A New Home for the Archives of the Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory
The Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Archives of the Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory (PASP). Founded by Thomas G. Palaima in 1986, the PASP Archives contain the original papers and collections of the scholars who contributed to the decipherment of Linear B: Alice E. Kober, Michael G. F. Ventris, and Emmett L. Bennett, Jr.; many of these papers are accessible online. In addition, PASP houses an extensive collection of 1:1 scale photographs of inscriptions, particularly those of the Linear A and the Linear B systems, as well as thousands of rare offprints on scripts-based subjects. The PASP collections, both physical and digital, will be formally transferred to UC Classics in the summer of 2024. During this transition phase from late spring through early fall of that year, every effort will be made to fulfill requests for information, but significant delays will occur. We expect to open access to the physical holdings by late fall of 2024, with access to the digital holdings soon afterwards. More information about UC Classics may be found at https://classics.uc.edu/, with information about the Archives and Special Collections of the Department of Classics at UC at https://classics.uc.edu/departments/classics/archives. More information about PASP may be found at https://sites.utexas.edu/scripts/.
On 31 March 2023 applications from young researchers are due for the second year of the Petros D. Goneos Memorial Award for Studies on the Culture of the Cyclades ($5000) for the academic year 2023-2024; on 14 April 2023 letters of recommendation are due. Further information is available at https://cycladic.gr/en/page/chrimatiko-epathlo-sti-mnimi-petrou-d-goneou. The Goneos award seeks to encourage, support, and promote high quality research from new researchers who focus on topics related to the culture of the Cyclades from the Neolithic up to the post-Byzantine period or its perception to the modern times, approached through disciplines as archaeology, anthropology, and art history, as well as natural and physical sciences. Innovative and pioneering approaches, collaborative, interdisciplinary projects, and the use and development of information technologies are encouraged. Applications should: • Outline clearly and in detail how this award will enable the proposed research and lead to its completion. • Demonstrate how the outcomes of the project are expected to contribute to the field by filling research gaps and promoting further research. • Demonstrate the capability of the researcher/s to achieve the proposed outcomes. This can be proven through past academic achievements, prior publications, and reference letters.
On 3 March 2023 an event entitled The Many Lives of a Snake Goddess will be held in the Freud Museum, London, in conjunction with the temporary exhibit “Freud’s Antiquity: Object, Idea, Desire” (25 February – 16 July 2023). The event will include a lecture on the Knossian snake goddesses by N. Momigliano a reading of poems about them by R. Padel, and a roundtable discussion by N. Momigliano, R. Padel, E. Adams, C. Morris, and A. Shapland. Further information is available at https://www.freud.org.uk/event/lives-of-a-snake-goddess/.
On 27 March 2023 (10 April with a late fee) submissions for colloquia, joint AIA/SCS sessions, and open-session submissions needing an early decision to acquire a visa or obtain funding are due for the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA 2024), to be held in Chicago, IL from 4-7 January 2024. On 7 August 2023 (21 August with a late fee) submissions are due for workshops, other open session papers and posters, and any provisionally accepted colloquia that are resubmitting. On 1 November 2023 roundtable proposals and lightning session submissions are due. Submission forms and further information are available at http://www.archaeological.org.
On 8 March 2023 a workshop entitled Unsung Pioneer Women in the Archaeology of Greece will be hosted by the École française d’Athènes. Further information is available at https://www.efa.gr/fr/manifestations-scientifiques/appels-a-communication/2275-appel-a-communication-colloque-unsung-pioneer-women-in-the-archaeology-of-greece. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include: D. Douskos, “The problem of elusive figures: Louise Burnouf and contributions to archaeology” J. Banks, “Alice Leslie Walker Kosmopoulos: A pioneer against all odds” N. Vogeikoff-Brogan and L. Costaki, “Hazel D. Hansen: A forgotten American prehistorian” S. Déderix, “Marthe Oulié and the 1923-1925 Excavations of the École française d’Athènes at Malia” S. Todaro, “Working behind scenes. Luisa Banti and Italian research in Crete between 1930 and 1940: The archaeologist you don’t expect” M. Cultraro, “A look at Aegean prehistory from Italy: Pia Laviosa Zambotti, a pioneer woman in exploring networks in Mediterranean archaeology” E. Foley, “Vronwy Hankey in and beyond Greece” A. Ulanowska and K. Lewartowski, “The first post-World War II generation of female archaeologists at the University of Warsaw: Ludwika Press and the gendered and non-gendered challenges to becoming an Aegeanist within the confines of Marxist ideology and the Iron Curtain” M. Nikolaidou and D. Kokkinidou, “Angeliki Pilali-Papasteriou (1945-2007): A pioneer prehistorian at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki” D. Kokkinidou and M. Nikolaidou, “From the museum to the trench and beyond: Greek women in archaeology since the 1950s”
ΑΕΜΘ 2023
On 9-10 March 2023 the 35th meeting on Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και τη Θράκη (ΑΕΜΘ 2023). will be held in Thessaloniki. Further information is available at https://www.aemth.gr/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include: P. Darcque, Χ. Κουκούλη-Χρυσανθάκη, Δ. Μαλαμίδου, and Ζ. Τσιρτσώνη, “Ανασκαφή στον προϊστορικό οικισμό Φιλίππων – Ντικιλί Τας 2022” Ο. Πάλλη, Ρ. Βεροπουλίδου, Ι. Ναζλής, Γ. Κουρτέση-Φιλιππάκη, Κ. Κωτσάκης, Σ. Ανδρέου, and Σ. Τριανταφύλλου, “Εργαστηριακές δραστηριότητες στο κτήριο Μ στην Τούμπα Θεσσαλονίκης” N. Zorzin, Δ. Μαλαμίδου, J. Taylor, and Ι. Σουκάντος, “Συστηματική αρχαιολογική έρευνα στον νεολιθικό οικισμό Τούμπας Σερρών 2021-2022” Δ. Καδή, Α. Σαμούρης, Σ. Χρονάκη, Σ. Ανδρέου, and Σ. Τριανταφύλλου, “Η πανεπιστημιακή ανασκαφή στην κορυφή της Τούμπας Θεσσαλονίκης” Χ. Ζιώτα, “Νεότερα δεδομένα για το προϊστορικό νεκροταφείο της Αχλάδας Φλώρινας” Γ. Μάνος, “Φευγαλέες ενδείξεις παλαιολιθικής παρουσίας στην Καστοριά” Κ. Κωτσάκης, “Δισπηλιό και πρόγραμμα EXPLO: οι ξύλινοι πάσσαλοι αποκαλύπτουν την ιστορία του νεολιθικού οικισμού”
CAA2023
On 3-6 April 2023 the 50-year anniversary edition of the annual conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA2023): 50 Years of Synergy will be held in Amsterdam. Further information is available at https://2023.caaconference.org/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include: R. Rivers, H. C. W. Price, P. Gheorghiade, V. Vasiliauskaite, A. Diachenko, T. Evans, and F. Rossi, “Minoan Assemblage Distributions and Machine Learning” P. Cuthbertson, P. Tsakanikou, S. Kübler, and N. Galanidou, “Landscape Heterogeneity at the Acheulean Site of Rodafnidia (Lesbos, NE Aegean): Connecting sites and continental models through intermediary scales” E. Mavros, “Gaming as a Guide to the Past Environments: A Gentle Assistance to Landscape Archaeology in Palaepaphos, Cyprus” K. A. Crawford, G. Artopoulos, and I. Romanowska, “Does economic exchange drive settlement persistence patterns? Simulating patterns between Cyprus and the Levant during the Late Bronze Age” P. Gheorghiade, H. C. W. Price, and R. Rivers, “Travelling the wine dark sea – Networks of mobility in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean” A.-M. Xenaki, “Point Process Modelling of human-landscape relations in Eastern Crete” P. Kyriakidis and E. Gravanis, “A Framework for Modeling/Simulating Controls, Patterns and Consequences of Maritime Human Mobility Potential in Early Prehistory”
