On 13 December 2013 S. Levi addressed the New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium on "Stromboli: Bronze Age Lighthouse and Gateway for Mycenaean Connections" at the Institute of Fine Arts.

Minoan Seminar

On 13 December 2013 M. Haysom addressed the Minoan Seminar in Athens on "The place of men and women in Neopalatial iconography. Η θέση των ανδρών και των γυναικών στην Νεοανακτορική εικονογραφία" at the Archaeological Society, Panepistemiou 22. Further information is available at http://www.minoanseminar.gr/.

Mycenaean Seminar in Athens

On 19 December 2013 R. Janko addressed the Mycenaean Seminar in Athens on "Linear B in Bavaria? From the Bernstorf treasure to the kingdom of Pylos" at the British School at Athens.

AIA posters

On 2-6 January 2014 the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America was held in Chicago. Further information is available at http://www.archaeological.org/. For papers on Aegean prehistoric subjects, see Nestor 40.9 (December 2013), 214-216; posters of interest to Nestor readers included:

A. S. Gluckman, "Petrographic and Chemical Analysis of Barbotine Ware from Kommos"

P. M. Thomas, "Eversion and Angle in Late Helladic Ceramics: How Reliable Is Dating by Rim Profile Alone?"

M. B. Beeler, L. Stephens, P. P. Betancourt, G. H. Myer, and J. T. Ford, "Copper Smelting at Chrysokamino: Reconstructing Early Bronze Age Aegean Metallurgy"

J. Baxley, B. Rennison, J. Newhard, K. Pluta, and D. Nakassis, "The Use of Structured Light Scanning for the Study of the Linear B Deposits from Pylos, Messenia, Greece"

F. Liard, "Conical Cups, Kylikes, and Champagne Cups in Context: Characterizing Mass-Production and Drinking Practices in the Plain of Malia During the Late Bronze Age"

R. P. Shears, D. J. Fallu, and D. E. Ehrlich, "Bronze Age Land Management in the Northern Argolid: A GIS Investigation of Terrace Organization and Implications for Land Use in the Environs of Mycenae"

T. F. Strasser, E. Panagopoulou, P. Karkanas, M. Clinton, E. Kapranos, N. Thompson, and S. Murray, "The Excavation at Mesolithic Damnoni: The Discovery of a New Culture on Crete"