On 15 November 2025 abstracts (250 words) are due for the Fourteenth Annual Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research Conference, to be held on 21 February 2026 at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Further information and instructions for submission are available at https://classics.utk.edu/undergraduate-conference/.
On 6-8 November 2025 the UISPP Archaeometry Conference on Stone, Glass, Ceramics and Metals (Chania2025) will be held in Chania, Crete. Further information is available at https://chania2025.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
C. Skark, T. Skowronek, and C. von Rüden, “Middle Minoan Innovation—Talc as a White Pigment on Polychrome Kamares Ware”
I. Berg, “The Archaeology of Linear B Tablets”
E. Nodarou and M. Tsipopoulou, “Pots and Gods in East Crete at the End of the Bronze Age: A Petrographic Study of Ceramic Materials from the Late Minoan IIIC Shrine of Halasmenos”
C. Minos, “Technologies of Tradition or Innovation? A Technological and Compositional Study of Late Bronze Age Utilitarian Pottery from Enkomi, Cyprus”
S. C. Ferrence, A. Giumlia-Mair, P. P. Betancourt, J. D. Muhly, M. Tsipopoulou, A. Allshouse, and S. Kiorpe, “A Late Prepalatial Family in Death: Archaeometry of Grave Goods from the Petras Necropolis in Eastern Crete”
G. Rethemiotakis, A. Giumlia-Mair, and S. C. Ferrence, “The Complex Metallurgy of the Minoan Ring from Kastelli Pediada”
C. Sofianou, P. P. Betancourt, T. Brogan, A. Giumlia-Mair, and K. Zervaki, “Copper Alloy Kouros Recovered by the Greek Police on Crete in 2015”
N. Dimopoulou, A. Giumlia-Mair, P. P. Betancourt, G. Rethemiotakis, and S. C. Ferrence, “Iridescent Bluish-Black Metal Objects from the Neopalatial Cemetery at Poros, Crete”
A. Kanta and A. Giumlia-Mair, “The Foundation Deposit from Neopalatial Room 3 in the Religious Center of Knossos”
E. Papadopoulou, N. Maravelaki, and N. Kallithrakas-Kontos, “Characterization of Bronze Objects from the Maroulas Minoan Cemetery, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece”
G. Di Lorenzo, “Koinè Metals in Crete: The Case of the Peschiera Daggers”
F. Hulek, P. Voudouris, M. Bode, M. Jansen, and Y. Bassiakos, “From Mine to Metal: Refining the Chronology of Laurion’s Silver Production through Galena Analysis”
P. P. Betancourt, S. Chrysoulaki, E. Tsitsa, K. Christakis, A. Giumlia-Mair, S. C. Ferrence, and G. Lazoura, “The Town Mosaic from Knossos”
H. Dierckx, J. M. Kenoyer, G. E. Ludvik, and M. Tsipopoulou, “Local or Imported: Stone Bead Manufacturing Techniques from Petras Cemetery, Siteia”
C. Meramveliotaki, “A Stone Pyxis with a Lying Dog Found in the Gorge of the Dead in Zakros Has Astronomical Significance:
On 7-8 November 2025 the 2025 International Lithic Studies Society Conference will be held in Leicester, UK. Further information is available at https://www.lithics.org/events/conference/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. Minelli, “The lithic industry of the archaeological site of Pyrgos Mavroraki: new data for the reconstruction of the human presence on the Cypriot island”
D. De Caro, “Palaeolithic landscapes: raw material procurement and lithic variability in the Megalopolis Basin (Greece)”
On 27-29 November 2025 the XXVIth annual Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology (SOMA 2025) will be held at the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology ARQVA in Cartagena, Spain, with the theme “Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean: challenges and assessments of management.” Further information is available at https://www.cultura.gob.es/mnarqua/investigacion/cursos-conferencias-congresos/congresos/soma-26.html. Posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
M. Girtzi, “The Palace of Minos at Knossos: re-examining the ‘restoration project’ of Arthur Evans”
On 1-2 December 2025 the 10th Perspectives on Classical Archaeology International Postgraduate Conference (PeClA 2026). Finis Vitae: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Death, Burial and Afterlife in the Ancient World will be held in Prague. Further information is available at https://ukar.ff.cuni.cz/en/pecla-2025-finis-vitae-multidisciplinary-approaches-to-death-burial-and-afterlife-in-the-ancient-world/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. Fatsi, “What Could Have Been: Childhood, Identity and Mortuary Practice in Mycenaean Greece”
D. Papageorgiou, “Shifting Burial Practices and Social Relations in Palaepaphos During the Late Bronze Age”
J. Ondrášik, “Selected Problems in the Cemeteries of Late Bronze Age Crete”
V. Meyer, “A Matter of Shape: Gender and Sex-Related Grave Markers in Geometric Attica - Evidence from Kraters and Amphorae”
L. Girella, “An Almost Untold Story: Funerary and Burial Practices in the Bronze Age”
T. Tsempera, “Life and Death at the Edge: Biocultural Adaptation in the Liminal Environment of Bronze Age Samikon”
On 17-20 September 2025 the conference Ε΄ Διεθνές Κυκλαδολογικό Συνέδριο. Κυκλάδες: Αειφορία – Πολιτισμός was held on Milos. Further information is available at https://archipelagonetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Cycladological-Conference-2025_Program.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
Α. Αγγελοπούλου, “Η Νεολιθική εποχή στη Μήλο. Νέα Αρχαιολογικά δεδομένα και ερευνητικές προοπτικές”
Α. Γ. Βλαχόπουλος, “Οι Γυναίκες στο Άδυτο. Μια τοιχογραφία από το κτήριο Ξεστή 3 του Ακρωτηρίου Θήρας”
Α. Μάλλιου, “Ο άγνωστος προϊστορικός οικισμός της Κουφής στη Μήλο: στόχοι και προοπτικές της έρευνας”
Σ. Σπανός, “Κουκουναριές και Φυλακωπή κατά τη Μυκηναϊκή Περίοδο.”
Ρ. Μπαλλή, “Ανασκάπτοντας τον ανασκαφέα: Η μεθοδολογική προσέγγιση και η προσωπικότητα του John Caskey στην ανασκαφή της Αγίας Ειρήνης στην Κέα”
Γ. Ι. Αλεξόπουλος, “Κερατών, Κερατῶν βωμός ή κεράτινος βωμός; Η συναρμογή του Ακρωτηρίου Θήρας και η ιστορική αναλογία της ανάθεσης κεράτων
M. Boyd, “Colin Renfrew and the Prehistoric Cyclades”
The October 2025 issue of Nestor (52.10) is available as a free download.
On 26 October 2025 proposals for papers and workshops are due for the 53rd Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA 2026): It’s All About People, to be held on 31 March - 4 April 2026 in Vienna, Austria. Further information is available at https://2026.caaconference.org/.
On 27 October 2025 paper proposals are due for the seventh mini-conference of the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Aegean Early Career Research Group, to be held online on 27 November 2025, organized by Sarah Lidwell-Durnin (Bristol) and chaired by Dr Yannis Galanakis (Cambridge). Papers should be 20 minutes long and will be followed by 20 minutes of discussion. Proposals should be submitted at https://forms.gle/PJN5cw4HbkiCgbP49.
On 30 November 2025 proposals for sessions are due for the 32nd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists: Resonant Pasts (EAA AM 2026), to be held on 26-29 August 2026 in Athens, Greece. From 19 December 2025 until 5 February 2026 the call for contribution submissions will be open. Further information and forms are available at https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2026.
On 1 December 2025 abstracts are due for the 6th Water and Wastewater Technologies in Ancient Civilisations International Symposium (WWTAC-2026), to be held on 23-25 February 2026 in Florence, Italy; full papers are due on 15 January 2026. Further information is available at https://iwa-wwtac-2026.sciencesconf.org/. Invited topics include:
• Examples of past water technologies
• Water heritage promotion and maintenance
• Use/reuse of water in urban and rural areas
• Water culture and traditions
• Rainwater collection & harvesting
• Water resources management
• Water security
• History of irrigation and desalination
• Ancient and historical water technologies
• Energy, water, and machines
• Water quality preservation and improvement