ARU Spring 2026 lecture series

The schedule of public lectures hosted by the Archaeological Research Unit at the University of Cyprus has been announced for spring 2026. Lectures are at 7:30 pm (EET) in hybrid form; registration for either in-person or remote attendance is required Further information is available at https://www.ucy.ac.cy/aru/wp-content/uploads/sites/251/2026/01/LECTURE-PROGRAM-SPRING-SEMESTER-2026.pdf. Lectures of interest to Nestor readers will include:
9 February 2026: O. Daune-Le Brun, “You can't just improvise being a builder: reconstructing Neolithic Khirokitia, Cyprus”
2 March 2026: J. Webb, “The archaeology of Bronze Age Lapithos: from 1913 to 2025”
16 March 2026: P. Stockhammer, “Social Belonging in Mycenaean Greece: New Bioarchaeological Insights”
21 March 2026: “‘Το Έργον '25’ Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο του Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου, 2025”
20 April 2026: F. Zangani, “How Egyptology and Cypriot Archaeology can (and should) be brought into dialogue”

Final NYABA

On 26 March 2026, after 50 years, the final meeting of the New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium will be held at 12:00 pm (EDT). Aleydis Van de Moortel will speak on “The Emergence of Socio-Political Complexity at Mitrou and the Formation of a Central Greek Elite Culture in the LH I–IIA period (ca. 1700–1450 BCE).” Brief remarks on the history of the colloquium will precede the lecture. The meeting will be held on Zoom, with registration available at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6r9PATirRPOqHLZBV5weog#/registration.

WAVE 2

On 26-29 March 2026 a conference entitled Writing As Visual Engagement (WAVE 2) will be held in Cambridge. Further information is available at https://viewsproject.wordpress.com/writing-as-visual-engagement/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
M. Wiltshire, “Direction in early Cretan seals”

CAA 2026

On 31 March - 4 April 2026 the 53rd Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA 2026): It’s All About People will be held in Vienna, Austria. Further information is available at https://2026.caaconference.org/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
N. Sepetzoglou, D. Niotis, S. Triantos, and A. Vlachopoulos, “Tracing Aegean Prehistory in the rocky landscape. From aerial photogrammetry to detailed recording of petroglyphs at Vathy, Astypalaia”
J. Wallrodt, “Experimental AI Applications for Rapid Archaeological Legacy Data Distribution”
M. Bergoffen, M. Papadopoulou, A. Karnava, and C. Roche, “Iconographic Metadata: From 'Traditional' Databases to Semantic Data”
A. Michalopoulou, “Beyond Application: Rethinking Spatial Interaction Modelling in Mycenaean Archaeology”
K. Sgouropoulos, A. Sarris, and D. Urem-Kotsou, “Linking Ground and Aerial Perspectives: A Vision-Based Workflow for Archaeological Surface Survey”
I. Ladenis, K. Sgouropoulos, and D. Urem-Kotsou, “Popularising archaeological predictive modelling: An application on neolithic settlements in Thrace”
D. Gavriil, “‘Putting the Body in its Rightful Place’: Assessing Bodily Senses in Late Cypriot Mortuary Rituals at Alassa Pano Mantilaris”
E. Vereketi, E. Paliou, and V. Petrakis, “Fragmented Coasts, Connected Worlds: Maritime Interaction and Social Reorganization in the Post-Palatial Ionian-Adriatic Region”
S. Kübler, P. Tsakanikou, and N. Galanidou, “Lower Palaeolithic hominin activity at the Lesvos wetland: a view from agent-based modelling and affordance analysis”
V. Panagiotidis and V. Valantou, “From Nestor’s ‘Wine Magazine’ To Pgi Labels: A Terrain-Aware Wine Landscape of Messenia”