International Ancient Warfare Conference 2016

On 28-30 June 2016 the International Ancient Warfare Conference 2016 will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden. Further information is available at http://historiskastudier.gu.se/forskning/konferenser/international-ancient-warfare-conference-2016. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:

M. Kramer, "Of Ships and Shields: The Dipylon Shield and the Mycenaean Galley at the Bronze Age-Early Iron Age Transition"

I. Georganas, "How Militaristic were Aegean Bronze Age Societies?"

P. M. Fischer, "Cyprus in the Centre of the Storm: The 12th Century's BCE Crisis Years on Cyprus"

L. Alberti, "Peaceful 'Minoans' vs. Warlike 'Mycenaeans'? The Meaning of Weaponry found in the Knossian Tombs of the Late Bronze Age: Roles, Status and Multiple Identities"

T. Alusik, "Slinging in the Prehistoric Aegean: New Perspectives"

LAC 2016

On 23-25 August 2016 the 4th International Landscape Archaeology Conference (LAC 2016) will be hosted by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University. Further information is available at http://www.arkeologi.uu.se/LAC_2016+/?languageId=1. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:

R. Veropoulidou, "Eating Cockles, Wearing Cockles in Neolithic and Bronze Age Northern Greece"

L. A. Kvapil, "Labor and Negotiation in a Terraced Landscape: The LBA Terraces of Korphos-Kalamianos"

K. Efkleidou, "Mobility in Landscapes of Death: Exploring the value of mobility and visibility in the formation of Mycenaean Death-scapes"

H. A. Orengo, A. Krahtopoulou, A. Dimoula, A. Garcia-Molsosa, K. Palaiochoritis, Y. Papadias, N. Saridaki, and E. Vliora, "Reconstructing the Lost Prehistoric and Classical Landscapes of Western Thessaly, Central Greece, Through Combined Historic Aerial Photography, Remote Sensing, GIS and Archaeological Survey"