The editors of Nestor remind our readers that Nestor is not published during June, July, or August; Nestor 44.6 will be available in September 2017. We wish readers a productive and enjoyable summer and hope to see you during our own research activities.
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The Connected Past 2017
On 21 May 2017 abstracts (250 words maximum) are due for a multi-disciplinary international conference entitled The Connected Past 2017: The Future of Past Networks? to be held on 24-25 August 2017 at Bournemouth University, preceded by a practical workshop offering hands-on experience with a range of network science methods on 22-23 August 2017. Abstracts should be submitted to
Missing and incomplete data in archaeological and historical networks
Networks, space and place
Network change over time
What kinds of data can archaeologists and historians use to reconstruct past networks and what kinds of issues ensue?
Categories in the past vs categories in our analysis: etic or emic, pre-determined or emergent?
Formal network analysis vs qualitative network approaches: pros, cons, potential, limitations
ΑΕΠΕΛ 2 / AWOP 2
On 15 June 2017 abstracts (400 words maximum) for papers and posters are due for the Β’ Επιστημονική Συνάντηση ‘Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στην Πελοπόννησο (ΑΕΠΕΛ 2). Second Scientific Meeting of the “Archaeological Work in the Peloponnese (AWOP 2), to be held on 1-4 November 2017 in Kalamata. Further information is available at https://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/call-for-papers/cfp-awop-2/.
Η περιφέρεια του μυκηναϊκού κόσμου / The Periphery of the Mycenaean World 3
On 30 June 2017 abstracts (1 page maximum) are due for the Γ’ Διεθνές Διεπιστημονικό Συμπόσιο: Η περιφέρεια του μυκηναϊκού κόσμου - Πρόσφατα ευρήματα και πορίσματα της έρευνας. 3rd International Interdisciplinary Colloquium: The Periphery of the Mycenaean World - Recent discoveries and research results, to be held in May 2018 at the Archaeological Museum of Lamia (Castle of Lamia). Further information is available at http://www.efafeu.gr/index.php/2012-06-24-08-31-37/203-g-diethnes-diepistimoniko-symposio-i-perifereia-tou-mykinaikou-kosmou-prosfata-evrimata-kai-porismata-tis-erevnas.
The Archaeological Review from Cambridge: 'Glocal Archaeology'
On 1 August 2017 papers (4000 words) are due for The Archaeological Review from Cambridge 33.1, which explores the theme of 'Glocal Archaeology'. Contributions are welcome from researchers at any stage of their academic career and from all related disciplines. Potential contributors are welcome to discuss their ideas with the editors or register their interest by sending an abstract to
XVIIIe world UISPP congress
On 30 November 2017 abstracts are due for the XVIIIe world UISPP congress: Adaptation and Sustainability of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Societies Confronted to Climate Change, to be held from 4-9 June 2018 in Paris. Further information is available at https://uispp2018.sciencesconf.org/?forward-action=index&forward-controller=index&lang=en. Announced subthemes are:
Historiography
Archaeological methods
Archaeological theory
GIS and Economic Archaeology Workshop
On 19 May 2017 a workshop entitled GIS and Economic Archaeology Workshop will be held at the University of Bonn. Further information is available at http://www.wirtschaftsarchaeologie.de/en/events/gis-workshop-and-economic-archaeology-inter-and-intrasite-approaches-bonn/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
G. Papantoniou, "Unlocking Sacred Landscapes Research Network: Aims and Objectives/The case study of Iron Age Cyprus"
TAG-US 2017
On 19-20 May 2017 the Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG-US) 2017. The Medium is the Message: Media and Mediation in Archaeology will be held in Toronto. Further information is available at http://www.archaeology.utoronto.ca/registration.html. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
E. Steingart, "The Mediation of the Imprint: Seal Impressions as Indices of Contact and Cognition"
P. Gheorghiade, "Cultural Interaction and Identity: An Entangled Approach to 'Mycenaean' Crete"
T. Sager, "Light and Dark: A Phenomenological Reconsideration of Minoan Palace Architecture and Its Relationship to Natural Spaces (Middle Minoan IB-Late Minoan IB)"
5th Young Researchers’ Conference in Aegean Archaeology
On 1-2 June 2017 the 5th Young Researchers’ Conference in Aegean Archaeology will be held at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland by the Department of Aegean Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw and Mare Nostrum Student's Scientific Organization. Further information is available at https://www.evensi.com/5th-aegean-conference-instytut-archeologii-uniwersytet/194828204. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
C. De Gregorio, “Cycladic Sauceboats in the Deposito Delle Camerette in Ayia Triada”
G. Georgakopoulos, “The Kitchen of the Palace and the Cooking Areas of the Houses in a Minoan Neopalatial Town: the Example of Kato Zakros”
I. Pappas, “Minoan Pottery Kilns: New Approaches and Re-Evaluations towards a Better Understanding of Minoan Technology and Socioeconomic Organization”
On 7-9 June 2017 the XIIIth International Meeting of Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas (ASWA2017) will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus. Further information is available at https://aswa2017.sciencesconf.org/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include
K. Pappayiannis et al., "Mousetrack: tracking the earliest evidence for the house mouse dispersal in Cyprus and Anatolia using Geometric Morphometrics Analysis and aDNA"
J.-D. Vigne et al., "Evolution of the Cypriot vertebrate fauna during the Neolithic transition, 13th – 9th millennia BP"
S. Vitezović et al., "Exploitation of animal resources in the Early Neolithic of Thrace: preliminary results from the site of Nova"
On 21-22 June 2017 an international conference entitled Dynamics and Organisation of Textile Production in Past Societies in Europe and the Mediterranean will be held by the Polish Academy of Sciences in Łódź, Poland. Further information is available at http://www.archeo.uw.edu.pl/zalaczniki/upload1904.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
M. Siennicka, "'Greek Textile Tools'. Continuity and changes in textile production in Early Bronze Age Greece"
M. Vetters, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it? An endeavour in defining contexts of textile production on the Middle Helladic Greek mainland and in comparing textile technology/ies"
A. Ulanowska, "But how were they made? More about patterned textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age"
L. Bombardieri and G. Muti, "Erimi Laonin tou Porakou. A textile community of practice in Middle Bronze Age Cyprus"
D. Cassuto, "Domestic and non-domestic modes of textile production at Iron Age Tell eș-Șâfī/Gath"
Ground Stone Artifacts and Society
On 12-15 September 2017 an international conference entitled Ground Stone Artifacts and Society will be held by the Association for Ground Stone Tools Research in Mainz, Germany on the quarrying, production, function and exchange of ground stone artifacts. Further information is available at https://converia.uni-mainz.de/frontend/index.php?folder_id=254. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
C. Schwall, M. Brandl, D. Wolf, L. Sørensen, B. Horejs, and T. Gluhak, "From near and far: Stone procurement and exchange at Çukuriçi Höyük in Western Anatolia"
A. Stroulia, "Biographical Highlights for the Celts of Varemeni-Goulon, Northern Greece"
T. Bekiaris, "Ground stone technology in context: consumption of grinding tools and social practice at Neolithic Avgi, NW Greece"