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On 23 May 2015 a colloquium entitled Μνημεία Μαραθώνος: από την Εποχή του Λίθου έως τους μεταβυζαντινούς χρόνους was held in Marathon. The program was:

Α. Μαρή, "Οινόη ΙΙ (Πανός) και Οινόη IV στον λόφο. Πανός Μαραθώνα: πρώτη εκτίμηση των αρχαιολογικών δεδομένων και μελλοντικές προοπτικές"

Μ. Παντελίδου, G. Touchais, Ά. Φίλιππα‐Touchais, and Ν. Παπαδημητρίου, "Οι προϊστορικοί τύμβοι του Μαραθώνα"

TAG-US 2015

On 22-24 May 2015 the annual conference of the Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG-US) 2015: Movement was held at the New York University. Further information is available at https://wp.nyu.edu/gsas-nyutag2015/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

J. Marcum, "Head of household: Exploring the dance of everyday life at Çatalhöyük"

K. Soar, "Wish you were here? Postcards from Knossos"

G. Flouda and A. Nagel, "Troy-Stories: Itineraries of Heinrich Schliemann, a US Diplomat and Material Engagements"

Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context

On 25-26 May 2015 a conference entitled Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context from Beyond the Cyclades: Mainland Greece, the North and East Aegean was held at the Archaeological Society in Athens. The program was:

F. Mavridis, "Tracing cultural continuity. Examples of Neolithic figurines from mainland Greece and Early Cycladic anthropomorphic imagery"

E. Papazoglou-Manioudaki, "An early Cycladic figurine from the Acropolis of Athens"

A. Christopoulou and K. Kostanti, "'Aghios Kosmas revisited'. The Cycladic figurines from the Early Helladic site at Aghios Kosmas in Attica"

On 27-31 May 2015 an international conference entitled Athens and Attica in Prehistory. Η Προϊστορία της Αθήνας και της Αττικής was held at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Further information is available at http://prehistoricattica.org/. The program was:

Ε. Ανδρίκου, "Ανατολική Αττική: τα προϊστορικά ευρήματα στον 21ο αιώνα"

D. Vandarakis, K. Pavlopoulos, K. Vouvalidis, and E. Fouache, "The contribution of simulated lithostratigraphy in the geoarchaeological research of the Athenian Basin during the Holocene"

Ο. Κακαβάκης and Ε. Σκιαδαρέση, "Αποθέσεις της Εποχής του Χαλκού στον υγρότοπο του Φαληρικού Δέλτα: ερμηνευτικές προσεγγίσεις"

10ICAANE

On 30 June 2015 abstracts (200 words maximum) are due for papers, workshops, and posters at the 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (10ICAANE), to be held on 25-29 April 2016 at OREA (Institut für Orientalische und Europäische Archäologie, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria. Further information is available at http://www.orea.oeaw.ac.at/10icaane.html. Special consideration will be given to the following themes:

Transformation and Migration

Archaeology of Religion and Rituals

Ancient Near Eastern Environments: Shifts, Impacts, and Adaptations

Prehistoric and Historical Landscapes and Settlement Patterns

Economy and Society

Excavation Reports and Summaries

Images in Context: Agencies, Audiences, and Perception

Islamic Archaeology

SAA 2015

On 15-19 April 2015 the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA 2015) will held in San Francisco, CA. Further information is available at http://www.saa.org/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:

K. DiBenedetto and L. Keach, "Playing with Fire at 'Ais Giorkis: A Geospatial Analysis of Prehistoric Fire Residue"

L. Keach, "Geospatial Analysis of Areal (Polygonal) Units: Applications at the Site Level in Neolithic Cyprus"

A. Basiran and C. M. Erek, "Direkli Cave: Aerial Photography of an Epipaleolithic Site"