilding Tools:
C. Papoulia, “Experimental Archaeology and Palaeolithic Boatbuilding”
M. Petrogiannaki, “Use-wear Analysis. More than Meets the Eyes”
P. Tzovaras, “Digital Reconstruction and Seakeeping Simulation. A Ship Science Approach”
E. Marangoudaki, Sea-building Tools from the Mycenean Na-u-do-mo to the Traditional Shipbuilder”
Hands-On Experimentation and Demonstrations:
C. Papoulia and M. Petrogiannaki: Presentation of the experimental tools and their use-wear patterns
E. Adam: Flintknapping demonstration
Hands-on flintknapping activity and use of microscopes for use-wear identification
I. Efstathiou, E. Karkazi, and Y. Bassiakos, “Palaeolithic Coastal Cave Occupation at the Malea Peninsula: Unearthing New Evidence from Southeastern Peloponnese”
S. Katsarou, E. Karkazi, and A. Darlas, “Coast and Karst Dynamics: the Case of Limnopoula Rockshelter, Varassova, Nafpaktia”
I. Efstathiou, S. Katsarou, C. Kontaxi, L. Kormazopoulou, A. Mari, F. Mavridis, A. Papadea, E. Stravopodi, G. Valvis, A. Vlachopoulos, and I. Zygouri, “New Evidence of Ritual and Symbolic Behaviour in Coastal Caves in Greece: a Preliminary Assessment”

Österreichischer Archäologentag 2025

On 3-5 April 2025 the 19. Österreichischer Archäologentag (2025) will be held at the Universität Innsbruck. Further information is available at https://www.uibk.ac.at/archaeologie-museum/mueller/programm_archaeologietag_innsbruck_2024.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
F. Blakolmer, “Investiturszenen in der Früh.g.is: vom ‘Prinzenbecher’ aus Agia Triada zum Kultzentrum von Mykene”
J. Weilhartner, “Gold in der mykenischen Palastzeit: Schriftquellen und archäologische Evidenz”
B. Huber, “Emotionen und Emotionalität in Darstellungen von Bestattungsriten in spätmykenischer und geometrischer Zeit”
L. Berger, “A Tale of Two Cities: Bronzezeit und Byzanz in Aegina Kolonna”

ΑΕΘΣΕ

On 3-6 April 2025 the 8ο Αρχαιολογικό ΄Εργο Θεσσαλίας και Στερεάς Ελλάδας (ΑΕΘΣΕ), Βόλος, 3-6 Απριλίου 2025. 8th Archaeological Meeting of Thessaly and Central Greece will be held in Volos. Further information is available at https://aethse.ha.uth.gr/el/current. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
Β. Καραχρήστος, Γ. Βήτος, and Κ. Τσαλούχας, “Αρχαιολογική επισκόπηση της ευρύτερης περιοχής του Ριζομύλου Μαγνησίας. Παλιά και νέα δεδομένα”
Κ. Βουζαξάκης, “Υπόσκαφες κατασκευές στον προϊστορικό οικισμό Συκεώνα”
Σ. Σουβατζή, “Νεολιθική κεραμική των ανασκαφών του Χρήστου Τσούντα στο Σέσκλο και στο Διμήνι: προκαταρκτική μελέτη”
Γ. Τουφεξής, Χ. Μπατζέλας, Ά. Στρούλια, Ε. Μπουζή, Α. Ράπτης, and Φ. Βλαχούλης, “Aνασκαφή νεολιθικού οικισμού στο πλαίσιο του έργου ‘Επ.Ο Λάρισας-Καρδίτσας: κατασκευή Οδικού τμήματος από Ι/Κ Μεσορράχης έως Ι/Κ Ελευθερών’”
Α. Ελευθερίου, Ά. Χρονάκη, Κ. Παπάζογλου, and Α. Κραχτοπούλου, “Τα μυστικά του Κάμπου. Η 4η χιλιετία”
A. Reingruber and Γ. Τουφεξής, “Rocks and stones with cupmarks from Thessaly: first steps towards a systematic study”
Ά. Γκοτσίνας, “Η διαχείριση του ζωικού κεφαλαίου στην Κεντρική Ελλάδα κατά την Μέση Εποχή του Χαλκού. Η περίπτωση της Αγίας Παρασκευής Λαμίας και του Πετρωτού Τρικάλων”
Ε. Σκαφιδά, Ά. Καρναβά, Ε. Καρδαμάκη, Δ. Αγνουσιώτης, Ε. Μαργαρίτη, Γ. Φακορέλλης, Ε. Ασδεράκη-Τζουμερκιώτη, T. Rehren, Μ. Βαξεβανόπουλος, Ι. Γεωργίου, and Ο. Βασιλοπούλου, “Ο οικισμός της Ύστερης Εποχής Χαλκού στο Κάστρο-Παλαιά του Βόλου: αποτελέσματα 2022-2024 του ερευνητικού διεπιστημονικού προγράμματος”
P. Zeman, “Preliminary remarks on the pottery from D. Theocharis’ excavations at the site of Pefkakia Magoula”
Α. Μπάτζιου, B. Lis, Δ. Αγνουσιώτης, and P. Zeman, “Ο μυκηναϊκός οικισμός στα Πευκάκια (2022-2024)”
Σ. Αλεξάνδρου, Π. Έλληνα, and Ε. Κοπάνου, “Το έργο της προστασίας, ενοποίησης, ανάδειξης του Αρχαιολογικού Χώρου Διμηνίου”
Ι. Τουρναβίτου and Γ. Τουφεξής, “Η ζωή στο βορειότερο άκρο του Μυκηναϊκού κόσμου. Η ανασκαφή του μυκηναϊκού οικισμού στο Μακρυχώρι Λάρισας (2022-2024)”
Σ. Κατσάλη and Ε. Χριστοδούλου, “Νέα ανασκαφικά δεδομένα για τον προϊστορικό οικισμό της Μάνικας στην Εύβοια—μία μεταλλοτεχνική εγκατάσταση της Πρωτοελλαδικής εποχής”
Α. Μπαρτσώκα, “Λιθοτεχνίες της Μέσης Εποχής του Χαλκού στην Κοιλάδα του Σπερχειού. Ο οικισμός στη θέση ‘Πλατάνια’ Αγίας Παρασκευής Λαμίας”
Μ.-Φ. Παπακωνσταντίνου and T. Krapf, “Ράχες, θέση ‘Φούρνοι’: ένας οικισμός της Εποχής του Χαλκού στη βόρεια ακτή του Μαλιακού κόλπου”
Μ. Βαϊοπούλου, R. Rönnlund, Φ. Τσιούκα, D. Pitman, J. Klange, R. Potter, I. Randall, Δ. Καλογερίνη-Σαμούρη, and Κ. Τσεργά, “Το αρχαιολογικό πρόγραμμα ‘Παλαμά’ 2022–2024: Νέα αποτελέσματα της ελληνοσουηδικής αρχαιολογικής συνεργασίας στην Καρδίτσα”
G. Canlas, E. Dotsika, S. Garvie-Lok, M. Haagsma, and S. Karapanou, “Commemorative Landscapes: Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Tholos Tombs around the Kastro of Kallithea (Farsala)”
Μ. Πανάγου, “Νέα δεδομένα από τη μελέτη δύο θολωτών τάφων στο ΒΔ νεκροταφείο της θέσης των Παλιών. Ανίχνευση των υιοθετούμενων ταφικών πρακτικών από την ΥΠρΓ έως και τα κλασικά χρόνια”
L. Hüntemann, “The 5th millennium BC in Thessaly. Rethinking the transition from the Neolithic to the Chalcolithic Period”
D. Giuffrida, K. Pantzouris, and K. Karpeti, “New insights into the Bronze Age landscapes of Thessaly: an integrated settlement-fortification system within the northern Karadagh district”
Ε. Φρούσσου, “Κεραμική Εποχής Χαλκού από τις επιφανειακές έρευνες του Γεωργίου Μπακαλάκη στην Φθιώτιδα κατά την δεκαετία του 1950”
Δ. Λάμπρου, “Υφαντικά βάρη της Μέσης εποχής του Χαλκού από την Αγία Παρασκευή Λαμίας, θέση ‘Πλατάνια’”
Α. Τσιάκα, “Νέες μυκηναϊκές θέσεις και ευρήματα από τις περιοχές Τσαριτσάνης Ελασσόνας και Άνω Αργυροπουλίου Τυρνάβου”
A. Batziou, A. Ulanowska, F. Franković, P. Pavúk, I. Georgiou, and D. Agnousiotis, “Ancient Skopelos Survey (ASkoS): results from 2024 season and future prospects”
Α. Σίμωσι, S. Fachard, Ό. Κυριαζή, T. Krapf, T. Saggini, T. Theurillat, S. Verdan, and Jérôme André: Οι ελληνο-ελβετικές ανασκαφές στο ιερό της Αμαρυσίας Αρτέμιδος και στο προϊστορικό οικισμό στην Αμάρυνθο, 2022–2024”

IPR XXX

On 8-13 April 2025 the conference In Poseidon’s Realm XXX: Shipping | Images (IPR XXX) will be held in Würzburg, Germany. Further information is available at https://www.deguwa.org/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
G. Braun and C. Barnes, “The Kition Ship Graffiti: New Additions and New Considerations for Form, Function, and Chronology”
C. Nuttall, “‘Descending into the Maelstrom’. Seafaring Iconography in Early Cycladic 'Frying Pans' from Chalandriani (Greece)”
H. Özdaş, N. Kızıldaǧ, and W. Held, “The Minoan settlement on Yeşilada at the Karian Chersonesos”
E. Theou and K. Kopaka, “Excavation on the island of Gavdos and their implications for notions of insularity”
D. Kamarinou and C. Govotsos, “Exploring Methodological Approaches in Reconstructing a Mycenaean Eikosoros (20-Oared Ship)”

SAA 2025

On 23-27 April 2015 the Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting (SAA 2025) will be held in Denver, CO. Further information is available at https://www.saa.org/annual-meeting. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
M. Martinón-Torres, B. Legarra Herrero, A. Benzonelli, J. Vieri, and M. Uribe Villegas, “Gold and Heterarchy: From Crete to Colombia”
A. Simmons and R. Kolvet, “Ground Truth: How Residue and Other Paleobotanic Analyses Are Provoking New Interpretations on the Early Cypriot Neolithic”
L. Mazow, “Of Musicians and Weavers: Multivalent Symbols in the Monkey Frieze from Xeste 3, Akrotiri”
D. Counts, E. Averett, and M. Toumazou, “An Ethnography of Looting: Constructing Alternative Archaeologies in Modern Cyprus”
T. Yalcin, “Pest Management in Western Anatolia in the Bronze Age: Rodent Infestations and the Role of Cats and Dogs in Protecting Food Stores”
A. Bogaard, “Pushing the Envelope, from GINI to EXPLO”
F. Dibble, “It’s Time to Talk about Pseudoarchaeology: Impacts, Strategies, and Outcomes for Engaging with Archaeology Misinformation”
L. Maher, D. Macdonald, and A. Simmons, “Early Occupants of Cyprus: Coastal Arrivals and Inland Explorations”
S. Hellewell, “Examining Collapse, Fragility, and Mycenaean Greece”
L. Hoareau, “Changing Coastlines and Persisting Links: Human/Littoral Interactions during the Late Glacial around the Mediterranean Basin”
B. Legarra Herrero, “The Power of Many: Alternative Social Histories in the Relationship between Crete and Egypt in the Bronze Age”
S. Lombardo, N. Thompson, V. Tourloukis, and K. Harvati, “Early Upper Paleolithic Technical Behavior at Apidima (Peloponnese, Greece): Technological Analysis of the Lithic Assemblage from Cave C”

The March 2025 issue of Nestor (52.3) is available as a free download.

Change and power entanglements

On 7-9 March 2025 an Early Career Researcher Conference entitled Change and power entanglements: Investigating a reciprocal relation in the Bronze Age Aegean will be held in Heidelberg. Further information is available at https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/md/zaw/klarch/aktuelles/conferece_program_final.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
C. De Gregorio, “Shifting power structures in late Prepalatial Crete: pottery as evidence of social change between EM III and MM I”
K. Vrettou, “Alternating paths and dynamics of maritime exchange networks in Prepalatial Crete”
K. Rottmann, “Miletus in flux: transcultural dynamics in the Minoanisation of Miletus”
M. Gillespie, “Crafting change: Mycenaean figurines on Aegina in LH IIIA2”
F. Toscano, “The status of power within households through the analysis of textile production: an overview from Crete in LMIII”
A Senar-Sarrat, ‘The role of women and changes in social values and textile production from the LBA to the EIA in ancient Greece”
E. Platania, “Shaping power through pastoralism: resource management and political structures in Minoan and Mycenaean Crete”
P. M. Militello: Keynote lecture
D. Markaki, “Communal buildings in Prepalatial Crete. Indications of hierarchy or collectivity?”
T. Messina, “Changes in power management by an architectural perspective in Neopalatial Phaistos”
N. Ayash, “Making due: projecting power in minimal space at the so-called sanctuary of Koumasa”
G. Georgakopoulos, “The banquethall(s) of the Zakros palace, between the two natural destructions at the end of the LMIB period”
S. Perrakis, “The emergence of a new ritual in LM IB Kato Zakros”
M. Prete, “Power and change in the Pediada region: a multiscalar approach for the analysis of power dynamics in understudied archaeological regions”
J. Stühler, “Beyond the megaron: relating palatial and non-palatial hearth structures in Mycenaean settlement”
N. Selekos, “Ritual innovations and power relations at the open-air cult place at mount Kynortion, Argolis”
S. Hilker, “Power and change in the LH settlement landscape”
A. Peterkova, “Settlement pattern changes as an expression of' power? A perspective from the East Aegean and West Anatolian Interface”
I. Vlachopoulos, “Rethinking power: social relations, space and the habitus in the IA of the Ancient Near East”
D. Vendramin, “Rural landscapes, landscapes of power. Readdressing grave goods as evidence for horizontal and vertical relationships in minor centres of Prepalatial Crete. A perspective from the circular tombs of Lebena, southern Crete”
F. Nani and S. Vitale, “Showcasing status and negotiating power: Kos, the Southeast Aegean, and the Eastern Mediterranean at the LH IIIB to LH IIIC transition”
I. Kutlesovski, “Power dynamics in the LBA/Transitional Period Turn in the Axios/Vardar River Valley based on funerary evidence”
D. Aquini, “Jewellery in transition. Precious ornaments during the emergence of the first Minoan palaces”
T. Andreovits, “From regionalism to iconographical 'koine': negotiating power through human body representations in Minoan seal imagery”
I. Komitsas, “Memory, conservatism and innovation in the Aegean LBA: social power dynamics via human imagery”
A. Verri, “The sword as an indicator of social and political power during the Mycenaean period”
S. Spanos, “Koukounaries (Paros) during the LH IIIC period. From refugee to ruler of the island”
G. Staudacher, “Sealed authority: power dynamics and administrative innovation at MM IIB Phaistos”
M. Mann, “Knowledge is power—What the Linear B tablets reveal about the power of the scribes”
G. Paglione, “God who shook the sea: E-ne-si-da-o-ne and the impact of the Theran eruption on Cretan religion”

The Great Women Behind the Great Men

On 12-13 March 2025 the 3rd workshop on Women in the Archaeology of Greece: Tribute to Maria Ludwika Bernhard. The Great Women Behind the Great Men will be held in Athens, Greece, organized jointly by the French School at Athens and the Polish Archaeological Institute at Athens, with the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Greece. Further information is available at https://www.efa.gr/events/the-great-women-behind-the-great-men/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
S. Déderix and M. Bastide, “Introduction. From footnotes to history: the great women behind the great men of Greek archaeology”
R. Sweetman and A. Kakissis, “BSA wives of the early 20th century: their contributions to scholarship”
R. Rannou, “Les épouses sur les chantiers de fouilles, des archéologues ‘malgré elles?’”
K. Brandt, “Sisters, daughter(s), and nieces – the many supportive women behind the great Wilhelm Dörpfeld”
M. Cultraro, “The woman who lived twice. Sophia Schliemann and her contribution to pioneering archaeology”
S. Ximeri, “Hilda White Pendlebury: ‘the right wife for an archaeologist’”

ΑΕΘΜ

On 13-14 March 2025 the 37th meeting of the conference Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και τη Θράκη (ΑΕΘΜ) will be held in Thessaloniki. Further information is available at https://www.aemth.gr/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
Γ. Μπασιάκος and Χ. Κουκούλη, “Χωροθέτηση, ομοιότητες και διαφορές πρώιμων μεταλλουργικών εγκαταστάσεων στο Β. και Ν. Αιγαίο”
Α. Βασίλας, Χ. Βασίλας, and Σ. Βασιλείου, “Νέα ευρήματα από τον οικισμό Eποχής Σιδήρου στη θέση Λαγόμανδρα Χαλκιδικής”
Α. Ντάρλας and Α. Σύρος, “Επαναλειτουργία του σπηλαίου και επανέκθεση του Μουσείου Πετραλώνων”
Ε. Μανακίδου, Δ. Τσιαφάκη, and Κ. Τσονάκα, “30 χρόνια πανεπιστημιακής ανασκαφής στο Καραμπουρνάκι: τεκμηρίωση, διαχείριση και προβολή του αρχαίου οικισμού”
Σ. Χρονάκη, Α. Σαμούρης, Ν. Αθανασιάδης, Ζ. Αμοιρίδου, Σ. Βογιατζή, Δ. Καδή, Α. Καραθάνου, Ά. Λύκα, Κ. Μαστορογιάννης, Γ. Παπαδιάς, Γ. Παρχαρίδου, Κ. Παυλόγλου, Ι. Νεστορίδης, Κ. Χονδρός, Σ. Ανδρέου, and Σ. Τριανταφύλλου, “Η πανεπιστημιακή ανασκαφή στην Τούμπα Θεσσαλονίκης, 2024”
Ευ. Βούλγαρη, Μ. Σωφρονίδου, and Κ. Κωτσάκης, “Μικρογραφικά αγγεία από το Δισπηλιό Καστοριάς”
Τ. Μπεκιάρης, Γ. Στρατούλη, Χ. Στεργίου, Β. Μέλφος, and Κ. Κωτσάκης, “Μακρολιθικά τεχνουργήματα από το νεολιθικό Δισπηλιό Καστοριάς: τυπολογία και τεχνολογικά χαρακτηριστικά”
Ά. Μπαντίκης, Β. Κασαπάκης, Σ. Ανδρέου, and Σ. Τριανταφύλλου, “Η χρήση της εικονικής πραγματικότητας στην εκπαίδευση αρχαιολόγων: το παράδειγμα του ανασκαφικού χώρου της Τούμπας Θεσσαλονίκης (Meta-Toumba)”
Ι. Μάνος, Σ. Δημάκη, Μ. Γεωργιάδης, and Κ. Παυλόγλου, “Προκαταρκτική μελέτη της πελεκημένης λιθοτεχνίας από τη νεολιθική θέση Βραστερό, Τ.Κ. Δήμητρας, Δήμος Δεσκάτης, Π.Ε. Γρεβενών”

The February 2025 issue of Nestor (52.2) is available as a free download.

EXPLO

On 7-8 January 2025 the final meeting of the project Exploring the dynamics and causes of prehistoric land use change in the cradle of European farming (EXPLO) was held in Thessaloniki. Further information is available at https://exploproject.org/news/explo-final-meeting/. The program was:

P. Schläfli, C. De Jonge, K. Ganz, O. Rach, D. Sachse, A. Thévenaz, L. van Vugt, and W. Tinner, “A new Mediterranean palaeoclimate calibration and its relevance and limits for Late Glacial and Holocene temperature reconstructions at Limni Zazari, Northern Greece”
L. van Vugt, E. Gobet, K. Ganz, G. Wienhues, T. Giagkoulis, A. Damanik, H. Vogel, M. Grosjean, A. Bogaard, K. Kotsakis, A. Hafner, and W. Tinner, “The environmental context of Neolithization at Limni Orestiás Kastorias, Greece”
Q. Pourrier, L. van Vugt, E. Gobet, K. Ganz, M. Hinz, R. Ballantyne, A. Bogaard, A. Hafner, and W. Tinner, “Vegetation responses to climate and Neolithic agriculture at Lin (Albania, Lake Ohrid) from 6300 to 5700 cal BCE (8250-7650 cal BP)”
K. Ganz, S. Hersberger, L. van Vugt, E. Gobet, C. Morales-Molino, T. Giagkoulis, S. Breu, L. Hächler, L. Kiener, R. Lloren, S. Ogi, E. Schaad, P. Zahajská, P. D. Zander, N. Dubois, M. Grosjean, O. Heiri, H. Vogel, A. Bogaard, A. Hafner, K. Kotsakis, and W. Tinner, “From sea to summit: the impact of climate and land use on the vegetation at different altitudes in northern Greece”
J. Castillo-Guerra, L. van Vugt, E. Gobet, K. Ganz, C. Morales-Molino, J. F. N. van Leeuwen, T. Donders, and W. Tinner, “A novel higher resolution pollen record of Northern Greece discloses climatic, cultural and vegetational changes during the Bronze Age”
C. Morales-Molino, L. van Vugt, K. Ganz, S. Gassner, T. Giagkoulis, E. Gobet, A. F. Lotter, A. Bogaard, A. Hafner, K. Kotsakis, and W. Tinner, “Human impact on the vegetation around Limni Zazari during the Bronze Age”
L. van Vugt, K. Ganz, E. Gobet, C. Morales-Molino, R. Ballantyne, A. Ballmer, S. Brechbühl, S. Breu, S. O. Brugger, J. Castillo-Guerra, A. Damanik, N. Dubois, T. Giagkoulis, M. Grosjean, L. Hächler, O. Heiri, S. Hersberger, C. De Jonge, L. Kiener, A. Knetge, J. F. N. van Leeuwen, R. Lloren, A. F. Lotter, S. Ogi, O. Rach, Q. Pourrier, D. Sachse, E. Schaad, P. Schläfli, C. Schwörer, C. Senn, S. Szidat, A. Thévenaz, B. Vannière, H. Vogel, J. Volery, G. Wienhues, P. Zahajská, P. D. Zander, A. Bogaard, K. Kotsakis, A. Hafner, and W. Tinner, “The impact of Early Holocene climate change on the vegetation and the implications for the introduction of farming to Europe”
M. Bolliger, A. Maczkowski, J. Francuz, and J. Reich, “Dendroarchaeology at Lake Ohrid: Tree-Ring Chronologies from the Waterlogged Site of Ploča Mičov Grad, North Macedonia (5th to 2nd Millennia BCE)”
J. Reich, “Shore settlements in the southwestern Balkans: New perspectives on regional chronology”
M. Yermokhin, A. Maczkowski, M. Bolliger, J. Francuz, A. Anastasi, K. Anastasi, A. Ballmer, M. Brunner, I. Gjipali, T. Giagkoulis, M. Hinz, M. Hostettler, J. Reich, S. Szidat, and A. Hafner, “The last dendrochronological results from the Neolithic site of Lin 3, Albania”
M. Hinz, M. Brunner, A. Hafner, A. Anastasi, K. Anastasi, I. Gjipali, and R. Ruka, “Lin 3 on Lake Ohrid: New Results on Stratigraphy, Finds, and the Early to Middle Neolithic Transition”
M. Brunner, A. Anastasi, K. Anastasi, A. Maczkowski, M. Bolliger, M. Hinz, S. Szidat, I. Gjipali, and A. Hafner, “Lake Maliq revisited: Fresh perspectives on neolithic submerged settlements at former Lake Maliq, Albania”
A. Maczkowski, J. Francuz, M. Bolliger, T. Giagkoulis, K. Kotsakis, and A. Hafner, “High resolution early summer precipitation reconstruction for the 55th-52nd centuries BC in the Kastoria Basin”
M. Hostettler, “Prehistoric Population and Land Use Dynamics in the Southern Balkans”
A. Hafner, “Wetland regions in the Southern Balkans: Dendrochronology and prehistoric settlements: Concluding remarks”
K. Kotsakis, “Dispilio before and after EXPLO”
T. Giagkoulis, F. Stefanou, D. Kloukinas, and E. Kalogiropoulou, “Aspects of Dispilio architecture: buildings, burned daub analysis, and cooking facilities”
S. Kyrillidou, I. Siamidou, and K. Kotsakis, “Site Stratigraphies at Neolithic Dispilio”
E. Voulgari, M. Sofronidou, E. Tsiola, N. Katsikaridis, and V. Kilikoglou, “The Middle and Late Neolithic pottery from Dispilio: ‘Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle’”
N. Saridaki, K. Christodoulou, A. Hein, and V. Kilikoglou, “Pottery technology and provenance in Dispilio”
T. Papadakou and G. Tsartsidou, “Phytolith analysis of organic temper in clay”
A. Dimoula, “Pottery relations North and South”
I. Siamidou, “The Final Neolithic at Dispilio Kastorias”
I. Chatzikonstantinou and S. Triantaphyllou, “Human remains from Dispilio: The study of cremations”
T. Bekiaris and G. Stratouli, “The macrolithic assemblage from Neolithic Dispilio, Kastoria, NW Greece”
B. Milić, A. Kita, and J. Gibaja, “Crafting Neolithic Lifeways: The Role of Lithics at Dispilio”
G. Stratouli and E. Koutsopoulou, “Bone and antler tools from the lake-side Neolithic Dispilio, Kastoria, NW Greece”
P. Halstead, D. Androulaki, R. Chronaki, V. Isaakidou, and I. Siamidou, “Farming, herding and foraging by the lake: recent land use and food procurement in the vicinity of Neolithic Dispilio”
R. Veropoulidou, M. Ergun, V. Isaakidou, S. Kyrillidou, M. Ntinou, K. Papayiannis, T. Theodoropoulou, G. Tsartsidou, D. V. Cardador, and A. Bogaard, “Site formation processes at Neolithic Dispilio: new insights from EXPLO”
V. Isaakidou, P. Halstead, K. Papayanni, T. Theodoropoulou, R. Veropoulidou, D. Androulaki, R. Chronaki, D. Kadi, and A. Bogaard, “Domestic and wild animal exploitation in the South Balkan lake district: the evidence of faunal remains from Neolithic Dispilio”
M. Ergun, M. Charles, C. Douché, E. Gkatzogia, E. Margaritis, M. Ntinou, E. Stroud, G. Tsartsidou, and A. Bogaard, “Plant diversity, crops and land use at Neolithic Dispilio”
D. V. Cardador, M. Charles, M. Ergun, T. Gkatzogia, P. Halstead, V. Isaakidou, A. Styring, R. Wood, and A. Bogaard, “Reconstructing the chronology and ecology of agropastoral management at Neolithic Dispilio”
R. Ballantyne, M. Ntinou, L. Stroud, and A. Bogaard, “Lin archaeobotany: site formation and land use”
S. Niehaus, “Fossil insect remains from Lin 3, Albania: Initial results”
A. Holguin, M. Charles, and A. Bogaard, “The archaeobotany of Ploča Mičov Grad”
A. Bogaard and the bioarchaeology team, “EXPLO bioarchaeology synthesis”

ASOR 2025

On 15 January 2025 proposals are due for member-organized sessions or workshops at the American Schools of Overseas Research Annual Meetings (ASOR 2025), to be held on 19-22 November 2025 in hybrid format in Boston. From 15 February 2025 through 15 March 2025 (1 April 2025 with a late fee) the ASOR Online Abstract Center will open for submissions of abstracts for paper and workshop presentation proposals. From 1 June 2025 through 1 August 2025 abstracts for posters can be submitted. Further information is available at http://www.asor.org.

ENE2025

On 20 January 2025 abstracts (250 words maximum) are due for the 2nd Conference on the Emergence of the Neolithic in Europe (ENE2025), to be held on 22-25 May 2025 at the University of Zadar, Croatia. Further information is available at https://conference.unizd.hr/ENE2025. The thematic sessions will be:
• Mesolithic–Neolithic Transition: Dynamics of Interactions among Hunter-Fisher-Gatherers and Farming Communities
• Modelling and Population Dynamics: Formal Approaches for the Understanding of European Late Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers
• People, Settlement and Territory: Constructing Communities from Local to Regional Scale
• Human-Environment Dynamics: Environmental Archaeology and Paleoclimate
• Subsistence and Health: Archaeology of the Emerging Food Systems, Dietary Patterns and Lifestyle Maladies
• Innovation and Tradition: Technological Perspectives on Europe’s Neolithisation
• Figurative Expressions and Socio-Symbolism
• Intersecting Identities and Social Dynamics during the Neolithisation of Europe

ASWA XVI

On 31 January 2025 abstracts for posters and oral presentations are due for the 16th International Meeting of the International Council for Archaeozoology: Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas (ASWA XVI), to be held on 26-28 May 2025 in München, Germany. Further information is available at https://spm.snsb.de/staatssammlung-fuer-palaeoanatomie-muenchen/icaz-working-group-archaeozoology-of-southwest-asia-and-adjacent-areas/.

Τούμπα Θεσσαλονίκης

On 20-21 December 2024 a conference entitled 40 Χρόνια της Πανεπιστημιακή Ανασκαφή Τούμπας Θεσσαλονίκης 1984-2024 was held in Thessaloniki. Further information is available at https://www.hist.auth.gr/administration_annou/syblirosi-40-chronon-anaskafis-toubas/. The program was:
Σ. Ανδρέου, Κ. Κωτσάκης, and Σ. Τριανταφύλλου, “Η ανασκαφή του ΑΠΘ στην Τούμπα Θεσσαλονίκης”
Σ. Ανδρέου, Κ. Κωτσάκης, and Κ. Ευκλείδου, “Στρωματογραφία-Χρονολόγηση”
Κ. Ευκλείδου, Γ. Παρχαρίδου, Γ. Βλαχοδήμος, and Σ. Ανδρέου, “Αρχιτεκτονική και χωροργάνωση”
Σ. Τριανταφύλλου and Β. Παπαθανασίου, “Η ταφική χρήση του χώρου στην κορυφή της Τούμπας”
Σ. Κυριλλίδου, “Δραστηριότητες εντός του οικισμού. Μικρομορφολογική ανάλυση”
Δ. Μαργωμένου and Μ. Ρούμπου, “Διεπιστημονική διερεύνηση αποθηκευτικών χώρων και αγγείων”
Κ. Ψαράκη, “Η κεραμική της Μέσης και πρώιμης Ύστερης Εποχής του Χαλκού”
Ε. Bλιώρα, Ε. Κυριατζή, and Κ. Ψαράκη, “Η κεραμική της προχωρημένης και τελικής Ύστερης Εποχής του Χαλκού”
Γ. Παπαδιάς, Β. Κυλίκογλου, and Ε. Κυριατζή, “Η κεραμική της Πρώιμης Εποχής του Σιδήρου”
Τ. Ogawa and Ε. Κυριατζή, “Η μαγειρική κεραμική”
Γ. Στεργίου and Ρ. Πάλλη, “Τούμπα Θεσσαλονίκης: παραγωγή, διαχείριση και κατανάλωση της λιθοτεχνίας λαξευμένου λίθου”
Ε. Τσιολάκη, “Λίθινα τριπτά τεχνουργήματα από την Τούμπα Θεσσαλονίκης: πρακτικές κατασκευής και χρήσης”
Ρ. Χρηστίδου and Κ. Χονδρός, “Μεταβολή της χρήσης οστέινων πρώτων υλών κατά την Εποχή του Χαλκού: συζήτηση των δεδομένων από την Τούμπα Θεσσαλονίκης”
Α. Καραθάνου, Τ. Γκατζόγια, Μ. Ντίνου, Δ. Κοτζαχρήστου, and Σ. Βαλαμώτη, “Η Τούμπα πέρα από την τούμπα: διερευνώντας τις χρήσεις της γης κατά την Εποχή του Χαλκού και Σιδήρου μέσα από τα αρχαιοβοτανικά δεδομένα”
Σ. Χρονάκη, Α. Βασιλειάδου, Δ. Νικολαΐδου, Δ. Ανδρουλάκη, and P. Halstead, “Σαράντα χρόνια Τούμπα: όταν τα ζώα αφήνουν ίχνη”
T. Θεοδωροπούλου and Σ. Γαύρου, “Οι ψαράδες της Τούμπας και οι ψαριές τους: οργάνωση, διαχείριση, κατανάλωση στον χώρο και στον χρόνο”
Ρ. Βεροπουλίδου, “Τούμπα Θεσσαλονίκης: συμπεράσματα από τη μελέτη των οστρέων”
Σ. Χρονάκη, Α. Σαμούρης, Ν. Αθανασιάδης, Ζ. Αμοιρίδου, Σ. Βογιατζή, Δ. Καδή, Α. Καραθάνου, Ά. Λύκα, Κ. Μαστορογιάννης, Γ. Παπαδιάς, Γ. Παρχαρίδου, Κ. Παυλόγλου, Ι. Νεστορίδης, Κ. Χονδρός, Σ. Ανδρέου, and Σ. Τριανταφύλλου “Η ανασκαφή σήμερα”
Κ. Χαβέλα, “Ο οικισμός στην τράπεζα και το νεκροταφείο (8ος-3ος αι. π.Χ.)”
Ζ. Μπίλη and Σ. Πρωτοψάλτη, “Νέα αρχαιολογικά δεδομένα από τις σωστικές έρευνες της ΕΦΑΠΟΘ στην Τούμπα Θεσσαλονίκης
Θ. Κατρακάζης, Β. Κοντογιάννη, Ε. Τζιβίλογλου, Ι. Καρατάσιος, and Β. Κυλίκογλου, “Διερεύνηση επιτελεστικότητας υλικών στερέωσης ωμόπλινθων από τον αρχαιολογικό χώρο Τούμπας Θεσσαλονίκης”
Ε. Τσιγαρίδα and Σ. Πρωτοψάλτη, “Η σημασία του αρχαιολογικού χώρου της Τούμπας Θεσσαλονίκης Πρόταση ανάδειξης”
Δ. Καϊμάρης, Π. Πατιάς, Σ. Ανδρέου, and Μ. Παππά, “Smart Eye”
Κ. Κασβίκης, “Εκπαιδεύοντας παιδιά στην ‘Τουμπίτσα’: χρονικό και αποτίμηση των εκπαιδευτικών δράσεων στην προϊστορική Τούμπα Θεσσαλονίκης

Michael Ventris Award

On 1 February 2025 applications are due for the Michael Ventris Award for Mycenaean Studies for 2025 (up to £3000), to be awarded to scholars who have obtained a doctorate within the past eight years or postgraduate students about to complete the doctorate in the field of Mycenaean civilization or kindred subjects, to promote research in (1) Linear B and other Bronze Age scripts of the Aegean and Cyprus and their historical and cultural connections, or (2) all other aspects of the Bronze Age of the Aegean and Cyprus. Applications (6 pages maximum) should be sent by email, ideally as a PDF attachment to the Director (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Further information, including detailed application instructions, is available at https://ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/awards-prizes/michael-ventris-award-mycenaean-studies-2025.

Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars and Cincinnati Summer Residency Programs

On 15 March 2025 applications are due for both the Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program and the Cincinnati Summer Residency Program for 2025-2026. Applicants for the Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program will ordinarily be senior scholars who are a minimum of five years beyond receipt of the PhD, with notable publication histories, who are expected to be in residence at the University of Cincinnati for a minimum of one semester (ca. four months) and a maximum of two during the regular academic year. Tytus Scholars receive a monthly stipend of $1,500 plus housing near campus and a transportation allowance, as well as office space attached to the Burnam Classics Library.
Applicants for the Cincinnati Summer Residency program may be more recent PhDs and other scholars who would benefit from the use of a world-class Classics library with their Ph.D. in hand by the time of application; they will ordinarily be in residence at the University of Cincinnati for approximately two months in the summer terms, May to mid-August. Cincinnati Summer Residents receive housing near campus and office space attached to the Burnam Classics Library. Further information and application forms are available at https://classics.uc.edu/departments/classics/tytus.

Digital Impacts on Archaeological Fieldwork

On 4-5 December 2024 a conference entitled Digital Impacts on Archaeological Fieldwork: Advantages and Limitations will be held at the Norwegian Institute at Athens. This is the first of the Digital Archaeology Workshop Series (2024-2027): Exploring Layers of Digital Archaeological Practice. Further information is available at https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/attachments/digital_archaeology_workshop_series_circular.pdf and https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/attachments/digital_impacts_on_archaeological_fieldwork_advantages_and_limitations_flyer.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
V. Klinkenberg, “Fantasies and Fallacies of Going Digital at Palloures”
D. Nenova, P. Zafeiriadis, and Ž. Tankosić, “Gourimadi Archaeological Project Digital Recording Practices”

Human and Ecology Relations

On 4-6 December 2024 an international symposium entitled Çağlar Boyu İnsan ve Ekologi İlişkileri. Human and Ecology Relations Through the Ages will be held in Izmir. Further information is available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=ZOOARCH;3c768ae2.2405. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. Karadaş, R. İlhan, S. Vardar, E. Öner, and A. Ersoy, “UNESCO Dünya Mirası Geçici Listesindeki İzmir Tarihi Liman Kentinin Paleocoğrafya ve Jeoarkeolojik Özellikleri”
Mısra Yanık, “An Anthrozoological Study on Findings of Domestic and Wild Pigs in the Bronze Age: Yassıtepe Mound”
H. Cevizoğlu and A. Moğol, “Kerpiç ve Kerpiç Yapıların İnşa Sürecinde İş Gücü Yönetimi –Eski Smyrna Örneğ”
S. Günel, “Çine Çayı (Marsyas) Bölgesinin Ekolojisi ve Çine-Tepecik Höyüğüne Kazanımları”

Mediterranean Survey Workshop

On 6-7 December 2024 the 47th International Mediterranean Survey Workshop will be held in Istanbul; registration for online attendance is available at https://dainst-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrdOmtqDMoG9UFwCpe3y-MZHuocgsemrdV#/registration. Further information is available at https://www.dainst.blog/transpergmikro/47th-ims-workshop-in-istanbul/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. Slawisch and T. Wilkinson, “Hans Lohmann’s Chora of Miletos Survey: Legacy and open questions”
H. Beck, N. Nenci, S. Nomicos, and S. Vlizos, “Archaeological and geophysical survey around the Amyklaion, Sparti”
M. Başaran, “The Survey Project of Bronze Age Harbours in the Çanakkale Strait”

The November 2024 issue of Nestor (51.11) is available as a free download.

MAGG

On 8 November 2024 the 3rd Meeting of the Archaeobotany in Greece Group (MAGG) will be held online. Further information is available at https://www.efa.gr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-11-08_ARCHEOBOTANIQUE_programme.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
S. M. Valamoti, “Identification Criteria, Mystery Seeds and Misidentifications: Coming to Terms with a Process”
C. Diffey, A. Livarda, and H. A. Orengo, “‘DarkSeeds Updated’: Ongoing Investigations into the Nature of Late Bronze Age – Early Iron Age Agricultural Economies in the Aegean”
A. Karathanou, “Charred Macrobotanical Remains from the 2nd mil. B.C. Kolonna, Aigina: Some First Results from the Study of Area K10”
S. Gkinoudis and E. Margaritis, “Bronze Age Aegean Agricultural Economy: Project Presentation”
T. Maltas, “Crop Diversity in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Aegean: Regional Trends and their Agroecological Significance”
G. Tsartsidou and L. Vokotopoulos, “Phytolith Evidence on Grapevine Cultivation at the Minoan Agricultural Terraces of Choiromandres, Eastern Crete”
G. Kasapidou and E. Margaritis, “Exploring Plant-related Practices in the Mycenaean Site of Iklaina”
N. C. Andriopoulou, E. Apostolaki, and C. E. Galanaki, “Preservation of Phytoliths from the Sediments of the Protopalatial Settlement of Agriana, North-Central Crete”
L. Picornell-Gelabert, M. Ntinou, T. Brogan, A. Livarda, C. H. Sophianou, and J. Soles, “The Role of Trees in Late Minoan East Crete Settlements: An Anthracological Approach”
A. Mavromati, “Bronze Age Vegetation in the Cyclades: A View from the Island Complex of Santorini”

SEAC 2024

On 12-17 November 2024 the XXXI Societé Européenne pour l’Astronomie dans la Culture (SEAC 2024): Skyscapes in the Sun Island will be held in Catania, Sicily. Further information is available at https://www.seac2024catania.com/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
E. Riorden and A. Orlando, “Archaeoastronomy and Landscape at Troy”
E. Riorden and A. Orlando, “An Early Bronze Age open-air sanctuary at Troy with depiction of Orion constellation”

ASOR 2024

On 20-23 November 2024 the American Schools of Overseas Research Annual Meetings (ASOR 2024) will be held in Boston and hybrid format. Further information is available at https://www.asor.org/am/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. Georgiou, “After 1177 BC: The Case of Cyprus”
L. Hitchcock, “This-Integration: When Utopia is Dystopia (aka 1176 BCE)”
E. Cline: Respondent to workshop “What Happened after Collapse? A Panel Discussion on After 1177 BC”
J. R. Chadwick, “Gath of the Philistines, Khirbet Qeiyafa, and the Metheg-ammah of 2 Samuel 8: Observations, Suggestions, and a Unique Proposal”
E. Fuller, “Desolate Shores: Late Bronze Age Aegean Harbours as Heterotopias”
J. Darwin, “Ships, Shells and Cyprus: The Maritime Significance of Late Cypriot Cult at Kition”
J. C. Skinner and A. E. Killebrew, “The Archaeology of Mediterranean Identities in the Erzin, Iskenderun, and Arsuz Plains (Cilicia, Turkey): The Bay of Iskenderun Landscape Archaeology Survey”
L. Meiberg, “A New Examination of the Philistine Pottery from the Weisenfreund Collection in the Hecht Museum”
K. M. Grossman, T. S. Paulette, L. Graham, and A. McCarthy, “Archaeological Research at Makounta-Voules-Mersinoudia, 2023–2024: New Results from a Prehistoric Site on the Northwest Coast of Cyprus”
L. Crewe, “The Bronze Age Settlement of Kissonerga-Skalia”
M. Godsey, T. Landvatter, and B. R. Olson, “Daily Life in a Fortification on Cyprus: Excavations at Pyla-Vigla 2024”
A. M. Wright, “Managing a Sustainable Database for the Excavations at Idalion, Cyprus”
P. M. Fischer, “The Cemetery of the Cosmopolitan Societies of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: Results from Recent Field Work”
S. Guterman and A. M. Maeir, “Clay Chronicles: The Figurines from Area P at Tell es-Safi/Gath”
E. Anderson, “Mutual Invasions? Moving Beyond Narratives of Takeover and Emulation in the Late Bronze Age Aegean”
B. Davis, “The Origin of Philistia - an Aegean Invasion?”
A. Georgiadou and A. Georgiou, “Maritime Transport Containers from the Region of Paphos: Exploring External Contacts and Exchange Networks in Southwestern Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age”
B. A. Clark, L. Recht, M. Yamasaki, and K. Zeman-Wiśniewska “Pithoi and Bathtubs: Storage and Processing at Erimi-Pitharka”
C. Barnes, G. C. Braun “A Study of Monumental Ashlar Constructions in Late Bronze Age Cyprus”
Z. Chovanec, “Local Vegetation Considerations in Interpreting Analysis of Microbotanical Remains: A View from Ais Giorkis, Cyprus”
G. Bourogiannis, “Phoenician Cult at the Sanctuary of Ayia Irini, Cyprus?”
B. A. Clark, “The Practicalities of a Digital Typology: A Case Study from Erimi-Pitharka”
C. Trent, D. Adams, and A. M. Büyükkarakaya, “Utilizing Two Dental Stress Markers to Infer the Most Stressful Periods of Juvenility at Early Bronze Age Karataş-Semayük”
Ç. Bal and E. Piskin, “The 4.2 ka BP Event in Western Anatolia: Tracing the Impact of Climatic Change”
M. T. Horowitz, “The 2024 Field Season of the Kalavasos-Laroumena and Arkhangelos Archaeological Research Project”
H. Herrick, “‘Getting Plastered!’: Experimental Lime Plaster Production and the Analysis of Late Bronze Age Plaster Floors at Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios, Cyprus”
E. H. Cline, “The Relentless Search for Atlantis and the Public Perceptive of Ancient Catastrophes”
S. J. Richardson, H. J. Greenfield, and A. M. Maeir, “Scanning, Statistics, and Scrutiny: Digitally Integrating Specialist and Legacy Datasets to Understand the Use of Space in the E5 Strata at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath”
J. Davis, S. R. Stocker, and M. Kilani, “Hathor at the Palace of Nestor in Bronze Age Greece”

ΑΕΠΕΛ4

On 20-23 November 2024 Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στην Πελοπόννησο: η τέταρτη συνάντηση (ΑΕΠΕΛ4) will be held in Kalamata. Further information is available at https://ham.uop.gr/arhaiologiko-ergo-stin-peloponniso-aepel. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
Δ. Χατζηαγγέλου, “Nεολιθικό αγγείο από το σπήλαιο της Κλένιας με γραπτή απόδοση προσώπου στις λαβές του”
Ά. Παπαδημητρίου, “‘Τίρυνθά τε τειχιόεσσα’: Μια μυκηναϊκή ακρόπολη στον 21ο αιώνα”
Α. Κόσσυβα, “Μυκηναίοι στην Ερμιονίδα: Η μαρτυρία των νεκρών”
Σ. Βουτσάκη, “Το Βόρειο Νεκροταφείο στον Άγιο Βασίλειο Λακωνίας: Νέα πορίσματα και νέα ερωτήματα”
Ε. Μπάνου and Δ. Κουτσούμπα, “Νέα δεδομένα για τον βυθισμένο προϊστορικό οικισμό Παυλοπετρίου Ελαφονήσου Λακωνίας”
Ν. Παπαδημητρίου, Ε. Παπακωνσταντίνου, Α. Μπαλιτσάρη, Κ. Νικολέντζος, Μ. Αναστασιάδου, Ο. Μεταξάς, and Φ. Τσεμπερά, “To προϊστορικό νεκροταφείο στη θέση Κλειδί Κάτω Σαμικού Ηλείας”
Χ. Ματζάνας, “Σωρός κρανίων σε αψιδωτό κτήριο της Μέσης/Νεότερης Νεολιθικής και ενδείξεις μεταθανάτιας (;) αποκοπής ανθρώπινων μελών σε νεκροταφείο της Νεολιθικής στον Χελωνάτα Ηλείας”
Χ. Παπούλια, “‘Αρχαιολογική έρευνα επιφανείας στην Άνω Μεσσηνία (2021-2025)’: τεχνολογία λαξευμένου λίθου από υπαίθριες θέσεις της BA Μεσσηνίας”
Ε. Ζυμή, Α. Μπάνου, Μ. Ξανθοπούλου, Γ. Μαλαπέρδας, Ε. Μηλίτση-Κεχαγιά, and Μ. Κάππας, “‘Αρχαιολογική έρευνα επιφανείας στην Άνω Μεσσηνία (2021-2025)’: αρχική επισκόπηση και προκαταρκτικά αποτελέσματα”
Α.-Χ. Νικόλαρου, “Κέρατα καθοσιώσεως: Ένα μινωικό σύμβολο στη μυκηναϊκή Πελοπόννησο”
Γ. Γρηγορακάκης and Ε. Παπαφλωράτου, “Η Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου στην Κυνουρία: Το νεκροταφείο στη θέση ‘Μάκρος’”
Ε. Σαρρή, Χ. Αντωνιάδης, Χ. Τζανετέα, and Σ. Ψυχογυιός, “Εργασίες ανάδειξης του αρχαιολογικού χώρου της Λέρνας: πεπραγμένα και προοπτικές”

Status

On 28-29 November 2024 an online symposium entitled Decoding Representations of Status in the Bronze Age Aegean: Patterns, definitions and interpretations will be held via Zoom, hosted by the Dokuz Eylül University Archaeology and Archeometry Application and Research Center in Türkiye and the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens. Further information is available at https://www.iihsa.ie/events/symposium-decoding-representations-of-status-in-the-bronze-age-aegean-patterns-definitions-and-interpretations. The program will be:
C. De Gregorio, “Reassessing Social Distinctions: Ceramic Motifs and Elite Symbolism in Southern Crete’s Tholos Tombs during the Prepalatial to Protopalatial Transition”
I. Kostopoulou, “Signs of Status? Imported Pottery and Social Structure at Pyla-Kokkinokremos”
S. Spanos, “Koukounaries. The pictorial vase painting and the manifestation of status”
L. Balogianni, “Approaching aspects of status through pottery analysis: the case of the Zakros palace”
E. Gerontakou and M. Kyritsi, “Religious or/and political? Display of status through emblematic symbols from the Minoan palace of Zakros”
L. Phialon, V. Aravantinos, and E. Tsota, “Some observations on the depiction of ‘horns of consecration’ on larnakes from Tanagra in Boeotia”
V. Pliatsika, “Earth to earth. Clay figurines from the Atreus tholos tomb at Mycenae”
B. R. Jones, “Decoding the Status of the Ivory Triad from Mycenae: A Re-evaluation of its Hairstyles, Garments, and Poses”
N. Antognelli Michel, “Status of divinity for an interpretation of the ivory head from the cult centre at Mycenae as a goddess statuette”
N. Akıllı, “Status symbol objects in the Early Bronze Age graves of Western Anatolia and the Aegean region”
M. Tsipopoulou, “‘Διαχωρίζοντας την ήρα από το σταρι’. Τwo attempts at status differentiation in the Early and late Prepalatial phases of the elite necropolis at Petras, Siteia”
G. Grigorakakis, E. Papafloratou, and E. Vika, “Beyond warriors: a burial with weapons in LBA Kefalonia”
C. Zikidi, “Silent Echoes: Status and the Politicisation of Death during the Late Helladic period in Messenia (Greece)”
K. Paschalidis, “Cups of blessing. Decoding the pattern of men with weapons and drinking vessels in the LBA Aegean”
D. M. Wheeler, “Archive and Repertoire in the Mycenaean Funeral”
S. Mills, “Power and status in the Argolid in the Late Helladic III period”
Ö. Çelik and Z. Derin, “Indicators of the Existence of Organizational Management at the Beginning of the 3rd Millennium BCE: The Case of Yassıtepe Höyüğü”
J. Meier, “Status and Surplus from Suids at Petsas House, Mycenae”
L. Platon and A. Salichou, “Status in structure: a view from the palatial and domestic architecture of Minoan Zakros”
N. Bovoleti Ayash, “Insights of the Archaeological Implementation of the so- called Sanctuary of Koumasa”
A. Pefani, “Wall-paintings in their architectural environment: unraveling socio- political strategies through sensorial impact at the palace of Pylos”
H. Oniz, “Kumluca Bronze Age Shipwreck excavation – Antalya/Türkiye”
S. Dimaki, M.-C. Staikou, and Eleni Filippaki, “Metal objects from Late Helladic burials in Kalapodi, Phtiotis, Central Greece: symbols of status and wealth”
S. Aulsebrook, “Metals = Status: The Fundamental Law of the Mycenaean World?”
A. M. Vergaki, “Feasts as Rituals of Status: The case of Trypiti and Koumasa on the Southern Cretan Mountains”
T. S. Andreovits, “Shaping gender and status performances in Minoan seal imagery”
I. G. Worrall, “Interpreting Colour: The use of White in Late Bronze Age Aegean Wall Art”
K. Voutsa, “More than a bead: adding symbolic character to a small, semi- precious stone”
K. Nikita, “The power of technology, aesthetics and possession: the combination of glass with gold for the Early Mycenaean elites”
C. Kekes, “Nonverbal expression of status in the Bronze Age Aegean”
U. Thaler, “Competitive conformity. Prestige, self-limiting ambition and the fragility of power”
V. Petrakis, “Exploring nuances of status in the Third Palace Period Aegean: palatial agents in context”
D. Papadimitriou, “Absent Elites”
H. Kan, “Kings and Great Kings of the Mediterranean”
J. Kelder, “Empire Lost. On the status of the Ahhiyawan ‘LUGAL.GAL’ and the state of academic debate”
M. A. Erdem and Z. Derin, “The presence of the elites in Western Anatolia in the 2nd Millenium BC finds from İzmir Yassıtepe”
E. Kortanoğlu, “Narrative Production Processes in the Construction of Ancient Greek Cultural Chronology”

Inequality

On 28-29 November 2024 a conference entitled Social and Gender Inequality in Early Iron Age Greece will be held in Vienna. Further information is available at https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeai/events/event-detail/social-and-gender-inequality-in-early-iron-age-greece-1-1. The program will be:
S. Gimatzidis, “Introduction to the Social and Gender Inequality in Early Greece”
H. van Wees, “Textual and material evidence for social inequality: minding the gap”
B. A. Olsen, “Gender and Coming-of-Age Rituals in the Early Iron Age: Archaeology vs Historical Memory”
D. Lyons, “Who Wields the Shuttle?: Women's Agency in Light of the New Materialism”
J. Whitley, “From warriors to heroes: Early Iron Age weapon burial rituals and narratives of the self”
S. C. Murray, “Socio-Economic Change, Gender, and Labor Allocation in the Aegean Early Iron Age”
J. M. Luce, “The funerary 'sequence' in Iron Age Greece, between community and society”
O. Mariaud, “Formal burial or formal cemetery? Returning to the burial customs, monuments and social inequality of Early Iron Age Greece”
S. Gimatzidis, “Social contradictions in central Greece during the Early Iron Age”
M. Rönnberg, “Warriors, Rich Ladies and Invisible Children? Social and Gender Differentiation at Athenian Gravesites during the Early Iron Age”
M. Haysom, “Cretan Women Across the Iron Age”
M. D’Acunto, “Social and Gender Inequality in Early Iron Age and Early Archaic Dodecanese”
G. Papasavvas, “People and objects on the move: Migrating memories, antiques, and social power in Early Iron Age Cyprus”
F. Bernstein, “Social Inequality and its Persistence: A Look at the Early Colonial World of the Greeks”
A. Esposito, “Craft practices and Mediterranean trade networks: an overview of women and socio-economic relations in Italy (IXth-VIth centuries BC)”
F. Quondam, “A view from the West: Gender and Social Inequalities in Early Iron Age and Archaic Age Southern Italy”
M. Pacciarelli, “Final Bronze and Early Iron Age (1050–740 BC) Central Mediterranean: evidence of social inequalities”
A. Naso, “Social and Gender (In)equality in Iron Age and Orientalizing Etruria”
S. Gimatzidis, “Social contradictions in central Greece during the Early Iron Age”
M. Rönnberg, “Warriors, Rich Ladies and Invisible Children? Social and Gender Differentiation at Athenian Gravesites during the Early Iron Age”
S. Sherratt, “The possible effects of economic activity in a wider Mediterranean context on social relations in Early Iron Age Greece”
T. Hodos, “Interpreting Social Inequalities in Iron Age Greece via Multiple Scales of Analysis”

Archaeological Science

On 29 November 2024 an international conference entitled Half a Century of Archaeological Science in Greece will be held at the British School at Athens, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Marc and Ismene Fitch Laboratory for Archaeological Science. Further information is available at https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/fitchanniversaryconference2024/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
K. Harvati, V. Tourloukis, E. Panagopoulou, and P. Karkanas, “Paleolithic dispersals, survivals and population contacts: uncovering human evolution in Greece”
P. Karkanas, “Archaeological soil and sediment microstratigraphy: understanding how archaeological sites are formed”
N. Galanidou, D. Sakellariou, and P. Tsakanikou, “Aegean in the spotlight. A new paradigm for reconstructing early Palaeolithic dispersals, settlement, and landscapes of habit”
A. Krahtopoulou, R. Veropoulidou, C. Frederick, H. A. Orengo, S. Riera-Mora, C. Knappett, and A. Livarda, “Coastal landscapes at Palaikastro, eastern Crete, from the Late Neolithic to the Bronze Age and historical periods”
M. Ntinou, A. Mavromati, and P. M. Theodosaki, “Celebration time, come on: anthracological studies in Greece, looking back, looking ahead”
G. Jones and A. Bogaard, “Linking present and past farming landscapes through archaeobotany”
E. Weiberg, M. Finne, and A. Bonnier, “Climate change and landscape histories in the Aegean”
E. Kiriatzi, C. Gardner, E. Marzec, S. Menelaou, and N. Mueller, “Approaching the past through multiscale analysis of Ceramic Landscapes”
A. Bevan, “On the key-holes and broad-brushes of landscape history”
N. Galanidou, D. Sakellariou, and P. Tsakanikou, “Aegean in the spotlight. A new paradigm for reconstructing early Palaeolithic dispersals, settlement, and landscapes of habit”
E. Skourtanioti, “Ancient DNA research in the Aegean: recent findings and future perspectives”
E. Nikita, “Paleomobility studies in the Aegean: where do we stand and where are we heading?”
B. Lis and E. Kiriatzi, “Tracing craftspeople mobility in the Aegean – past, present and future”
C. Knappett, I. Nikolakopoulou, and J. Hilditch, “Models of movement: integrating networks with multidimensional ceramic data”
T. Valamoti, “Plants and culinary practices in the prehistory and history of the Aegean”
E. Margaritis, “The role of viticulture and wine production in the social revolutions of the third millennium BCE Aegean”
P. Halstead and V. Isaakidou, “Understanding everyday life in ancient Greece: the contribution of zooarchaeology”
M. Roumpou, C. Heron, N. Kalogeropoulos, V. Kilikoglou, S. Boyatzis, and D. Anglos, “Understanding various aspects of everyday life through the analysis of organic residues”
H. Procopiou, “Techniques, senses and emotions: the case study of stone polishing in the prehistoric Aegean”
M. Choleva, T. Ogawa, N. Petropoulos, N. Mueller, and E. Kiriatzi, “Making the everyday world: an anthropological interdisciplinary approach to artefacts and crafts”
C. Renfrew, M. J. Boyd, E. Margaritis, D. Athanasoulis, N. Brodie, R. Campbell, G. Gavalas, M. Gkouma, B. Hartzler, J. Herbst, J. Hilditch, H. Indgjerd, I. Legaki, N. Meyer, I. Moutafi, and J. Wright, “Keros and the Small Cyclades: a twenty-first century approach to research design, field methodology, interdisciplinary research, and answering big questions from granular connected data”
E. Nodarou, D. Mylona, C. Sofianou, and T. Brogan, “Inter-disciplinarity in action: the case of Neopalatial Papadiokampos in east Crete”
S. Triantafyllou, N. Papakonstantinou, and S. Kiorpe, “Experiencing life histories in the prehistoric Aegean: old trends and new perspectives from the study of human remains”