Ιστορικό και πολιτιστικό τοπίο

On 3-5 November 2016 a conference entitled Ιστορικό και πολιτιστικό τοπίο: παρεμβάσεις και διαχείριση, πρόσληψη και μετασχηματισμοί was held in Athens. Further information is available at http://www.piop.gr/el/Activities/ekdiloseis-mouseia/IA_diimerida_perivallontos_2016.aspx. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

Δ. Μιχαηλίδης, "Η προϊστορία του φυσικού περιβάλλοντος της περιοχής της Βραυρώνας βάσει της μελέτης απολιθωμάτων πτηνών από τη σπηλαιοδολίνη Βραυρώνας"

Λ. Καραλή, "Θαλασσινά τοπία: Οι ακτές και ο κόσμος της θάλασσας μέσα από τα αρχαιοπεριβαλλοντικά κατάλοιπα"

Δ. Μυλωνά, "Βιωμένα θαλασσινά τοπία της προϊστορίας: μια αρχαιολογική προσέγγιση"

Λ. Μενδώνη, "Το παραγωγικό τοπίο των Κυκλάδων. Μια εθνοαρχαιολογική προσέγγιση"

J. C. Wright, "Ολοκληρωμένα πολιτιστικά τοπία: έννοιες και πρακτικές"

Δο Τοπικό Συνέδριο Λακωνικών Σπουδών

On 10-12 November 2016 the Δο Τοπικό Συνέδριο Λακωνικών Σπουδών was held in Sparta. Further information is available at http://www.laconialive.gr/4ο-τοπικό-συνέδριο-λακωνικών-σπουδών-δ/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

Α. Μπάνου, "Η Λακωνία υπό το φως των εξελίξεων της μυκηναϊκής αρχαιολογίας: Ερευνητικές υποθέσεις και προοπτικές"

Connecting Cultures

On 23-25 November 2016 an international archaeological symposium entitled Kültürlerin Bağlantısı: Başlangıcından Roma Dönemi Sonuna kadar Eski Yakın Doğuda Ticaret ve Bölgelerarası İlişkiler. Connecting Cultures: Trade and Interconnections in the Ancient Near East from the Beginning until the End of the Roman Period was held in Lefkoşa/Nicosia. Further information is available at http://www.arkeo.hacettepe.edu.tr/belgeler/finalprogram.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

M. Şevketoğlu, "Tatlısu-Çiftlikdüzü (Akanthou-Arkosykos) Aceramic Neolithic Settlement in Cyprus and its Anatolian Connections"

N. K. Bostanci, "Pre-Neolithic Hunter-Gatherer-Fisher Seafaring in the Eastern Mediterranean: New Perspectives from Cyprus"

C. M. Erek, "İlk Sonuçlara Göre Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti'ndeki Prehistorik Dönem İzleri"

K. Özçelik, "Denizli'deki Yontmataş Buluntular Işığında Anadolu'nun Paleolitik Kültürlerine Yeni Bir Bakış"

Ö. Çevik, "Networking Neolithic Ulucak in Local, Regional and Inter-Regional Contexts"

R. Tuncel, "Unity and Divergence in the Chalcolithic of Western Anatolia"

V. Şahoğlu, "The Early Bronze Age Anatolian Trade Network and its Role on the Transformation of Anatolian and Aegean Communities"

M. Cultraro, "Connecting and disconnecting cultures in the Early Bronze Age: the case of the Northern Aegean"

U. Oğuzhanoğlu Akay, "Büyük Menderes'ten Denize Uzanan Yollar: Güneybatı Anadolu Erken Tunç Çağı Bağlamında Yeni Gözlemler"

A. Cercone, "Ceramics production and trade in Western Anatolia: A re-examination of the ceramic mould-making process at Seyitömer Höyük in Kütahya, Turkey"

S. Günel, "Batı Anadolu-Ege İlişkilerinin Çine-Tepecik Merkezine Yansımaları"

E. Ünlü, "Adding Value to Agriculture: The Increasing Importance of Value-Added Agricultural Products within Eastern Mediterranean Trade Networks during the Third Millennium BCE"

Ç. Özdoğan, "'Connecting Cultures': Philia Premise and Corollary"

G. Dardeniz, "Production and Trade of Glass in the second millennium B.C. Anatolia and the Levant"

B. Kizilduman, "Kıbrıs ve Levant Arasında, Anahtar: Kaleburnu Kral Tepesi/Galinoporni Vasili"

A. Anilir, "The Role of Red Lustrous Wheel-Made Ware in the Eastern Mediterranean Trade Activities"

Y. Erbil, "The Route Extending from Anatolia to Mediterranean: The Hittites and Alasiya"

M. H. Gates, "Bridging Gaps between Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze and Iron Ages"