The October 2017 issue of Nestor (44.7) is available as a free download.
Latest
Looking Beyond Borders
On 16 October 2017 abstracts (250 words maximum) are due for the Seventh Graduate Student Conference at the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology entitled Looking Beyond Borders: Interaction and Exchange in Archaeology, to be held on 2-3 February 2018. Proposals are welcomed that explore issues of interaction and exchange on all scales, from agency-driven studies of connectivity and interfacing between individuals, to analyses of society-wide perspectives on conflict, contact, and colonialism. Abstracts should describe the proposed topic of discussion and its relationship to interaction and/or exchange, and may be sent to ArchaeoGradConference.ucla@gmail. Areas of potential discussion include:
How do different social classes, family groups, or individuals within a household engage with one another?
In what ways do trade, foodways, or politics influence contact and exchange between groups?
What connections do we see between seemingly divided cultural forces, such as the mundane and divine?
How does the interaction between humans and objects define social practice?
What can we learn from ancient conflicts, cultural hybridity, and imperialism?
How do boundaries and conceptions of boundaries affect interactions between people(s) and their environments?
EAA AM 2018
On 10 November 2017 proposals for sessions are due for the 24th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA AM 2018), to be held in Barcelona from 5-8 September 2018. From 15 December 2017 until 15 February 2018 paper and poster abstract submission will be open; on 31 March 2018 registration and payment is due from submitting authors. Further information and forms are available at https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2018. The meeting will consist of sessions, round tables, and poster presentations focusing on the following main themes:
Theories and methods in archaeology
The archaeology of material culture, bodies and landscapes
Mediterranean seascapes
Archaeology and the future of cities and urban landscapes
Archaeology and the European Year of Cultural Heritage
Museums and the challenges of archaeological heritage in 21st century
ISA 2018
On 15 January 2018 abstracts (200-400 words) are due for the 42nd International Symposium on Archaeometry (ISA 2018), to be held on 20-26 May 2018 in Merida, Mexico. Further information and the link to submit abstracts will be available at http://isa2018.mx/. The subjects of the symposium are grouped into the following sessions:
Remote sensing, Geophysical prospection and Field Archaeology
Archaeo-chronometry
Biomaterials and Bioarcheology
Human-environment interactions
Stone, Plaster and Pigments
Ceramics, Glazes, Glass and Vitreous Materials
Metals and metallurgical ceramics
Mycenaean Seminars 2017-18
The University of London School of Advanced Study, Institute of Classical Studies has announced the following schedule of Mycenaean Seminars for 2017-2018, to take place in the Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House South Block Ground Floor G22 / 26, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Unless otherwise stated, Mycenaean Seminars begin at 3:30 pm. Further information is available at https://ics.sas.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Mycenaean%20Series%202017-18.pdf.
18 October 2017: M. Devolder, “Reconstructing the Architectural Sequence of the Palace at Malia”
15 November 2017: A. Nafplioti, “Bones, isotopes and life histories”
6 December 2017: I. Schoep, “A locational analysis of writing and sealing practices at Ayia Triada in the Late Minoan I period (ca. 1700/1675-1470/1460 BC)”
17 January 2018: B. Horejs, “Proto-urbanisation, rising elites and the role of metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean-Anatolian world(s)”
21 February 2018: B Burke and B. Burns, “Mycenaean Eleon in Eastern Boeotia: from the Shaft Grave Era through the Post-Palatial Period” (Seminar sponsored by INSTAP)
21 March 2018: L. Girella, “On the side of Rhadamanthus: Phaistos and its region at the beginning of the Neopalatial period”
16 May 2018: K. Paschalidis, “Shaft Grave IV in Grave Circle A. New and unexpected light in a very old story”
New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium 2017-18
The New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium has announced the schedule of lecturers for 2017-2018, to take place at the NYU Institute of Fine Arts, One East 78th Street, NY, New York at 6:30 pm. Further information is available at https://nyabac.tumblr.com/.
22 September 2017: P. Pavùk, “Cultural Encounters at the Center of the East Aegean–West Anatolian Interface in the Late Bronze Age”
1 November 2017: A. Kanta, “The Religious Center of the City of Knossos: Excavations of a Plot in the Modern Village”
2 March 2018: S. Hemingway
20 March 2018: N. Moeller
6 April 2018: J. Wright
Ancient Communities and Their Elites
On 6-8 October 2017 an international conference entitled Ancient Communities and Their Elites from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity (Central Europe – Mediterranean – Black Sea) will be held in Trnava, Slovakia on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the re-established Trnava University in Trnava and the 20th anniversary of the Department of Classical Archaeology. Further information and the registration forms are available at http://klasarch.truni.sk/conference-2017. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
B. F. Steinmann, “Making Knossos Great Again: Changing Strategies in Minoan Elite Representation between LM I and LM II before and after the Destruction of the Palaces”
V. Dubcová, “Mastering a Griffin. The Agency and Perception of Near Eastern Images by the Aegean Bronze Age Elite”
F. Blakolmer, “What does the Iconography tell us about the Warrior-chiefs of the Shaft Graves at Mycenae?”
Ü. Aytan, “Mediterranean from another angle”
Making, Understanding, Storytelling
On 14 October 2017 a workshop on experimental archaeology entitled Making, Understanding, Storytelling will be held at the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens. Further information is available at http://www.iihsa.ie/athensprog.html. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
G. Kourtessi-Philippakis, “Stone knapping in Prehistory and the contribution of Experimental Archaeology” (in Greek, summary in English)
K. Sarri and U. Mokdad, “Recreating Neolithic textiles: an exercise on woven patterns”
Υ. Papadatos and E. Venieris, “The manufacture of Early Cycladic figurines: experimental approaches and archaeological implications”
J. Day and M. Kobik, “Reconstructing a Minoan pottery kiln from Priniatikos Pyrgos, Crete”
Ε. Κοnstantinidi, N. Papadimitriou and A. Goumas, “Mycenaean jewellery: investigating questions of technology and craftsmanship”
E. Maragoudaki, “‘Cutting edge technology’: reconstruction and use of Late Bronze Age woodworking tools”
ASOR 2017
On 15-18 November 2017 the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR 2017) will take place in Boston, MA. Further information is available at http://www.asor.org/am/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. M. Crandal, “Field ORA in the Storerooms of Tel Kabri”
B. Davis, “The Phaistos Disk: A New Way of Viewing the Language behind the Script”
N. Yahalom-Mack, I. Segal, and I. Finkelstein, “The Complexity of the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean Copper Trade: A View from the Southern Levant”
Προϊστορικής Αρχαιολογίας του Τμήματος Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας
On 25 May 2017 a conference entitled Προϊστορικής Αρχαιολογίας του Τμήματος Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας: Υλικός πολιτισμός και γνωσιακές λειτουργίες κατά την Πρώιμη Προϊστορία was held in Athens. Further information is available at http://psep-yppo.gr/nea/synedria-imerides/423-synedrio-proistorikis-arxaiologias. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
Κ. Νάκα, “Εποχικότητα και κατοίκηση στις κοινωνίες των παλαιολιθικών κυνηγών-τροφοσυλλεκτών: Επιλογή ή προσαρμογή;”
Έ. Σασσάνη, “Μοτίβα κατοίκησης κατά τη Μέση Παλαιολιθική: Το παράδειγμα της Πλαγιάς Αιτωλοακαρνανίας”
Φ. Ροδίτη, “Foraging Strategies and the Human Mind: Α zooarchaeological approach”
The September 2017 issue of Nestor (44.6) is available as a free download.