9th Arch_RNT

On 9–10 October 2026 the 9th Archaeological Research and New Technologies Symposium (9th Arch_RNT) was held in Kalamata, Greece. Further information is available at https://www.facebook.com/arch.rnt/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:
S. Menelaou, A. Bevan, E. Kiriatzi, and B. Hassett, “Making storage jars on Chios island: a longue durée petrographic perspective from prehistory to the present”
R. N. Klöcki-Zorić, V. Testolini, and J. H. Sterba, “What’s what? Differences and similarities in pottery from Pheneos, Arkadia, and the area of Corinth”
E. Kiriatzi, S. Menelaou, N. S. Müller, G. Kordatzaki, M. E. Voyatzis, and D. G. Romano, “Ceramics, ritual, and mobility at the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Lykaion: Tracing changing communities of participation from the Late Bronze Age to the Classical period”
E. Samartzi, A. G. Karydas, S. Stocker, K. Tsampa, and N. Nerantzis, “Goldwork in the Palace of Nestor and the Grave Circle: An archaeometric investigation of composition and use”
S. Menelaou and O. Kouka, “The emergence of Neolithic ceramic technology in Cyprus: Preliminary petrographic insights”
A. Ladas, E. Aidona, G. S. Polymeris, and N. Kantiranis, “Chronology and firing technology of Late Neolithic ceramics from Northern Greece”
T. Panagiotopoulou, G. Selempa, P. Chritophi, and E. Nikita, “Diet and mobility: Preliminary stable isotope results from the Bronze Age site of Linou, Cyprus”
S. Fritzilas, A. Katakos, P. Xirokosta, I. Lykidou, P. Giannakopoulou, M. Mitsa, K. Papamikrouli, D. Mitsos, R. Kordali, S. Boyatzis, and C. Karydis, “A Mycenaean boar’s tusk helmet from Messenia: An archaeometric investigation”
Y. Z. Helvacı, K. Zervaki, and R. Giustetto, “Beyond the photograph: Photogrammetric documentation and preliminary analysis of two ivory plaques from Crete”