ICAS-EMME 4

On 15-18 May 2024 the 4th International Congress on Archaeological Sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East (ICAS-EMME 4) will be held at the Cyprus Institute, in Nicosia, Cyprus. Further information is available at https://icasemme.cyi.ac.cy/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. Barouda et al., “Crafting Neolithic Narratives: A Comprehensive Study of Pottery and Plaster Technologies in Makri, Northern Greece”
M. Hadjigavriel et al., “Late Chalcolithic pottery from Cyprus under the Microscope: Revealing compositional and technological patterns of sociocultural significance”
C. Minos, “Hand versus wheel; old versus new? A technological and compositional characterisation of Plain White pottery making traditions at Late Bronze Age Enkomi, Cyprus”
T. Ogawa et al., “A taste from the past: cooking ware traditions in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Toumba”
M. Giobbe et al., “Science-based, integrated analytical approaches for the compositional characterization of Maritime Transport Containers from LBA and EIA Cyprus: the contribution of ComPAS (ERC Starting Grant)”
M. Kalofonou et al., “An Archaeometric Study of Plasters from the excavation site of Kition-Bamboula, Cyprus”
G. Sofianos, “Prepalatial houses and settlements: The organization of space in Minoan architecture before the Palaces”
N. Loucas et al., “A portal to the Neolithic of Cyprus: The making of Khirokitia VR”
K. Merkouris, “Marine geo-archaeological mapping using Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV). Case study: ancient submerged settlement of Grotta Naxos, Greece”
C. Henkel, “Distinguishing the sacred from the profane: Phytoliths from a Minoan Peak Sanctuary”
T. Maltas, “Farming at the dawn of Aegean urbanism: new evidence from Bronze Age Thermi, Lesbos”
C. Theotokatou, “Measuring cooking pots up: How the volume capacity of cooking pots may shed some light on the social relatedness of Late Cypriot communities”
A. Vlachopoulos, “The ritual landscape of infant burials: Initial findings and fundamental inquiries at the site of Vathy, Astypalaia”
P. Crabtree, “Food procurement in Neolithic Cappadocia, Turkey: zooarchaeological evidence from Tepecik”
A. Spyrou et al., “Integrating zooarchaeological and stable isotopic data to explore cattle management practices in PPNB-Middle Bronze Age Cyprus”
A. Hadjikoumis et al., “Sheep and goat husbandry in Cyprus through time as an environmental proxy”
L. Lucas, “Breaking bread: a review of early Cypriot prehistoric cooking traditions through the analysis of charred food remains from Bronze Age Kissonerga-Skalia”
G. Kasapidou and B. Düring, “Investigating plant-human interactions in Chalcolithic Cyprus: phytolith analysis from Chlorakas-Palloures”
S. Falconer et al., “Comparative Inferences of Bronze Age Rural Landscape Management in central Cyprus and along the Jordan Rift”
P. Koullouros et al., “Exploring Ancient Lifeways: Archaeobotanical Studies at Agios Georgios Hill, Nicosia, Cyprus”
S. Gkinoudis et al., “Feeding the Dead, Sustaining the Living: An Archaeobotanical Study of Mycenaean Eleon in Boeotia, Greece”
K. Tsirtsi et al., “Feeding the periphery: food procurement and consumption in Bronze Age Crete”
E. Margaritis and K. Tsirtsi, “Feeding the urban centers of Minoan Crete: Insights from Mochlos on ancient cuisine”
M. Boyd, E. Margaritis, and D. Athanasoulis, “Introduction to session on the extended archaeological science laboratory: embedded practice and holistic interpretation at 3rd millennium BCE Keros, Cyclades”
D. Ioannides et al., “Dhaskalio, Keros: New insights from a major Early Cycladic metalworking centre”
M. Giannakopoulou et al., “Tracing metal-rich fumes using hhXRF”
K. Tsampa et al., “Gold crafting in the Aegean: Insights from Keros”
D. Capra et al., “Initials results of use wear analysis on macro-lithic tools from Early Bronze Age Dhaskalio in the central Aegean”
G. Ludvik et al., “New Evidence for Long Distance Interaction at Keros: Carnelian Bead Analysis Using Scanning Electron Microscopy”
A. Mavromati et al., “Combined archaeobotanical investigations of fuel and subsistence procurement at EBA Dhaskalio”
G. Kazantzis et al., “Herding caprines, fishing parrotfish, collecting limpets: the life of islanders at the Early Cycladic site of Dhaskalio (2,750 - 2,250 Cal. BCE)”
R. Doonan et al., “Unlocking Landscape Histories through In-situ Geochemical Survey: A Case Study from the Keros project”
R. Campbell et al., “Building blocks between past and present: Perspectives from a holistic 3D GIS-based intra-site excavation archive”
M. Gkouma, “The (micro) life-history of an Early Cycladic workshop complex: continuity and change in floor making and replastering”
T. Carter, “Sourcing obsidian from the Early Bronze Age Maritime Sanctuary of Keros (Cyclades, Greece): An integrated approach”
A. Charalambous et al., “Alloying materials and rare copper alloys in Early and Middle Bronze Age Cyprus”
A. Oikonomou et al., “Study of glass degradation on Mycenean glass artifacts using large area μ-XRF scanning (MA-XRF)”
D. Finn, “Tracing the origins of Late Minoan IB copper oxhide ingots”
M. Kaparou et al., “Technological insights into Common Mitanni faience cylinder seals from the Late Bronze Age Aegean using x-ray fluorescence spectrometry”
M. Kaparou et al., “A study on the degradation of Mycenaean Vitreous Artefacts via X-rays and Ion-Beam techniques”
D. Aristotelous, “The osteoarchaeological collections of the Department of Antiquities”
L. Pospieszny et al., “Human mobility in LBA coastal Thessaly through Sr isotope analysis”
K. McKenna and N. Herrmann, “Frailty in Middle to Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age non-adults in Central Greece”
Y. Chatzikonstantinou et al., “Recognizing burning conditions in Early Minoan Koumasa. Infrared and isotopic analyses in burnt bones from Tholos Tomb B”
N. Branca and K. Lorentz, “Cremated human remains from Palaepaphos-Skales: a case study from the Iron Age of Cyprus”
G. Selempa, “Preliminary results of the osteological analysis of two Late Bronze Age tombs from modern Limassol, Cyprus”

Advances in modelling past human ecosystems

On 22-24 May 2024 a workshop entitled Advances in modelling past human ecosystems: Bringing together traditional ecological knowledge, archaeological science and computational archaeology will be held in Köln, Germany. Further information is available at https://ecosystem-modelling.uni-koeln.de/home. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
D. Daems, “Simulating urban transformations and human-environment interactions during the first millennium BCE in southwest Anatolia”

CIAC 2024

On 3-9 June 2024 the 20th International Congress of Classical Archaeology (CIAC 2024). The Archaeology of Lived Spaces will be held in Paris. Further information is available at https://www.aiac.org/en/xxth-international-congress-of-classical-archaeology-ciac/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. Cannavò, “Languages and scripts in the Kition-Idalion-Tamassos area: territorial and diachronic distribution”

01 May 2024

46th International Mediterranean Survey Workshop

On 12-13 April 2024 the 46th International Mediterranean Survey Workshop was held in hybrid format in Athens. Further information is available at https://www.arch.uoa.gr/anakoinoseis_kai_ekdiloseis/proboli_anakoinosis/46o_diethnes_synedrio_international_mediterranean_survey_workshop/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
K. Sbonias and G. Kordatzaki, “The Vrysinas mountain archaeological survey in Crete: Interpreting the Late Minoan IIIC refuge settlement landscape”
M. Gkouma, P. Karkanas, Y. Papadatos, T. Brogan, and C. Sofianou, “In search of a lost city: a geoarchaeological study of the Minoan habitation in the Ierapetra plain”
V. Samaras and Z. Papadopoulou, “Surveying an uninhabited island: Methodological questions, challenges, and perspectives in the intensive field survey of Rheneia (Cyclades, Greece)”
Y. Papadatos and C. Sofianou, “Archaeological “autopsies” in Greece: some thoughts on the basis of the results of two surface surveys in the area of Siteia, East Crete”
A. Katevaini, “Walking the fields with KoBoToolBox at hand”
K. P. Trimmis and L. Tzortzopoulou-Gregory, “Landscape biographies and insular surveys: The case of Australian Paliochora Kythera Archaeological Survey (APKAS)”
M.s Katsianis, “Curating and reassessing geospatial site survey data”
N. Galanidou, P. Tsakanikou, G. Beka, G. Iliopoulos, S. Kübler, A. Zoulia, and J. Tactikos, “The early Palaeolithic settlement of Lesbos: the off-site evidence”
K. Sporn, P. Kounouklas, and W. M. Kennedy, “The Kephissos Valley Project. Current Results and Future Perspectives”
A. Knodell, “Archaeological Lidar in Greece: A Summary of Recent Work”

L’iconographie cynégétique

On 22-26 April 2024 a colloquium entitled L’iconographie cynégétique dans les mondes anciens was held in Paris. Further information is available at http://www.arscan.fr/blog/colloque-liconographie-cynegetique-dans-les-mondes-du-22-au-24-avril-2024-anciens/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
Q. Zarka, “Armes et chasseurs, la representation de la chasse dans la petite glyptique en Egée au cours du Bronze Récent”
E. Drakaki, “Beyond the Lion: The Hunt of Deer and Wild Boars in the Glyptic Iconography of Late Bronze Age Greek Mainland”
M. Cultraro, “I Dreamed a Lion, Indeed a Lioness! Reconstructing an Unknown Hunting Iconography in Mycenaean World”
L. Phialon, “La chèvre et le chien: une analyse des scenes de chasse sur les larnakes égéennes”

SOMA 2024

On 25-27 April 2024 the 25th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology (SOMA 2024) was held in Zadar, Croatia. Further information is available at https://www.icua.hr/najava/call-for-applications-soma-2024-xxv-symposium-on-mediterranean-archaeology/15. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:
A. Baldiran, “A Harbor of Güllük Bay and a Shipwreck”
A. Famprikatzi, “Small but gold: the flourishing mariners of Chryssi Island”
N. N. Köknar, “Paths in Visible Waterscapes: Milesia and the Maeander Valley during the Late Bronze Age”
S. Caggiano, “The underwater surveys by MPM Project in Cyprus (Limassol)”

01 May 2024

The April 2024 issue of Nestor (51.4) is available as a free download.

01 April 2024

Petros D. Goneos Memorial Award

On 30 April 2024 applications from young researchers are due for the third year of the Petros D. Goneos Memorial Award for Studies on the Culture of the Cyclades ($7000) for the academic year 2024-2025; on 3 May 2024 letters of recommendation are due. Further information is available at https://cycladic.gr/en/research/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 in modern times, approached through disciplines such 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.

01 April 2024