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Minoan Seminar

The Minoan Seminar has announced the following lectures, to take place at 6:30 pm at the Archaeological Society, 22 Panepistimiou, Athens; those planning to attend should inform the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Further information is available at http://www.minoanseminar.gr/.

30 October 2015: Ε. Παπαδοπούλου, "Ταφικές πρακτικές κατά την Υστερομινωική ΙΙΙ περίοδο στη δυτική Κρήτη: τα παραδείγματα των νεκροταφείων στους Αρμένους και στο Μαρουλά Ρεθύμνου. LM III mortuary practices in west Crete: the cemeteries of Armenoi and Maroulas at Rethymno"

20 November 2015: M. Devolder, "Minoan Builders. New Research on the Scale and Organisation of Architectural Projects in Bronze Age Crete. Μινωίτες κτίστες. Μια νέα έρευνα για την κλίμακα και την οργάνωση των αρχιτεκτονικών προγραμμάτων στην Κρήτη της Εποχής του Χαλκού"

18 December 2015: Ν. Μαρινάτου, "Σχήματα ευρείας συνεργασίας: Αίγυπτος και Κρήτη κατά την 12η και 18η Δυναστεία. Broad Coalitions: Egypt and Crete during the 12th and 18th Dynasties"

On 5-7 November the International Young Scholars Conference II: Mediterranean Anatolia will be held by the Suna - İnan Kıraç Research Institute on Mediterranean Civilizations (AKMED) in Antalya, Turkey. Further information is available at http://gbb.kaleicimuzesi.com/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

R. Vandam, "Reconstructing the Late Prehistoric Cultural Landscape (6500 to 2400 B.C.) in the Burdur Plain, South-West Turkey: An Insight into Settlement Patterns, Preferences and Interaction"

O. Kara, "Kumyeri Nekropolü Erken Tunç Çağı Seramik Sanatı"

S. B. Kanbur, "Bademağacı Kazılarında Bulunmuş Olan İlk Tunç Çağı Çanak Çömleği Üzerine Bir Araştırma"

H. Bulut, "Karain, Suluin ve Öküzini Mağaraları Kemik Alet İşçiliğinde Tekno-Tipolojik Özellikler ve Karşılaştırmalı Değerlendirmeler"

Aegean Lecture

On 13 November 2015 M. Ntinou will address the Aegean Lecture series on "Prehistoric communities and woodland resources in Greece. Anthracological (wood charcoal) analyses in context" at 7:00 pm at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9). Further information is available at http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/aegean-lectures/.

SOMA 2015

On 12-14 November 2015 the 19th Symposium On Mediterranean Archaeology (SOMA 2015) will be held in Kemer/Antalya, Turkey. Further information is available at http://www.genama.info/soma/2015/index.html. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:

G. Dönmez, "An Example to the Submerged Prehistoric Settlements in Marmara Sea: Avşa Island"

A. Zafer and A. Aslan, "Bronze Age Stone Anchors in Cilicia Coast"

ΙΣΤ΄ Επιστημονική Συνάντηση Νοτιοανατολι κής Αττικής

On 18-22 November 2015 the ΙΣΤ΄ Επιστημονική Συνάντηση Νοτιοανατολι κής Αττικής will be held in Laurion, Greece. Further information is available at http://www.aegeussociety.org/images/uploads/lectures/2015/16th-Scientific-Meeting-of-Southeast-Attica-programme.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

Κ. Ντούνη, "Τεχνικά έργα κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Χαλκού (3η χιλιετία) στη Νοτιοανατολική Αττική"

Ε. Χαριτάκη, "Η διασπορά της αττικής γεωμετρικής κεραμικής στον κόσμο"

POCA 2015

On 25-27 November 2015 the 15th annual Postgraduates in Cypriot Archaeology: An Unexpected Journey. Cypriot Ancient Communities in Continuity and Transition. (POCA 2015) conference will be held in Torino, Italy. Further information is available at http://poca2015turin.jimdo.com/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:

F. Heil, "Rituals: Spaces of Gathering and Adaption in Bronze Age Cyprus"

M. Cultraro, "The Child and the Foreign God: reconstructing a Late Bronze Age ritual practice in Tomb 12, Kalavassos-Ayios Dimitrios"

E. Scarsella and S. Ruzza, "Changes and burial practices. Social interaction on Cyprus between LC IIC and LC IIIB"

On 4-5 December 2015 a conference entitled Regional Approaches to Society and Complexity: Studies in Honor of John F. Cherry will be held at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University, Providence, R. I. Further information is available at http://blogs.brown.edu/archaeology/workshops/regional-approaches-to-society-and-complexity/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

C. Renfrew, "From the Beginning..."

S. Alcock, "Building Programs"

B. Knapp and P. Van Dommelen, "Shaping a Field: Editorship at the Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology"

On 15 December 2015 W.-D. Niemeier and Ο. Κουκά will address the Cycladic Seminar on "'Cycladica' από το Ηραίο και τη Μίλητο" at 7:00 pm at the Archaeological Society (22 Panepistimiou, Athens). Further information is available at http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/lectures/month/2015/11.

AIA 2016

On 7-9 January 2016 the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA 2016) will be held in San Francisco, CA. Further information is available at http://www.archaeological.org. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:

R. Worsham, M. Lindblom, and R. Opitz, "Malthi Mapping Project Preliminary Results

D. M. Nagle, "Spatial Analysis and the Study of Mycenaean Architecture"

C. Maggidis and A. Stamos, "Reinterpreting Glas and Mycenaean Regional Political Geography in the Light of Recent Field Discoveries"

N. G. Blackwell, "The Mycenaean Pendulum Saw: Application, Adaptation, and Reconstruction"

9th International Congress of Peloponnesian Studies

On 30 October-2 November 2015 the Ένατον Διεθνές Συνέδριον Πελοποννησιακών Σπουδών. 9th International Congress of Peloponnesian Studies was held in Nafplion. Further information is available at http://www.oeai.at/tl_files/img/Dateien/programma%20synedrioC.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

J. Rambach, "Τό φρέαρ τῆς Πρωτοελλαδικῆς περιόδου στήν Π.Ο.Τ.Α. Ρωμανοῦ Μεσσηνίας. The Early Helladic well in P.O.T.A. Romanos, Messinia"

Σ. Κατσαροῦ and Ἑ. Ψαθῆ, "Ξαναδιαβάζοντας το Σπήλαιο Φράγχθι: Ἐπιστροφή στήν μελέτη τοῦ Νεολιθικοῦ κεραμέα. Restudying Franchthi Cave: return to the study of the Neolithic potter"

Ἐ. Κόλλια and Ἀ. Σπυρούλιας, "Πρωτοελλαδικός οἰκισμός στήν Κερύνεια Ἀχαΐας. Νέα δεδομένα γιά τήν προϊστορική κατοίκηση στή βόρεια Πελοπόννησο. Early Helladic settlement in Keryneia, Achaia. New data about the prehistoric inhabitation in northern Peloponnese"

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