The Nestor website has been redesigned during the summer of 2017 to clear up some issues with our old Content Management System and add some new features. Some of the changes are listed below.
The database search pages have been completely rewritten in a more modern programming language which is more easily embedded in the website
The database search pages are also more compatible with the Zotero bibliographic system, which allows for the discovery and importing of bibliographic items
The website is responsive, which means that it will look great on tablets and phones as well as the desktop
The Nestor bibliography can be searched from any page via the search box at the top
The Nestor Search menu on the right of the screen will bring up the full field bibliographic search page
News items can be shared via Facebook or twitter by the icons at the bottom of each screen
The print icon will let you customize the pages that you print, convert to pdf, or email
The email icon at the bottom of each screen will allow you to send the full url of the results of your searches in the bibliography to share with colleagues
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.
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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; further information is available at http://connectedpast.net/. Submissions are invited that address the challenges posed by the use of network approaches or that apply them in historical/archaeological research contexts, welcoming case studies drawn from all periods and places. Topics might include, but are not limited 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?
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
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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Further information is available at http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/arc/.
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:
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”