On 23-27 November 2016 the 8th International Conference on PPN Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Near East: Near Eastern Lithic Technologies on the Move - Interactions and Contexts in the Neolithic Traditions was held at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia. Further information is available at https://www.ucy.ac.cy/aru/documents/Conferences/CypPPN8_Program.pdf. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:

A. H. Simmons, "No Chipped Stone is an Island: A Reimagining of the Role of Early Cypriot Lithic Assemblages within the Neolithic World"

F. Briois, "Introduction, adaptation and development of the first Pre Pottery Neolithic communities in Cyprus: The contribution of lithic industries in the Amathus area"

C. McCartney, "Lithic contexts at the site of Ayia Varvara Asprokremnos, evidence for specialization"

06 December 2016

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On 1 December 2016 the following lectures were delivered to the Aegean Seminar in Zagreb; further information is available from Helena Tomas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.:

A. Gyucha, "From the Aegean to the Carpathian Basin: Patterns of Sedentism in the Neolithic"

D. Riebe, "From the Aegean to the Carpathian Basin: The Exploitation and Exchange of Obsidian in Prehistory"

Mortuary Variability and Social Diversity in Ancient Greece

On 1-2 December 2016 an international workshop for early career scholars entitled Mortuary Variability and Social Diversity in Ancient Greece was held at the Netherlands Institute at Athens. Further information is available at http://www.nia.gr/images/Program_web.jpg. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:

E. Panagiotopoulou, "Protogeometric Thessaly: an integrated study of burial practices and isotope analysis of human remains"

A. Alexandridou, "'Equal in death': the social implications of funerary inclusivity in Late Geometric Attica and beyond"

PeClA 2016

On 1-2 December 2016 the 5th International Postgraduate Conference Perspectives on Classical Archaeology 2016: New Directions in Classical Archaeology (PeClA 2016) was held at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Further information is available at http://ukar.ff.cuni.cz/en/pecla2016_eng. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:

U. Berndt, "Navigating the Gap Between Modern Theory and Ancient Sources: Two Examples from Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Sanctuaries in Greece"

M. Smíšek, "The Impact of Volcanic Eruptions on the Civilizations of the Mediterranean during the Bronze Age"

F. Franković, "Boys and Girls for the Minotaur – Leaping over Gender in the Late Bronze Age Aegean"

06 December 2016

The November 2016 issue of Nestor (43.8) is available as a free download.

01 November 2016

Margo Tytus Scholarships

On 1 February 2017 applications are due for both the Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program and the Cincinnati Summer Residency Program for 2017-2018. Applicants for the Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program will ordinarily be senior scholars who are a minimum of five years beyond receipt of the PhD, with notable publication histories, who are expected to be in residence at the University of Cincinnati for a minimum of one semester (ca. four months) and a maximum of two during the regular academic year. Tytus Scholars receive a monthly stipend of $1,500 plus housing near campus and a transportation allowance, as well as office space attached to the Burnam Classics Library.

Applicants for the Cincinnati Summer Residency program may be more recent PhDs and other scholars who would benefit from the use of a world-class classics library with their Ph.D. in hand by the time of application, and will ordinarily be in residence at the University of Cincinnati for approximately two months in the summer terms, May to mid-August. Cincinnati Summer Residents receive housing near campus and office space attached to the Burnam Classics Library only. Further information and application forms are available at http://classics.uc.edu/index.php/tytusinfo. 

01 November 2016