INSTAP SCEC Lectures
The program of the INSTAP SCEC Lectures has been announced for 2026-2027. Lectures are at 12:00 pm (ET) / 7 pm (EET); registration for attendance is required. Further information is available at https://instapstudycenter.net/lecture-series/. The program will be:
2 December 2026: F. Dibble, “The Problem with Fake Archaeology. And what we can do about it.”
27 January 2027: M. Durusu, “Rethinking Hittite-Aegean Relations in the Late Bronze Age”
24 February 2027: J. Engstrom, “Transculturality and Constellations of Practice: Rethinking ‘Pseudo-Minoan’ Pottery in a Pan-Aegean Perspective”
31 March 2027: S. Kiorpe, S. Triantyphyllou, G. Cadogan, and J. Musgrave†, “Social Identities and Everyday Life at Minoan Myrtos-Pyrgos during the Second Millennium BCE: A Fresh Look at the Human Remains Excavated in the 1970s”
7 April 2027: S. Ferrence, L. Bonga, and A. Kanta, “Making Sense of Taphonomic Processes in the Neolithic Longue Durée in the Pelekita Cave, Crete: An Ongoing Discussion”
5 May 2027: N. Thomas, “Malkata, Amarna and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age: A Challenge to the Aegean/Egyptian Narrative”
ASOR 2026
On 18-21 November 2026 the American Schools of Overseas Research Annual Meeting 2026 (ASOR 2026) will be held in hybrid format and in Chicago. Further information is available at https://www.asor.org/am/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
S. R. Guterman, “A Grave Matter: Philistine Burial Practices at Tell es-Safi/Gath”
M. Artzy, “When is Ship-Graffito not Ex-voto?”
A. E. Killebrew, “The Development of Philistine Urbanization during the Iron Age”
J. R. Chadwick, “The Gihon of Gath! – Excavating the Iron Age I-IIA Water Gate Plaza and City Fortification Walls of the Philistine Capital at Tell es-Safi/Gath”
B. Monnickendam-Givon, E. Zwiebel, B. Yuzefovsky, J. Seligman, R. Ben-Chelouche, R. Bik, and C. Shoham, “A Second Century BCE Cypro-Syllabic Inscription from Yavne Excavations”
C. Maner, “The Making of a Bronze Age City in Anatolia”
D. K. Pettegrew, “Linked Open Archaeological Publication in the Age of AI: Reflections from the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey”
B. Arikan, “The Assessment of Land Use Patterns and Landscape Evolution During the Early Bronze Age in Anatolia”
B. E. Emre and B. Arıkan, “Shaping the Neolithic Landscape: Palaeoenvironmental Change and Early Settlements in the Marmara Region”
A. Kesserwani, “A Genome-Wide History of the Ancient Near East: Evidence from the Levant and Mesopotamia”
M. E. Gruver, “In Times of Crisis: The LH IIIC Collapse and Mycenaean Fortifications”
J. Evrenopoulos, “Aspects of Materiality in the Linear B Tablets from Pylos and Mycenae: Examination and Experimentation”
K. Grossman, T. Paulette, L. Graham, and A. McCarthy, “The Prehistoric Cemetery at Makounta-Voules-Mersinoudia: Excavations in 2025-2026”
L. Crewe, “Recent Work at Bronze Age Kissonerga-Skalia”
S. W. Manning and K. Fisher, “Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments Project: Updates 2026”
C. Donnelly, “Getting the Cypro-Minoan Corpus Online (GeCCO)”
M. Rekowska, A. Kordas, D. Michaelides, S. Popławski, and M. Mackiewicz, “Landscape Archaeology in the Rural Hinterland of Kourion: A New Project in Progress”
A. Simmons, “Still Looking for those Cypriot Neandertals!”
D. Macdonald, L. Maher, and B. Jones, “Lithic Landscapes: Coastal and Mountain Occupations in Cyprus’ Hunter-Gatherer Past”
M. Topor, “Shaping Power: Water Management and Access in Late Bronze Age Cyprus”
K. Batagianis and G. Sharon, “Fit for a King? Cylinder Seals of the Uluburun Shipwreck”
K. Ahern, “Fragility, Contagion, and the Late Bronze Age Collapse”
D. Hartman, “The Plst, the Philistines, and the Pelethites”
A. McCarthy, “Now We're Cooking! Neolithic Domestic Cooking vs. Large Scale Feasting in Cyprus”
L. Wilson, “The Importance of the Ceramic Tumbler Cup in the Drinking Practices at Kastelli-Pediada, Crete, and in Larger Networks of Eastern Mediterranean Exchange”
A. M. Crowe, “Aegean Pottery in the Lands of Alalakh: New Perspectives on Mycenaean Imports at Tell Atchana”