Aegean Seminar

On
 7‐8
 March
 2011
 M.
 Tanret
 will
 deliver
 a
 lecture
 to
 the
 Aegean
 Seminar in
 Zagreb
 entitled
 "Writing
 in
 the
 Aegean
 and
 writing
 in
 Babylon:
 origins
 and
 functions"
 and
 will
 conduct
 a
 workshop
 on
 the
 Cuneiform
 script
 at
 the
 University
 of
 Zagreb.
 Further information is available from Helena Tomas
 at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

1st Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies Postgraduate Conference

On
 11‐12
 March
 2011
 the
 1st
 Centre
 for
 Spartan
 and
 Peloponnesian
 Studies
 Postgraduate 
Conference
­ - 
Understanding 
the 
Peloponnese: 
Work­-in­-Progress will
 be
 held
 at
 the
 University
 of
 Nottingham.
 Further
 information
 is
 available
 at
 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/csps/conferences.aspx. Papers
 of
 interest
 to
 Nestor
 readers
 will
 include

C. 
Gallou, 
"Investigating 
the
 world's
 oldest
 submerged 
town: 
Pavlopetri 
in 
Laconia"

S.
 Farnham,
 "Burial
 rites 
in
 the 
north‐east
 Peloponnese
 during
 the
 Geometric 
period"

D.
 Smith,
 "'Hierarchy'
 in 
the 
Early 
Helladic
 Peloponnese"

"Nostoi"

On
 18‐21
 March
 2011
 an
 international
 symposium
 entitled
 "Nostoi":
 Indigenous
 Culture,
 Migration
 and
 Integration
 in
 the
 Aegean
 Islands
 and
 Western
 Anatolia
 during
 the
 Late
 Bronze
 and
 Early
 Iron
 Age will
 be
 held
 in
 Istanbul,
 Turkey.
 Further
 information
 is
 available
 at
 http://users.uoa.gr/~kkopanias/tmp/NOSTOI‐Program.pdf.
 The program
 will
 be

P.
 Mountjoy,
 "The
 East
 Aegean‐West
 Anatolian
 Interface
 in
 the
 Late
 Bronze
 Age:
 some
 Aspects 
arising
 from the
 Pottery"

P.
 Pavúk,
 "Between 
the 
Aegean 
and
 the 
Hittites.
 The 
Western
 Anatolia 
in 
2nd
 Millenium
 BC"

R.
 Becks,
 "Settlement
 patterns
 and
 socio‐political
 landscape
 of
 Western
 Anatolia
 in
 the
 Late
 Bronze 
Age
–
A
 geoarchaeological
 view"

M. 
Alparslan, 
"The 
History 
of 
Western 
Anatolia 
during 
the 
Hittite 
Period"

M. 
R. 
Bachvarova,
 "Migrations 
in 
the
 Anatolian
 Epic
 Tradition"

P.
 Hnila
 and
 C.
 Ch.
 Aslan,
 "Migration
 and
 Integration
 at
 Troy
 at
 the
 end
 of
 Late
 Bronze Age 
to 
Iron 
Age"

K. 
Kopanias, 
"The 
Mushki/Phrygian 
problem
 from
 the 
Near 
Eastern 
point 
of 
view"

M. 
Kerschner, 
"From 
Luwian 
Abasa
 to
 Ionian 
Ephesos: 
Is 
there
 material 
evidence 
for 
the Ionian 
Migration?"

F. 
Fragkopoulou, 
"Ionian 
Migration"

N. 
Mac 
Sweeney, 
"The
 'Ionian 
Migrations': 
Representation
 and
 Reality"

F.
 Seroglou
 and
 D.
 Sfakianakis,
 "The
 Eastern
 insular
 arc
 between
 Crete
 and
 Anatolia. Aspects
 and
 parameters
 during
 the
 transition
 from
 Late
 Bronze
 Age
 to
 Early
 Iron Age"

J. 
Eerbeek, 
"The
 'Mycenaeans' 
in 
the
 southeastern 
Aegean
 revisited"

S.
 Vitale
 and
 A.
 Trecarichi,
 "Koan
 Local
 Traditions
 during
 the
 Mycenaean
 Age.
 A Contextual
 and
 Functional
 Analysis
 of
 Anatolianizing
 Ceramics
 from
 the
 'Serraglio', Eleona, 
and 
Langada"

M.
 Georgiadis
 and
 A.
 Vlachopoulos,
 "The
 Cyclades
 and
 the
 Dodecanese
 during
 the
 post‐palatial 
period: 
migrations 
and
 indigenous 
developments"

N. 
Mac
 Sweeney, 
"The 
'Ionian 
Migrations': 
Representation 
and 
Reality"

J. 
W. 
Earle, 
"Mycenaeanization 
on 
Melos: 
A
 View 
from
 the
 Phylakopi 
Pantries"

L. 
Girella 
and
 P. 
Pavúk,
 "Minoanisation,
 Acculturation, 
Hybridisation: 
the 
evidence 
of 
the Minoan 
presence 
in 
the
 NE
 Aegean
 between
 Middle 
and
 Late 
Bronze 
Age"

A.
 Dale,
 "The
 East
 Shore
 of
 Lesbos:
 Anatolian
 Elements
 in
 the
 Culture
 of
 Early
 Greek
 Lesbos"

L.
 Coluccia,
 "Hephaestia:
 new
 data
 on
 the
 Mycenaean
 presence
 on
 Lemnos
 during
 the
 Late 
Bronze
 Age"

L.
 Danile,
 "Lemnos 
in
 the 
Early
 Iron
 Age: 
The
 Pottery 
from
 Hephaestia"

A. 
Yener, 
"Alalakh 
and 
the 
new 
chronology"

R.
 Yağcı,
 "Kizzuwatna
 in
 the
 Bronze
 Age
 and
 in
 Later
 Periods:
 Continuity
 and/or Discontinuity?"

E.
 Ünlü,
 "Late
 Bronze‐Early
 Iron
 Age
 Transitional
 Pottery
 from
 the
 Northeast Mediterranean
 Settlements"

B.
 Hürmüzlü
 and
 P.
 Iversen,
 "Intercultural
 Relations
 in
 Northwest
 Pisidia
 in
 the
 Iron Age:
 Konane 
and 
Tymandos"

N. 
Momigliano 
and 
B.
 Aksoy, 
"Lycia
 before
 the
 Lycians"

O.
 Hülden,
 "Tombs
 of
 the
 Early
 Iron
 Age
 in
 Lycia,
 Karia
 and
 'Northern
 Lycia'.
 The question 
of 
their 
origin 
and
 ethnicity"

I. 
Kaiser 
and
 J. 
Zurbach, 
"Late 
Bronze
 Age
 Miletus
–
The
 Anatolian 
face"

M. 
Krumme,
 "Geometric 
Miletus"

V.
 Şahoğlu,
 "Çeşme‐Bağlararası:
 A
 Western
 Anatolian
 Harbour
 Settlement
 at
 the Beginning 
of
 the
 Late
 Bronze 
Age"

R.
 Meriç,
 "Bademgediği
 Tepe:
 A
 fortified
 settlement
 in
 Arzawa‐Mira.
 An
 attempt
 to locate 
Hittite 
Puranda"

S.
 Günel,
 "Çine‐Tepecik:
 New
 Contributions
 on
 Late
 Bronze
 Age
 Cultures
 in
 Western Anatolia"

S. 
Votruba, 
"Liman 
Tepe 
during 
the 
Late 
Bronze 
Age"

Y. 
Ersoy,
 "Klazomenai 
in 
the 
Iron
 Age.
 Defining 
Cultural 
Characteristics 
of
 the
 Early 
Ionic Settlement"

R. 
Aslan, 
"Late 
Bronze 
Age
 settlement
 hierarchy 
in 
the 
Troad 
and 
Troia"

A.
 Michailidou,
 "Profit
 oriented
 traders
 in
 the
 Aegean
 and
 Anatolia
 in
 the
 2nd millennium 
B.C.: 
Inter‐cultural 
concepts 
of 
measurement 
and
 value"

E. 
Kozal, 
"Imports 
from
 the 
Eastern 
Mediterranean 
in
 Late 
Bronze
 Age 
Anatolia"

A. 
Teffeteller, 
"Songs 
Across
 the
 Sea:
 Anatolian 
and
 Aegean
 Poetic 
Traditions"

I. 
C. 
Rutherford, 
"Arzawan
 Rituals 
and
 Greek 
Religion"

A. 
M.
 Carstens, 
"The 
Great 
Goddess 
of 
Anatolia 
and
 her 
Greek
 daughters. 
On
 Late 
Bronze Age
 roots
 in
 rituals,
 architecture 
and
 iconography"

G. 
Zenoni, 
"From 
Western 
to
 Eastern
 Anatolia: 
reconsidering
 the
 Aegean
 presence
 in
 the peripheries 
of 
the
 Hittite 
world"

Z. 
Simon,
 "Against 
the
 identification 
of
 Karkiša 
with 
Carians"

K. 
Giannakos, 
"The
 Aegean
 type
 Sword 
found
 at 
Hattusas 
and 
the 
Written 
Sources 
about the 
Exchange 
of 
Technology
 at 
the
 Late
 Bronze
 Age"

R.
 Vaessen,
 "The
 social
 role
 of
 pottery
 production
 and
 use
 on
 the
 west
 coast
 of
 Asia Minor 
in 
the 
transition 
from 
Bronze
 to
 Iron 
Age"

Ç. 
Maner, 
"Who
 are
 they?
 The
 Social 
Identity 
of 
Western 
Anatolia 
and
 the
 Aegean
 Islands in 
the 
LBA"

J. 
Mokrišová, 
"Always 
on
 the
 Look out
 for 
the
 Greeks: 
'Pre‐colonial' 
Western 
Anatolia"

A.
 Leriou,
 "Identifying
 Early
 Iron
 Age
 Cultural
 Groups
 in
 Western
 Anatolia:
 A Reconsideration"

M.
 Mikrakis,
 "Cross‐cultural
 interaction
 in
 the
 Eastern
 Mediterranean
 during
 the
 Early Iron 
Age: 
A
 View
 from
 Seal
 Engraving"

M.
 Louka‐Skoula,
 "Early
 Iron
 Age
 Routes
 of
 personal
 adornment
 across
 the
 Aegean: from
 Hallstatt 
Balkans 
to 
the 
Anatolian
 Coast"

E.
 Gorogianni,
 J.
 Cutler,
 and
 R.
 D.
 Fitzsimons,
 "Weaving
 a
 Pan‐Aegean
 Fabric:
 Travelling
 Brides 
as
 Agents
 of
 Cultural
 Exchange
 in 
the 
Late 
Bronze 
Age
 Aegean"

M. 
Pieniazek,
 "Women
 on
 the
 border 
of
 different 
worlds: 
dress
 and
 body 
ornaments 
as 
a
 testimony
 to 
cross‐cultural 
influences 
in
 the 
northern
 area
 of 
the
 Aegean
 in 
the 
Late
 Bronze
 and
 Early
 Iron 
Age"

A.
 P.
 Agelarakis,
 "Klazomenaean
 Ties
 to
 Three
 Continents:
 Two
 of
 their
 Ambassadors
 Speak"

J.
 D. 
Hawkins, 
"The
 Political 
Geography 
of 
Arzawa
 (Western 
Anatolia)"

Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies Seminar

On
 23
 March
 2011
 E.
 Banou
 will
 lecture
 to
 the
 Centre
 for
 Spartan
 and
 Peloponnesian 
Studies
 Seminar on 
"The
 Minoan 
peak 
sanctuary 
at
 Ayios
 Georgios 
tou
 Vounou 
on 
Kythera."

Minoan
 Archaeology.
 Challenges
 and
 Perspectives
 for
 the
 21st
 Century

On
 23‐27 
March 
2011 
a 
conference
 entitled Minoan
 Archaeology.
 Challenges
 and
 Perspectives
 for
 the
 21st
 Century will
 be
 held
 by
 the
 Institute
 of
 Classical
 Archaeology,
 University
 of

 Heidelberg.
 Further
 information
 is
 available
 at
 
http://www.propylaeum.de/klassische‐archaeologie/fachservice/MinArch2011.html.
 The program 
will 
be

E.
 Hatzaki,
 "Knossos
 and
 the
 Making
 of
 'Minoan'
 Archaeology.
 Research
 Agendas
 and
 Results,
 Past, 
Present, 
Future"

N.
 Karadimas,
 "The
 Unknown
 Past
 of
 Minoan
 Archaeology:
 From
 the
 Renaissance
 until
 the
 Arrival 
of 
Sir 
Arthur 
Evans 
in 
Crete"

Y.
 Galanakis,
 "Oxford
 to
 Knossos:
 Sir
 Arthur
 Evans's
 Legacy
 and
 the
 Exhibition
 of
 the
 Minoan 
Past"

B.
 Burns, 
"The
 Minoan
 Body:
 Twentieth‐Century
 Revivals 
Reconsidered"

J.
 Bennet,
 "Cityscapes,
 Landscapes,
 and
 Seascapes:
 Space
 and
 Place
 in
 Minoan Archaeology"

K.
 Chalikias, 
"Chryssi
 Island: 
New 
Evidence 
on
 the 
Bronze 
Age 
Settlement 
Patterns 
of 
the Ierapetra 
Area"

A.
 Ferraro,
 "A
 GIS
 Platform
 for
 the
 Protopalatial
 Site
 of
 Monastiraki
 (Amari
 Valley, Crete)"

A. 
Stamos, 
C. 
Sofianou, 
and
 T.
 Brogan, 
"Making 
the
 Invisible 
Visible:
 Ground
 Penetrating Radar 
at 
Papadiokampos, 
Crete"

S.
 Déderix,
 "Capturing
 the
 Dynamics
 of
 the
 Minoan
 Mortuary
 Space
 in
 South
 Central Crete"

D. 
M. 
Buell, 
Minoan 
Cityscapes: 
Urban 
Planning 
in 
Neopalatial 
Society"

C.
 Palyvou, 
"Archaeology
 and
 Architecture:
 Different
 Disciplines 
in 
Common
 Tasks"

G. 
Baldacci, 
"The
 Places
 and 
the 
Role 
of 
Consumption 
in 
MM
 II 
Phaistos"

K.
 Müller,
 "Defining
 Minoan
 'Cult
 Rooms'
 –
 Past
 and
 Present
 Approaches
 to
 the Archaeology 
of 
Cult"

M.
 S.
 Peters,
 "Between
 the
 Physical
 and
 Metaphysical:
 Exploring
 Aspects
 of Communication 
in 
the 
Temple
 Tomb
 at 
Knossos"

P. 
A. 
Pantou, 
"(De) Constructing 
Identities 
through 
Architecture 
in 
LM
 III
 Crete"

J. 
Driessen,
 "All 
in 
the
 Family? 
Identifying 
Minoan
 Social 
Structure"

S.
 Karacic, 
"Exotica 
and
 the
 Longboat: 
Mortuary 
Evidence 
for 
Heterarchical 
Structures
 in Prepalatial
 Mochlos"

M.
 Mina,
 "Gender
 as
 a
 Gauge
 of
 Social
 Complexity?
 The
 Case
 of
 Pre‐Palace
 Society
 on Crete"

S. 
Lozano
 Rubio, 
"Gender
 Asymmetries 
in 
Minoan 
Crete: 
a
 New
 Agenda"

E.
 Anderson,
 "Connecting
 with
 Selves
 and
 Others:
 Varieties
 of
 Community‐Making
 across 
Late 
Prepalatial
 Crete"

L.
 Girella,
 "Diversity
 vs.
 Similarity.
 Exploring
 the
 Mortuary
 Evidence
 in
 Middle
 Minoan
 III"

A.
 Nafplioti,
 "Social
 Stratification
 in
 Middle
 Bronze
 Age
 Knossos:
 A
 Bioarchaeological
 Perspective"

E.
 Apostolaki,
 "On 
the
 Basic 
Social 
Unit 
of 
the 
Neopalatial 
Society"

M.
 Devolder,
 "Manpower
 and
 Neopalatial
 Architecture.
 The
 Architectural
 Project
 as
 a Meaningful 
Experience"

Y.
 Hamilakis,
 "Bodily
 Senses,
 Emplaced
 Memories,
 and
 the
 "Emergence
 of
 the
 Palaces" on
 Bronze
 Age
 Crete"

I. 
Caloi, 
"Recreating
 the
 Past. 
Using
 and
 Re‐using
 Tholos
 Tombs
 in
 Protopalatial
 Mesara (Crete)"

A. 
Simandiraki‐Grimshaw,
 "The
 Body
 Brand 
and
 Minoan 
Zonation"

K. 
Soar, 
"Performing
 Death: 
Performance, 
Social 
Differentiation 
and
 Architectural 
Space in
 Early 
Minoan 
Cemeteries"

M.
 Chountasi,
 "Performance
 Theory
 in
 Minoan
 Rituals
 and
 the
 Ambiguity
 of
 Minoan Symbols"

C.
 Murphy,
 "Choreographed
 Frenzy:
 A
 Sequence
 of
 Steps
 towards
 the
 Understanding
 of Movement, 
Gesture 
and
 Dance
 in
 Minoan
 Iconography"

K.
 Zeman‐Wiśniewska,
 
 "A
 Portable
 Goddess.
 On
 Performative
 and
 Experiental
 Aspects of
 Figures 
and 
Figurines"

C. 
Knappett, 
"Minoan
 Pottery: 
from 
Materials 
to
 Materiality"

I.
 Mathioudaki,
 "Minoan
 Archaeology:
 the
 Pretence
 of
 Being
 through
 Perception, Retention 
and
 Recollection"

A. 
Vianello, 
"Closed‐Context 
Deposits 
and
 Middle
 Minoan
 Social 
Hierarchy"

S. 
Traunmüller,
 "Pots 
and
 Potters 
– 
Thoughts 
on 
Ceramic
 Technology 
and
 the
 Craftsmen behind
 the
 Product"

S. 
Sherratt, 
"'Minoans' 
and
 the 
Others"

B.
 Legarra
 Herrero,
 "Looking
 to
 the
 East,
 Thinking
 of
 the
 West:
 Contextualizing
 Cretan Early
 Bronze
 Age
 within
 Mediterranean 
Prehistory"

A.
 Papadopoulos,
 "Looking
 Back
 to
 the
 Earlier
 Interaction
 between
 Crete
 and
 Cyprus from
 an 
Eastern 
Mediterranean
 Perspective"

M. 
Mikrakis, 
"Cross‐Cultural 
Aspects
 of 
Music 
Making 
in 
Minoan 
Crete"

C. 
von 
Rüden, 
"Minoan 
Style 
Reliefs 
from Tell 
el 
Dabca
 – 
A
 Case 
of 
Transmediterranean Knowledge 
Transfer"

A.
 van
 de
 Moortel,
 "The
 Middle
 Bronze
 Age
 Boat
 from
 Mitrou:
 First
 Light
 on
 Building Concepts 
and 
Seafaring 
Capabilities 
of 
Bronze 
Age
 Aegean
 Boats"