8-10 April 2016 the 4ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Φοιτητών Αρχαιολογίας: Η Δική μας Αρχαιολογία. Διεπιστημονικές και Κοινωνικές Προσεγγίσεις will be held at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. Further information is available at https://ourarchaeology.wordpress.com/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
Δ. Αντύπας, “Μινωϊκοί κεραμικοί κλίβανοι. Μελέτη, κατασκευή και όπτηση σε πειραματικό στάδιο”
Β. Παπαδοπούλου, “Κοσμήματα από Spondylus Gaederopus στις περιοχές του Μακρυγιάλου και του Διμηνίου κατά τη Νεολιθική Περίοδο”
Γ. Χατζηκωνσταντίνου, “Πώς εκ του πυρός προέρχονται τα πράγματα και πώς εκ των πραγμάτων προέρχεται το πυρ: Οι καύσεις των νεκρών ως ταφική πρακτική μέσα από το παράδειγμα της Προϊστορικής Μακεδονίας”
M. Ghilardi, “15 years of research dealing with the reconstruction of the landscape within the Thessaloniki Plain: some highlights”
Κ. Κωτσάκης, “Τότε που ξεκίνησαν όλα. Πρώιμοι γεωργοκτηνοτρόφοι γύρω από τον Θερμαϊκό Κόλπο”
Π. Χρυσοστόμου, “Ο νεολιθικός κόσμος μέσα από τα υλικά κατάλοιπά του. Η ενότητα των ειδωλοπλαστικών έργων και η προσπάθεια ερμηνείας της χρήσης και της λειτουργίας τους”
Α. Παπανθίμου·Παπαευθυμίου, “Ο προϊστορικός οικισμός του Αρχοντικού στο πλαίσιο της Εποχής του Χαλκού”
Α. Χρυσοστόμου, “Οι περιοχές της Βόρειας Βοττιαίας και της Αλμωπίας στην Εποχή του Σιδήρου (1996-2016)”
Μ. Τιβέριος, “Η Μακεδονία στην Εποχή του Σlδήρου. Γενική επισκόπηση”
Antikythera
On 15-16 April 2016 a conference entitled Antikythera: Archaeology and the communities of people. Αντικύθηρα: Αρχαιολογία και οι κοινότητες των ανθρώπων will be held at the British School at Athens. Further information is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1YNOBsfi6LkQmtXTVBMZHNqLUU/view. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. Bevan and J. Conolly, “A synopsis of the long term settlement history and community patterns of Antikythera, as revealed through the intensive survey program (2005-2008)”
D. Papageorgiou, “Kythera-Antikythera: a maritime crossroad in the prehistoric Aegean”
J. Clarke, “Who killed the pygmy hippos? The early human settlement of Cyprus”
D. Knox, “Fascinating figurines from the Cypriot Bronze Age”
D. Pilides, Excavations and survey at Ayios Sozemenos: central Cyprus in the Late Bronze Age”
41st ISA
On 15-21 May 2016 the 41st International Symposium on Archaeometry (ISA) will be held in Kalamata. Further information is available at http://isa2016.uop.gr/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
I. Karapanagiotis, “Identification of Tyrian purple in objects from the Βronze Αge to the Βyzantine period using an optimized and validated HPLC method”
P. M. Day and V. Kilikoglou, “The Longevity of Ceramic Production Centres: implications for the analysis of pottery”
M. Tenconi, P. M. Day, K. Demakopoulou, E. Kardamaki, J. Maran, and A. Papadimitriou, “Minoan-style transport jar production in the LHIIIB Argolid, Greece”
The out-of-print volumes of Cretica Chronika. Κρητικά Χρονικά (CretChron) 1-14, 1947-1960 are available online and are searchable at http://64.244.59.70/IMH/.
The Aegean Seminar in Zagreb and the University of Zagreb have announced the following schedule of lectures. Further information is available from Helena Tomas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
7 March 2016: S. Finlayson, "Seals and sealings of the Bronze Age Aegean: practicalities and problems"
4 April 2016: D. Nakassis, "Vorsprung durch Technik: digital technologies, archaeology, and the future of Aegean scripts"
5 April 2016: D. Nakassis, "Unthinking the Mycenaeans: towards a new history of the Late Bronze Age Aegean"
The Cycladic Seminar
The Cycladic Seminar has announced the following schedule of lectures for 2016, to be held at the Archaeological Society at Athens, 22 Panepistimiou Street.
10 March 2016: V. Sahoglou, "'Cycladica' around the Urla Peninsula, Izmir during the 3rd and 2nd Millennia BC"
24 May 2016: E. Gorogianni, "Aspects of Minoanization: New Evidence from the Northern Sector of Ayia Irini, Kea"
4 October 2016: D. Panagiotopoulos, "An enigmatic (;) absence. On the meagre evidence for seals and sealing practices in the Bronze Age Cyclades"
8 December 2016: J. Wright, "Full Circle: the tale of a prehistoric survey on Kythnos"
CAA 2016
On 29 March-2 April 2016 the 44th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA 2016): Exploring Oceans of Data will be held in Oslo, Norway. Further information is available at http://caaconference.org/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
S. Rutishauser, "Urbanism in the Cilician Plain from Chalcolithic to Byzantine Period"
Weaving the Past
On 18 March 2016 an international workshop entitled Weaving the Past: The Archaeology of Textiles and Textile Production in Greece in the First Millennium will be held at the British School at Athens. Further information is available here. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
M. Gleba, "Textile cultures in the 1st millennium BC Europe: a view from Greece"
V. Isaakidou and P. Halstead, "Weaving the past from bones: sheep (and goats) in the zooarchaeological record of Bronze Age and Iron Age Greece"
F. Iacono, "Purple Dye between the Aegean and the Central Mediterranean in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages"
I. Tzachili, "Weaving differences and similarities in the Bronze Age Aegean"
E. Andersson Strand and M.-L. Nosch, "Textile production in Bronze Age Aegean - new perspective"
J. Cutler, "Materialising production: textile tools, textile technology and cloth production in ancient Greece"
