The January 2021 issue of Nestor (48.1) is available as a free download.
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ASOR 2021
On 15 January 2021 proposals for new Member-Organized Sessions and Workshops are due for the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meetings (ASOR 2021), to be held in Chicago on 17-20 November 2021 and online on 9-12 December 2021 (CST). From 15 February-15 March the online system for paper abstract and workshop presentation proposals will be open. Further information and forms are available at http://www.asor.org.
TAG 2021
On 15 January 2021 proposals for sessions are due for Theoretical Archaeology Group North America (TAG 2021): Stand. Speak. Act, to be held virtually, hosted at Stanford University, on 30 April – 2 May 2021 (PST). On 15 March 2021 individual paper proposals are due. Further information, including formats for plenary sessions and concurrent open sessions, is available at http://tag2021.stanford.edu/.
MAARC
On 28-30 January 2021 the inaugural meeting the Mediterranean Archaeology Australasian Research Community (MAARC) will be held virtually, hosted by the University of Melbourne (AEDT). Attendance is free but registration is required; details should be sent to
K. Mann, “Pioneering field practices in Aegean settlement archaeology: The innovation and ongoing influence of Judy Birmingham at Zagora on Andros”
A. Dighton, “In the beginning: the origins of olive and grape consumption - the view from the Eastern Mediterranean”
L. Pisanu, “Mediterranean trade routes during the Bronze and Early Iron Age: What is the role of Nuragic Sardinia?”
J. Webb, “The north coast of Cyprus in the prehistoric Bronze Age: locality, political economy and connectivity”
K. Trimmis, P. N. Kardulias, L. Tzortzopoulou-Gregory, C. Marini, and C. L. Fernée, “The north remembers: continuity and change in the prehistoric landscapes of northern Kythera, Greece”
S. A. Paspalas, “The Early Iron Age settlement of Zagora and its external contact: the evidence of its fine wares”
L. Hitchcock, “The Deep State and the Minoan ‘Palaces’ in Crete: Bureaucracies as Constraining and Enabling SocioPolitical Structures”
C. Tully, “On every high hill and under every green tree: open air cult sites in the Levant and Crete”
J. Heywood, “Funerals and the Ideological Role of Marine Iconography on Post-palatial Crete”
R. E. Kortanoğlu and M. Savrum-Kortanoğlu, “Thoughts on Some Prehistoric and Historical Monumental Structures in Continental Greece”
D. Frankel, “Challenges from the past”
J. Webb, “New Sites from Old. Three Examples”
C. Davey, “Revisiting artefacts: Metal working at Bamboula (Kourion)”
L. Tittl, “‘Out here we are stoned’: the cosmological significance of rocky terrain in Bronze Age Crete”
Recherches à Malia (Crète)
On 2 December 2020 a webinar was held entitled Recherches à Malia (Crète). Actualités et perspectives. Further information is available at https://www.mshmondes.cnrs.fr/recherches-malia-crete-actualites-et-perspectives. The program was:
L. Lespez and A. Glais, “Recherches sur le paléoenvironnement de Malia: quelques résultats des carottages 2015”
S. Müller Celka, L. Fadin, and E. Régagnon, “Construction du Web-SIG de Malia architecture générale et résultats de la campagne 2019”
S. Müller Celka and E. Régagnon, “Recherches récentes à Chrysolakkos : exemple d’application du SIG à l’étude d’un édifice”
G. Doudalis and M. Pomadère, “The protopalatial material of ‘Secteur Pi’ at Malia: first results”
M. E. Alberti, C. Langohr, and M. Pomadère, “Séquence céramique néopalatiale à Malia. Les apports majeurs du Secteur Pi à la compréhension de l’histoire du site”
P. Mylona, “Architecture et fonctionnement des espaces dans le secteur Pi: l’apport des analyses micromorphologiques”
A. Gardeisen and K. Papayianni, “Ressources et environnement de Malia: une approche à travers les animaux terrestres”
T. Theodoropoulou, “Un palais minoen tourné vers la mer? Exploitation et utilisations des ressources marines à Malia”
M. Devolder, “Nouvelles recherches sur la séquence architecturale du palais de Malia”
I. Caloi, “L’occupation prépalatiale au cœur de l’établissement maliote: premiers résultats et perspectives de recherche”
M. Anastasiadou, “New Seals and Seal Impressions from Protopalatial Malia: The Magasins Dessene and Quartier Pi”
E. Tsafou, “Residue Analysis and Culinary Practices at Malia”
B. Rueff, “L’éclairage artificiel dans l’habitat à Malia. Une analyse fonctionnelle des lampes de Chrysolakkos, du Quartier Mu et du Quartier Pi”
H. Procopiou, “Des outils lithiques aux activités: le Quartier Mu de Malia”
V. Chankowski, “Bilan et perspectives pour les travaux de l’EFA à Malia”
The December 2020 issue of Nestor (47.9) is available as a free download.