On 1 December 2016 the following lectures were delivered to the Aegean Seminar in Zagreb; further information is available from Helena Tomas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.:

A. Gyucha, "From the Aegean to the Carpathian Basin: Patterns of Sedentism in the Neolithic"

D. Riebe, "From the Aegean to the Carpathian Basin: The Exploitation and Exchange of Obsidian in Prehistory"

Mortuary Variability and Social Diversity in Ancient Greece

On 1-2 December 2016 an international workshop for early career scholars entitled Mortuary Variability and Social Diversity in Ancient Greece was held at the Netherlands Institute at Athens. Further information is available at http://www.nia.gr/images/Program_web.jpg. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:

E. Panagiotopoulou, "Protogeometric Thessaly: an integrated study of burial practices and isotope analysis of human remains"

A. Alexandridou, "'Equal in death': the social implications of funerary inclusivity in Late Geometric Attica and beyond"

PeClA 2016

On 1-2 December 2016 the 5th International Postgraduate Conference Perspectives on Classical Archaeology 2016: New Directions in Classical Archaeology (PeClA 2016) was held at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Further information is available at http://ukar.ff.cuni.cz/en/pecla2016_eng. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:

U. Berndt, "Navigating the Gap Between Modern Theory and Ancient Sources: Two Examples from Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Sanctuaries in Greece"

M. Smíšek, "The Impact of Volcanic Eruptions on the Civilizations of the Mediterranean during the Bronze Age"

F. Franković, "Boys and Girls for the Minotaur – Leaping over Gender in the Late Bronze Age Aegean"