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ΑΕΠΕΛ 2/AWOP2

On 1-4 November 2017 the Β’ Επιστημονική Συνάντηση ‘Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στην Πελοπόννησο’ (ΑΕΠΕΛ 2). Second Scientific Meeting of the “Archaeological Work in the Peloponnese” (AWOP 2) was held in Kalamata. Further information is available at https://www.uop.gr/nea/ekdilosis. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
Α. Καζνέση, Χ. Κονταξή, and Ε. Στραβοπόδη, “Από σπηλιά σε σπηλιά: δυο νεολιθικά σπήλαια σε συνάρτηση στο Αλεποχώρι Λακωνίας”
Ε. Στραβοπόδη, “Επαναπροσδιορισμός του επιδημιολογικού προφίλ της προϊστορικής Ελλάδος: νέες μεθοδολογικές προσεγγίσεις στη μελέτη αρχαίου οστού”
E. Malapani, S. R. Stocker, S. Vitale, C. McNamee, H. Öztürk, and A. Michopoulou, “New Research at the Early Bronze Age site of Romanou”
Σ.-Μ. Βαλαμώτη, “Οινοποίηση στη Μεσσηνία κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Χαλκού; Πρόσφατα αρχαιοβοτανικά ευρήματα από τη θέση Π.Ο.Τ.Α. Ρωμανού”
Γ. Φράγκου, “Μια νέα θέση Πρωτοελλαδικής εποχής στην Μεσσηνία”
Ε.-Ί. Κόλια and Α. Σπυρούλιας, “Στοιχεία οργάνωσης και χρήσης του χώρου στον πρωτοελλαδικό οικισμό της Κερύνειας, στην Αχαΐα”
Κ. Ακτύπη, “Οικισμός της Πρώιμης Εποχής του Χαλκού στην περιοχή «Κοτρώνι» της Πάτρας”
Γ. Τσιαγγούρης, “Πρωτοελλαδικός κεραμικός κλίβανος στη Σπάρτη”
M. E. Zavadil, “Τhe acropolis at Pheneos (Arcadia) in the Middle Helladic period. Preliminary results of the Greek-Austrian excavations, 2011-2013”
Γ. Σμέρου, “Κατάλοιπα προϊστορικού οικισμού στην θέση ‘Άγιος Κωνσταντίνος’ στο Στάδιο Τεγέας”
Β. Αργυρόπουλος, “Προϊστορικός οικισμός Ντασκά Τριταίας στην Αχαΐα. Μια πρώτη προσέγγιση”
B. Eder, J. Huber, E.-I. Kolia, P. Moutzouridis, K. Nikolentzos, and A. Vött, “New Research at Kleidi-Samikon”
G. Kordatzaki, E. Kiriatzi, J. Huber, B. Eder, H. Mommsen, K. Nikolentzos, and P. Moutzouridis, “Kakovatos and Triphylia during the Early Mycenaean times: ceramic technology and provenance perspective”
Σ. Βουτσάκη, V. Hachtmann, and Ι. Μουτάφη, “To Βόρειο Νεκροταφείο στον Αγ. Βασίλειο Λακωνίας. Η ιστορία του χώρου και η εξέλιξη των ταφικών εθίμων”
C. W. Wiersma, S. Voutsaki, W. de Neef, and A. Vasilogamvrou, “The Ayios Vasilios Survey Project”
K. A. Shelton and L. A. Kvapil, “Petsas House, Mycenae: domestic and industrial activities in a settlement context”
Χ. Μαγγίδης, “Η αρχαιολογική ανακάλυψη και ταύτιση του ανακτορικού θρόνου των Μυκηνών”
Ε. Χ. Παλαιολόγου, “Μυκήνες: Θαλαμωτός τάφος σημαντικού Μυκηναίου”
L. A. Kvapil, K. Shelton, K. Kissas, and G. C. Price, “TAPHOS, the Tombs of Aidonia Preservation, Heritage, and ExplOration Synergasia”
Α. Μπάνου, “Το μινωικό ιερό κορυφής στον Άγιο Γεώργιο στο Βουνό Κυθήρων: Τα νεότερα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας (2015)”
Δ. Κουτσούμπα and J. Beck, “Η έρευνα στον βυθισμένο προϊστορικό οικισμό στη θέση ‘Λαμπαγιαννάς’ Αργολίδας”
Δ. Κουρκουμέλης, B. Lovén, and Π. Μίχα, “Πρόσφατες υποθαλάσσιες αρχαιολογικές έρευνες στον αρχαίο λιμένα Λεχαίου”
Γ. Χαιρετάκης, “Στον ‘δρόμο’ για τις Κεγχρεές: Επανεξετάζοντας τους πύργους σε βραχονησίδες του Σαρωνικού”
Σ. Φριτζίλας, “Νεότερες έρευνες στη θέση «Γραμμένο» της Νήσου Πρώτης”
Δ. Ευαγγελιστής, Κ. Μπάικα, and J. Pakkanen, “Kyllene Harbour Project 2007-2017: Ενάλια έρευνα και διεπιστημονικές προσεγγίσεις στο αρχαίο και μεσαιωνικό λιμάνι της Κυλλήνης/Γλαρέντζας”
Π. Γαλιατσάτου, “Πιλοτικό πρόγραμμα συντήρησης της Εφορείας Εναλίων Αρχαιοτήτων σε συνεργασία με το ISCR της Ρώμης σε ενάλια αρχαιολογικά κατάλοιπα της Παλαιάς Επιδαύρου”
Α. Κατάκος, Μ. Κυλάφη, Ε. Παλαμάρα, and Ν. Ζαχαριάς, “Συντήρηση και μελέτη παρουσίασης των εκθεμάτων στο πλαίσιο της επανέκθεσης του Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου Πύλου”
Ε. Μηλίτση, Ά.-Β. Καραπαναγιώτου, Δ. Πίκουλα, Δ. Κοσμόπουλος, and Μ. Ζαχαροπούλου, “Ο αναβαθμισμένος αρχαιολογικός χώρος του Ανακτόρου του Νέστορος και η λειτουργία του ως φορέας αειφόρου πολιτιστικής ανάπτυξης”
Μ. Κυλάφη, Ε. Μηλίτση, Ε. Μαλαπάνη, Α. Τζαμουράνη, Μ. Τσουλάκου, Δ. Πίκουλα, and Α. Κατάκος, “Επανέκθεση Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου Πύλου”

Codebreakers and Groundbreakers

From 24 October 2017 to 4 February 2018 an interdisciplinary exhibition entitled Codebreakers and Groundbreakers is on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge. This exhibit brings together the remarkable intellectual achievements and parallel narratives of two groups of ‘codebreakers’ working at the same time, but independently: those involved in breaking the Second World War codes and those who deciphered the ancient script of Linear B – Europe’s earliest comprehensible writing system. In a display including an Enigma machine, a rare loan from GCHQ, and unique archival documents held at the University of Cambridge, the exhibition explores and celebrates the genius of Second World War codebreakers such as Alan Turing and Bill Tutte; as well as Michael Ventris and John Chadwick (himself a Bletchley codebreaker) who deciphered Linear B. Free of charge. Further information is available at http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/calendar/whatson/codebreakers-and-groundbreakers.

Looking Beyond Borders

On 16 October 2017 abstracts (250 words maximum) are due for the Seventh Graduate Student Conference at the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology entitled Looking Beyond Borders: Interaction and Exchange in Archaeology, to be held on 2-3 February 2018. Proposals are welcomed that explore issues of interaction and exchange on all scales, from agency-driven studies of connectivity and interfacing between individuals, to analyses of society-wide perspectives on conflict, contact, and colonialism. Abstracts should describe the proposed topic of discussion and its relationship to interaction and/or exchange, and may be sent to ArchaeoGradConference.ucla@gmail. Areas of potential discussion include:

How do different social classes, family groups, or individuals within a household engage with one another?

In what ways do trade, foodways, or politics influence contact and exchange between groups?

What connections do we see between seemingly divided cultural forces, such as the mundane and divine?

How does the interaction between humans and objects define social practice?

What can we learn from ancient conflicts, cultural hybridity, and imperialism?

How do boundaries and conceptions of boundaries affect interactions between people(s) and their environments?

 

EAA AM 2018

On 10 November 2017 proposals for sessions are due for the 24th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA AM 2018), to be held in Barcelona from 5-8 September 2018. From 15 December 2017 until 15 February 2018 paper and poster abstract submission will be open; on 31 March 2018 registration and payment is due from submitting authors. Further information and forms are available at https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2018. The meeting will consist of sessions, round tables, and poster presentations focusing on the following main themes:

Theories and methods in archaeology

The archaeology of material culture, bodies and landscapes

Mediterranean seascapes

Archaeology and the future of cities and urban landscapes

Archaeology and the European Year of Cultural Heritage

Museums and the challenges of archaeological heritage in 21st century

ISA 2018

On 15 January 2018 abstracts (200-400 words) are due for the 42nd International Symposium on Archaeometry (ISA 2018), to be held on 20-26 May 2018 in Merida, Mexico. Further information and the link to submit abstracts will be available at http://isa2018.mx/. The subjects of the symposium are grouped into the following sessions:

Remote sensing, Geophysical prospection and Field Archaeology

Archaeo-chronometry 

Biomaterials and Bioarcheology

Human-environment interactions

Stone, Plaster and Pigments

Ceramics, Glazes, Glass and Vitreous Materials

Metals and metallurgical ceramics

Mycenaean Seminars 2017-18

The University of London School of Advanced Study, Institute of Classical Studies has announced the following schedule of Mycenaean Seminars for 2017-2018, to take place in the Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House South Block Ground Floor G22 / 26, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Unless otherwise stated, Mycenaean Seminars begin at 3:30 pm. Further information is available at https://ics.sas.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Mycenaean%20Series%202017-18.pdf.

18 October 2017: M. Devolder, “Reconstructing the Architectural Sequence of the Palace at Malia”

15 November 2017: A. Nafplioti, “Bones, isotopes and life histories”

6 December 2017: I. Schoep, “A locational analysis of writing and sealing practices at Ayia Triada in the Late Minoan I period (ca. 1700/1675-1470/1460 BC)”

17 January 2018: B. Horejs, “Proto-urbanisation, rising elites and the role of metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean-Anatolian world(s)”

21 February 2018: B Burke and B. Burns, “Mycenaean Eleon in Eastern Boeotia: from the Shaft Grave Era through the Post-Palatial Period” (Seminar sponsored by INSTAP)

21 March 2018: L. Girella, “On the side of Rhadamanthus: Phaistos and its region at the beginning of the Neopalatial period”

16 May 2018: K. Paschalidis, “Shaft Grave IV in Grave Circle A. New and unexpected light in a very old story”

 

New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium 2017-18

The New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium has announced the schedule of lecturers for 2017-2018, to take place at the NYU Institute of Fine Arts, One East 78th Street, NY, New York at 6:30 pm. Further information is available at https://nyabac.tumblr.com/.

22 September 2017: P. Pavùk, “Cultural Encounters at the Center of the East Aegean–West Anatolian Interface in the Late Bronze Age”

1 November 2017: A. Kanta, “The Religious Center of the City of Knossos: Excavations of a Plot in the Modern Village”

2 March 2018: S. Hemingway

20 March 2018: N. Moeller

6 April 2018: J. Wright

 

Ancient Communities and Their Elites

On 6-8 October 2017 an international conference entitled Ancient Communities and Their Elites from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity (Central Europe – Mediterranean – Black Sea) will be held in Trnava, Slovakia on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the re-established Trnava University in Trnava and the 20th anniversary of the Department of Classical Archaeology. Further information and the registration forms are available at http://klasarch.truni.sk/conference-2017. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

B. F. Steinmann, “Making Knossos Great Again: Changing Strategies in Minoan Elite Representation between LM I and LM II before and after the Destruction of the Palaces”

V. Dubcová, “Mastering a Griffin. The Agency and Perception of Near Eastern Images by the Aegean Bronze Age Elite”

F. Blakolmer, “What does the Iconography tell us about the Warrior-chiefs of the Shaft Graves at Mycenae?”

Ü. Aytan, “Mediterranean from another angle”

 

Making, Understanding, Storytelling

On 14 October 2017 a workshop on experimental archaeology entitled Making, Understanding, Storytelling will be held at the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens. Further information is available at http://www.iihsa.ie/athensprog.html. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

G. Kourtessi-Philippakis, “Stone knapping in Prehistory and the contribution of Experimental Archaeology” (in Greek, summary in English)

K. Sarri and U. Mokdad, “Recreating Neolithic textiles: an exercise on woven patterns”

Υ. Papadatos and E. Venieris, “The manufacture of Early Cycladic figurines: experimental approaches and archaeological implications”

J. Day and M. Kobik, “Reconstructing a Minoan pottery kiln from Priniatikos Pyrgos, Crete”

Ε. Κοnstantinidi, N. Papadimitriou and A. Goumas, “Mycenaean jewellery: investigating questions of technology and craftsmanship”

E. Maragoudaki, “‘Cutting edge technology’: reconstruction and use of Late Bronze Age woodworking tools”

 

ASOR 2017

On 15-18 November 2017 the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR 2017) will take place in Boston, MA. Further information is available at http://www.asor.org/am/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

A. M. Crandal, “Field ORA in the Storerooms of Tel Kabri”

B. Davis, “The Phaistos Disk: A New Way of Viewing the Language behind the Script”

N. Yahalom-Mack, I. Segal, and I. Finkelstein, “The Complexity of the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean Copper Trade: A View from the Southern Levant”