The February 2016 (43.2) issue of Nestor is available as a free download.
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The Aegean Seminar in Zagreb
The Aegean Seminar in Zagreb and the University of Zagreb have announced the following schedule of lectures. Further information is available from Helena Tomas at
7 March 2016: S. Finlayson, "Seals and sealings of the Bronze Age Aegean: practicalities and problems"
4 April 2016: D. Nakassis, "Vorsprung durch Technik: digital technologies, archaeology, and the future of Aegean scripts"
5 April 2016: D. Nakassis, "Unthinking the Mycenaeans: towards a new history of the Late Bronze Age Aegean"
The Cycladic Seminar
The Cycladic Seminar has announced the following schedule of lectures for 2016, to be held at the Archaeological Society at Athens, 22 Panepistimiou Street.
10 March 2016: V. Sahoglou, "'Cycladica' around the Urla Peninsula, Izmir during the 3rd and 2nd Millennia BC"
24 May 2016: E. Gorogianni, "Aspects of Minoanization: New Evidence from the Northern Sector of Ayia Irini, Kea"
4 October 2016: D. Panagiotopoulos, "An enigmatic (;) absence. On the meagre evidence for seals and sealing practices in the Bronze Age Cyclades"
8 December 2016: J. Wright, "Full Circle: the tale of a prehistoric survey on Kythnos"
CAA 2016
On 29 March-2 April 2016 the 44th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA 2016): Exploring Oceans of Data will be held in Oslo, Norway. Further information is available at http://caaconference.org/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
S. Rutishauser, "Urbanism in the Cilician Plain from Chalcolithic to Byzantine Period"
Weaving the Past
On 18 March 2016 an international workshop entitled Weaving the Past: The Archaeology of Textiles and Textile Production in Greece in the First Millennium will be held at the British School at Athens. Further information is available here. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
M. Gleba, "Textile cultures in the 1st millennium BC Europe: a view from Greece"
V. Isaakidou and P. Halstead, "Weaving the past from bones: sheep (and goats) in the zooarchaeological record of Bronze Age and Iron Age Greece"
F. Iacono, "Purple Dye between the Aegean and the Central Mediterranean in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages"
I. Tzachili, "Weaving differences and similarities in the Bronze Age Aegean"
E. Andersson Strand and M.-L. Nosch, "Textile production in Bronze Age Aegean - new perspective"
J. Cutler, "Materialising production: textile tools, textile technology and cloth production in ancient Greece"
Νέα αρχαιολογικά ευρήματα και πορίσματα
On 18-19 February 2016 a symposium entitled Νέα αρχαιολογικά ευρήματα και πορίσματα: Επιστημονικό συμπόσιο προς τιμήν της ομότιμης Καθηγήτριας του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών Γεωργίας Κοκκόρου-Αλευρά was held in Athens. Further information is available at http://www.arch.uoa.gr/fileadmin/arch.uoa.gr/uploads/drast_arch/symposio_alevra_2016.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
Μ. Γεωργιάδης, “Επαναπροσδιορίζοντας τη Νεολιθική και την Εποχή του Χαλκού στην Κω”
Γ. Μπουρογιάννης, “Φοινικικές ενδείξεις στην Κω των γεωμετρικών και πρώιμων αρχαϊκών χρόνων”
Μ. Τσούλη, Δ. Βλαχάκος, and Α. Κώτση, “Νέα προϊστορική θέση στην περιοχή ‘Βρυσικά’ Ξηροκαμπίου Λακωνίας”
The Mycenaean Seminar in Athens
On 25 February 2016 Λ. Παπάζογλου-Μανιουδάκη addressed the Mycenaean Seminar in Athens on “Μυκηναϊκό Αίγιο: Οι σωστικές ανασκαφές στη σύγχρονη πόλη” at 7:00 pm at the A. Τritsis Amphitheatre (Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Athens, Akadimias 50).
Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη
On 3-5 March 2016 the 29th meeting of Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη was held in Thessaloniki. Further information is available at http://www.aemth.gr/el/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
Ν. Ευστρατίου, P. Biagi, R. Nisbet, and E. Starnini, “Τα πρώτα στοιχεία για την παρουσία κυνηγών της ανώτερης παλαιολιθικής και μεσολιθικής στην Πίνδο, στην περιοχή της Σαμαρίνας”
Γ. Καραμήτρου-Μεντεσίδη, “Ελάτη Κοζάνης: μυκηναϊκοί τάφοι από τη θέση Λογκάς”
Κ. Κωτσάκης, Ντ. Ούρεμ-Κώτσου, P. Halstead, Β. Ισαακίδου, Σ. Τριανταφύλλου, Σ. Μητκίδου, H. Whelton, and R. P. Evershed, “Υλικός πολιτισμός και περιβάλλον κατά τη νεολιθική εποχή στη Βόρεια Ελλάδα. Το πρόγραμμα EXPLORING”
Χ. Παπαγεωργοπούλου, Z. Hofmanová, S. Kreutzer, K. Κωτσάκης, P. Halstead, Σ. Τριανταφύλλου, Ν. Κυπαρίσση-Αποστολίκα, Ν. Ούρεμ-Κώτσου, Χ. Ζιώτα, Φ. Αδακτύλου, J. Burger, et al., “Πληθυσμιακή γενετική της νεολιθικής περιόδου στη νοτιοανατολική Ευρώπη: αποτελέσματα των πρώτων γονιδιωμάτων από τον Ελλαδικό χώρο”
J. Niebieszczański, I. Radke-Hildebrandt, G. Syrides, P. Tsourlos, K. Vouvalidis, S. Andreou, J. Czebreszuk, and M. Pappa, “The Anthemous Valley Archaeological Project 2015: geoarchaeological investigations at Nea Raedestos, Toumba and other activities”
Δ. Τερζοπούλου, N. Arrington, Μ. Τασακλάκη, and T. Tartaron, “Ανασκαφική και επιφανειακή έρευνα στη χερσόνησο Μολυβωτής νομού Ροδόπης”
Συμπλεύσεις: Η Απαρχή μιας Τριμερούς Συνεργασίας
On 4-6 March 2016 a conference entitled Συμπλεύσεις: Η Απαρχή μιας Τριμερούς Συνεργασίας was held in Kalamata. Further information is available at http://ham.uop.gr/index.php/component/jem/event/6. Papers of interest to interest to Nestor readers included:
Χ. Αγουρίδης, “Έρευνα Μυκηναϊκού ναυαγίου στη νησίδα Μόδι του Αργοσαρωνικού (2009-2015)”
The following erratum has been corrected in Nestor 43.1 (January 2016): the correct title of J. Weingarten's lecture on 20 May 2016 to the New York Bronze Age Colloquium is "The Arrival of Monsters on MM II Crete: why then, and what happened next?"
In addition, many more lectures of interest to Nestor readers have been added to the listing of the 10th ICAANE 2016 conference.
A corrected pdf has been uploaded. The editors apologize for the error and the omissions, and thank the readers who brought them to our attention.
The January 2016 (43.1) issue of Nestor is available as a free download.