Cycladic Seminar 2026
The program of the Cycladic Seminar. Κυκλαδικού Σεμιναρίου has been announced for 2026. Lectures are at 6:30 pm (EET) in hybrid form; registration for either in-person or remote attendance is required Further information is available at https://www.facebook.com/groups/230503754201416/posts/2017225095529264/. The program will be:
18 March 2026: M. J. Boyd, “Creativity, identity and centrality at Dhaskalio during Phase B (ca. 2550-2400 BCE): the excavations of 2016-2018”
26 May 2026: Φ. Μαυρίδης, “Η συμβολή της έρευνας των σπηλαίων στη μελέτη της Κυκλαδικής προϊστορίας: σύνθεση και νέα δεδομένα (The contribution of cave research to the study of Cycladic prehistory: a synthesis and new evidence)”
10 November 2026: Μ. Ρουσάκη, “Το χελιδόνι στην εικονιστική τέχνη των Κυκλάδων και της Κρήτης στην Εποχή του Χαλκού. Η περίπτωση της 'Τοιχογραφίας των Χελιδονιών' από την Κνωσό (The swallow in the pictorial art of the Cyclades and Crete in the Bronze Age: the case of the ΄Swallow Fresco΄ from Knossos)”
8 December 2026: I. Caloi, “Travelling wares in the Middle Bronze Age Aegean. Minoan Kamares Ware in the Cyclades”
SAA 2026
On 29 April – 3 May 2026 the Society for American Archaeology 91st Annual Meeting (SAA 2026) will be held in San Francisco, CA. Further information is available at https://www.saa.org/annual-meeting. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
C. Cakirlar, “Why Did Fallow Deer Become (Almost) Extinct in Its Original Homeland?”
A. McCarthy, “Experimental Neolithic Cooking in Cyprus: Large-Scale Feasting versus Domestic Cooking”
K. McPherson, “Piecing Together the Past: Mapping Cypriot Pottery in Hittite Archaeological Contexts to Analyze Patterns of Trade and Exchange”
H. Murphy, P. Willett, J. Anvari, and E. Andoni, “Investigating Craft Production and Specialization in the Albanian Middle Neolithic Using pXRF: A Preview into Daily Life in the Past”
L. Maher and D. Macdonald, “Navigating Landscapes and Seascapes: Comparing Epipaleolithic Hunter-Gatherers of the Levant and Early Cyprus”
S. Allen, “Fueling the Interpretive Fire: Posthumanist Perspectives on Charcoal Remains”
A. Crowe, “Mycenaean Pottery in the Northern Levant: Situating Social Value in Export Economies”
P. Hristova, “Crafting Style, Comfort, and Prestige: A Review of Plant Use beyond Food in Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic Southeast Europe”
S. Henning, D. Macdonald, L. Maher, and A. Simmons, “Beyond the Rockshelter: Lithic Technologies and Mobility in Epipaleolithic Cyprus”
E. Biondi, O. Navarro-Farr, and M. Florence, “Networking in the Cyclades: The Effects of the Ionian Migration and White Marble Production from the Archaic Period on the Island of Delos”
V. Moses, A. Barton, A. Mittnik, M. McCormick, and D. Reich, “Ancient Punic DNA and Mediterranean Connections: A Further Investigation into the Aegean Ancestry Component”