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On 27-31 May 2015 an international conference entitled Athens and Attica in Prehistory. Η Προϊστορία της Αθήνας και της Αττικής was held at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Further information is available at http://prehistoricattica.org/. The program was:

Ε. Ανδρίκου, "Ανατολική Αττική: τα προϊστορικά ευρήματα στον 21ο αιώνα"

D. Vandarakis, K. Pavlopoulos, K. Vouvalidis, and E. Fouache, "The contribution of simulated lithostratigraphy in the geoarchaeological research of the Athenian Basin during the Holocene"

Ο. Κακαβάκης and Ε. Σκιαδαρέση, "Αποθέσεις της Εποχής του Χαλκού στον υγρότοπο του Φαληρικού Δέλτα: ερμηνευτικές προσεγγίσεις"

10ICAANE

On 30 June 2015 abstracts (200 words maximum) are due for papers, workshops, and posters at the 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (10ICAANE), to be held on 25-29 April 2016 at OREA (Institut für Orientalische und Europäische Archäologie, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria. Further information is available at http://www.orea.oeaw.ac.at/10icaane.html. Special consideration will be given to the following themes:

Transformation and Migration

Archaeology of Religion and Rituals

Ancient Near Eastern Environments: Shifts, Impacts, and Adaptations

Prehistoric and Historical Landscapes and Settlement Patterns

Economy and Society

Excavation Reports and Summaries

Images in Context: Agencies, Audiences, and Perception

Islamic Archaeology

SAA 2015

On 15-19 April 2015 the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA 2015) will held in San Francisco, CA. Further information is available at http://www.saa.org/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:

K. DiBenedetto and L. Keach, "Playing with Fire at 'Ais Giorkis: A Geospatial Analysis of Prehistoric Fire Residue"

L. Keach, "Geospatial Analysis of Areal (Polygonal) Units: Applications at the Site Level in Neolithic Cyprus"

A. Basiran and C. M. Erek, "Direkli Cave: Aerial Photography of an Epipaleolithic Site"

On 17 April 2015, 6:30 pm, S. Lupack will address the New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium at the NYU Institute of Fine Arts, One East 78th Street, NY, New York on "The Mycenaean Worship of an Ancestral Wanax." Guests are always welcome; please R.S.V.P. 212-992-5803 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Social Dimensions of Food

On 30 April - 2 May 2015 an international conference entitled Social Dimensions of Food in the Prehistory of the Eastern Balkans and Neighbouring Areas will be held at the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Heidelberg. Further information is available at https://www.academia.edu/11072200/International_Conference_at_the_Heidelberg_Academy_of_Sciences_Social_Dimensions_of_Food_in_the_Prehistory_of_the_Eastern_Balkans_and_Neighbouring_Areas_Heidelberg_30th_April_2nd_May_2015. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

T. Popova and K. Leshtakov, "Early Neolithic House (Family) Farming. Yabalkovo Case Study"

M. Gurova, "Prehistoric Agriculture Toolkits in Diachronic Perspective: Case Study from Bulgaria"

D. Urem-Kotsou, "Breath of Change: Food and Pottery in the Course of the Neolithic in Northern Greece"

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