On 15-17 December 2014 the annual conference of the Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG 2015) will be held in Manchester. Further information is available at http://www.tag-manchester.org/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
N. Zhuravska, "Talking to gods through things. Material engagement in Minoan religion"
H. Whittaker, "Horns and Axes"
E. Corey-Lopez, "What Constitutes Archaeological Data?"
Spyridon Marinatos
On 22 December 2014 a colloquium entitled Σπυρίδων Μαρινᾶτος: Σαράντα χρόνια ἀπὸ τὸν θάνατό του will be held at the Archaeological Society at Athens. Further information is available at http://www.archetai.gr/site/content.php?artid=1792. The program will be:
Q. Letesson and C. Knappet, "Minoan built environment: recent perspectives, future challenges"
T. Whitelaw, "Minoan urbanism as a dynamic process: context, structure and change"
J. Shaw, "The Middle Minoan Slipway for Ships at the Kommos Harbor, and Harbor Development in Prehistoric Crete"
M. Buell and J. McEnroe, "Community Building/Building Community at Gournia"
T. Cunningham, "Best Laid Plans: An Archaeology of Architectural Errors in Bronze Age Crete"
J. Driessen, "'The House of the Mother as Fact and Symbol'. Understanding in-house Minoan relationships"
M. E. Smith, "Minoan cities in the context of comparative urbanism"
SCS 2015
On 8-11 January 2015 the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Society for Classical Studies will be held in New Orleans. Further information is available at the AIA and SCS websites at http://www.archaeological.org and http://apaclassics.org/annual-meeting/146/146th-annual-meeting. In addition to the AIA papers and posters listed in Nestor 41.8 (November 2014), the SCS program will include the following paper of interest to Nestor readers:
C. J. Tully, "Trance-former/Performer: shamanistic elements in Late Bronze Age Minoan cult"
Material Koinai in the Greek Early Iron Age and Archaic Period
On 30 January - 1 February 2015 an international conference entitled Material Koinai in the Greek Early Iron Age and Archaic Period will be held at the Danish Institute at Athens. Further information is available at http://www.diathens.gr/en/events/konferencer. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
M. E. Voyatzis, "The Early Iron Age Pottery from Mt. Lykaion and the Western Greek Koine"
A. Alexandridou and A. Philippa-Touchais, "Towards an Argive 'koine': From shared votive material expressions to shared social identities"
X. Charalambidou and N. Müller, "Ceramics and Social Interactions on Naxos and the Cyclades"
L. Donnellan, "Consumption and functionality of pottery in the Euboean koine"
S. Houby-Nielsen, "Textile production in Aetolian Chalkis and material koinai"
M. Wecowski, "The 'Middle-Geometric Attic koinē' and the rise of the aristocratic symposion"
V. Misailidou-Despotidou, "Tradition and innovations in the bronze jewellery of the Iron age and Archaic period in Macedonia"
In Poseidon's Realm XX
On 16-22 March 2015 In Poseidon's Realm XX: Land unter! will be held in the Germanic Museum, Nürnberg. Further information is available at http://www.deguwa.org/?id=236. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
Z. Friedman, "Why and what type of ships/boats are depicted in clay objects from the Greek Geometric to the Roman Periods"
G. Plath, "The correlations of Phaistos, Kommos and Agia Triada under aspect of coastal alterations"
Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age
On 6-7 November 2014 a symposium to celebrate the exhibition Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Further information is available at http://www.metmuseum.org/events. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
A. E. Killebrew, "The World of the Philistines and Other 'Sea Peoples'"
A. Özyar, "Phoenicians and Greeks in Cilicia: Coining Elite Identity in Iron Age Anatolia"
A. Caubet, "Phoenicia, Cyprus, and the West"
W.-D. Niemeier, "Greek Sanctuaries and the Near East"
On 30 November 2014 abstracts are due for the 43rd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference: "Keep the Revolution Going" (CAA 2015 SIENA), to be held on 30 March – 3 April 2015 in Siena, Italy. Abstracts (500 words including title, affiliations, and key words) must be submitted online. Further information and the form for abstract submission are available at http://caaconference.org/. The main themes will be:
Field and laboratory data recording
Sematic, data modelling, management, and integration
Data analysis and visualisation
3D modelling, visualization, and simulations
Spatio-temporal modelling and GIS
Remote sensing
Users and interfaces: education, museums and multimedia
Cultural heritage interpretation and modelling past urban and rural contexts
Theoretical issues and the relation of CAA with the Digital Humanities
Open software, open data
CIG 2015
On 30 November 2014 proposals are due for the 2015 Biannual Graduate Student Conference of the Canadian Institute in Greece (CIG 2015), to be held on 6-7 February 2015 at the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada). Papers on the theme of Reproduction and Repurposing in Antiquity will be particularly welcome although all aspects of Greek and Roman antiquity pertaining to Greek culture and the Greek world are invited. A professional workshop on drawing archaeological ceramics and understanding pot sherds will be conducted by Tina Ross, archaeological illustrator and publication artist at projects at Mitrou, Livatho Valley, Pylos, Nestor's Palace, and Eleon; to reserve a place in the workshop, contact Jeffrey Banks (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Abstracts (300-500 words) and a brief summary of qualifications (name, institution, current degree(s) and program, etc.) should be sent by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
