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Relations between the Indus and the Aegean in the Bronze Age

On 3-4 December 2022 an international workshop on Relations between the Indus and the Aegean in the Bronze Age was held at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. Further information is available from Prof. Robert Arnott at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The program was:
S. Ratnagar, “Old Assumptions Die Hard”
R. Arnott, “Crossing Continents: between the Indus and the Aegean in prehistory”
G. Ludvik and J. M. Kenoyer, “Indus-Aegean Interaction in the third millennium BCE: a comparative analysis of Indus style carnelian beads in the Aegean, the Near East and the Indus”
S. Ferrence, A. Giumlia-Mair, P. Betancourt, and M. Tsipopoulou, “The Junction Point: New Evidence for Long Distance Trade between Minoan Crete and the East”
M. N. Pareja, “Polyvalent power and Bronze Age Ideologies: goddesses of paradoxical duality”
M. Porter, “The iconography of game animals in Afro-Eurasia”
A.-E. Kechagias, “The ancient views of India and Ethiopia as evidence for intercultural contacts between Bronze Age India and the Mediterranean”
C. Schwall, M. Numrich, and E. Pernicka, “Early Bronze Age Gold Finds in the Aegean, Anatolia and beyond: a marker for increasing social complexity and connectivity”
P. Stockhammer, A. Scott, and C. Warinner, “Evidence of long-distance movement of food between South Asia and the Southern Levant in the second millennium BCE”
S. Muthukumaran, “The Eastern Milieu of the Gilgamesh Epic”
S. Durnford, “Assessing the limited linguistic evidence”

 

Πρωτοπόροι της Προϊστορικής Αρχαιολογίας

On 14-15 December 2022 a workshop entitled Ηeinrich Schliemann, Χρήστος Τσούντας, Παναγιώτης Σταματάκης. Πρωτοπόροι της Προϊστορικής Αρχαιολογίας was held at National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Further information is available at https://www.namuseum.gr/new/imerida-quot-protoporoi-tis-proistorikis-archaiologias-sto-ethniko-archaiologiko-moyseio-quot-15-dekemvrioy-2022/. Tapes of the lectures will be available at https://www.blod.gr. The program was:
J. Davis and S. Stocker, “Standing on the Shoulders of Which Giants?”
Κ. Νικολέντζος, “Η Γένεση της Προϊστορικής Αρχαιολογίας στην Ελλάδα – ιστορικό πλαίσιο και ιδεολογικά προτάγματα”
Γ. Βαβουρανάκης and Ι. Μπούζα, “Πρωτοπορία και μεταιχμιακότητα: η μυκηναϊκή αρχαιολογία στα τέλη του 19ου και στις αρχές του 20ου αιώνα”
N. Vogeikoff-Brogan and Ε. Δαλέζιου, “Το αρχείο του Ερρίκου Σλήμαν στα Αρχεία της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα: διαφύλαξη, συντήρηση, πρόσβαση και μετάβαση στον ψηφιακό κόσμο”
M. S. Bertram Scheibe, “The influence of Rudolf Virchow on Heinrich Schliemann’s Excavation and Research Methods”
Χ. Τσέλιος, “Heinrich Schliemann – Χρήστος Τσούντας. Πέρα από τη μορφή. Η πρώιμη περιπέτεια της Αρχαιομετρίας στην Ελλάδα του 19ου αιώνα”
Μ.-Ξ. Γαρέζου and Α. Χατζηδημητρίου, “Γύρω από τον Παναγιώτη Σταματάκη: Οι περιπέτειες ενός αρχαιολόγου και η περιπλάνηση των καταλοίπων του”
Ν. Βασιλικού, “Από τον εμπειρισμό στη μέθοδο”
Α. Παπαδημητρίου, “Οι έρευνες του Ερρίκου Σλήμαν στην Τίρυνθα”
Β. Πλιάτσικα, “Ανακτώντας τον χαμένο χρόνο. Νέα πολύτιμα τεκμήρια της δράσης του Χρήστου Τσούντα στις Μυκήνες”
Ε. Κωνσταντινίδη, “Το ανασκαφικό ημερολόγιο Μυκηνών του Παναγιώτη Σταματάκη και η πολύτιμη συμβολή του στην επανεξέταση του Ταφικού Κύκλου Α”
Κ. Πασχαλίδης, “‘( ... ) έρρωσο. Ερρίκος Σχλιέμανν’. Η ανακάλυψη του Μυκηναϊκού Πολιτισμού και η δημιουργία του Μυκηναίου Μουσείου μέσα από τις αναφορές των πρωταγωνιστών της”
Α. Μπάτζιου, “Σύντομη επισκόπηση του αρχαιολογικού έργου του Χρήστου Τσούvτα στη Μαγνησία μέσα από τη ματιά του σήμερα”
Κ. Κωστάντη, “Αγώγι εις Διμήνι, δραχμαί 9’. Οι περιοδείες του Χρήστου Τσούvτα στη Θεσσαλία το 1905-1906 μέσα από το οικονομικό – ταξιδιωτικό του σημειωματάριο”
Κ. Μαντέλη, “Τα νεολιθικά ειδώλια από τις ανασκαφές του Χρήστου Τσούvτα στο Σέσκλο και το Διμήνι: η μαρτυρία από τα ημερολόγια του και τηv δημοσίευση του 1908”
Κ. Βουτσά, “Η Σίφνος του Χρήστου Τσούvτα μέσα από τηv ανάγνωση του ημερολογίου του”
Γ. Κορρές, “Η επανεμφάνιση του ‘Θησαυρού του Πριάμου’ στα τέλη του 20ου αιώνα”

Changing of the Guard at INSTAP

The Institute for Aegean Prehistory has sent the following announcement regarding the changing of the guard at INSTAP:
Prof. Philip Betancourt has retired as Director of The Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) on October 22nd. He is the founding Director of INSTAP and has served with dedication and distinction for the past 41 years.
The INSTAP Board of Trustees has elected as his successor Dr. Thomas Brogan, who has served as the Director of the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete since 1997. Dr. Brogan will remain at his post on Crete in his expanded role as Director of The Institute for Aegean Prehistory.
Dr. Susan Ferrence continues in her role as Director of the INSTAP
Academic Press located in Philadelphia. Dr. Konstantinos Chalikias and
Dr. Jason Earle, recently named Assistant Directors of The Institute for Aegean Prehistory, remain in those roles with a focus on Administration and Grants respectively.
Malcolm H. Wiener, the Founder of The Institute for Aegean Prehistory
and the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete, retired as Vice President of both Boards. He remains an INSTAP Trustee and has accepted the title Chairman Emeritus for the Study Center.
Finally, the Trustees have elected as President of both Boards Prof. Jeffrey Soles, a long-serving Trustee of INSTAP and the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete and the director of the Mochlos Excavation Project.
The editors of Nestor thank the retiring INSTAP officials for their years of service to the study of Aegean prehistory and congratulate the appointees.

Michael Ventris Award

On 1 February 2023 applications are due for the Michael Ventris Award for Mycenaean Studies for 2023 (up to £2500), to be awarded to scholars who have obtained a doctorate within the past eight years or postgraduate students about to complete the doctorate in the field of Mycenaean civilization or kindred subjects, to promote research in (1) Linear B and other Bronze Age scripts of the Aegean and Cyprus and their historical and cultural connections, or (2) all other aspects of the Bronze Age of the Aegean and Cyprus. Applications (6 pages maximum) should be sent by email, ideally as a PDF attachment to the Classics Manager, Valerie James (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Further information, including detailed application instructions, is available at https://ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/awards-prizes/michael-ventris-award-mycenaean-studies-2023#:~:text=The%20Award%20is%20open%20to,fund%20doctoral%20research%20per%20se.

JPR 28

Contributions are solicited for the next issue of the Journal of Prehistoric Religion (JPR 28), to be published during 2023. JPR is a peer reviewed journal dealing with prehistoric culture and religious beliefs, with topics ranging from excavation data involving shrines, tombs, iconography, cult practice, ritual customs as well as religious continuity in space and time; the scope is worldwide although the Mediterranean area has been predominant in the past. Further information is available from the editor, Jeannette Forsén, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

EMAC2023

On 15 January 2023 abstracts are due for the 16th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics (EMAC2023), to be held on 14-16 June 2023 in Pisa, Italy. Further information is available at http://emac2023.it/index.php/.

 

Sympozjum Egejskie

On 20 March 2023 abstracts (in English, maximum 250 words) are due for the Sympozjum Egejskie. 9th Young Researchers’ Conference in Aegean Archaeology, to be held in hybrid format on 19-20 June 2023 at the University of Warsaw. Proposals are especially welcomed from early career researchers, such as PhD students or candidates, and scholars who have already completed their doctoral research and recently obtained their title. Attendance and participation are free. The proceedings of this conference will be published in the next volume of “Sympozjum Egejskie. Papers in Aegean Archaeology”. Abstracts and personal identifications (title, full name, affiliation, email address, and a personal biography (100 words maximum including ORCID number and/or research webpage links)), and any questions should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Further information is available at https://fb.me/e/1YT6NdUVh or https://www.archeologia.uw.edu.pl/en/department-of-aegean-and-textile-archaeology/.