The February 2020 issue of Nestor (47.2) is available as a free download.
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MARE
On 29 February 2020 abstracts (500 words maximum) are due for a conference for young researchers entitled Maritime Archaeology Research Exchange (MARE), to be held on 11-16 June 2020 in Hamburg. Further information is available at https://mareconferencehamburg.wordpress.com/. Panels will be held on the following topics:
• Theory and Methods of Maritime Archaeology
• Archaeology of Harbours, Ports, and Marinas
• Shipbuilding: Types and Use
• Trade Routes
International Mustafa V. Koç Underwater Archaeology Symposium
On 30 March 2020 abstracts (400 words maximum) are due for a conference entitled International Mustafa V. Koç Underwater Archaeology Symposium, to be held on 11-12 June 2020 in İstanbul. Further information is available at https://underwaterarchaeologyjobs.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/call-for-papers-international-mustafa-v.-koc3a7-underwater-archaeology-symposium.pdf.
Nostoi II
On 30 April 2020 abstracts are due for an international conference entitled Nostoi II. Traveling in the Eastern Mediterranean: Sea + Inland Routes from the Early Bronze to the End of the Early Iron Age, to be held in Heraklion from 14-17 January 2021. Title, name affiliation, and abstract should be submitted to
• Tracking and Mapping Sea and Inland Routes
• Writing and Sealing Bureaucracy of Exchange
• Merchants, Commodities, and Gifts
• Systems of Commercial Interaction
• Mobility, Agency, and Technology
• Routes and Means of Transportation
• Piracy and Sea People
• Art and Iconography
• Maritime Cultural Landscapes
• Ideology (religion, beliefs, customs)
Crete. Emerging Cities
The Museum of Cycladic Art has announced a program of lectures on the occasion of the recent exhibition “Crete. Emerging Cities: Aptera - Eleutherna-Knossos” All lectures will be held at 7:00 PM. Further information is available at https://cycladic.gr/en/page/kriti-anaskafika-kai-ereunitika-eurimata?slide=1#. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
20 January 2020: F. Gaignerot-Driessen, “Before the polis: Recent discoveries at Anavlochos, Lasithi”
17 February 2020: M. Devolder, “Unfolding the History of the Palace at Malia”
τΟ Εργον 19
On 8 February 2020 the 5th Annual Workshop of the Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus, τὸ ἔργον 19: Το αρχαιολογικό έργο του Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου, 2019, will take place in Nicosia. Further information is available at https://www.ucy.ac.cy/aru/en/conferences. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
Α. Βιώνης et al., “Το Πρόγραμμα SeSaLaC στην κοιλάδα του Ξερού (Επαρχία Λάρνακας) και το Εργαστήριο ArtLandS στη Βοιωτία (Ελλάδα) κατά το 2019”
Ο. Κουκά, “Όψεις κοινοτικής πολυπλοκότητας στο Ανατολικό Αιγαίο και τη Δυτική Μικρά Ασία κατά την Εποχή του Χαλκού”
Β. Κασσιανίδου, “Πυροτεχνολία στην Χαλκολιθική εποχή της Κύπρου: Χαλκός και φαγεντιανή”
Ά. Γεωργίου, “Συνθέτοντας διαφορετικές όψεις της κεραμικής παραγωγής στην Ανατολική Μεσόγειο κατά την Ύστερη Εποχή του Χαλκού”
Γ. Παπασάββας, “Κυπριακός χαλκός και Αιγυπτιακός χρυσός: Αξίες και ισοτιμίες κατά την Ύστερη Εποχή του Χαλκού”
Α. Χαραλάμπους, “Προκαταρκτική αποτελέσματα των γεωχημικών αναλύσεων στον Θορικό Λαυρίου”
Θ. Μούτσιου, “Γεωχωρικά μοντέλα για τη μελέτη της Πλειστοκαινικής Κύπρου: Το ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα PLEICY (POST-DOC/0916/0185)”
Hellenic Institute of Egyptology Conference
On 10-14 February 2020 an Egyptological conference entitled Quod est Superius est sicut quod est Inferius: The Cosmic Hypostasis and Earthly/Social Function of Women during Antiquity in Egypt and in the Mediterranean Basin will take place in Athens, organized by the Hellenic Institute of Egyptology, the Universidade Aberta of Lisbon, the Centre of History of the Lisbon University, the Writing & Scripts Centre of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Hellenic Society for Aesthetics, under the auspices of the Association of Greek Women Scientists. Further information is available at https://www.fasticongressuum.com/single-post/2019/06/01/2nd-Egyptological-Conference-Quod-est-Superius-est-sicut-quod-est-Inferius-The-Cosmic-Hypostasis-and-EarthlySocial-Function-of-Women-during-Antiquity-in-Egypt-and-in-the-Mediterranean-Basin---10-11-12-13-14112019-Athens-Greece. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
N. A. Hoskins, “Ephemeral Fabrics from Egypt and the Aegean: Before and After Tutankchamūn”
T.-S. Andreovits, “The Construction of Gender and Age in the 2nd Mill. BC in the Aegean through the Iconography”
9th Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research Conference
On 22 February 2020 the Ninth Annual Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research Conference will be held at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Further information is available at https://classics.utk.edu/ugcc.php. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
C. Burke, “Defining and Analyzing Assemblages: Burial, Sanctuary, and Settlement Deposition in the Protogeometric Period”
The January 2020 issue of Nestor (47.1) is available as a free download.
The Mediterranean Archaeological Trust
On 31 January 2020 applications for grants (not normally exceeding £2,500) to assist with the publication of archaeological fieldwork in the Mediterranean world, with possible priority to Bronze Age subjects, are due to The Mediterranean Archaeological Trust. The application form and further information are available at https://medarchaeotrust.org/.