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Some changes have been made to the format and appearance of Nestor this month:
• The layout of new issues is now fully accessible and Title II compliant.
• The masthead is in color.
• The Nestor numbers are no longer printed; although they are still used “behind the scenes” to link reviews to the volumes reviewed in the searchable online bibliographic database, they have not been useful to readers since we ended the print issues and annual indices in 2010.
• On the Nestor website, all issues remain downloadable (https://classics.uc.edu/nestor/pages/issues) but are now combined as annual volumes rather than monthly issues and are organized by decades.
We hope readers find the new formatting attractive and we continue unchanged our charge to build an accurate and convenient database of publications in Aegean prehistory and related areas. Special thanks this month to John Wallrodt, sine quo non, for his patience and guidance.
AIA 2027
On 23 March 2026 (6 April 2026 with $25 fee) submissions are due for colloquia, workshops, joint AIA-SCS colloquium and workshop sessions, and open-session papers and posters needing an early decision to acquire a visa or obtain funding at the 2027 Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA 2027), to be held in Boston on 7–10 January 2027. On 3 August 2026 (17 August 2027 with $25 fee) submissions are due for papers, field reports, posters, undergraduate contributions, and workshop sessions. On 2 November 2026 submissions are due for lightning sessions and roundtables. Submission forms and further information are available at http://www.archaeological.org.
ICAZ 2027
On 31 May 2026 proposals are due for sessions at the 15th International Council for Archaeozoology International Conference (ICAZ 2027), to be held in Vancouver on 17–22 May 2027. From 1 June through 1 November 2026 abstracts may be submitted for papers and posters. Further information is available at https://alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icaz_website_formembers/pdf/icaz-newsletter-26-1.pdf.
ARCH_RNT
On 1 June 2026 abstracts are due for the 9th Archaeological Research and New Technologies Symposium (ARCH_RNT), to be held in Kalamata on 8–10 October 2026. Further information is available at https://www.facebook.com/groups/objectconservation/posts/4153095801687801/. The special sessions will be:
• Decoding Ηistoric Βuilding Μaterials for Μonument Μanagement
• Colour and Pigments: In Memory of Prof. Ioanna Kakoulli
ARU Spring 2026 lecture series
The schedule of public lectures hosted by the Archaeological Research Unit at the University of Cyprus has been announced for spring 2026. Lectures are at 7:30 pm (EET) in hybrid form; registration for either in-person or remote attendance is required Further information is available at https://www.ucy.ac.cy/aru/wp-content/uploads/sites/251/2026/01/LECTURE-PROGRAM-SPRING-SEMESTER-2026.pdf. Lectures of interest to Nestor readers will include:
9 February 2026: O. Daune-Le Brun, “You can't just improvise being a builder: reconstructing Neolithic Khirokitia, Cyprus”
2 March 2026: J. Webb, “The archaeology of Bronze Age Lapithos: from 1913 to 2025”
16 March 2026: P. Stockhammer, “Social Belonging in Mycenaean Greece: New Bioarchaeological Insights”
21 March 2026: “‘Το Έργον '25’ Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο του Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου, 2025”
20 April 2026: F. Zangani, “How Egyptology and Cypriot Archaeology can (and should) be brought into dialogue”
Final NYABA
On 26 March 2026, after 50 years, the final meeting of the New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium will be held at 12:00 pm (EDT). Aleydis Van de Moortel will speak on “The Emergence of Socio-Political Complexity at Mitrou and the Formation of a Central Greek Elite Culture in the LH I–IIA period (ca. 1700–1450 BCE).” Brief remarks on the history of the colloquium will precede the lecture. The meeting will be held on Zoom, with registration available at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6r9PATirRPOqHLZBV5weog#/registration.
WAVE 2
On 26-29 March 2026 a conference entitled Writing As Visual Engagement (WAVE 2) will be held in Cambridge. Further information is available at https://viewsproject.wordpress.com/writing-as-visual-engagement/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
M. Wiltshire, “Direction in early Cretan seals”
CAA 2026
On 31 March - 4 April 2026 the 53rd Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA 2026): It’s All About People will be held in Vienna, Austria. Further information is available at https://2026.caaconference.org/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
N. Sepetzoglou, D. Niotis, S. Triantos, and A. Vlachopoulos, “Tracing Aegean Prehistory in the rocky landscape. From aerial photogrammetry to detailed recording of petroglyphs at Vathy, Astypalaia”
J. Wallrodt, “Experimental AI Applications for Rapid Archaeological Legacy Data Distribution”
M. Bergoffen, M. Papadopoulou, A. Karnava, and C. Roche, “Iconographic Metadata: From 'Traditional' Databases to Semantic Data”
A. Michalopoulou, “Beyond Application: Rethinking Spatial Interaction Modelling in Mycenaean Archaeology”
K. Sgouropoulos, A. Sarris, and D. Urem-Kotsou, “Linking Ground and Aerial Perspectives: A Vision-Based Workflow for Archaeological Surface Survey”
I. Ladenis, K. Sgouropoulos, and D. Urem-Kotsou, “Popularising archaeological predictive modelling: An application on neolithic settlements in Thrace”
D. Gavriil, “‘Putting the Body in its Rightful Place’: Assessing Bodily Senses in Late Cypriot Mortuary Rituals at Alassa Pano Mantilaris”
E. Vereketi, E. Paliou, and V. Petrakis, “Fragmented Coasts, Connected Worlds: Maritime Interaction and Social Reorganization in the Post-Palatial Ionian-Adriatic Region”
S. Kübler, P. Tsakanikou, and N. Galanidou, “Lower Palaeolithic hominin activity at the Lesvos wetland: a view from agent-based modelling and affordance analysis”
V. Panagiotidis and V. Valantou, “From Nestor’s ‘Wine Magazine’ To Pgi Labels: A Terrain-Aware Wine Landscape of Messenia”
The February 2026 issue of Nestor (53.2) is available as a free download.