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SAA 2017
On 8 September 2016 abstracts (200 words) for submissions are due for the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, to be held on 29 March–2 April 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Individual submissions may be papers/research reports, or posters; formats for organized sessions include symposium, electronic symposium, poster symposium, forum, debate, or lightning round. Further information is available at http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/AnnualMeeting/tabid/138/Default.aspx.
PeCla 2016
On 1 October 2016 abstracts (500 words) for papers or posters are due for the 5th International Postgraduate Conference: New Directions in Classical Archaeology (PeCla 2016), to be held on 1–2 December 2016 at Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic. Further information is available at http://ukar.ff.cuni.cz/en/pecla2016_eng.
International Ancient Warfare Conference 2016
On 28-30 June 2016 the International Ancient Warfare Conference 2016 will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden. Further information is available at http://historiskastudier.gu.se/forskning/konferenser/international-ancient-warfare-conference-2016. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
M. Kramer, "Of Ships and Shields: The Dipylon Shield and the Mycenaean Galley at the Bronze Age-Early Iron Age Transition"
I. Georganas, "How Militaristic were Aegean Bronze Age Societies?"
P. M. Fischer, "Cyprus in the Centre of the Storm: The 12th Century's BCE Crisis Years on Cyprus"
L. Alberti, "Peaceful 'Minoans' vs. Warlike 'Mycenaeans'? The Meaning of Weaponry found in the Knossian Tombs of the Late Bronze Age: Roles, Status and Multiple Identities"
T. Alusik, "Slinging in the Prehistoric Aegean: New Perspectives"
LAC 2016
On 23-25 August 2016 the 4th International Landscape Archaeology Conference (LAC 2016) will be hosted by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University. Further information is available at http://www.arkeologi.uu.se/LAC_2016+/?languageId=1. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
R. Veropoulidou, "Eating Cockles, Wearing Cockles in Neolithic and Bronze Age Northern Greece"
L. A. Kvapil, "Labor and Negotiation in a Terraced Landscape: The LBA Terraces of Korphos-Kalamianos"
K. Efkleidou, "Mobility in Landscapes of Death: Exploring the value of mobility and visibility in the formation of Mycenaean Death-scapes"
H. A. Orengo, A. Krahtopoulou, A. Dimoula, A. Garcia-Molsosa, K. Palaiochoritis, Y. Papadias, N. Saridaki, and E. Vliora, "Reconstructing the Lost Prehistoric and Classical Landscapes of Western Thessaly, Central Greece, Through Combined Historic Aerial Photography, Remote Sensing, GIS and Archaeological Survey"
38th Annual Excavation, Survey & Archaeometry Symposium
On 23-37 May 2016 the 38th Annual Excavation, Survey & Archaeometry Symposium organized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture was held in Ankara. Further information is available at http://38kst-en.trakya.edu.tr/pages/about-the-symposium#.V2RyEiMrKqm. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
M. Özdoğan, "Excavations and Underwater Investigations at Liman Tepe, 2002"
N. Karul, "Excavations at Aktopraklık, 2015"
S. Özdöl Kutlu, "Çatalhöyük Excavations 2015"
On 25-29 May 2016 the Γ ΄ Διεθνές Κυκλαδολογικό Συνέδριο. Οι Κυκλάδες στη διαχρονία: Χώρος-Άνθρωποι. 3rd International Cycladological Conference. Cyclades through the Ages: Space-People was held in Hermoupolis, Syros. Further information is available at http://www.ekyklamel.gr/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:
C. Renfrew, M. Boyd, D. Athanasoulis, I. Legaki, N. Brodie, G. Gavalas, J. Hilditch, and J. Wright, "The 2015 Southeast Naxos survey"
Ν. Μουρτζάς and Ε. Κολαΐτη, "Οι επιπτώσεις των μεταβολών της θαλάσσιας στάθμης στη παράκτια ανθρώπινη δραστηριότητα κατά την προϊστορική και ιστορική αρχαιότητα στον χώρο των βόρειων Κυκλάδων"