On 7-8 May 2015 an international conference entitled First Textiles. The Beginnings of Textile Manufacture in Europe and the Mediterranean will be held at the National Museum of Denmark (http://natmus.dk/en/) and the Centre for Textile Research at the University of Copenhagen (http://ctr.hum.ku.dk/) in Copenhagen. Further information is available at http://ctr.hum.ku.dk/conferences/2015/First_Textiles_Conference_preliminary_programme.pdf. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:

K. Sarri, "Textiles, baskets and pots: decorative craft transfer in the Aegean Neolithic"

A. Ulanowska, "More observations on functionality of Early Bronze Age textile tools from Greece"

G. Gavalas, "Textile tools and manufacture in the Early Bronze Age Cyclades: the evidence from Amorgos and Keros islands"

L. Völling, "Spindle whorls in Troy? A critical examination of a common opinion"

M. R. Belgiorno, "Pyrgos/Mavroraki textile production in 2000"

13th Nordic Bronze Age Symposium

On 9-13 June 2015 the 13th Nordic Bronze Age Symposium will be held in Gothenburg. Further information is available at http://bronsalderssymposiet.gu.se/english. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

M. Siennicka, "(In)Visible fibres? Textile production in the Early Bronze Age Greece (the 3rd millennium BC)"

A.-L. Schallin, "Amber and ritual at Mycenaean Dendra - The Baltic connection"

H. Whittaker, "The North from the Perspective of the Greek Mainland in the Late Bronze Age"

S. Sabatini, "Late Bronze Age Oxhide and oxhide-like ingots between Scandinavia and the Mediterranean: problems and challenges"

E. Pernicka, D. Berger, G. Brügmann, C. Frank, and B. Nessel, "Discovering Bronze Age Trade routes: archeological evidences and the potential of Tin Isotopes"

J. Ling and L. Melheim, "The Mediterranean turn: the importation of south European copper to Scandinavia and Atlantic maritime trade routes"

14 April 2015

8th IEMA Visiting Scholar Spring Conference

On 11-12 April 2015 the 8th IEMA Visiting Scholar Spring Conference: Water and Power in Past Societies was held at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Further information is available at http://iema.buffalo.edu/conference/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

S. Manning, "Drought and history in the Mediterranean: known knowns and known unknowns"

Necmi Karul, "The Effects of Changes in Rivers and Coastlines on Prehistoric Settlements in Anatolia"

14 April 2015

The March 2015 (42.3) issue of Nestor is now available as a free download.

16 March 2015

International Young Scholars Conference II

On 15 April 2015 abstracts (350 words or 2500 characters maximum) are due for the International Young Scholars Conference II: Mediterranean Anatolia, to be held on 5-7 November by the Suna - İnan Kıraç Research Institute on Mediterranean Civilizations (AKMED) in Antalya, Turkey. The symposium is open to young scholars who are currently working on or have recently completed (in the last three years before the application deadline) their graduate theses regarding the archaeology, ancient history, art history, architectural history and protection of the cultural heritage of the above-mentioned regions from their prehistory through the end of Middle Ages. Further information and application forms are available at http://gbb.kaleicimuzesi.com/.

SOMA 2015

On 15 September 2015 abstracts (3000 characters with title 200 characters) are due for the 19th annual Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology (SOMA 2015): Time, Space and People, to be held on 12-14 November at Kemer/Antalya, Turkey. Further information is available at http://www.phaselis.org/en/soma2015. Papers will be 20 minutes each in English. The conference sessions and themes will include:

The Western Mediterranean

The Central Mediterranean

The Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean

The Black Sea

The Near East and Egypt

Mediterranean Interactions

Archaeometry

Marine / Seamanship History

Conservation, preservation and archaeological site management

Restoration and Museology

16 March 2015