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Aegean Lectures

Aegeus – Society for Aegean Prehistory has announced the following schedule of Aegean Lectures for autumn 2013, to take place in the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9, Athens. Aegean Lectures begin at 7:00 pm. Further information is available at http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/aegean-lectures/.

18 October 2013: M. Kosma, "Πρωτοελλαδικοί τάφοι στα Νέα Στύρα Ευβοίας"

22 November 2013: A. Van De Moortel, "The Middle Bronze Age boat from Mitrou and the origins of Aegean boat building"

6 December 2013: A. Philippa-Touchais and G. Touchais, "Το μεσοελλαδικό Άργος: μια πορεία προς την κοινωνική πολυπλοκότητα"

Mycenaean Seminars

The University of London School of Advanced Study, Institute of Classical Studies has announced the following schedule of Mycenaean Seminars for 2013-2014, to take place in the Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House South Block Ground Floor G22 / 26, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Unless otherwise stated, Mycenaean Seminars begin at 3:30 pm. Further information is available at http://www.icls.sas.ac.uk/events/diary-events/seminar-lecture-series.

16 October 2013: J. Cutler, "The fabric of Minoanisation: textile production, the transmission of craft knowledge and social dynamics in the Bronze Age southern Aegean"

13 November 2013: P. Stockhammer, "Aegean-type pottery in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Southern Levant: a revaluation of functions and meanings"

4 December 2013: P. Sotirakopoulou, "The pottery from the Early Cycladic settlement at Dhaskalio, Keros and its wider implications for the later Early Bronze Age of the Cyclades"

The New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium has announced the schedule for autumn 2013, to take place at the NYU Institute of Fine Arts, One East 78th Street, NY, New York at 6:30 pm. Interested 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..

27 September 2013: R. Koehl, "It's a Dog's Life: The Canine in Minoan Culture"

25 October 2013: J. Crouwel, "Recent Excavations at Geraki, Laconia"

22 November 2013: N. Thomas, "A Lion's Eye View of the Aegean Bronze Age"

Minoan Seminar

On 11 October 2013 the 10th year of the Minoan Seminar will begin with a lecture by A. Tzigounaki entitled "Η 'σφραγιδοκρατία' την εποχή των πρώτων ανακτόρων" at 6:30 pm at the Archaeological Society, 22 Panepistimiou, Athens. Further information is available at http://www.minoanseminar.gr/.

Που αρχίζει το παρελθόν μας;

On 12 October 2013 a colloquium entitled Που αρχίζει το παρελθόν μας; Η συγκρότηση της επιστήμης της Παλαιοανθρωπολογίας και της Παλαιολιθικής Αρχαιολογίας στην Ελλάδα will be held at the University of Athens, Ioannis Drakopoulos Conference Hall, 30 Panepistimiou St. Further information is available at http://www.aegeussociety.org/images/uploads/lectures/2013/Our-past-12-Oct-2013-prog.pdf. The program will be:

Γ. Κουρτέση-Φιλιππάκη, "Η προβληματική της ημερίδας 'Που αρχίζει το παρελθόν μας;'"

Β. Καραμανωλάκης, "Από τη σκοπιά του ιστορικού: εθνική ιστορία και προϊστορική αρχαιολογία"

Θ. Τζαβάρας, "Πώς ορίζεται το χτές; Και πώς το πριν από χτές;"

On 15-17 October 2013 an international conference entitled Implantations humaines en milieu littoral Méditerranéen : facteurs d'installation et processus d'appropriation de l'espace, de la Préhistoire au Moyen Âge will be held at the Structure des Espaces du Fort Carré, Antibes. Further information is available at http://www.cepam.cnrs.fr/IMG/pdf/programme_rencontres-antibes_201web.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

T. Fragkopoulou, "Diachronic patterns of human occupation in the South-East coast of Crete"

L. Karali, S. Lambropoulos, and M. Bardani, "The geographic area of Elis through the centuries"

L. Karali and M. Bardani, "Prehistoric habitation in the coastal areas of Peloponnese"

POCA 2013

On 1-3 November 2013 the 13th annual Postgraduates in Cypriot Archaeology (POCA 2013) conference will be held by the University of East Anglia. Further information and registration forms are available at http://www.uea.ac.uk/art-history/news-and-events/POCA2013. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:

C. Alexandrou and B. O'Neill, "Examining the chaine operatoire of the Late Cypriot II-IIIA (15th-12th century B.C.) female terracotta figurines: an experimental approach"

C. Constantinou, "Identifying and comparing socio-economic developments in the Neolithic Eastern Mediterranean: a view from Cyprus and the northern Levant"

E. Cory-Lopez, "The sculpting of picrolite during the Middle Chalcolithic period (4th and 5th Millennium BCE)"

On 7-8 November 2013 an international workshop entitled Damaged Goods: Contextualising Intentional Destruction of Objects in the Bronze Age Aegean and Cyprus will be held at the Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, organized by AegIS (UCL-INCAL-CEMA) and the ARC 'A World in Crisis'. Further information is available at http://www.uclouvain.be/450666.html. The program will be:

J. Chapman, "Keynote address: Bits and Pieces: The Fragment as Transformation"

K. Harrell, "Traumatology in the Mycenaean Period and Early Iron Age"

S. Nanoglou, "Going the Other Way: Providing a Framework for the Destruction of Objects in the Bronze Age"

International Ancient Warfare Conference 2013

On 18-20 September 2013 the International Ancient Warfare Conference 2013 was held in Aberystwyth. Further information is available at http://ancientwarfare2013.wordpress.com/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

J. Emmanuel, "Egyptian and Early Aegean Naval Warfare"

H. Whittaker, "Symbolic Aspects of Warfare in the Bronze Age Aegean"

M. Lloyd, "Death of a swordsman, death of a sword? The killing of swords in the Early Iron Age Aegean (ca. 1050 to ca. 650 B.C.E.)"

  1. September 2013 Issue Available
  2. Grants and Fellowships
  3. Calls for Papers
  4. Future Lectures and Conferences