On 26-27 May 2023 an international conference entitled Signs of the Times – The Archaeology of Late Bronze Age Kydonia/Khania was held in hybrid format, hosted in Stockholm by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Further information is available at https://www.sia.gr/en/articles.php?tid=807. The program was: A. Karivieri, “Welcome to Stockholm! The Department of Classical Studies at Stockholm University 75 years” J. Wallensten, “The Swedish Institute at Athens 75 years and the importance of the Greek-Swedish and Greek-Swedish-Danish field projects” M. Andreadaki-Vlazaki, “The Minoan Habitation under the Town of Khania” E. Hallager, “The Greek-Swedish- and Greek-Swedish-Danish excavations and their impact on Minoan Crete” B. P. Hallager, “The local Kydonia pottery workshop and its impact” E. Protopapadaki, “Prepalatial pottery groups from the Greek–Swedish Excavations at the Agia Aikaterini square, Kastelli Chania” O. Krzyszkowska, “Late Minoan Seals and Sealing Practices: Insights from Khania” D. Evely, “The nature of the small finds from Kastelli, Khania” A.-L. Schallin, “Terracotta figurines from Khania” A. Sarpaki, “The archaeobotanical landscape of Bronze Age Kydonia/ Chania” D. Mylona, “Earthquakes, pastoral economics and religious fervor: animal sacrifice at LM IIIB Kydonia, (Khania)” V. Petrakis, “Total ku-do-ni-ja: integrating archaeological and textual evidence in the study of a remarkable centre in LM II-IIIB Crete” P. J. P. McGeorge, “The human bones from the Minoan graves and Katre 1, Khania” G. Vidén, “Conclusion – from a personal point of view
On 15 May 2023 abstracts (250 words maximum) are due for the 6th workshop for Young Researchers in Archaeometry 2023 (YRA 2023), to be held on 4-6 October 2023 at the University of Tübingen, Germany, in hybrid format. Further information and the link to submit abstracts are available at https://yrarch.github.io/current.html.
2024 Annual Conference of the British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA 2024)
On 16 June 2023 workshop proposals are due for the 2024 Annual Conference of the British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA 2024). Archaeological and heritage practice in Southwest Asia: towards equitable futures, to be held on 3-5 January 2024 at the University of Glasgow; on 6 October 2023 paper submissions are due. Further information is available at https://www.banea.org/banea24. Session topics will include: • Archaeological fairness. E.g., decolonising practice; cultural heritage practice, archaeological labour relations; community engagement, equality, diversity, and inclusion. • Landscape. E.g., theoretical and methodological approaches to landscape; socio-ecological dynamics, the use of archaeological science in climate change discourse. • Digital archaeologies. E.g., Digital recording and representation of archaeology; big data; web and technology-based public engagement. • Field reports. E.g., ongoing and recently completed fieldwork results. • Foodways. E.g., subsistence practices, food webs, and cultural identities; commensal equipment, chaîne opératoires, and vibrant materialities; bioarchaeology and isotope studies • Social worlds. E.g., social interaction and interpretative approaches to it; inequality; art and literature, including modern reception and representations.
SAA 2024
On 7 September 2023 submissions, both session and individual (abstracts 200 words maximum), are due for the Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting (SAA 2024), to be held on 17-21 April 2024 in New Orleans. Further information is available at https://www.saa.org/annual-meeting.
On 16-21 May 2023 a conference entitled Italy and Cyprus in Antiquity: A Fresh Look was held at the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome, under the auspices of the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Rome. Further information is available at https://isvroma.org/en/2023/04/19/international-symposium-italy-and-cyprus-in-antiquity-a-fresh-look/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included: A. Georgiou, “Contextualising Cypriot connectivity with Italy post-1200 BC” F. Lo Schiavo and M. Perra, “Sardinia and Cyprus: an update” S. Sabatini and M. E. Alberti, “Late Bronze Age textile production in the Terramare region, the Aegean, and in Cyprus: approaching differences and similarities” M. Perna, “The corpora of Cypriot Syllabic scripts of the second and first millennia BC. An update on the publication” M. Cultraro, “Decoupling connectivity and maritime mobility. Cyprus and Sicily in the Late Bronze Age” A. Vanzetti, S. T. Levi, and D. Gullì, “The site of Cannatello (AG, Sicily, Italy) and the connectivity from Sardinia to Cyprus in the Late Bronze Age boom-and-crisis years (ca. 1400–1150 BC)” L. Nigro, “Cyprus and Motya. Contacts and exchanges at the dawn of Mediterranean seafaring interconnections”
13th ICAANE
On 22-25 May 2023 the 13th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (13th ICAANE) will be held in Copenhagen. Further information is available at https://eventsignup.ku.dk/icaane13#. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included: R. Özbal, A. Breu, H. Özbal, L. Thissen, A. Türkekul-Bıyık, and F. Gerritsen, “Pottery and Dairying in Neolithic Anatolia: The Case of Barcın Höyük, Turkey” C. Scott and C. Luke, “Gods and the Machine: Structure-from-Motion Recording in the Excavation and Analysis of Ritual Caches from Kaymakçı, Western Turkey” K. Kopanias, A. Georgiou, M. Iacovou, A. Hadjikoumis, L. Kassianidou, E. Margariti, E. Nikita, D. Papageorgiou, and G. Papasavvas, “New light on LBA-EIA Cypriot burial customs: two new burials from Palaepaphos (Kouklia-Marchello, Cyprus)” D. M. Alberghina, “Reconstructing Metallurgical Horizons in LBA western Anatolia. Procurement Networks and Technological Strategies at the citadel of Kaymakçi” S. Vilain, “From imitation to innovation: An insight on copies and local productions inspired by Cypriot wares in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 2nd millennium BCE” M. Kibaroğlu and D. P. Mielke, “Archaeometric investigations on the production and distribution of Hittite pottery” S. Günel, “The cultural development of Çine-Tepecik and the reflection on Aegean archaeology” F. Meneghetti, “The world is a small place: an interdisciplinary approach to the study of miniature pottery from Athienou-Bamboullari tis Koukounninas (Cyprus)” M. Bowers, “Tracing Textiles and Trade in the Aegean and Near Eastern Late Bronze to Early Iron Age Transition” J. Muñoz Sogas, “Hybrid religions in the Eastern Mediterranean: Egyptian and Phoenician conceptions in Greece” F. Meneghetti and E. De Benedictis, “Ex charta lux: a multidisciplinary study of the excavations of Enkomi (Cyprus)” K. Soennecken, “Tracking down ‘Sea Peoples’ far away from the Mediterranean Cities. The(im)possibility of finding ethnicity in archaeological evidence”
EMAC2023
On 14-16 June 2023 the 16th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics (EMAC2023) will be held in Pisa, Italy. Further information is available at https://www.emac2023.it/home/index.php. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include: I. Caloi and F. Bernardini, “Micro-CT scanning of Minoan vases from Phaistos, Crete. Preliminary results on ceramic forming techniques of the Middle Bronze Age” C. Burke, V. Testolini, V. Xanthopoulou, and I. Iliopoulos, “What Makes a Classic? Continuity of raw material procurement and ceramic fabrics in Pheneos, from the Bronze Age to the Classical Period” S. Menelaou, O. Kouka, E. Kiriatzi, N. Müller, and C. Gardner, “Characterising pottery production and importation in Early Bronze Age Troy: petrographic and geochemical analysis” B. Lis, A. Batziou, J. H. Sterba, and H. Mommsen, “Pottery of Argive provenance in coastal Thessaly during the Late Bronze Age according to Neutron Activation Analysis” S. Menelaou, E. Marzec, F. Georgiadis, S. Katsarou, A. Siros, and A. Darlas, “Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery consumption at Agriomernos Cave, Samos (Greece): compositional analysis and provenance determination” R, Klöckl and V. Testolini, “Copy and Paste. Technological choices and skills adaptation in Pheneos, Arcadia” A. Barouda, P. Quinn, N. Efstratiou, “Technologies and Traditions of Pottery and Plaster Production at Neolithic Makri, Thrace, Greece” T. Ogawa, S. N. Müller, H. Procopiou, S. Triantafyllou, S. Andreou, and E. Kiriatzi, “Cooking ware at prehistoric Toumba Thessaloniki: an indicator of continuity in potting tradition and culinary practice” M. Giobbe, E. Kiriatzi, I. Lemos, N. Müller, M. A. Di Vito, S. De Vita, T. E. Cinquantaquattro, and M. D’Acunto, “Human mobility and technological transfer between Greece and Southern Italy: the cases of Pithekoussai and Cumae. Project outline”
Abundance and Scarcity in the Ancient Mediterranean World
On 21-22 April 2023 a graduate student conference entitled Abundance and Scarcity in the Ancient Mediterranean World was held by the Harvard Department of the Classics in Cambridge, MA. Further information is available at https://abundancescarcity2023.wordpress.com/?fbclid=IwAR1Ygn0jZuGiVrtiphF0wPqaPC1mloMuJpy_uOUY8SYF_ciPDw5P46pjDUU. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included: E Cline, “Aspects of Abundance and Scarcity during the Late Bronze Age and After in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean” R. McKay, “Choices in Common: The Management of Common-Pool Resources and the Evidence of Collective Action in Bronze Age Messenia”
