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October 2024 issue available
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The October 2024 issue of Nestor (51.10) is available as a free download.
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TAG45
On 15 October 2024 abstracts are due for the Theoretical Archaeology Group 45th Annual Meeting: Evolution? (TAG45), to be held on 13-15 December 2024 in Bournemouth, Britain. Further information is available at https://tag2024.wordpress.com/. The sessions will be:
• Materiality, metaphor, phenomenology: reconstructing Chris Tilley’s thought and contemporary archaeological theory
• “Does Anybody Ever Listen!?” – Outrage as Method, Evolving Activist Archaeology
• Towards an Archaeology of Cosiness: exploring the lines between comfort, utility, and beyond
• Discomfort in Archaeological Practices: Ethical, social and personal challenges
• Tales as Old as Time: Archaeological Storytelling for Research Dissemination
• Archaeology of Awe: Being moved by being in the world
• Re-Peopling Submerged Prehistory: The Human Dimension in Palaeolandscape Evolution
• (Re) conceptualising the Past? Evolution of the imagined/invented/(re)created Past
• Archaeology & the Media in the Twenty-First Century
• Evolution In Rock Art Theory: Recent Advances in Understanding Images
• Sites, monuments and their landscapes: new perspectives and new narratives
• Skyscapes in Prehistory: evolution, convolution or involution?
• (R)Evolutions: theoretical approaches to death and dying in the prehistoric and protohistoric Mediterranean (7000-700 BCE)
• Evolution
• Thinking Through Plants/Thinking With Plants: Archaeologies of Vegetal Becoming
• (I)Legible Landscapes?
• Excavating the Collection: New ‘evolutions’ in the Archaeology of Museum Collections
• We’ve talked the talk, can we walk the walk? Approaches and actions to encouraging diverse language representation in archaeology/academia
• Moving away from forwards: Reassessing the metaphorical structuring of evolutionism in Archaeological thought
• Mortuary Memes: Advances in the Digital Public Archaeology of Death
• Ancestor? We hardly know her! Rethinking ancestors in archaeology
• Evolving Practice? Knowledge Production and Intercultural Collaboration in Archaeology
• Narrating the Past: Exploring Archaeological Storying and Creativity
• Living (and Working) in Times of Unprecedented Change: A Speculative Design Workshop for Archaeology in the 21st Century
• Heritage Therapy in Theory and Practice: Using Archaeology for Recovery
• Exploring Human-Animal Entanglements in Archaeology: A More-Than-Human Approach
• Experimental archaeology: a useful methodology for researching the evolution of cognitive and behavioural complexity?
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• Poster SessionEAA AM 2025
On 31 October 2024 proposals for sessions are due for the 31st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA AM 2025), to be held on 3-6 September 2025 in Belgrade, Serbia. From 20 December 2024 until 6 February 2025 paper and poster abstract submission will be open; on 5 May 2025 registration and payment is due from first authors of paper. Further information and forms are available at https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2025. The meeting will consist of sessions, round tables, and poster presentations focusing on the following main themes:
• On artefacts and beyond
• Intertwined Epistemologies: Transcending the Data – Theory Divide
• Exploring methods in research, education and communication
• De nobis fabula narratur: archaeological practice and a profession in flux
• Finding the way! Archaeological sciences and opening new research perspectives
• Intertwining archaeology, heritage, and museums
• Climate Change in the Past and Present
• Along and across the Danube!MAGS 2025
On 1 November 2024 abstracts (250 words) are due for the 6th Maritime Archaeology Graduate Symposium (MAGS 2025), to be held at the University of Ioannina, Greece on 2-5 April 2025. Further information is available at https://hff-mags.org/. Papers will be particularly welcomed on the development, breakthroughs of research, and recent discoveries in the maritime archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean region via interdisciplinary methods, in addition to the following themes:
• Nautical and Harbour Archaeology
• Maritime Networks and Social Interactions
• Maritime Cultural Landscapes and Seafaring Communities
• Geoarchaeology and Palaeoenvironments
• Sustainability and Historic Ships
• Ship Science and Engineering of Ancient Boats/Harbours
• Maritime History, Ethnography and ArtCEA
On 30 November 2024 abstracts (500 words, 10 references, 3 figures) are due for oral and poster presentations at the Conference of Environmental Archaeology (CEA), to be held in Nitra, Slovakia on 5-7 February 2025. Further information is available at https://www.iansa.eu/cea. Papers are invited that address questions the following key areas:
• Agricultural practices - crop cultivation, fieldscapes and water management as seen from botanical, isotopic or soil data perspectives
• Animal husbandry and hunting - feeding, breeding of domesticates and hunting of wild game and their role in subsistence economies
• Exploitation of raw materials - technologies, mining, quarrying techniques and environmental impact (pollution)
• Environmental impact and sustainability - deforestation, land use, hydraulic engineering
• Trade and exchange networks - resource distribution of artefacts and isotopic analyses of pottery, metals and food remains and food residuesNew Materialism
On 1 December 2024 abstracts (200 words) are due for lectures or posters at a conference entitled Die Dinge einmal anders betrachten – Neuer Materialismus in der Archäologie, to be held by the AG Theorien in der Archäologie (TidA) in Mainz, Germany on 20-21 March 2025. Further information is available at https://www.agtida.de/cfp-die-dinge-einmal-anders-betrachten-neuer-materialismus-in-der-archaeologie/. Contributions related to the New Materialism are invited, especially but not limited to topics that concentrate on post-humanist narratives, assemblages, archaeological categories, entangled bodies, architecture, art or influences of New Materialism on archaeological records, excavations, contexts and features.
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Future Lectures and Conferences
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Mycenaean Seminars
The University of London School of Advanced Study, Institute of Classical Studies has announced the following schedule of Mycenaean Seminars for Autumn 2024, to take place in the Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House South Block Ground Floor G22 / 26, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Unless otherwise stated, Mycenaean Seminars begin at 3:30 pm. Further information is available at https://ics.sas.ac.uk/search-events.
9 October 2024: L. Ursprung Nerling, “Resistance is Futile: An emerging Cretan collective ethos as displayed through the larnax”
13 November 2024: L. Spencer, “The Middle Helladic pottery from Lerna: an overview”
12 December 2024: J. Murphy, “How the dead fuel the living: A reassessment of the Bronze Age tombs excavated by Blegen around the Palace of Nestor, Pylos”New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium
The New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium has announced the schedule of lectures for 2024-2025. All meetings will be held virtually on Zoom. Registration information, as well as abstracts for each talk, may be found online at nyabac.tumblr.com a few weeks prior to each meeting.
29 October 2024: O. Kouka, “Emerging Complexity in Prehistoric Samos and Beyond”
5 December 2024: T. Carter, “The Hill of Ariadne? The Minoan Peak Sanctuary of Stelida, Naxos”
11 February 2025: M. Oddo, “My Precious! Bronze Hoards and Other Buried Treasures of Minoan Crete”
18 March 2025: T. Van Damme, “Climatic Variability and Its Impact on Mycenaean Greece: Evidence from the North Slope of the Athenian Acropolis”
23 April 2025 (co-sponsored with the AIA NY Society): K. Kopanias, “Cyprus in Flux: Shedding Light on the 12th Century BCE through New Discoveries from Palaepaphos-Marchello, Cyprus (2021–2024)”Sparta Live!
The Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies at the University of Nottingham has announced the schedule of Sparta Live! talks for Autumn 2024, to be held online at 5-6pm BST on MS Teams. Further information will be available at https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/csps/news-and-events/sparta-live.aspx. Lectures of interest to Nestor readers will include:
12 December 2024: M. Georgiadis, “The sacred landscape of Kythera and the peak sanctuary at Leska”ARCH_RNT
On 3-5 October 2024 the 8th Symposium Archaeological Research & New Technologies (ARCH_RNT) will be held in Kalamata, Greece. Further information is available at https://archrnt.gr/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
C. E. Tselios, “Mechanical properties and function of Mycenaean bronze Type A swords: From analytical data to iconography”
N. Nerantzis and D. Matsas, “Samothracian Middle Bronze Age Metallurgy: The evidence from Mikro Vouni”
V. Orfanou, B. O’Neill, D. Müller, B. Molloy, and L. Burghardt, “Towards a better understanding of prehistoric crucible metallurgy based on field of expreiments”
M. Kylafi, V. V. Panagiotidis, A. Kazolias, A. Karamitrou, E. Militsi, A. Stampolidis, and G. Tsokas, “Fusion of Remote Sensing data for ancient landscape interpretation: The Pylos Geoarchaeology Project”
S. Menelaou, “Crafting choices for pottery-making in prehistoric Thermi-Lesbos, Greece: Manufacturing strategies and connectivity”
A. Vafiadou, N. Laskaris, and G. S. Polymeris, “Obsidian hydration and luminescence (TL/OSL/IRSL) ages of archaeological interest from Greece and Turkey: an obvious hiatus within the 4th millennium BC”
S. Katsarou, A. Aidonis, C. Kakasa, E. Ganiatsou, A. Souleles, L. Winkelbach, J. Blocher, J. Burger, and C. Papageorgopoulou, “The Late Bronze Age population of the cave of Lakes, Peloponnese: An anthropological, palaeogenetic and palaeodietary study”
C. Kakasa, A. Aidonis, E. Ganiatsou, P. Bantavanou, V. Saripanidi, A. Chrysostomou, P. Chrysostomou, and C. Papageorgopoulou, “Archontiko during the Iron Age and the Early Archaic Period: Daily life, health and diet”
B. Semiz, M. Kibaroğlu, and F. Dedeoglu-Konakci, “Neolithic pottery from Ekşi Höyük in the Upper Menderes Basin in Western Anatolia: An archaeometric investigation of raw material sourcing and manufacturing processes”
K. Theodorakopoulou, M. Ghilardi, C. D. Athanassas, and C. Delhon, “Radiocarbon dating of a hearth layer beneath the Minoan eruption deposits at Akrotiri, Santorini”
L. A. Angelopoulou, M. Kouri, and V. V. Panagiotidis, “Mystery of sandy Pylos: Crafting an immersive escape room adventure in a web-based game around Voidokoilia”
A. Oikonomou and M Kaparou, “Degraded Mycenaean vitreous artifacts safe taxonomy: A handbook”
D. C. M. Brown, “Assessing artefact diversity in mortuary contexts of the Greek mainland during the Late Bronze Age Aegean”The Connected Past
On 3-6 October 2024 a conference entitled The Connected Past: Religious Networks in Antiquity will be held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, with an optional network science workshop on 2-3 October. Further information is available at https://phh-connected-past-2024.sites.olt.ubc.ca/conference-info/program/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
E. A. Keyser, “The Role of Rhyta in Mycenaean Networks of Ritual Practice and Power”
E. Bentley and S. A. Cox, “Protection for the Ladies: Diffusion of Egyptian Bes and Taweret to Minoan Beset and Genii during the Bronze Age”
K. Mallinson and M. Harder, “Computational Approaches to Minoan Peak Sanctuaries Outside of Crete”FoMArc2
On 4-5 October 2024 the 2nd Graduate Forum for Mediterranean Archaeology (FoMArc) will be held on Zoom by the Archaeological Research Unit (ARU) of the University of Cyprus. Further information is available at https://www.ucy.ac.cy/fomarc/#:~:text=FoMArc%2C%20as%20a%20student%20initiative,focusing%20on%20the%20Mediterranean%20region. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
J. Webb, “Metal artefacts and artefact production in Early and Middle Bronze Age Cyprus”
A. Dybkjaer, “Minoan seal analysis: exploring the opportunities of GIS and network models”
E. Grabar, “Revisiting the bronze artifacts excavated by the French Expedition at Enkomi”
M. Mertens, “Exploring diet through the lens of zooarchaeology: The case of the Late Bronze Age site of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus”
N. Köknar, “Cultural Landscape and Connectivity of the Coastal and Inland Western Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age”
P. De Weirdt, “Lost in Time, Bound by Space — Tracing the Diachronic Evolution and Spatial Configuration of the Archaeological Hinterland surrounding the Late Bronze Age site complex of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus”YRA 2024
On 15-19 October 2024 the 7th workshop Young Researchers in Archaeometry (YRA 2024) will be held at the Cyprus Institute, in Nicosia, Cyprus. Further information is available at https://yrarch.github.io/current.html. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
C. Theotokatou, “Breaking into the ‘Black Box’: The contribution of ethnographic work in decoding Late Cypriot household structures”
A. Cercone, “A Dangerous Tradition: Asbestos-tempered Pottery in Prehistoric and Modern Eskişehir, Türkiye”
S. Gkinoudis and E. Margaritis, “Ongoing Archaeobotanical Research in Mycenaean Iklaina, Messenia, Greece”
G. Kasapidou, “Phytolith analysis for the investigation of plant exploitation in Bronze Age Cyprus”
P. Koullouros, “Fuelling Ancient Idalion: Charcoal Analysis and Insights into 1st Millennium BCE Cyprus”
E. Margaritis and M. Boyd: Keynote
M. Giannakopoulou, “Silver-lead and copper production on Early Bronze Age southern Sifnos: an overview”
K. Regnier, “The ‘production’ of Minoan red serpentinite”
N. C. Andriopoulou, G. C. Polymeris, K. C. Stamoulis, M. Schöbel, G. E. Christidis, S. Papadakis, A. Novikova, and N. Papadopoulos, “Deciphering Past Coastal Environments: Beachrock Characterisation and Luminescence Dating in SE Lasithi, Crete, Greece”MEDITARCH
On 18 October 2024 the 1st MEDITARCH Postgraduate Conference in Greek and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology will be held at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in hybrid format. Further information is available at https://meditarch.arch.uoa.gr/activities/meditarch_postgraduate_conference/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
P. García Alcalde, “Early Iron Age deathscapes: a case study of the cemeteries at Lefkandi”
E. Gourgouleti, “Fields of transformation: The case of the funerary field of Knossos during the Late Minoan IIB – IIIA transition”
C. Theotokatou, “New insight into the spatial arrangement and social significance of Late Cypriot households: the application of Space Syntax analysis”
A. Pefani, “Wall-paintings in their architectural environment: unravelling sociopolitical strategies through sensorial impact at the palace of Pylos”
G. Tasopoulos, “The Minoan channel kiln: A technological innovation of the late bronze age in Crete”
P. Peppe, “Maritime Trade and Urban Dynamics: The Role of Perge, Phaselis, and Aspendos in Shaping Interregional Networks from the LBA to the EIA”
M.-P. Kevork, “Τhe gender of Cycladic figurines”Κέα-Κύθνος ΙΙ
On 20-24 October 2024 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:
Γ. Μπασιάκος, Ε. Φιλιππάκη, and Μ. Γεωργακοπούλου†, “Πρώιμες αιγαιακές μεταλλουργικές κάμινοι στην Κύθνο και σε άλλες θέσεις: Παλαιοτεχνολογικές συσχετίσεις”
Γ. Γαβαλάς, “Μετάλλων τόποι στις Δυτικές Κυκλάδες Κύθνος, Σέριφος, Σίφνος. Από την επιστημονική έρευνα στην δημιουργία βιώσιμων δράσεων για την ανάδειξη των αρχαίων και νεότερων μεταλλείων”
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, “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)”2024 World Neolithic Congress
On 4-8 November 2024 the 2024 World Neolithic Congress will be held in Sanliurfa, Türkiye. Further information is available at https://www.worldneolithiccongress.org/sessions.aspx. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
J.-D. Vigne and T. Cucchi, “Domestication of insular ungulates during the Cyprus-PPNB”
A. Mari and A. Tiliakou, “Treating the dead, choosing the bone(s?): performing Neolithic secondary burials in the Cave of Pan at Marathon, Attica, Greece”
R. Haddad, “The False Pretense of Permanence: Early Neolithic Sedentism Seen from Cyprus”
L. Webster and B. Horejs, “Setting the absolute chronology of Neolithic Çukuriçi Höyük, western Anatolia”
R. Asal, M. A. Polat, S. Çölmekçi, E. Öncü, H. Yıldırım, and Y. Yılmaz, “An Old Village in The Historical Peninsula: Neolithic Settlement of Yenikapi Istanbul/Turkey”
N. Nikolova, A. Tsurev, and K. Bacvarov, “The Early Neolithic of the Middle Maritsa Valley”
M. Grebska-Kulow, “The Early Neolithic in South-west Bulgaria; causes and consequences”
A. Hafner, A. Bogaard Amy, K. Kotsakis, and W. Tinner, “Submerged settlements of the South: early farmers between the Adriatic and the Aegean”
R. Ruka and E. Andoni, “Unwinding the Late Mesolithic-Early Neolithic transition in Albania”
A. Wasse and J. Clarke, “Choice in the Face of Change. How ‘Neolithic’ Were Cyprus and the Greater Syrian Desert in the 7th and 6th Millennia BC?”
J.-D. Vigne, F. Briois, and J. Guilaine, “The Southwest Asian Neolithic transition scrutinized from the island of Cyprus”
R. Özbal, A. Breu Barcons, H. Özbal, L. Thissen, A. T. Bıyık, and F. Gerritsen, “The Emergence and Evolution of Dairying in Neolithic Northwest Anatolia: Insights from Barcın Höyük”
A. Fassoulas, “Giving Meaning to the Technique: The Socio-Cultural Dimension of Figurine-Making in Neolithic Aegean”
S. Katsarou and A. Sampson, “Human Representations and Farming Economy. Insights from the Advanced Farming Stage in the Aegean”
A. Nafplioti and I. Serpetsidaki, “The Neolithic cemetery at Katsambas (near Knossos) on Crete in Greece: Shedding light onto complex mortuary practices”
A. Papathanasiou, “Ritual intensification and ancestral memory in Neolithic Alepotrypa Cave of Southern Greece”
S. Katsarou, F. Georgiadis, A. Papathanasiou, A. Siros, and A. Darlas, “Burials and Caves: The Spiritual Aspect of Their Relationship”
A. Aydoğan, M. Somel, and Y. S. Erdal, “Association with Mesolithic-Related Ancestry or Demic Diffusion in Neolithic Northwest Anatolia”
C. G. Santiago-Marrero, M. Lymperaki, E. Vika, D. Urem-Kotsou, S. Kotsos, and J. J. García-Granero, “Insight into Neolithic cuisine: a holistic approach for investigating charred food crust and absorbed residues from cooking vessels from Neolithic Stavroupoli (northern Greece)”
S. Souvatzi, “Ring-Shaped Settlements in Neolithic Greece and Turkey: Social Significance and Diverse Habitation”
S. Cveček, S. Stefanović, Y. S. Erdal, R. Özbal, and F. Gerritsen, “Infant Burials Associated with Houses in Central Balkans and Western Anatolia during Neolithic: Similarities, Differences, and Exceptions”
J. Chapman and B. Gaydarska, “Exotics: kick‐starting the earliest hunter‐gatherer ‐ farmer networks in Anatolia, the Aegean and the Balkans”
D. Sarı, “Short‐term Hilltop and Cave Settlements during the Neolithic Period: The Case of Keçiçayırı and Gedikkaya Sites”
N. Kolankaya‐Bostancı and E. Fidan, “Bahçelievler Neolithic Chipped Stone Assemblage: Local Tradition and Interregional Contacts”
I. Gatsov and P. Nedelcheva, “Lithic Technologies and the Raw Material Supply as an Adaptive Strategy in the Settlement Patterns of Marmara Sea Region During 7‐6 mill BC”
Ş. Aydıngün, “Istanbul Lagoons Neolithic Finds”
F. Dedeoğlu, “Looking the Aegean from Inner Southwest Anatolia: Ekşi Höyük and its relations and interactions”
H Taşkıran, “A Late Neolithic Cave Settlement in Southwest Anatolia: Suluin”
A. Beyazıt, “The Origin of Paint Decorated Pottery from the Neolithic Period in the Burdur‐Antalya Region”
A. Arslan, “Unveiling Community Identities: Tracing Clay Object Makers via Ancient Fingerprints”
Z. Derin, “Yeşilova Höyük and the Neolithic ‘Coastal Aegean Culture’”
A. İ. Aytek, A. Y. Yavuz, and E. Tarhan, “Lion King and the others: Preliminary results of faunal analysis of Yeşilova Höyük, İzmir”.
A. Ozan and H. Sağlamtimur, “An overview of the Neolithisation of Western Anatolia: What does the Ege Gübre settlement tell us about the Neolithisation of the coastal Aegean?”
A. Cura, “Spread of Round Shaped Objects identified as Sling Missiles in the Aegean during the Neolithic Period”
S. V. Todaro, “Red Ochre and Seafaring? Some implications for connectivity in the southern Aegean during the Neolithic”
A. Minelli and M. R. Belgiorno, “The lithic industry of the archaeological site of Pyrgos Mavroraki: new data for the reconstruction of the human presence on the island of Cyprus”
A. H. Simmons, “The Neolithic on Water: Neolithic Seafarers and the Colonization of Cyprus”
C. Marangou, “Neolithic Symbolic Imagery: Reality and Fiction, Memories or Illusions in a Material World”
V. G. Koutrafouri, “Rituals and Symbolic Systems in Early Prehistoric Cyprus: A Transdisciplinary Analysis of Social Cohesion and Transformation”
K. Bacvarov, N. Nikolova, G. Katsarov, A. Tsurev, and K. McSweeney, “Regional ideologies vs local expressions: the Early Neolithic burial evidence from Nova Nadezhda in Upper Thrace”
Ö. Çevik and Mine Uçmazoğlu, “Common and Rarer Polished Stone Tools from Neolithic Ulucak”
T. Strasser, “Neolithic Stone Axes from Crete and their Implications for the Wider Aegean”
L. Dietrich, B. Horejs, and M. Brandl, “Greenstone chisel-like adzes for carpentry were components of the Neolithic Package in Anatolia and the Balkans”
H. Tekin, “Reflection of the Turkish Eastern Mediterranean's Late Neolithic Lifestyle on Pottery: The Case of Domuztepe”
Ç. Atakuman, D. Erdem, and B. Erdoğu, “Pits, Pots and Bodies at Uğurlu Höyük: The Case of the Poly-Pod Box Pottery”
D. Koptekin, A. Aydoğan, N. E. Altınışık, K. B. Vural, D. D. Kazancı, C. Karamurat, A. Doğu, D. Kaptan, H. C. Gemici, G. Umurtak, E. Fidan, Ö. Çevik, B. Erdoğu, T. Korkut, C. J. Knüsel, S. D. Haddow, E. Özdoğan, M. Özdoğan, F. Gerritsen, R. Özbal, U. O. Usanmaz, Y. C. Derici, M. Uçmazoğlu, A. Götherström, Ç. Atakuman, Y. S. Erdal, A.‐S. Malaspinas, F. Özer, and M. Somel, “Unravelling Cultural and Genetic Interactions during the Aegean Neolithization”
L. Bonga, “Island Neolithic of the Aegean Sea”
M. Boyd, D. Smith, J. Hilditch, E. Margaritis, J. Wright, G. Gavalas, D. Athanasoulis, M. Marthari, K. Dellaporta, and C. Renfrew, “Integrated approaches to emerging later Neolithic Islandscapes in the Cyclades”
P. Tomkins, “Regional diversity in the adoption of pottery in the Aegean during the late seventh millennium BC. A new view from Knossos, Crete”
L. Karimali and S. Papadopoulou, “Neolithic obsidian Melian network in Greece: patterns of circulation and technical traits”
T. Carter, “Building Castles on Sand: Current Models on the Impact of Insular Aegean Hunter‐Gatherer Populations on Neolithisation Processes”
D. Guilbeau, “The relations between Aegean, Anatolia, Balkans between the 7th and the 5th millennium through the analysis of the chipped stone industry of Uğurlu (Gökçeada/Imbros Island)”
E. Özdoğan, “Early Neolithic in the Northern Aegean and Eastern Thrace: Cultural Contexts and Regional Connections”
H. Balcı, “An Archaeobotanical Perspective to the Neolithization of North Aegean through Hoca Çeşme Neolithic Site”
K. Trantalidou, “Before surplus production: foragers and food producers in inland and island caves of the Southern Balkan‐Aegean area”
A. Reingruber and G. Toufexis, “Flat sites of the late 7th and early 6th millennium BC in Thessaly, Central Greece (and beyond)”
G. Naumov and A. Reingruber, “Dating the Early Neolithic of Pelagonia: closing a chronological gap in Balkan prehistory”
J.‐P. Demoule, “Kovačevo and the oldest Neolithic villages in the Balkans”
S. Tsaneva, V. Nikolov, G. Samichkova, and V. Petrova, “Late Neolithic pit sanctuaries at Maritsa River Bend in Northern Thrace”
E. Yurtdaş, “Pottery Unity in Diversity: Red on White Ware and Neolithic Cultural Synthesis in Cyprus”
B. Kızılduman, E. Doğru, B. Semiz, and H. İcil, “Neolithic Pottery in the Karpaz Peninsula: Insights into Production Techniques and Cultural Practices”
M. Kiessel and E. Tangül, “A New Neolithic Settlement on Cyprus? Recent Discoveries at Aphendrika, on the North-Eastern Coast of the Karpas Peninsula”
D. Pullen, A. Papathanasiou, M. Galaty, and W. Parkinson, “Monumentality and Memory in Death at Ksagounaki (Alepotrypa Cave), Greece”
A. McCarthy, “Burying Memories: a Ritual Pit Complex at Neolithic Prasteio Mesorotsos, Cyprus”
Y. Yılmaz, “Archaeotanatological Analysis of the Graves found at Pendik Höyük in İstanbul”
H. Öniz, “A View at Sunken Prehistoric Settlements off the Turkish Coast”
O. Kaycı, “Potential prehistoric island communities in Cilicia to the north of the Eastern Mediterranean”
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”
M. Hinz, A. Anastasi, M. Brunner, K. Anastasi, M. Yermorkhin, I. Gjipali, and A. Hafner, “Discovering the wooden pillars of the Neolithic settlement: the waterlogged site Lin 3, Albania”
G. Karahan and K. Özçelik, “Epipaleolithic Layers of Karain B (Mediterranean Region, Turkey)”
Ç. Al. Algül, O. Kaycı, S. Balcı, A. Gopher, D. Mouralis, H. Tümer, and D. Silibolatlaz, “Epipalaeolithic Hunter-Gatherers of the Central Taurus: Eşek Deresi Cave (East Mediterranean/Türkiye)”
J.-D. Vigne, F. Briois, T. Cucchi, R. Hadad, N. Mazzucco, P. Mylona, M. Rousou, and A. Zazzo, “New light about the Epipaleolithic in Cyprus: the settlement of Pakhtomena”
Y. Aydın and E. Erbil, “Late Epipaleolithic Hunter-Gatherers of Northwestern Anatolia: Ballık Cave, İzmir/Turkey”
D. Sarı, “Gedikkaya Cave in North-western Türkiye: the Epipalaeolithic layer that connected to ritual activity”
Ç. Atakuman, C. Karamurat, H. C. Gemici, D. Koptekin, M. Somel, “Patterns of the Neolithization in the Aegean: A synthesis of Material Culture and a-DNA Evidence”
L. Bonga, “Say ‘Cheese’? Rim-perforated pans and basins of the Aegean Neolithic” -
Past Lectures and Conferences
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- 30 September 2024
Hephaestus at Work
On 19-20 September 2024 a conference entitled Hephaestus at Work: A Celebration of Myrto Georgakopoulou’s Work and Legacy was held at the British School at Athens. Further information is available from https://www.bsa.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Hephaestus-at-work-4.pdf. The program was:
Y. Bassiakos, “Myrto's post-publication footsteps on Kythnos, Serifos, Sifnos and more”
K. Douni and O. Kakavogianni, “Early metallurgy in south-eastern Attica: a synopsis of recent data and Myrto's input”
J. M. A. Murphy, M. Georgakopoulou, N. Abell, S. LaFayette Hogue, M. Nazou, C. Papoulia, J. R. Baxley Craig, and J. Wallrodt, “The evidence for metallurgy in northwest Kea from the Kea Archaeological Research Survey”
N. Abell and M. Georgakopoulou, “Metallurgical ceramics from Kephala and Ayia Irini on Kea: some preliminary observations”
M. Giannakopoulou and Z. Papadopoulou, “Silver production in the Early Bronze Age Aegean: under the Sifnian eye”
G. Gavalas and M. Livaniou, “Recent evidence of Early Bronze Age Metalworking on Sifnos”
C. Renfrew, M. J. Boyd, and E. Margaritis, “From ritual to metal: how Myrto Georgakopoulou transformed our understanding of Early Bronze Age metallurgy at Keros”
D. Ioannides, M. J. Boyd, Th. Rehren, M. Georgakopoulou, and C. Renfrew, “Keros: an Early Bronze Age communal metallurgical centre”
M. Marthari, “Approaching metalworking in the Early Cycladic settlements of Kastri (Syros) and Skarkos (Ios), and Myrto Georgakopoulou's contribution”
N. Dimitriou and M. Georgakopoulou, “Technological study of the metal finds from the Prehistoric settlement of Palamari on Skyros”
O. Kouka, “Early Metal production at the Heraion on Samos”
V. Şahoğlu and Z. Stos-Gale, “4th and 3rd millennium BCE metallurgy and metal working in coastal Western Anatolia: evidence from Bakla Tepe and Liman Tepe”
J. N. Papadimitriou, A. Philippa-Touchais, E. Konstantinidi, and A. Goumas, “Mycenaean gold jewelry from the cemetery of Deiras, Argos: exploring technical questions”
M. Martinón-Torres, A. Benzonelli, and B. Legarra Herrero, “Beyond a golden era: a diachronic analysis of the technology, use and value of gold in Bronze Age Crete”
E. Kiriatzi, M. Georgakopoulou, and C. Broodbank, “The diachronic study of technological landscapes in Kythera”
J. Živković, J. C. Carvajal López, R. Carter, A. Guérin, S. Priestman, T. Insoll, T. Power, S. Döpper, I. Bizelfeld, M. Giobbe, and E. Adeyemo, “Diachronic and scientific perspectives on ceramic studies in the Gulf”
T. Freeth, A. Dakanalis, L. MacDonald, and A. Wojcik, “Myrto Georgakopoulou: a tribute by the UCL Antikythera Research Team” -
September 2024 issue available
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- 31 August 2024
The September 2024 issue of Nestor (51.9) is available as a free download.
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Calls for Papers
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- 31 August 2024
WAC-10
On 31 October 2024 proposals of themes (4-6 sessions) are due for the 10th World Archaeological Congress (WAC-10), to be held in Darwin, Australia on 22-28 June 2025. On 31 January 2025, proposals for sessions (4-6 or 8-10 papers; 300 words maximum) will be due; on 30 April 2025 proposals for papers (200 words), posters, or displays will be due. Proposals for workshops are now open. Further information is available at https://worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/.
Kiel Conference 2025:
On 31 October 2024 abstracts (200 words) are due papers and posters for the seventh Kiel Conference 2025: Scales of Social, Environmental and Cultural Change in Past Societies, to be held at Kiel University on 24-29 March 2025. Further information is available at https://www.kielconference.uni-kiel.de/.
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Future Lectures and Conferences
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- 31 August 2024
62nd ARU Public Lectures Series
The program of the 62nd ARU Public Lectures Series of the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus, focusing on the archaeology of Cyprus and the Aegean, has been announced for autumn 2025. All lectures are held virtually via ZOOM every Monday at 7:30 pm (EET) with some held in hybrid format; they are free and open to the public, but registration is required for access before each event starts. Registration is available at https://www.facebook.com/ARU.UCY/. Lectures of interest to Nestor readers will include:
12-14 September 2024: DAAD – Taziz Workshop: Dealing with Material Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean. Between Excavation and Digitization (hybrid)
30 September 2024: M. Devolder, “Masons’ marks and their meaning for the development of monumental architecture and the circulation of builders in the Bronze Age Aegean and Cyprus” (online)
4-5 October 2024: Second Graduate Forum for Mediterranean Archaeology FoMArc (hybrid)
7 October 2024: S. Vilain, “Through the looking-glass: Investigating Egyptian and Levantine imitations of Bronze Age Cypriot ceramics” (hybrid)
14 October 2024: Ά. Σπύρου, “Η Ζωοαρχαιολογία συναντά τη Βιολογία Διατήρησης: Μια διεπιστημονική προσέγγιση στην ανάδειξη της αξίας της Κυπριακής φυλής βοοειδών” (hybrid)
25 November 2024: C. Kearns, “Challenges and opportunities in the archaeology of rural landscapes of Iron Age Cyprus” (online)
2 December 2024: T. Pedrazzi, “Between the Levantine coast and Cyprus: Canaanite commercial jars as indicators of cross-cultural contacts (13th-12th Centuries BCE)” (hybrid)ESHE 2024
On 11-15 September 2024 the 14th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution (ESHE 2024) will be held in Zagreb, Croatia. Further information is available at https://www.eshe.eu/meetings/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
E. Roditi, H. Bocherens, G. E. Konidaris, A. Athanassiou, V. Tourloukis, P. Karkanas, E. Panagopoulou, and K. Harvati, “Megaherbivore isotopic biogeochemistry supports glacial microrefugium status of the Megalopolis basin (Greece) across the Middle Pleistocene”
K. Harvati, V. Tourloukis, N. Thompson, D. Giusti, G. Tsartsidou, A. Athanassiou, G. Konidaris, E. Roditi, E. Panagopoulou, and P. Karkanas, “The MEGAPAL survey: New results on the lower Paleolithic of the Megalopolis Basin, Southern Greece”
G. A. Butiseaca, I. Vasiliev, M. T. J. van der Meer, I. J. E. Bludau, P. Karkanas, V. Tourloukis, A. Junginger, A. Mulch, E. Panagopoulou, and K. Harvati, “Expression of the MIS 12 glacial stage in the eastern Mediterranean and its impact over the middle Pleistocene hominins in Megalopolis Basin (Greece)”
G. Marciani, S. Lombardo, S. Arrighi, N. Thompson, V. Tourloukis, S. Benazzi, and K. Harvati, “The Uluzzian of Klissoura cave 1, Greece”
J. Gennai, P. Biagi, E. Starnini, and N. Efstratiou, “Neanderthal on the mountains: lithic technological behaviour at Samarina 1 (Pindus Mt., Greek Macedonia)”PEBA 4
On 25-28 September 2024 the 4th Perspectives on Balkan Archaeology (PEBA 4). The Things of Life: Resources and Religion in the Metal Ages in Southeastern Europe will be held in Varna. Further information is available at https://pebasite.wordpress.com/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
S.-M. Valamoti: Keynote
R. Kurti, “Some Consideration on the Early Iron Objects from Iron Age Albania”
T. Valchev, “Late Bronze Age Daggers from the Lower and Middle Course of the Tundzha River, Bulgaria – Imports and Local Imitations”
J. Fries-Knoblach and M. Leppek, “Late Bronze Age Bresto (South-Western Bulgaria) - multiple resources, multi-purpose settlement?”
B. Athanassov, I. Kulov, and P. W. Stockhammer, “Pots and Pits: Ritual Practices at Iron Age Bresto?”
K. Çipa and S. Xhaferaj, “Economic Resources and Religious Aspects During the Bronze and Iron Age in Southwestern Albania”
M. Gori, “Mobility Between Tangible and Intangible Resources. What Makes the World Go Round?”
T. Krapf, “The Things of Life: The Diffusion of Cooking Pots in the Late Bronze Age Southern Balkans” -
Past Lectures and Conferences
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EAA AM 2024
On 28-31 August 2024 the 30th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA AM 2024) was held in Rome. Further information is available at https://www.e-a-a.org/eaa2024. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
N. Mac Sweeney, “The Making of a Mediterranean Network: The Retrospective Ethnogenesis of the Greeks”
C. Pearson, “Another radiocarbon revolution? Uses of single tree-ring 14C in improving radiocarbon calibration and anchoring chronological frameworks”
S. Bell, “Burial in the Ruins of the Late Minoan IIIC Settlement of Vronda: Comprehending and Constructing the Past, Present and Future”
P. Zeman and B. Lis, “Another Look at Mycenaean Dimini: Alternative Centralisation in Late Bronze Age Coastal Thessaly”
A. Brysbaert, “Persisting Through Change. Social Identities and Space in Bronze Age Aegean Crafting”
G. Van Wijngaarden, “Archaeology of Archaeology at Ancient Troy: The Amsterdam Troy Project (2018-2022)”
T. Lanjouw, A. Walsh, and J. Waagen, “The Contribution of State-of-the-Art Technology to the Archaeology of Archaeology Approach: A Case Study at Troy”
J. Kramer, “(Re)Constructed Pots at Troy: The Local Pottery Menders from the University of Cincinnati Expedition to the Troad”
S. Hilker, “Building on Blegen: Legacy Data from Mycenaean Zygouries”
P. Tripodi, “Tracing Middle Bronze Age Dagger Biographies in Mainland Greece, Crete, and Cyprus”
G. Muti, “Unravelling a Splendid Web. Aegean-Styled Discoid Loom Weights in the Eastern Mediterranean and Their Role in the LBA Maritime Exchanges”
M. Bowers, “Interweaving Tradition and Innovation: The Textile Culture of the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Aegean”
A. Barouda, P. Quinn, and N. Efstratiou, “Exploring Plaster Technologies in Neolithic Makri, Northern Greece: An Insightful Perspective”
T. Andreovits, “Digital Miniatures: Prospects and Limitations of 3D Documentation of Bronze Age Aegean Seal Images”
J. Hilditch, “From The ‘Nitty-Gritty’ of Ceramic Analysis to a Community of Practice Perspective: A View from the Bronze Age Aegean”
V. Orfanou, K. Aktipi, A. Batziou, E. Borgna, O. Jones, C. Kleitsas, K. Konstanti, I. Lemos, P. Degryse, and P. Stockhammer, “Metals in a Changing World: Material Insights into Social Transformations at the End of the Bronze Age in Greece”
J. Albanese, “Warrior Burials and Other Myths from the Late Bronze Age in Greece”
V. Nicolini, F. Montinaro, S. Aneli, S. Sasso, T. Saupe, R. Guglielmino, G. Vincenti, P. F. Fabbri, and L. Pagani, “Ancient Genomes from A Roca Vecchia, Apulia, Shed Light on Minoan Modes of Colonisation”
L. Giorgi, A. Greco, and S. Lopez, “Potentiality of RTI and HDR on Bronze Age Phaistos ‘Writing’ Systems: The pa-i-to/Phaistos Epigraphic Project”
O. Boitte, R. Vargiolu, Roberto, J. Vosges, and H. Procopiou, “Exploring Mycenaean Knappers’ Toolkits”
P. Elefanti, G. Marshall, and E. Yiannouli, “Neanderthal Occupation of the Ionian Island of Kephalonia, Western Greece. Preliminary Results of the Ashore Project”
F. d’Ambola, “Trojan Wanderers Between East and West: Approaching Sacred Landscapes in Northern Epirus”
Y. Saito, “Sensing Illuminated Olympos Over Time and Space, Along with Its Transformed Religious Aspects in Homer”
E. Tsafou, E. Alberti, B. Lis, J. Morrison, “Aegean Cooking Sets and Cooking Traditions – A Combined Comparative Approach”
I. Sandei, “Combining Use-Wear Analysis and Experimental Archaeology. A Focus on Cooking Wares from Middle Bronze Age Phaistos (Crete)”
A. Kalara, “Cooking and Consumption Practices on Minoan Peak Sanctuaries: The Case of Pantotinou Koryfi and Stavromenos Anatoli, Ierapetra, Southeastern Crete”
J. Morrison and E. Tsafou, “Using Minoan Cooking Pots: Experimental Cooking and Organic Residue Analysis”
M. E. Alberti, “Comparing Bronze Age Cooking Sets from Crete and Sardinia”
B. Casa, V. Vassallo, R. Orabi, S. Hermon, and P. Fischer, “Recording Commingled Archaeological Human Skeletal Remains Using LiDAR: A Case Study from Late Bronze Age Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus”
A. Vrettou, “Approaching the Coast(S): Cross-Cultural Interactions Between Cyclades and Crete During the Early Bronze Age”
A. Gonzalez San Martin, “Working the Landscapes: Connecting Community and Labour in Bronze Age Cyprus”
C. Marangou, “Unusual or Different Neolithic Images: Allusions to Material or Social Facts and Phenomena?”
M. Mina, “More Than Meets the Eye: Somatoperception Through Neolithic Figurines”
S. Kiorpe, “Human Remains Outside Funerary Contexts in Bronze Age Crete”
A. Yasur-Landau, “Irresistible Analogies and Universal Adaptors: Negotiating Unfamiliar Landscapes and Maritime Intercultural Contact in the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean”
E. Fuller, “Desolate Shores: Late Bronze Age Aegean Harbours as Heterotopias”
L. Hulin, “Unity and Diversity in the Maritime Cultural World of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean”
L. Hitchcock, “Pirate Ships as Heterotopic Spaces: Transforming Dystopian-Scapes in the 12th Century BCE”
I. Voskos, D. Kloukinas, and A. Georgotas, “From Curvilinear to Rectilinear: Architectural Transformations in 4th-3rd Millennia Cal. BC Cyprus and Their Social Implications”
M. Devolder and I. Caloi, “Making Space for the Community in Late 3rd Millennium Malia (Crete)”
G. Vavouranakis, “Urbanisation and Connectivity in the Prehistoric Aegean: A Bottom-Up Approach”
C. Theotokatou, “‘In the Beginning Was Chaos’: Investigating the Organization and Social Significance of Space in Late Cypriot Domestic Units”
M. Amadio and M. Devolder, “Urbanisation in Process: Formal, Technical and Cultural Features of Ashlar Architecture in Late Bronze Age Cyprus”
N. Nikolova, “The Early Neolithic Ditches in the Balkans: What Do We Know So Far?”
M. Kulow, “Early Neolithic Ditches in South-Western Bulgaria: Their Concept and Peculiarities”
K. Bacvarov, “Enclosing Early Farming Villages in the Eastern Balkans: Determinants, Strategic Choices, and Social Implications”
K. Boyadzhiev and Y. Boyadzhiev, “Ditch Features at The Late Neolithic – Early Chalcolithic Settlement Near Bata, Panagyurishte Municipality, Southern Bulgaria”
G. Katsarov, N. Nikolova, A. Tsurev, and K. Bacvarov, “The Copper Age Enclosures at Stamboliyski in Bulgarian Thrace: From Ditch Digging to Deposition and Infilling”
P. Minkov, “‘Rolling in the Deep’: Small Clay Artifacts from Early and Middle Bronze Age Ditches in Bulgaria”
F. Porta and A. Sotgia, “Cultivating Complexity: Unveiling Bronze Age Communities Through Resource Storage’s Dynamics. The Case Study of Pyla-Kokkinokremos (Cyprus)”
A. Mercogliano, M. Gazis, A. Spiroulias, K. Filis, A. Hein, and P. Day, “Incised Pottery of the EH III – MH I North-Western Peloponnese: Regional Insights into the Cetina Phenomenon”
S. Menelaou, “Prehistoric Seaborne Connections and Mobility Dynamics in the Eastern Aegean Region: Insights from Ceramic Analysis”
G. Ferentinos, L. Karali, M. Gkioni, and P. Stefanopoulos, “The Role of the Aegina Bronze Age Harbour in the Minoan and Mycenaean Networks in the Eastern Mediterranean”
N. Naiboglu and E. Fidan, “Island Architecture on Land: The Question of Early Bronze Age Insulae in Tavşanlı Höyük (Inland Western Anatolia)”
N. N. Köknar, “Riverscape Geography and Settlement Clusters in Western Anatolia During the Late Bronze Age”
Y. De Raaff, “From Household to Community: The Energetics of the Construction of Ambitious Buildings in Early Mycenaean Greece”
V. Georgiopoulou, “Painting Under the Shadow of a Palace: The Case of the House of the Frescoes at Knossos, Crete”
Y. Emmez and A. M. Büyükkarakaya, “Exploring Mortuary Practices During Neolithic Period in Tepecik-Çiftlik Höyük”
D. Koptekin, G. Umurtak, R. Duru, E. Fidan, Erkan Ö. Çevik, B. Erdoğu, T. Korkut, A.-S. Malaspinas, and A. Gütherström, “Ancient DNA Teams, and METU/Hacettepe, “Genomic Insights into the Emergence of Neolithic Villages in Western Anatolia”
K. Zeman-Wisniewska, L. Recht, and M. Wiśniewski, “Erimi-Pitharka Archaeological Project: Application of Digital Technologies”
P. Pavuk, T. Krapf, F. Iacono, and L. Bernardo Ciddio, “On the Way North, West, and East: Aegean Matt-Painted Wares in the Early Late Bronze Age”
E. Vliora and E. Kiriatzi, “Moving Around the Tell Settlements of Central Macedonia, Greece: The Case of Late Bronze Age Matt Painted Pottery”
T. Krapf and E. Agolli, “Between Regional Confinement and Cultural Transmission: Stylistic Attributes of Matt-Painted Pottery in Southern Albania and Adjacent Areas”
O. C. Aslaksen, “A PXRF Study of Bronze- and Early Iron Age Matt-Painted Pottery from Albania, Epirus and Central Greece”
C. Haywood, “The Early Iron Age Matt-Painted Pottery of the Ionian Islands: Some Preliminary Remarks”
E. Angeli, “Conceptual Metaphor Theory in Archaeology: Seeking Metaphors and Symbols on Painted Pottery from Middle Neolithic Central Greece”
A. Stroulia, T. Bekiaris, V. Melfos, and C. Stergiou, “Celt Production Processes and Loci in Neolithic Greece: The Case of the Thracian Site of Makri”
A. Vinet, “Addressing Social Behavior in Neolithic Anatolia Through Technofunctional Study of Chipped Stone Tools”
T. Bekiaris, “Echoes from the Cave: Exploring the Life-Histories of Macrolithic Artifacts from Late Neolithic Drakaina Cave, Kephalonia Island, Western Greece”
I. Moutafi and S. Voutsaki, “A Close Embrace: A Unique Double Burial from the Early Mycenaean Ayios Vasileios North Cemetery, Laconia, Greece”
R. Pierini, “Olive Crops in Late Bronze Age Crete: Biodiversity and Textual Sources”
A. Mara, “Between the Sea and Land: Regional Narratives Encapsulating Northern Albanian Archaeology During the Early and Middle Bronze Age”
M. Pieniazek, “The Treasures from Troy – A New Look at an Old Story”
D. Kloukinas, “Earthen Architecture, Environment and Taskscapes in Neolithic Northwestern Greece”
L. Bombardieri, M. Amadio, S. Ghislandi, and I. Rellini, “Earthen Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean Between Archaeology and Sustainability (EARTHERITAGE Project)”
T. Strasser, “Environmental Impact on Pleistocene Crete: Faunal Turnover and Resources in an Island Ecosystem”
R. Timonen, “Unveiling Sustainable Farming Strategies in the Late Bronze Age Argive Plain, Greece: A Critique and Application of Carrying Capacity Analysis”
T. Kinnaird, A. Dakouri-Hild, S. Davis, and E. Andrikou, “Living off/with the Landscape in the Hinterlands of Athens: Insights from the Kotroni Archaeological Survey Project (KASP) at Ancient Aphidna”
S. Triantaphyllou, “Identifying Death in LBA Northern Greece: A Dialogue Between the Human Remains and the Funerary Practices”
N. Herrmann, K. Cruz, T. Van Damme, A. Gaggioli, B. Burke, and B. Burns, “The Assessment of Mortuary Activities and Burial Interactions from the Blue Stone Structure at Eleon, Greece”
T. Tsempera, T. Theodoropoulou, D. Filioglou, P. Stockhammer, A. Mittnik, A. Balitsari, S. Dederix, and N. Papadimitriou, “Multiple Infant Burials at Early Mycenaean Thorikos, SE Attica”
I. Hoegner, “Understanding Mycenaean LH III Secondary Activities in Chamber Tombs: Results of the Interdisciplinary Study of the Elateia-Alonaki Necropolis”
E. Borgna, G. de Angeli, S. Freilich, I Högner, and P. Stockhammer, “The Mycenaean Cemetery of the Trapeza: Individual Histories from a Long-Term Funerary Landscape”
S. Voutsaki, I. Moutafi, P. Tritsaroli, E. Vika, and P. Erdil, “The Early Mycenaean Ayios Vasileios North Cemetery, Southern Greece: Integrating Archaeological Theory and Archaeological Science”
L. Kvapil, K. Shelton, and G. Price, “The Changing Power of the Past at the Late Bronze Age Cemetery of Aidonia, Greece”
S. Cushman, “Precocious Prosymna: Middle Helladic III/Late Helladic I Tomb Deposits in Archaeological and Archival Context”
R. Phillips, “Deposition, Disarticulation, Destruction: The Parallel Treatment of Bodies and Objects in Early Mycenaean Burials”
N. Papakonstantinou, “Mortuary Practices in Mycenaean Attica: An Integrated Analysis of Human Remains from the Chamber Tomb Cemetery at Kolikrepi-Spata, Greece”
M. Tsipopoulou, We vs Them: Funerary Competitions at the Protopalatial Necropolis of Petras, Siteia - Crete
F. Nani, “From Dusty Notes to 3D-Modelling: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Reconstructing the Burial Landscape at the Koan Mycenaean Cemetery of Langada”
P. Fischer, “The Tombs of the Cosmopolitan Late Bronze Age City of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus”
A. Maeir, “Iron Age Tombs at Tell Es-Safi/Gath: New Finds and New Analyses”
M. Relaki, “Dying to Make a Difference. Questioning Funerary Practices as Markers of Ethnicity”
F. Frankovic, “Not Another Paper on Mycenaeans! Replacing Ethnic with Other Group Identities in the 2nd Millennium BCE East Aegean-West Anatolian Region”
E. Trinder, “The Dead Deserve a Proper Burial: The Quest for the Ethnicity of Bronze and Iron Age Burial Mounds in Albania”
S. Vakirtzi, “Recording Textile Tools’ Contexts? Cases from Aegean Prehistory”
K. Sarri, “Grey Areas in the Identification and Recording of Textile Tools. Some Enigmatic Cases from Aegean Prehistory”
T. Boloti, “Net Sinkers or Loom Weights? Perforated Sherds from the Prehistoric Settlement on Koukonisi, Lemnos as a Study Case”
R. Worsham and Y. de Raaff, “Early Mycenaean Fortification and Community Building at Malthi, Greece”
F. Carbotti, “Between Mountains and Sea. Preliminary Data from the Survey of Three Protohistoric Fortified Settlements in Southern Albania”
E. Voulgari, M. Sofronidou, and K. Kotsakis, “The Dynamics of Storage Vessels and Storage: The Case of Neolithic Dispilio, North Greece”
M. Truffi, F. Nomi, G. Saltini Semerari, and A. Guidi, “Once Upon a… Hut. ‘Sacred (?) Huts’ Below Temples: Comparisons Between Italy and Greece in the Iron Age”
A. Pierattini, “Identifying Early Greek Temples. Problems of Method and Definition”
N. Mac Sweeney, “Migration and the Making of the Greek World: The Work of the MIGMAG Project”
I. Chatzikonstantinou, S. Chronaki, K. Fülöp, D. Kadi, E. Stamataki, V. Papathanasiou, E. Kiriatzi, C. Snoeck, and S. Triantaphyllou, “The Aegean Sparks: Interdisciplinary Exploration of Fire Use in Experimental and Prehistoric Archaeological Contexts Containing Skeletal Remains”
V. Papathanasiou, S. Triantaphyllou, A. Lioutas, and V. Misailidou-Despotidou, “Managing Fire and Bones: Osteoarchaeological Evidence from Early Iron Age Central Macedonia, Greece”
I. Mathioudaki, “Staying In-Between: Ceramic Perspectives on Style Based on the Study of Minoan Pottery”
K. Shelton and L. Kvapil, “Positioning Pottery Between Producer and Consumer at the Late Bronze Age Workshop of Petsas House, Mycenae, Greece”
P. Kapsali, “Ceramic Media, Change and Activity (Re)Arrangements: Investigating Serving and Consumption Vessels from Early Helladic Settlements”
E. Oddo, “A View from the Tall Grass: The Place of Reed Decoration in the LM IA Ceramic Repertoire in Crete”
L. Recht, M. Yamasaki, B. Clark, and K. Zeman-Wisniewska, “Late Cypriot ‘Bathtubs’: A Case Study from Erimi-Pitharka”
V. Vlachou, “Ceramic Stylistic Diversity in Early Greece: Exclusive Style(s) and Ritual Containers”
F. Meneghetti, “Browsing Legacy Material: The Case of the Archives of the French Mission at Enkomi (Cyprus)”
F. M. C. Toscano, “Weaving Relationships: Exploring Connections in the Messarà Plain Beyond the Dark Ages”
V. Klontza-Jaklova, “Horse as a Historical and Archaeological Source, and as a Cultural Monument. Case Study: Cretan Horse.”
C. De Souza, “The Art of Horsemanship Riding in Geometric Greece: The Relationship Between Horse and Rider in Iconography and Bioarchaeology”
K. Nikita, “Glass Vessels in Mycenaean Greece: Manufacture, Provenance and Their Function in Context”
E. Grabar, G. Papasavvas, and A. Charalambous, “Revisiting the Bronze Artifacts Excavated by the French Expedition at Enkomi”
D. Berger, B. Höpfer, and C. Maise, “From Cyprus to Switzerland? Analytical Evidence for Cypriot and Alpine Copper in the Middle Bronze Age Settlement of Möriken”
E. Miller Bonney, “Local Resistance Through Mortuary Architectural Traditionalism to a Soft Invasion on Bronze Age Crete”
A. Dimoula, Z. Tsirtsoni, and S. M. Valamoti, “Bronze Age Cooking Ceramic Fabrics from Northern Greece and Bulgaria: Technological Variability and Uses”
E. Simoni and O. Christakopoulou, “The Cracking the Code Project; Ancient Tales from the Grave. A Quantitative Approach to an Unknown Protogeometric Community from Aetolia”
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, North-Western Greece”
U. Oguzhanoglu, “A New Style of Clothing and Ornament? Some Early Bronze Age Burial Gifts from West Anatolia”
D. Sari, “The Emergence of Ritual Pits: A Case from the Epipalaeolithic Context of Gedikkaya Cave in Northwestern Türkiye”
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August 2024 summer communications available
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Change and power entanglements
On 30 September 2024 abstracts (approximately 300 words) and personal details (title, full name, affiliation, email address) are due for an Early Career Researchers Conference entitled Change and power entanglements: Investigating a reciprocal relation in the Bronze Age Aegean, to be held on 7-9 March 2025 in Heidelberg. Abstracts should be sent to
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Further information is available at https://www.academia.edu/121726391/Change_and_Power_Entanglements_Investigating_a_reciprocal_relation_in_the_Bronze_Age_Aegean. Contributions will be welcomed on the following themes/axes:
• Continuities and discontinuities: development of power versus abrupt changes
• Nurturing power: changes in the economy, trade and social networks, (re)sources, settlements patterns, administration
• Holding on to power: resilience of power institutions through periods of crisis
• Nature as a driving factor for change: topographical constants, climate change, geographic isolation, tectonic activity
• Showcasing power: changes in iconography, architecture, performance, material culture, ceremonial and social practices
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FRWG 2024
On 12-17 August 2024 the 22nd ICAZ Fish Remains Working Group (FRWG 2024) will be held in Toronto, Canada. Further information is available at https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/anthropology/research/ontario-archaeology-utm/icaz-frwg-2024-toronto. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
T. Theodoropoulou, “Going for small catches in the Mediterranean Early Neolithic? The case of Sidari-Corfu (Greece) and the wider Mesolithic–Early Neolithic fishing strategies of the last hunter-gatherers and early farmerherders in the Mediterranean”INSCRIBE at the Roots of Writing
On 11-13 September 2024 the final conference of the ERC-funded INSCRIBE Invention of Scripts and their Beginnings project, entitled INSCRIBE at the Roots of Writing, will be held in hybrid format in Bologna. Further information and registration forms for both in-person and online participation are available at https://site.unibo.it/inscribe/en/inscribe-at-the-roots-of-writing. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
B. Montecchi, “The Origins of Writing in Bronze Age Crete and the Conundrum of Documents in Perishable Materials”
J. Bennet, “‘A Frivolous Digression’ – Did the Decipherment of Linear B Transform the Aegean Late Bronze Age?
M. Corazza, “Investigating the Signs of Cypro-Minoan with Deep Learning”WAVE
On 19-22 September 2024 a Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems (VIEWS) conference entitled Writing as Visual Experience (WAVE) will be held in Cambridge. Further information is available from https://viewsproject.wordpress.com/writing-as-visual-experience/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
S. Ferrara, “How writing anchors images: cultural exaptation and evolution”
S. Finlayson, “Some thoughts on directionality in Aegean Bronze Age writing”PeBA 2024
On 25-28 September 2024 the 4th Perspectives on Balkan Archaeology Conference: The Things of Life (PeBA 2024) will be held in Varna, Bulgaria. Further information is available at https://pebasite.wordpress.com/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
R. Kurti, “Some Consideration on the Early Iron Objects from Iron Age Albania”
T. Valchev, “Late Bronze Age Daggers from the Lower and Middle Course of the Tundzha River, Bulgaria – Imports and Local Imitation”
M. Šmolková, “Socioeconomy of Early Iron Age Hilltop Sites in the Context of Ohrid Lake Area (Dolno Lakocherej – a case study)”
J. Fries-Knoblach and M. Leppek, “Late Bronze Age Bresto (South-Western Bulgaria) - multiple resources, multi-purpose settlement?”
B. Athanassov, I. Kulov, and P. W. Stockhammer, “Pots and Pits: Ritual Practices at Iron Age Bresto?”
K. Çipa and S. Xhaferaj, “Economic Resources and Religious Aspects during the Bronze and Iron Age in Southwestern Albania”
M. Gori, “Mobility between tangible and intangible resources. What makes the world go round?”
T. Krapf, “The Things of Life: The Diffusion of Cooking Pots in the Late Bronze Age Southern Balkans”
M. Gleba, H. Potrebica, and A. Pravidur, “Textile Cultures of Iron Age Southeastern Europe”The Connected Past: Religious Networks in Antiquity
On 3-6 October 2024 the conference The Connected Past: Religious Networks in Antiquity will be held in Vancouver, BC. Further information is available at https://phh-connected-past-2024.sites.olt.ubc.ca/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
C. Barnes and G. Braun, “Labour Input and Knowledge Networks in the Construction of Ashlar Buildings on Cyprus”
E. A. Keyser, “The Role of Rhyta in Mycenaean Networks of Ritual Practice and Power”
K. Mallinson and M. Harder, “Computational Approaches to Minoan Peak Sanctuaries Outside of Crete” -
July 2024 summer communications available
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- 29 June 2024
Decoding Representations of Status
On 1 September 2024 abstracts (300 words maximum) are due for a symposium entitled Decoding Representations of Status in the Bronze Age Aegean: Patterns, definitions and interpretations, to be hosted online on 28-29 November 2024 by 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/news/call-for-papers-decoding-representations-of-status-in-the-bronze-age-aegean. Topics will include:
• Manifestations of status on pottery
• The semantics of symbols in LBA society
• Display of status in graves
• Rituals (religious and/or secular) and status connections
• Defining status through architecture
• Storage strategies and their relation to status
• Possession of metals and status
• Indications of status in the osteoarchaeological and archaeobotanical archaeological data
• Theoretical approaches on statusScapecon 7
On 1 September 2024 abstracts (c. 250 words) are due from early career scholars (Post-doc, PhD, MA) for the 7th edition of ScapeCon, Techniques Make Perfect: Exploring Crafts and Practices in Aegean Prehistoric Societies (Scapecon 7), to be held on 28-29 March 2025 at the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art in Paris. Further information is available at https://scapecon7.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/2. The three main axes for discussion around techniques in Aegean Prehistory as they are currently studied will be:
• Acquisition and processing of raw materials
• Production processes
• Use and consumption techniquesAnatolian Chalcolithic Workshop
On 15 September 2024 abstracts (c. 200 words) are due for the first meeting of the new initiative of the Anatolian Chalcolithic Workshop, to be held online on 10 January 2025. Further information is available at https://www.nit-istanbul.org/projects/anatolian-chalcolithic-workshop. The geographical and temporal focus of this first meeting will be on Central-South-Eastern Anatolia (the region between Cilicia in the West, the Euphrates in the East, Cappadocia in the North, and Hatay in the South) during the sixth, fifth and first half of the fourth millennium. Abstracts are invited on new and ongoing research on one or more of the following themes:
• Material cultures and cultural systems
• Chronologies and periodization
• Technologies and productions
• Landscapes and settlement patterns
• Subsistence and economiesIn Poseidon’s Realm XXX
On 30 October 2024 abstracts (250 words plus 2 figures) are due for the anniversary meeting 2025 of the DEGUWA - German Society for the Promotion of Underwater Archaeology e.V. In Poseidon’s Realm XXX: Shipping | Images, to be held on 8-13 April 2025 in Würzburg. Further information is available at https://www.ch-antiquitas.ch/fileadmin/redaktion_antiquitas/dokumente/News_Call_for_papers/2025_Wuerzburg_IPR_XXX_Cfp.pdf. Abstracts should be sent to
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Topics will include:
• Ancient depictions of ships or shipping / works of art on ships and ship models
• The transportation of works of art, as illuminated above all by wreck finds (e.g. Mahdia/Tunisia and Antikythera/Greece)
• (Digital) images and reconstructions of pre-modern ships, shipping routes and transportation logistics
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Χώμα Νερό Φωτιά. Earth Water Fire
On 4-7 July 2024 a series of cultural events entitled Χώμα Νερό Φωτιά. Earth Water Fire will be held at Thrapsano, Crete, sponsored by the Thrapsano Cultural Association in collaboration with British School at Athens. Further information is available from https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/earth-water-fire-2024/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0OL3Qb86w0zcl6uSolaxCZrormBWev1Y9AjkA-q31ZjdAnkBdx2j9iJOw_aem_UceGdjryZ9LIpccGXY3U0Q. Events of interest to Nestor readers will include:
Κ. Χρηστάκης, “Τα κρητικά πιθάρια: οι απαρχές. Cretan pithoi: The origins”
Workshop by the Κέντρο Μελέτης Νεώτερης Κεραμεικής: Θεές των όφεων: Χθόνιες θεότητες και φίδια συνθέτουν ένα εργαστήριο κεραμικής με έμπνευση από την μινωική κεραμική. Μικροί και μεγάλοι θα δημιουργήσουν κεραμικά με έμπνευση τα μινωικά αγγεία και ειδώλια. Τα έργα των συμμετεχόντων θα ψηθούν στο ξυλοκάμινο το Βράδυ της Κυριακής. Snake Goddesses: Chthonic deities and snakes at a pottery workshop drawing inspiration from Minoan ceramics. Young and old will create ceramics inspired by Minoan vases and figurines. The pieces produced will be fired in the wood kiln on Sunday evening.
Ε. Γαλή, “Το κρητικό τοπίο μέσα από τις Μινωικές τοιχογραφίες. The Cretan landscape through the Minoan frescoes”
Workshop by Ν. Λιάρος: Στη φωτιά του καμινιού! Ψnνουμε τα κεραμικά από το μινωικό εργαστήριο τnς Παρασκευής σε ξυλοκάμινο, ομοίωμα προϊστορικού κλιβάνου. Fired in the kiln: We fire the pottery from the Minoan workshop on Friday in a wood kiln, a copy of a prehistoric kiln. -
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AIE 2024
On 11-14 June 2024 the conference Archaeometallurgy in Europe 2024 (AIE 2024) was held in Falun, Sweden. Further information is available at https://www.aie2024falun.com/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:
A. Nikolopoulou, E. Filippaki, and O. T. Pryce, “Aspects of technology and provenance of the Early Bronze Age Mesi-Glyfada hoard, northern Greece: new information based on archaeometric analyses”
Y. Bassiakos and E. Filippaki, “The production of early arsenical copper in the Aegean”
P. P. Betancourt, S. C. Ferrence, and A. Giumlia-Mair, “Minoan Copper Trade in East Crete”
A. Charalambous, J. Webb, V. Kassianidou, and G. Papasavvas, “Metal procurement and exchange on the north coast of Cyprus during the Early and Middle Bronze Age”
D. Finn, N. Yahalom-Mack, and Y. Erel, “Reevaluating the Provenance of Late Bronze Age Copper Ingots using Lead Isotopic Data and a Mixing Model”
E. Doğru, N. B. Üllen, B. Kızılduman, and H. İcil, “Beyond the Surface: Examination of Late Bronze Age Bowl Production Techniques in Cyprus”
D. Ioannides, V. Kassianidou, and A. Charalambous, “Exploring Copper Production in 1st Millennium BC Cyprus: Insights from Asgata-Kalavasos mining region”Paros VI
On 14-16 June 2024 the 6ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Αρχαιολογίας Πάρου & Κυκλάδων. 6th International Conference on the Archaeology of Paros and the Cyclades (Paros VI) was held in Parikia. Further information is available at https://parosinstitute.gr/international-conferences/sixth-international-conference-on-the-archaeology-of-paros-and-the-cyclades/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
Σ. Κατσαρού, “Κουκουναριές: Ο Οικισμός της Τελικιiς Νεολιθικής και το Πολιτισμικό του Πλαίσιο στις Κυκλάδες”
Θ. Γκαpώvης, “Κυκλαδικές Αλληλεπιδράσεις κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου: Μια Προσέγγιση Δικτύων”
L. Karalί and D. Yamaguchi, “Cultural Contribution of Sea Food in Prehistoric Cyclades: Bioarchaeological Remains from Saliagos and Paros”
D. Grimanelis, “Material Connections between Paros and Naxos in the Geometric and Protoarchaic Periods: New Evidence from the Vitzi Cemetery at Paroikia”
S. Spanos, “The Lower Plateau of Koukounaries (Paros) during the Late Helladic IIIC Middle Period and the Rare Representation of a Ship”
R. Β. Koehl, “On destruction of the Koukounaries Hill's Mycenaean building”
S. Spanos, “Koukounaries: The Mycenaean Pottery from the Temple-Temenos Area” -
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The June 2023 summer communications from Nestor (50.6) are available as a free download.
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AWOP4
On 30 June 2024 abstracts are due for the Δ’ Διεθνή Επιστημονική Συνάντηση “Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στην Πελοπόννησο. 4th International Scientific Meeting of the “Archaeological Work in the Peloponnese” (AWOP4), to be held on 20-23 November 2024 in Kalamata. Further information is available at https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2024/01/18/archaeological-work-in-the-peloponnese-4th-international-meeting/. Original papers on work undertaken in the Peloponnese, the islands of the Gulf of Argos, Kythera, and Antikythera during the last three years are invited, including:
• finds from recent excavations and other fieldwork
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ATINER 2024
On 3-6 June 2024 the 22nd Annual International Conference on History and Archaeology: From Ancient to Modern (ATINER 2024) will be held by the History Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research in Athens. Further information is available at https://www.atiner.gr/history. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
K. Glowacki, “Advances in the Household Archaeology of Ancient Crete: The Minoan Prepalatial Period”
E. Zeqo, “The Place Name Da-mi-ni-jo/ja in the Linear B Script and Albania’s City of Durrës (Epidamnos, Dyrrachion, Dyrrachium, Durazzo): Towards Epidamnos’ Chronology from Minos to Pericles”Regional Mobilities and the Making of the Ancient Greek World
On 6-8 June 2024 a conference entitled Regional Mobilities and the Making of the Ancient Greek World will be held at the University
of Vienna. Further information is available at https://www.migmag-erc.eu/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
N. Mac Sweeney, “Migration and the Making of the Ancient Greek World: the work of the MIGMAG project”
J. Mokrišová, “MIGMAG case study – Ionia”
E. Koparal, “MIGMAG partner project – the Klazomenai Survey Project”
A. Slawisch and T. Wilkinson, “Mobility as mode of thinking: Perspectives from Project Panormos”
B. Hürmüzlü and S. Togan, “Indigenous culture, mobility, and cultural interaction in Pisidia”
C. Bachhuber, M. Massa, and J. Osborne, “The Konya Plain
N. Mac Sweeney and T. Maltas, “MIGMAG case study – Rough Cilicia”
N. Mac Sweeney, T. E. Şerifoğlu, and A. Collar, “MIGMAG partner project – the Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey Project”
M. Novák, “Mopsos, Hiyawa and the alleged Greek immigration in Cilicia. Settlement continuity vs. modern myths”
M. Iacovou, “Cyprus before and after the 12th century BC: a macrohistoric landscape approach”
J. Osborne, “Reconsidering mobility in the Syro-Anatolian region, 1200-600 BCE
E. Kopanaki, “MIGMAG case study – East Lokris
K. Sporn and P. Kounouklas, “The Kephissos-valley project. Human-Nature Interaction in Central Greece”
S. Fachard, “Eretria”
S. Gimatzidis, “Greek migration between colonial seascapes and indigenous landscapes in the northern Aegean
M. Rönnberg, “Attica”
S. Murray, “Settlement, economy, and mobility in Postpalatial Greece: a view from Porto Rafti in Attica”
B. Eder, “A region in the making: Elis between 1200 and 700 BC”
N. Mac Sweeney, “Introduction (to Workshop on Myths of Migration) and the MIGMAG approach”
C. Hansen, “The results of the MIGMAG analysis
M. Pyzyk, “A new digital tool for visualising mythic migrations”LAC 2024
On 10-14 June 2024 the 8th Landscape Archaeology Conference: Human Challenges in a Context of Changing Landscapes (LAC 2024) will be held in Alcal. de Henares, Madrid, Spain. Further information is available at https://lac2024.com/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
B. Keramida, “Exploring Socio-Political Dynamics in the Bronze Age North-East Peloponnese: A Computational Approach”
F. Carbotti, “‘There are Prehistoric cities up there’. Methodological insights on fortified hilltop sites in southern Albania”
J. Starke, F. Becker, R. Busch, B. Ludwig, M. Nykamp, and B. Schütt, “(Late) Holocene landscape development of the lower Bakırçay plain (Pergamon Micro-Region, western Türkiye) and its modern alteration” -
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2024 Samartzidis Fest
On 16–19 May 2024 the 2024 Samartzidis Fest: Keeping the Past Ever Present. Visual Art, Script, Poems, Songs, Human Feelings was held by the Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory and the University of Texas at Austin, Classics Department. Further information is available at https://sites.utexas.edu/scripts/2024/05/02/2024-samartzidis-fest-keeping-the-past-ever-present-visual-art-script-poems-songs-human-feelings/. The schedule was:
N. Samartzidis: Guided Tour and Intro to the Work
M. Telò, “Dylanologies of Extinction”
E. Sanders (via Zoom)
J. Goodkin, “The Blues of Achilles”
T. Palaima, “Linear B & Recitation”
J. Balmer (via Zoom), “An Ache of Absence: Excavating Contemporary Poetry From Ancient Texts”
L. A. Flores and S. Roberts, “Intro to the Archive”
C. Etherington, “Agents of Honor: Bella Injusta from Agamemnon to Bush”
A. Potts, “The Forgotten Goddess: Mistress of the Labyrinth”
C. Smith, “Linear Bob Dylan: Dylan Meets the Bronze Age in the Work of Nikos Samartzidis”
J. Prado, “The Threshold Moment: A Liminal Paradox at Alcinous’ Golden Doors”
A. Bronzo, “Reimagining the Art and Poetry of Mycenaean Scribes Through the Work of Nikos Samartzidis”GIS in Crete
On 30-31 May 2024 an international conference entitled GIS in Crete: Archaeological Questions and Computational Answers was held in Athens. Further information is available at https://www.ugent.be/lw/archeologie/en/news-events/events/gis-in-crete. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
F. Buscemi and M. Figuera, “Managing complexity in long-term excavations: The GIS of Phaistos”
J. Pouncett, K. Smith, and A. Shapland, “Legacy of the labyrinth: Re-mapping the palace of Minos using the Sir Arthur Evans archive”
E. Vereketi, E. Paliou, and Y. Papadatos, “Reassessing the organization and social structure of the Prepalatial settlement at Myrtos Fournou Korifi through GIS”
J. Rapakko, “GIS methods in the analysis of intra-site architectural remains of Neopalatial Crete”
A.-M. Xenaki, “Point process modelling: applications, challenges, and limitations of exploring human-landscape relations in Eastern Crete”
G. Mastropavlos, “GIS and economy in the vicinity of Minoan Crete: The case of Kasos”
E. Kolaiti and N. Mourtzas, “Implementing relative sea level change indicators and ancient coastlines of Crete into GIS: Methodological issues and prospects”
D. Pollard and T. Whitelaw, “Constructing the Cretan landscape: Exploring parameters and expectations of ancient terracing on Bronze Age and Iron Age Crete using GIS”
N. Bovoleti Ayash, “The Minoan central Asterousia as a case of DEM-aided study of network connectivity”
D. Laguna-Palma, “Modeling ancient pathways of Cretan landscapes: Building networks and social landscapes”
V. Antoniadis, “Travel times to the sanctuary of Syme Viannou: Rules of thumb, formulas and slope-dependent functions vs historical documentation”
J. Muñoz Sogas, “Iron Age land routes in Crete: A GIS-based approach”
D.-G. Aquini, “Tracing the threads of luxury: A GIS approach to gold and silver jewellery in Pre- and Protopalatial Crete”
A. Tsingarida and I. Bossolino, “A GIS for Cretan pottery in the Mediterranean: The Project ‘Crete in a connected Mediterranean (ca 900 - 480 BCE)’” -
May 2024 issue available
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The May 2024 issue of Nestor (51.5) is available as a free download.
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Grants and Fellowships
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Myrto Georgakopoulou Award, 2024-2025
On 21 June 2024 applications are due for the Myrto Georgakopoulou Award, 2024-2025 (€5,000), to support PhD students or early-career scholars (up to 8 years upon receiving their PhD) to undertake research on the archaeology of the Aegean and adjacent areas. Further information is available at https://www.bsa.ac.uk/awards/research-awards/the-myrto-georgakopoulou-award-2024-2025/.
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Between the Indus and the Aegean in the Bronze Age
The call for abstracts (250 words maximum) has been extended for 20-minute papers are due for the Second International Workshop on Relations Between the Indus and the Aegean in the Bronze Age: Commodities and Exchange, to take place on 29-30 November 2024 at the University of Oxford. All presenters are invited to offer their papers for publication in a peer-reviewed proceeding of the workshop to be edited by Dr. Marie Nicole Pareja. Abstracts should be sent to Robert Arnott at
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , from whom further information is available. Anyone who wishes to present or simply attend is invited to contact the organisers onThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . The proceedings of the First International Workshop, held in December 2022, will be published later this year by Archaeopress of Oxford.SIMEP 2024
On 10 May 2024 abstracts are due for an international conference entitled Social Interactions in Mediterranean Prehistory (SIMEP 2024), to be held on 21-23 October 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. This conference aims to become a meeting point for researchers investigating social interactions in the Mediterranean Basin and its neighbouring regions in Prehistory, from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age. Further information is available at https://simep2024.com/.
World Neolithic Congress 2024
On 20 May 2024 abstracts (250 words) are due for the World Neolithic Congress 2024, to be held on 4-8 November 2024 in Şanlıurfa, Türkiye. The Congress aims to foster new ways of looking and thinking about Neolithic phenomena on both local and global scales and to challenge conventional theories and terminologies on the emergence and the development of productive and newly adapted ways of living. Further information is available at https://worldneolithiccongress.org/Default.aspx.
POCA 2024
On 31 May 2024 abstracts (250 words) are due for the 21st annual Postgraduates in Cypriot Archaeology (POCA 2024) conference, to be held on 21-23 November 2024, hosted in hybrid format by Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin in memory of Professor Petros Florides. Papers on Cypriot archaeology of any period, or on related subjects, will be welcome. Abstracts should be sent to
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Further information is available at https://pocadublin24.wordpress.com/.
On 1 October 2024 expressions of interest to host the 2025 annual meeting of PoCA are due; on 21 November 2024 at the beginning of the PoCA 2024 meeting after the keynote lecture PowerPoint bids will be presented, with online voting (each paper = one vote) during the 2024 meeting, and the result to be announced at the end of the meeting on the 23 November. Further information and requirements for the organising committee are available at https://pocadublin24.wordpress.com/.SAA 2025
On 5 September 2024 submissions, both session and individual (abstracts 200 words maximum), are due for the Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting (SAA 2025), to be held on 23-27 April 2025 in Denver, CO. Further information is available at https://www.saa.org/annual-meeting.
MASt Summer 2025
On 15 September 2024 abstracts (750-850 words) are due from early career researchers (graduate students to scholars who have completed their doctoral dissertation within 4 years) for the Summer 2025 Meetings on Aegean Studies (MASt) seminar, to be held online on 27 June 2025; on 31 March 2025 short abstracts (150-300 words) and the preliminary manuscripts (5000 words maximum) will be due, and on 10 July 2025 the revised manuscripts will be due. Proposals on interdisciplinary themes such as analyses of the West and East coast of the Aegean Sea, comparisons of Bronze Age Aegean languages and cultures, Aegean legacy into the 3rd millennium CE are invited. Abstracts should be sent to
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Further information is available at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090014495639, https://www.instagram.com/mast_aegean/, and https://twitter.com/mast_aegean1?t=3Na0Ursa1yixP8DJfrZ1Zw&s=08. -
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ICAS-EMME 4
On 15-18 May 2024 the 4th International Congress on Archaeological Sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East (ICAS-EMME 4) will be held at the Cyprus Institute, in Nicosia, Cyprus. Further information is available at https://icasemme.cyi.ac.cy/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. Barouda et al., “Crafting Neolithic Narratives: A Comprehensive Study of Pottery and Plaster Technologies in Makri, Northern Greece”
M. Hadjigavriel et al., “Late Chalcolithic pottery from Cyprus under the Microscope: Revealing compositional and technological patterns of sociocultural significance”
C. Minos, “Hand versus wheel; old versus new? A technological and compositional characterisation of Plain White pottery making traditions at Late Bronze Age Enkomi, Cyprus”
T. Ogawa et al., “A taste from the past: cooking ware traditions in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Toumba”
M. Giobbe et al., “Science-based, integrated analytical approaches for the compositional characterization of Maritime Transport Containers from LBA and EIA Cyprus: the contribution of ComPAS (ERC Starting Grant)”
M. Kalofonou et al., “An Archaeometric Study of Plasters from the excavation site of Kition-Bamboula, Cyprus”
G. Sofianos, “Prepalatial houses and settlements: The organization of space in Minoan architecture before the Palaces”
N. Loucas et al., “A portal to the Neolithic of Cyprus: The making of Khirokitia VR”
K. Merkouris, “Marine geo-archaeological mapping using Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV). Case study: ancient submerged settlement of Grotta Naxos, Greece”
C. Henkel, “Distinguishing the sacred from the profane: Phytoliths from a Minoan Peak Sanctuary”
T. Maltas, “Farming at the dawn of Aegean urbanism: new evidence from Bronze Age Thermi, Lesbos”
C. Theotokatou, “Measuring cooking pots up: How the volume capacity of cooking pots may shed some light on the social relatedness of Late Cypriot communities”
A. Vlachopoulos, “The ritual landscape of infant burials: Initial findings and fundamental inquiries at the site of Vathy, Astypalaia”
P. Crabtree, “Food procurement in Neolithic Cappadocia, Turkey: zooarchaeological evidence from Tepecik”
A. Spyrou et al., “Integrating zooarchaeological and stable isotopic data to explore cattle management practices in PPNB-Middle Bronze Age Cyprus”
A. Hadjikoumis et al., “Sheep and goat husbandry in Cyprus through time as an environmental proxy”
L. Lucas, “Breaking bread: a review of early Cypriot prehistoric cooking traditions through the analysis of charred food remains from Bronze Age Kissonerga-Skalia”
G. Kasapidou and B. Düring, “Investigating plant-human interactions in Chalcolithic Cyprus: phytolith analysis from Chlorakas-Palloures”
S. Falconer et al., “Comparative Inferences of Bronze Age Rural Landscape Management in central Cyprus and along the Jordan Rift”
P. Koullouros et al., “Exploring Ancient Lifeways: Archaeobotanical Studies at Agios Georgios Hill, Nicosia, Cyprus”
S. Gkinoudis et al., “Feeding the Dead, Sustaining the Living: An Archaeobotanical Study of Mycenaean Eleon in Boeotia, Greece”
K. Tsirtsi et al., “Feeding the periphery: food procurement and consumption in Bronze Age Crete”
E. Margaritis and K. Tsirtsi, “Feeding the urban centers of Minoan Crete: Insights from Mochlos on ancient cuisine”
M. Boyd, E. Margaritis, and D. Athanasoulis, “Introduction to session on the extended archaeological science laboratory: embedded practice and holistic interpretation at 3rd millennium BCE Keros, Cyclades”
D. Ioannides et al., “Dhaskalio, Keros: New insights from a major Early Cycladic metalworking centre”
M. Giannakopoulou et al., “Tracing metal-rich fumes using hhXRF”
K. Tsampa et al., “Gold crafting in the Aegean: Insights from Keros”
D. Capra et al., “Initials results of use wear analysis on macro-lithic tools from Early Bronze Age Dhaskalio in the central Aegean”
G. Ludvik et al., “New Evidence for Long Distance Interaction at Keros: Carnelian Bead Analysis Using Scanning Electron Microscopy”
A. Mavromati et al., “Combined archaeobotanical investigations of fuel and subsistence procurement at EBA Dhaskalio”
G. Kazantzis et al., “Herding caprines, fishing parrotfish, collecting limpets: the life of islanders at the Early Cycladic site of Dhaskalio (2,750 - 2,250 Cal. BCE)”
R. Doonan et al., “Unlocking Landscape Histories through In-situ Geochemical Survey: A Case Study from the Keros project”
R. Campbell et al., “Building blocks between past and present: Perspectives from a holistic 3D GIS-based intra-site excavation archive”
M. Gkouma, “The (micro) life-history of an Early Cycladic workshop complex: continuity and change in floor making and replastering”
T. Carter, “Sourcing obsidian from the Early Bronze Age Maritime Sanctuary of Keros (Cyclades, Greece): An integrated approach”
A. Charalambous et al., “Alloying materials and rare copper alloys in Early and Middle Bronze Age Cyprus”
A. Oikonomou et al., “Study of glass degradation on Mycenean glass artifacts using large area μ-XRF scanning (MA-XRF)”
D. Finn, “Tracing the origins of Late Minoan IB copper oxhide ingots”
M. Kaparou et al., “Technological insights into Common Mitanni faience cylinder seals from the Late Bronze Age Aegean using x-ray fluorescence spectrometry”
M. Kaparou et al., “A study on the degradation of Mycenaean Vitreous Artefacts via X-rays and Ion-Beam techniques”
D. Aristotelous, “The osteoarchaeological collections of the Department of Antiquities”
L. Pospieszny et al., “Human mobility in LBA coastal Thessaly through Sr isotope analysis”
K. McKenna and N. Herrmann, “Frailty in Middle to Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age non-adults in Central Greece”
Y. Chatzikonstantinou et al., “Recognizing burning conditions in Early Minoan Koumasa. Infrared and isotopic analyses in burnt bones from Tholos Tomb B”
N. Branca and K. Lorentz, “Cremated human remains from Palaepaphos-Skales: a case study from the Iron Age of Cyprus”
G. Selempa, “Preliminary results of the osteological analysis of two Late Bronze Age tombs from modern Limassol, Cyprus”Advances in modelling past human ecosystems
On 22-24 May 2024 a workshop entitled Advances in modelling past human ecosystems: Bringing together traditional ecological knowledge, archaeological science and computational archaeology will be held in Köln, Germany. Further information is available at https://ecosystem-modelling.uni-koeln.de/home. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
D. Daems, “Simulating urban transformations and human-environment interactions during the first millennium BCE in southwest Anatolia”CIAC 2024
On 3-9 June 2024 the 20th International Congress of Classical Archaeology (CIAC 2024). The Archaeology of Lived Spaces will be held in Paris. Further information is available at https://www.aiac.org/en/xxth-international-congress-of-classical-archaeology-ciac/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. Cannavò, “Languages and scripts in the Kition-Idalion-Tamassos area: territorial and diachronic distribution” -
Past Lectures and Conferences
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46th International Mediterranean Survey Workshop
On 12-13 April 2024 the 46th International Mediterranean Survey Workshop was held in hybrid format in Athens. Further information is available at https://www.arch.uoa.gr/anakoinoseis_kai_ekdiloseis/proboli_anakoinosis/46o_diethnes_synedrio_international_mediterranean_survey_workshop/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
K. Sbonias and G. Kordatzaki, “The Vrysinas mountain archaeological survey in Crete: Interpreting the Late Minoan IIIC refuge settlement landscape”
M. Gkouma, P. Karkanas, Y. Papadatos, T. Brogan, and C. Sofianou, “In search of a lost city: a geoarchaeological study of the Minoan habitation in the Ierapetra plain”
V. Samaras and Z. Papadopoulou, “Surveying an uninhabited island: Methodological questions, challenges, and perspectives in the intensive field survey of Rheneia (Cyclades, Greece)”
Y. Papadatos and C. Sofianou, “Archaeological “autopsies” in Greece: some thoughts on the basis of the results of two surface surveys in the area of Siteia, East Crete”
A. Katevaini, “Walking the fields with KoBoToolBox at hand”
K. P. Trimmis and L. Tzortzopoulou-Gregory, “Landscape biographies and insular surveys: The case of Australian Paliochora Kythera Archaeological Survey (APKAS)”
M.s Katsianis, “Curating and reassessing geospatial site survey data”
N. Galanidou, P. Tsakanikou, G. Beka, G. Iliopoulos, S. Kübler, A. Zoulia, and J. Tactikos, “The early Palaeolithic settlement of Lesbos: the off-site evidence”
K. Sporn, P. Kounouklas, and W. M. Kennedy, “The Kephissos Valley Project. Current Results and Future Perspectives”
A. Knodell, “Archaeological Lidar in Greece: A Summary of Recent Work”L’iconographie cynégétique
On 22-26 April 2024 a colloquium entitled L’iconographie cynégétique dans les mondes anciens was held in Paris. Further information is available at http://www.arscan.fr/blog/colloque-liconographie-cynegetique-dans-les-mondes-du-22-au-24-avril-2024-anciens/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
Q. Zarka, “Armes et chasseurs, la representation de la chasse dans la petite glyptique en Egée au cours du Bronze Récent”
E. Drakaki, “Beyond the Lion: The Hunt of Deer and Wild Boars in the Glyptic Iconography of Late Bronze Age Greek Mainland”
M. Cultraro, “I Dreamed a Lion, Indeed a Lioness! Reconstructing an Unknown Hunting Iconography in Mycenaean World”
L. Phialon, “La chèvre et le chien: une analyse des scenes de chasse sur les larnakes égéennes”SOMA 2024
On 25-27 April 2024 the 25th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology (SOMA 2024) was held in Zadar, Croatia. Further information is available at https://www.icua.hr/najava/call-for-applications-soma-2024-xxv-symposium-on-mediterranean-archaeology/15. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:
A. Baldiran, “A Harbor of Güllük Bay and a Shipwreck”
A. Famprikatzi, “Small but gold: the flourishing mariners of Chryssi Island”
N. N. Köknar, “Paths in Visible Waterscapes: Milesia and the Maeander Valley during the Late Bronze Age”
S. Caggiano, “The underwater surveys by MPM Project in Cyprus (Limassol)” -
April 2024 issue available
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The April 2024 issue of Nestor (51.4) is available as a free download.
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Grants and Fellowships
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Petros D. Goneos Memorial Award
On 30 April 2024 applications 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 2024-2025; on 3 May 2024 letters of recommendation are due. Further information is available at https://cycladic.gr/en/research/chrimatiko-epathlo-sti-mnimi-petrou-d-goneou/. 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. -
Calls for Papers
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Κέα-Κύθνος ΙΙ
On 30 June 2024 abstracts are due for an international conference entitled Κέα-Κύθνος ΙΙ: Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογία, to be held on 20-24 October 2024 on Kea and Kythnos. Abstracts should be sent to
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Further information is available at https://www.facebook.com/groups/230503754201416/permalink/1489116688340110/. Topics will include:
• Archaeological field work, material studies, and synthetic studies
• Management of sites and monuments
• Museological and museographic topics
• Epigraphic and numismatic issues
• Diachronic studies focused on landscape archaeology
• Historical studies on Kea and Kythnos14th ICAANE
On 30 June 2024 abstracts are due for workshops at the 14th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (14th ICAANE), to be held on 2-7 June 2025 in Lyon; on 31 October 2024 abstracts for papers and posters are due. Further information is available at https://14icaane.inviteo.fr/. Thematic sessions covering interdisciplinary research and new approaches of the archaeology of the Ancient Near East, from Prehistoric to Islamic times will be:
• Advances in Near Eastern Archaeology
• Natural resources and anthropised landscapes
• Heritage and archaeology
• The materiality of inscribed and figurative objects
• Neolithic paths
• Life and death: Human behaviour and practices
• Characterizing culture?
• Islamic archaeologyDecoding Representations of Status
On 1 September 2024 abstracts (300 words maximum) are due for an online symposium entitled Decoding Representations of Status in the Bronze Age Aegean: Patterns, definitions and interpretations, to be held on 28-29 November 2024 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. Abstracts should be sent to
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Topics will include:
• Manifestations of status on pottery
• The semantics of symbols in LBA society
• Display of status in graves
• Rituals (religious and/or secular) and status connections
• Defining status through architecture
• Storage strategies and their relation to status
• Possession of metals and status
• Indications of status in the osteoarchaeological and archaeobotanical archaeological data
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Ceramic Research in the Peloponnese
On 4-6 April 2024 a conference entitled Interdisciplinary Ceramic Research in the Peloponnese – Technological Traditions through the Ages will be held at the Austrian Archaeological Institute Athens. Further information and Zoom links are available at https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeai/events/event-detail/interdisciplinary-ceramic-research-in-the-peloponnese. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
W. Gauß, I. Iliopoulos, C. Katsarou, A. Koumoussi, E. Alram-Stern, F. Ruppenstein, J. B. Rutter, D. Scahill, R. Smetana, and V. Xanthopoulou, “Ceramic production and consumption at Aigeira from the neolithic to early modern times”
M. Zavadil, “Always and everywhere the same? ‘Adriatic Ware’ from Kakovatos (Elis), Pheneos (Korinthia) and Midea (Argolid)”
E. M. Kreuz, “Close neighbours? The relationship between Aegina and areas adjacent to the Saronic Gulf at the onset of the late Bronze Age”
V. Testolini, C. Burke, R. Klöckl-Zorić, M. Zavadil, E. Alram-Stern, G. Kordatzaki, J. Kraschitzer, V. Xanthopoulou, I. Iliopoulos, and E. Trinkl, “6500 years of pottery making in Pheneos: A longue durée perspective on raw materials, technology, and style”
A. Hein, “Exploring the manufacture and dissemination of ceramics from different perspectives – Is it just about collecting data or about completing the picture?”
S. Gimatzidis, “Cultural motives and social implications of early Greek ceramic technology transfer overseas from an analytical perspective”
J. H. Sterba and H. Mommsen, “Chemical and Archaeological Provenance - Do we mean the same?”
E. Kiriatzi, “Multiscale and diachronic study of ceramic landscapes in the Aegean and the case of the Peloponnese”
I. Iliopoulos, “Clayey georesources in Western Greece: a key to understanding patterns of ceramic manufacture, consumption, and trade in antiquity”
A. Hein and K. Pollatou, “Integrating raw material studies in ceramic provenance studies: The case of the Eastern Aegean region”
V. Xanthopoulou and I. Iliopoulos, “Investigating Geological Resources for Clay Craftsmanship in Northern Peloponnese (Corinthia and Achaea Provinces)”
V. Valantou, M. Kylafi, E. Militsi, and N. Zacharias, “The Pylos Geoarchaeological Program: Ceramic Fabrics at the area”
P. M. Day, “The past and present of craft organization and knowledge transfer: what are we hoping to achieve?”
B. Lis and C. Hale, “The difficult and long beginnings of using the wheel in the NE Peloponnese”
A. Balitsari and E. Kiriatzi, “Craft specialization and clay paste standardization: A comparative study of Argolid and Attica in the Middle Bronze Age”
A. Mercogliano, E. Borgna, P. M. Day, A. Hein, and V. Kilikoglou, “Pottery production and circulation at the MH settlement of the Trapeza”
G. Klebinder-Gauß, “Aeginetan cooking pottery. Tracing mechanisms of production, export and the transfer of potting technologies”Nemea 100
On 15 April 2024 a conference entitled Nemea 100: From Blegen to Berkeley and Beyond will be held in Berkeley, California. Further information is available at https://nemeacenter.berkeley.edu/nemea-100/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
J. L. Davis, “The Cincinnati Program at Nemea”
J. C. Wright, “Archaeology and Ayiorgitiko: Nemea Through the Ages”
K. Shelton, “Nemea at 100: Current Research and Future Goals”
L. Kvapil, “Beyond the Aidonia Treasure: The Nemea Center and TAPHOS”
M. K. Dabney, “Late Mycenaean Nemea”SAA 2024
On 17-21 April 2024 the Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting (SAA 2024) will be held in New Orleans, LA. Further information is available at https://www.saa.org/annual-meeting. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
C. Broodbank, “Continental Dynamics and the Shaping of Island Societies”
M. Mina, “Cave of Wonder: A Sacred Topos of Maritime Identities on Kalymnos”
A. Knodell, “The Materiality of Surveillance: Scale, Complexity, and Polity
C. Knappett, “Beyond the Knossian State: Urban Economy and Society at the East Cretan Site of Palaikastro”
T. Ogawa, N. Müller, H. Procopiou, S. Triantaphyllou, and E. Kiriatzi, “Cooking in Clay: A Diachronic Study of Potting and Cooking Traditions in Bronze Age Toumba Thessaloniki, Northern Greece”
D. Fallu, A. Lang, L. Vokotopoulos, F. Gaignerot-Driessen, and A. Brown, “Climate, Vulcanism, and Agricultural Terrace Construction in Late Bronze Age Crete”
A. Simmons, “Son of a Son of a Sailor: Island Life and the Colonization of Cyprus”
T. Cunningham, “Praxis Makes Perfect? The Archaeological Correlates of Social Failure in Minoan Crete”
E. Simoni and O. Christakopoulou, “The ‘Cracking the Code’ Project: Markers of Culture and Networks in Early Iron Age Stamna, Greece”
B. Manquen, T. Garrison, A. Knodell and D. Athanasoulis, “Remote Sensing Remote Islands: Error Analysis of Lidar-Based Archaeological Survey of the Small Cycladic Islands, Greece”
A. Cercone, “Thinking Locally: A Glimpse at Ceramic Production at Küllüoba, Turkey, during the Early Bronze Age”
A. Gaggioli, “Toward a Social Geoarchaeology of Aegean Burial and Ritual at Eleon, Greece”
R. Kulick, “Micromorphology of Earthen Architecture at Palaikastro, Crete”
F. Dibble and R. Madgwick, “Isotopes and Texts: Animal Management Strategies in Ancient Greece” -
March 2024 issue available
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The March 2024 issue of Nestor (51.3) is available as a free download.
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Grants and Fellowships
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MAA Best Awards
On 30 May 2024 applications are due for the Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 2024 Best PhD / Master MSc Thesis Award ($800 for each level) for an innovative PhD or MSc defended after January 2022. Further information is available at https://www.maajournal.com/index.php/maa/BestAward.