South by Southeast
On 1-2 July 2017 an international conference entitled South by Southeast: The History and Archaeology of the Southeast of Crete, from Myrtos to Kato Zakros was held in Pacheia Ammos, Crete. Further information is available from
L. Bonga, “Southeastern Crete before the Bronze Age”
K. Nowicki, “The South-East Siteia Region in the Transition between the Late Neolithic and the Early Minoan I Period: New Evidence for Settlement Changes”
S. Ferrara, “Cretan Hieroglyphic Seals: A Holistic Approach”
E. Hatzaki, “Myrtos Pyrgos House Tomb: the LM I Pottery in Context”
T. Kalantzopoulou, “Living on the Edge: Habitation on the Uplands of East Crete – Preliminary Results from an Extensive Survey”
Y. Papadatos and C. Sofianou, “A View from Above – The Neopalatial Peak Sanctuary at Stavromenos Anatoli and its Implications for the Understanding of Minoan Occupation in the Area of Ierapetra”
V. Apostolakou, P. Betancourt, T. Brogan, M. Eaby, K. Chalikias, K. Mountaki, C. McNamee, D. Mylona, and C. Sofianou, “Minoan Island Archaeology: Contextualizing House A.2 on Chryssi in the East Cretan Bronze Age Economy”
C. Spencer and T. Whitelaw, “Simulating Prehistoric Settlement in the Ierapetra Region: Extrapolations from the Northern Isthmus”
C. Knappett, “Maritime Small worlds of Protopalatial Southeast Crete”
J. Gait, N. S. Müller, E. Kiriatzi, and C. Knappett, “Pottery Production and Consumption at Palaikastro”
L. Platon, “The Kato Zakros Valley in the Kaleidoscope of History”
L. Vokotopoulos, “Choiromandres: Periods of Use and Character of the Occupation – An Overview”
F. Liard and P. Koutsovitis, “Patterns of Production and Exchange of Pottery in the ‘South Coast’ Fabric – A Mineralogical Study”
E. Nodarou, “Εδώ στο Νότο – ‘South Coast’ Fabrics and Patterns of Pottery Production in Southeast Crete”
C. Sofianou, “Κεφαλή Γυναικείου Αγάλματος από την Ιεράπετρα”
T. Fragkopoulou, “The Role of the Sea for the Southeastern Coast of Crete – A Diachronic Approach”
G. Cadogan, “The Swinging Myrtos Valley: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”
4th Symposium of Greek Gastronomy
On 29-30 July 2017 the 4th Symposium of Greek Gastronomy: Known, forgotten and lost grains will be held in Chania, Crete. Further information is available at https://greekgastronomy.wordpress.com. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:
Γ. Mαρουλάκη, “Η εξέλιξη των κρουστήρων και των τριβείων για των παρασκευή καρπών και τροφής την προϊστορική εποχή”
J. J. García-Granero, A. Bogaard, D. Urem-Kotsou, E. Tsafou, S. Kotsos, and E. Hatzaki, “Exploring Greek prehistoric cuisine through phytolith and starch analyses”
P. E. Patton and S. Allen, “A Forgotten Cultigen? Chenopodium album L. (κλουβιδα)”
Γ.-Π. Γεωργακόπουλος, “Οι αρχαιολογικές ενδείξεις για τις σχετιζόμενες με τα δημητριακά και το αλεύρι δραστηριότητες των κατοίκων των νεοανακτορικών οικισμών: γενική επισκόπηση και το παράδειγμα της Ζάκρου”
R. Palmer, “Grains and Breadmaking in the Linear B Tablets: the Nature of the Evidence”
Ά. Τσαγράκης, “Καταγραφή και χρήση των δημητριακών στις προϊστορικές γραφές του Αιγαίου”
EAA 2017
On 30 August - 3 September 2017 the 23rd Annual Meeting of The European Association of Archaeologists 2017 (EAA 2017): Building Bridges will be held in Maastricht. Further information is available at http://www.eaa2017maastricht.nl/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:
L. Donnellan, “Funerary performance and inter-regional interaction in the Early Iron Age Northern Aegean”
E. Dalkilic, “Using Inter-site Relationships during Middle Bronze Age Cyprus to Explain Social Change: A Social Network Analysis Perspective”
M. Andonova, E. Marinova, and D. Dimitrova, “An integral approach towards the analysis of ancient mat-weaving: the case of the Kitova mound (Thracian Valley, Bulgaria)”
