11th Day on Belgian Archaeological Research
On 10 December 2021 the 11th Day on Belgian Archaeological Research in the Ancient Greek World will be held in Brussels. Further information is available at https://www.aegeussociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Belgian-Day-Dec-2021-FINAL.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
T. Fantuzzi, “Minoan Eruption Chronology: A (simple) summary of an intricate problem”
N. Massar, “Cretan Fine Wares in and out of Crete. Trade Patterns and Distribution Networks”
R. Vandam, J. Coenaerts, and K. Nys, “Introducing the Hala Sultan Tekke Hinterland Survey Project. The first results”
PoCA 2021
On 9-11 December 2021 the 18th meeting of the Postgraduate Cypriot Archaeology (PoCA 2021) will be held in hybrid form hosted in Basel. Further information is available at https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fklassarch.philhist.unibas.ch%2Fde%2Fforschung%2Fpoca-2021%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cnestor%40ucmail.uc.edu%7C231bf64277ff4a0d37c508d9b06e7a97%7Cf5222e6c5fc648eb8f0373db18203b63%7C1%7C0%7C637734810818165600%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=bvNNIkoes0k%2BL8DXViyokNjR8eTChBnfSc4lUCf47jg%3D&reserved=0. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
S. Wink, “Moving with the Times: Ritual movement and Social Change in Ancient Cyprus”
E. Neil, “Memory and Mnemonic Cycles in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in the Xeros valley”
S. Fourrier, “Kition and History: New Evidence from Recent Excavations”
M. Harris-Schobert, “Ritual Connections: Altars of Late Bronze Age Cyprus and Iron Age Philistia”
A. Donald, “Seals without Style: Unclassified cylinder seals as an understudied assemblage in Late Bronze Age Cyprus”
D. Griswold, “Plain White Wheel-Made Ware in Tel Shikmona, Israel: Evidence of a Larger Phenomenon?”
F. Meneghetti, “Tiny traces: miniatures and miniaturisation in LC Cyprus”
C. Donnelly, “Mud balls, Clay balls? An Egyptian Writing Practice on Cyprus”
M. Yamasaki, “In the middle of the sea: mainlanders’ view on the insularity of Cyprus”
S. Lo Russo and R. Hermans, “More than dirt – New perspectives on Bronze Age habitation horizons based on an integrative approach”
A. Villani and P. Tripodi, “Leaving behind (or not). Abandonment practices and selected assemblages at MBA Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou”
P. Pizzo, “Pyrotechnology in Middle Bronze Age Cyprus”
N. Boyd, “The Magic of Motherhood in Chalcolithic Kissonerga-Mosphilia”
ICAS 1
On 19-21 January 2022 the International Conference on the Archaeology of Symbols (ICAS 1) will be held in Florence, Italy. Further information is available at https://camnes.org/icas-1. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. Lekka, “Ιmages and Symbols of 12th c. B.C. pictorial pottery from Cyprus”
D. Ben-Shlomo, “Symbolism in a Multi-Ethnic Space: Canaanite, Philistine and Israelite Iconography in the Iron Age Levant”
A. Maeir, “The "Symbol-Scape" of the Philistines: A reassessment”