Γυναίκες της Μεσογείου

On 11 September 2016 a conference entitled Γυναίκες της Μεσογείου. Γυναικείες Παρουσίες στην Προϊστορίατης Κρήτης και του Αιγαίου was held in Iraklion. Further information is available at http://www.heraklion.gr/municipality/municipality-press-releases/heraklion-cultural-festival-pente-syn-enas-politismoi-hmerida-gynaikes-mesogeios-110916.html. The program was:

L. Goodison, "Sun/moon gender perceptions. Evidence for a female sun in the prehistoric Aegean"

Χ. Μαραγκού, "Θήλεια πλάσματα: Aπομιμήσεις του αισθητού και είδωλα του φαντασιακού κόσμου. Ερμηνευτικές προσεγγίσεις της γυναικείας εικονογραφίας στο πρώιμο προϊστορικό Αιγαίο και τις γειτονικές περιοχές"

Κ. Κόπακα, "Γυναίκες στο προϊστορικό Αιγαίο και τη μινωική Κρήτη. Μια αναστοχαστική αφήγηση"

Egyptian Commerce and Communication

On 12 September 2016 a conference entitled Undercurrents: new work on Egyptian commerce and communication outside the Nile valley was held at the University of Liverpool. Further information is available at https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/archaeology-classics-and-egyptology/undercurrents-conference/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

M. Montesanto, "Use and appreciation of the Aegean-inspired pottery at Alalakh in the Early Iron Age"

M. Cultraro, "All not so quiet on the western front: Manifold patterns of Cypriot-Aegean interactions in Egypt, North Africa and Sicily during the New Kingdom"

A. Hodgkinson, "Amara and Uluburun: archaeological evidence of long-distance trade of Egyptian glass ingots?"

Cyprus

On 24 September 2016 a conference entitled Four Decades of Hiatus in Archaeological Research in Cyprus: Towards Restoring the Balance was held in Lefkosia. Further information is available at http://www.moi.gov.cy/MOI/pio/pio2013.nsf/All/94A1CCB38FAD6FF9C22580350044CD79?OpenDocument&L=E. The program was:

M. Mina, "Piecing together the prehistoric archaeological record: the view through the Cyprus Museum storage rooms and archival material"

E. Alphas, "From a Bronze Age tomb in Cyprus to the estate of a gentleman in Sussex: measures taken and problems faced in the investigations on the illicit trade of antiquities"

A. H. Simmons, "Protecting and preserving the 'deep time' prehistory of Cyprus"

N. Efstratiou and D. Kyriakou, "Mountain archaeology in Cyprus between the two coasts: past experiences and future prospects"

A. Le Brun, "Un goût de revenez-y"

H. Paraskeva, "'Eager eye and willing ear, pleased a simple tale to hear': Cyprus at the dawn of a new era"

R. S. Merrillees, "Over the hills and far away: the north coast of Cyprus in The Bronze Age"

M. Dikomitou-Eliadou and Z. Zomeni, "From north to south: Red Polished Philia pottery production and distribution patterns at the beginning of the Cypriot Bronze Age"

G. Georgiou, "The political division of a culturally unified island: the case of Early and Middle Bronze Age in the northern part of Cyprus"

J. M. Webb, "Vounous and Lapithos in the Early and Middle Bronze Age: a reappraisal of the central north coast of Cyprus in the light of fieldwork and research undertaken since 1974"

L. Crewe, "Interpreting settlement function and scale during MC III–LC IA using old excavations and new: western Cyprus and Kissonerga-Skalia in context"

D. Pilides, "The Agios Sozomenos excavations and survey project: fortifying the current evidence"

J. S. Smith, "Phlamoudhi in archaeology, history, and art"