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On 25-29 April 2016 the 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (10th ICAANE) will be held in Vienna, Austria. Further information is available at http://www.orea.oeaw.ac.at/10icaane.html. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:

B. Horejs and S. Schwall, "Permanent or Seasonal? Evidence of Settlements in Late Chalcolithic Western Anatolia"

B. Milic and B. Horejs, "Finding 'East' on the 'West' – alien elements and common repertoires in lithics of 7th millennium BC Çukuriçi Höyük in Aegean Turkey"

M. Montesanto, "Evidence of Transformation: The Early Iron Age Aegeanizing Pottery Assemblage at Alalakh"

On 18-21 May 2016 the 16th International Aegean Conference ΕΣΠΕΡΟΣ / ΗESPEROS: The Aegean Seen From The Westwill be held at the University of Ioannina. Further information is available at http://hesperos-aegaeum-16.conf.uoi.gr/. The program will be:

E. Agolli, “Models of Social Networks of Southeast Albania in Late Prehistory”

P. Bellintani and F. Gonzato, “Luxury Production. Amber and Glass from the Recent and Final Bronze Age Italy. A Northeastern Perspective”

L. Bejko, “Interactions of the Albanian prehistoric communities with the Aegean, Revisited: old data and recent fieldwork”

The Aegean Seminar in Zagreb held the following lectures. Further information is available from Helena Tomas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

18 January 2016: W. Waal, “Sealed secrets and cryptic signs: The origins of writing in the Aegean from an Anatolian perspective”

18 January 2016: B. Montecchi, “A fresh look at Linear A administrative practices: counting, sealing and writing in Neopalatial Crete”

19 January 2016: W. Waal, “War and Peace: International relations between the Aegean and the Near East in the Late Bronze Age”

12th International Congress of Cretan Studies

Extended deadline: on 31 December 2015 abstracts (500 words maximum) are due for papers, posters, and workshops at the 12th International Congress of Cretan Studies, to be held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece on 21-25 September 2016. The form for submitting abstracts and further information are available at http://www.12-iccs.gr/index.php/12ICCS/ICCS2016.

International Obsidian Conference

On 31 January 2016 abstracts (300-500 words, with up to 2 figures) are due for oral papers and posters at the International Obsidian Conference, to be held in Lipari, Italy on 1-3 June 2016. The form for submitting abstracts and further information are available at http://rtykot.myweb.usf.edu/Obsidian%202016/index.html.

ASOR 2016

On 15 February 2016 abstracts are due for papers at the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meetings (ASOR 2016), to be held in San Antonio, TX from 16-19 November 2016; on 1 August 2016 abstracts for posters are due. Further information is available at http://www.asor.org.

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