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On 6-9 April 2017 a Conference on Environment and Human Activity in the Peloponnese was held at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, organized by the PELOPS group in cooperation with the Swedish Institute at Athens and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Further information is available at http://www.sia.gr/topics/2017/03/13/international-conference-human-environment-dynamics-peloponnese-beyond-ideas-methods-results/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

J. Kaplan, P. Sommer, and R. Hughes, "Quantitative modeling of land use in the prehistoric and classical Peloponnese, to characterize influence on land cover, sustainability, and vulnerability of society to environmental change"

A. Bogaard, V. Isaakidou, E. Nitsch, A. Styring, and P. Vaiglova, "Characterising land-use in prehistoric Greece and beyond: interdisciplinary approaches to on-site bioarchaeological evidence"

M. Prent and S. Kluiving, "The Geraki Archaeological Project: 6000 years of human-environment interactions in southeastern Laconia"

On 7 April 2017 the 24th Archaeology and Theory Conference: Power and Authority – an archaeologist's friend or foe? was held at Groningen University. Further information is available at http://www.archaeologicaldialogues.nl/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

C. W. Wiersma, "From domestic architecture to social hierarchies"

C. V. Alonso-Moreno, "Mycenae Rich in Gold: Social Discourse, Bias and Performance in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens"

IEMA10

On 8-9 April 2017 the Tenth Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology (IEMA) Visiting Scholar Conference. Archaeology of Mountain Landscapes: Interdisciplinary Research Strategies of Agro-Pastoralism in Upland Regions was held at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Further information is available at http://www.iema.buffalo.edu/conference/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

M. L. Galaty, "Agro-Pastoralism in a Dispersed Village, Mountain Economy: Results of the Shala Valley Project, Northern Albania"

M. Georgiadis, "Research at the Late Bronze Age peak sanctuary on Mt Leska, Kythera (Greece)"

AURA

A new journal has been announced: the Athens University Review of Archaeology (AURA), an international, peer-reviewed archaeological journal published biannually by the Department of Archaeology and History of Art of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The journal will publish original papers in Greek or English about archaeology, art and material culture of the broader Hellenic world, from early Prehistory to Modern times, as well as about Environmental Archaeology, Archaeometry, Museology, and Computer Applications in Art and Archaeology. The range of studies will include synthetic works, reports on excavations and field surveys, studies of archaeological material or works of art, various case studies, as well as preliminary publications of on-going research projects dealing with the scientific areas described above. There will also be an AURA Supplement series, comprising monographs in Greek or English with the same areas of interest as the journal, and will include monographs, edited volumes, conference proceedings, and publications of excavations, archaeological material or works of art. Both AURA journal and AURA Supplements are open-access publications published electronically as a PDF file, with printing restrictions. Further information and author and submission guidelines are available at http://aura.arch.uoa.gr/aura/ or via email from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Études Crétoises

The Études Crétoises series is now available online at http://cefael.efa.gr/result.php?site_id=1&serie_id=EtCret.

Honouring Odysseus

On 3 March 2017 a conference entitled Honouring Odysseus: celebrating the work of Robert Laffineur will be held at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Further information is available at http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/news/eventDetails/honouring-odysseus-celebrating-the-work-of-robert-laffineur. The program will be:

J. Driessen, "Honouring Odysseus: celebrating the work of Robert Laffineur"

E. Kountouri, "Ερευνώτας τη μυκηναϊκή βόρεια Κωπαΐδα: επιφανειακές και ανασκαφικές έρευνες κατά την περίοδο 2011-2016 / Investigating the Mycenaean Northern Kopais: surface survey and excavation research during the period 2011-2016"

J. Wright, "Revolutionizing the social order and the creation of a Mycenaean visual culture"

J. Bennet, "ko-wi-ro-wo-ko (and other specialists in the Mycenaean documents)"

R. Laffineur, "Travelling the World. Thirty Years of Rencontres égéennes internationals/ International Aegean Conferences"

The Archaeology of Forced Migration

On 16-17 March 2017 a workshop entitled The Archaeology of Forced Migration: Conflict-induced Movement and Refugees in the Mediterranean at the End of the 13th c. BC will be held in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Further information is available at https://sites.google.com/minoan-aegis.net/migration. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

J. Driessen and J. Bretschneider: Introduction

Y. Hamilakis, "A Migration Crisis? Displacement, materiality, and experience"

K. Nowicki, "The Late 13th Century BC Crisis in the East Mediterranean: Why the case of Crete matters"

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