DIG 2025
On 21-23 May 2025 the 11th Developing International Geoarchaeology Conference (DIG 2025) was held at the University of Tübingen. Further information is available at https://sites.google.com/view/dig2025/home?authuser=0. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
D. Fallu and S. Voutsaki, “Reconstruction of Site Formation processes via Micromorphology and Luminescence Profiling: A case study from the North Cemetery at Ayios Vasilios, Greece”
ENE 2025
On 22-25 May 2025 the 2nd Conference on the Emergence of the Neolithic in Europe (ENE 2025) was held at the University of Zadar, Croatia. Further information is available at https://conference.unizd.hr/ENE2025. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
M. Gavranović and B. Horejs: Exhibition: “Visualizing the Unknown Balkans”
B. Horejs and F. Ostmann, “New data and old gaps: linking the emerging Neolithic in the central Balkans with southwest Asia”
D. Borić, “The Early Neolithic of Southeastern Europe: A Synthesis”
J. Chapman and B. Gaydarska, “‘Frogs around the Adriatic pond’: a framework for the spread of the Neolithic in the Eastern Adriatic”
M. Gurova, “Neolithic flint assemblages in transition and transformation: Bulgarian case study”
R. Ruka, B. Milić, M. Brunner, M. Hinz, K. Anastas, I. Gjipali, A. Anastasi, and A. Hafner, “Just daily business: Long blades from Lin 3 (Albania) in their wider context”
B. Milić and M. Brandl, “No Single Way Forward: Rethinking Lithic Technological Strategies in the Early Neolithic Balkans”
S. Vitezović, K. Bacvarov, G. Katsarov, N. Nikolova, and A. Tsurev, “Innovations in the Early Neolithic bone technology: the case study of Nova Nadezhda (eastern Bulgaria)”
D. Mlekuž Vrhovnik, “Space as the Machine: Spatial Processes and the Formation of the Balkan Neolithic Settlement Systems”
Y. Hamilakis, A. Kyparissi-Apostolika, S. Katsarou, M. Georgiadis, A. Politopoulos, V. Tsamis, and T. Loughlin, “Perimeter ditches and the social construction of community and space at Early-Middle Neolithic Koutroulou Magoula, Thessaly, Greece”
O. Apostolikas and N. Kyparissi, “A unique Early-Middle Neolithic settlement at the mountainous landscape of Lake Plastiras, Western Thessaly, Greece”
T. Papadakou and K. Kotsakis, “The earliest Neolithic settlements in Europe, habitational patterns in Early Neolithic Greece”
R. Ruka, V. Stasolla, E. Andoni, C. C. Ancona, E. Shehi, C. S. Fioriello, “Where Are the Blades? The ‘Vjosa Project’ and a Preliminary View of the Lithic Assemblage from the Newly Discovered Neolithic Open-Air Site of Qesarati-Thelëza (Tepelena, Albania)”
M. Grębska-Kulow, “Early Neolithic architecture in South-western Bulgaria”
N. Nikolova, “Selection and Evolution of Depositional Practices at Yabalkovo, an Early Neolithic Settlement in Upper Thrace”
A. Tsurev, “Diverging and converging traditions: Identifying early Neolithic communication networks in Thrace through pottery analysis”
T. Dzhanfezova, “Early Neolithic colour palettes decoded by painted pottery analysis: examples from the Eastern Balkans”
J.-P. Demoule, “Origins and spread of impressed ceramics in the Balkan Peninsula”
C. Burke, E. Stojanova Kanzurova, Z. Rujak, P. Sinadinovski, and D. Stojanovski, “The Ideas We Take with Us: The Crafting Choices of Neolithic Potters in North Macedonia”
R. Arniz-Mateos, D. Theodoraki, and N. Hausmann, “Tracing climatic impacts on early agriculture through shell-based isotope and LIBS analysis”
O. Idrizi and S. E. Allen, “Plant Resource Use and Agriculture in Early Neolithic Albania: New Results from Pogradec”
S. Kavak and A. U. Türkcan, “Crops in the burials from Late Neolithic graves in Anatolia”
C. Marangou, “Neolithic figurines and miniatures: (un)reality, correlations, divergences, narratives”
B. Gaydarska and J. Chapman, “Fragments as a unit of analysis for early Neolithic figurines”
M. Grębska-Kulow, “Early Neolithic anthropomorphic figurines made of daub, their function and symbolism”
A. U. Türckan, “Where the Hills have no name: Late Neolithic Rock Art tradition on Rocky Landscape of Asia Minor”
Cypro-centric Approaches to Teaching Ancient Cyprus
On 29-30 May 2025 a hybrid workshop entitled Cypro-centric Approaches to Teaching Ancient Cyprus: Practical, Creative and Experiential Pedagogies to Landscape and Material Culture was held in the Department of Classics, Trinity College Dublin. Further information is available at https://www.tcd.ie/classics/assets/pdf/ancientcyrpusconference.pdf. The program was:
G. Papantoniou, “Introduction and a Personal ‘Cypro-centric’ Perspective: Is it Research-led Teaching or Teaching-led Research?”
C. Morris, “A Journey of Teaching Cypriot Archaeology in Dublin”
L. Bombardieri and G. Graziadio, “From Field to Class and Back Again. Teaching the Archaeology of Cyprus in Italy”
D. B. Counts and E. Cova, “Sneaking Cyprus into the Syllabus: Neoliberalism, Consumerism, and ‘Market Demand’ in US Higher Education”
J. M. Gordon, “From Cyprus to Cyberspace: Digital and Experiential Approaches to the Teaching of Ancient Cyprus in STEM Education”
M. Iacovou, “Student in Crete, Teacher in Cyprus. Building Cypriot Archaeology Courses based on the Islands’ Parallel Lives: A Personal Journey and a Tribute to my Mentors”
Presentation of the documentary “Skammata,” produced by the Cypriot Department of Antiquities and directed by Danae Stylianou (in person only)
J. Webb, “Teaching Archaeology (Cypriot or Otherwise): Back to Basics”
G. Vavouranakis and I. Voskos, “Teaching Cypriot Prehistory at Athens: A Heavy Legacy, Current Practices, and Prospects”
S. Demesticha, “Between Kyrenia and Mazotos Shipwrecks: Challenges and Perspectives in Teaching Maritime Archaeology in Cyprus”
D. Ignatiou and A. Bielenberg, “Cyprus Insula: (Re)Learning About Cyprus Inside and Outside of the Museum”
C. Barker, “Ancient Cyprus Down Under: Object Based Learning Experiences with Cypriot Antiquities in the University of Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum”
F. Ripanti, “Cyprus in the Classroom: Engaging MA Students with Case Studies in Heritage Interpretation”
K. Winther-Jacobsen, “Research-based Teaching – Teaching-based Research in a Cypriot Perspective”
A. K. Vionis, “Teaching Historical Cyprus: Abandonment, Contested Areas and Ethical Challenges in Archaeological Education”
G. Andreou, “Integrating Cyprus in UK University Strategic Plans”
E. Hussein, “Initial Conclusions and a Personal Perspective: Teaching Ancient Cyprus (the Swansea Context)”
Roundtable: ‘Cyprus in the Curriculum’.