The April 2011 issue (38.4) of Nestor is now available as a free download.
Latest
On 6‐8 May 2011 the 2011 Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) will be held in Berkeley, CA. Further information, a list of sessions, and forms are available at http://arf.berkeley.edu/TAG2011/about/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
S. Katsarou, "The Neolithic Past on an Imaginary Stage"
C. Knappett, "The Potter's Wheel in the Bronze Age East Mediterranean: Innovation, Learning and Communities of Practice"
L. Nikolova, "Prehistoric Lifestyles and Visual Culture as a Theoretical Model"
N. Vander Beken, "'The Politics of Feasting in Minoan Crete': Reflections on the Mediating Role of the Minoan Palaces in the Creation of Asymmetrical Power Relations"
The March 2011 (38.3) volume of Nestor is now available as a free download. This is the new free digital publication model for all future issues of Nestor.
8th ICAANE
On 15 April 2011 proposals for workshops are due for the 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (8th ICAANE), to be held in Warsaw, Poland 30 April–4 May 2012. On 15 October 2011 abstracts (200 words maximum) for papers (20 minutes) and posters are due. Further information is available at http://www.8icaane.org/. The following themes of possible interest to Nestor readers have been announced:
Townships and villages
Excavation reports and summaries
High and low — minor arts for the elites and the populace
Archaeology of fire
Conservation, preservation and site management
Bioarchaeology in the ancient Near EastNY Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium
The
program
of
the New
York
Aegean
Bronze Age
Colloquium has
been
announced for spring
2011.
All
lectures
will be
held at
the
Institute
of
Fine
Arts,
One
East
78th
Street
at 6:30 pm.
Please
R.S.V.P.
to
212‐992‐5803
or
15 April 2011: P. Pantou, "The Development of Social Ranking and Mycenaean State Formation in Thessaly"
13 May 2011: N. Papdimitriou, "The changing faces of death: Funerary ritual and society in Early Mycenaean Greece"