On 9 October 2015 G. Kourtessi-Philippakis will address the Aegean Lecture series on "Middle Kalamas Archaeology Project, Thesprotia: 2011-2015" 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/.
Animals in Ancient Material Cultures
On 15-16 October 2015 a conference entitled Animals in Ancient Material Cultures will be held by the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam. Further information is available at https://www.aanmelder.nl/animals. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. Shapland, "Animals in the Material Cultures of the Aegean Bronze Age (3000 BC-1100 BC)"
A. Patay-Horváth, "Greek Geometric Animal Figurines and the Origins of the Ancient Olympic Games"
Mycenaean Seminar series in Athens
On 20 October 2015 Ά. Τσώνος will address the Mycenaean Seminar series in Athens on "Αλβανία και Αιγαίο κατά την Εποχή του Χαλκού" at 7:00 pm at the A. Argiriadis Amphitheatre (Central building of the University of Athens, Panepistimiou 30).
Crisis to Collapse
On 29-30 October 2015 an international workshop entitled Crisis to Collapse: The Archaeology of Social Breakdown will be held by the Université catholique de Louvain. Further information is available at https://www.uclouvain.be/520479.html. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
T. Cunningham, "Introduction: The Archaeology of Societal Breakdown"
S. O'Brien, "Boredom with the Apocalypse: Resilience, Regeneration, and Their Consequences for Archaeological Interpretation"
A. Højen Sørensen, "Hierarchies in Late Bronze Age Eastern Crete before and after the Thera eruption"
G. D. Middleton, "The Late Mycenaean period – an age of anxiety?"
22nd Neolithic Seminar
On 6-7 November 2015 the 22nd Neolithic Seminar: Modelling the Processes of Neolithisation will be held by the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. Further information is available at http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/arheologija/1/Dejavnosti/Konference-in-posveti/Neolithic-seminars.aspx. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
B. Horejs, "A model for maritime colonization in early 7th millennium Aegean"
M. Brami and A. Zanotti, "Modelling the initial expansion of the Neolithic out of Anatolia: a follow-up"
P. Flohr, D. Fleitmann, R. Matthews, W. Matthews, and S. Black, "Did rapid climate change around 8200 calBP affect Neolithisation processes in and nearby Southwest Asia?"
Ç. Atakuman, "Rethinking the concepts of Neolithic and Neolithization in South West Asia: The case of the figurines"
Cycladic Seminar
On 10 November 2015 C. Broodbank will address the Cycladic Seminar on "A comparative Mediterranean perspective on the Early Bronze Age Cyclades" 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.
ASOR 2015
On 18-21 November 2015 the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meetings (ASOR 2015) will be held in Atlanta, GA. Further information is available at http://www.asor.org/am/2015/schedule.html. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
L. Mazow and D. Cassuto, "Did Goliath Carry an Aegean Long Sword? On Reading menor orgim (weaver's beam) as a Weaving Sword"
E. Cline, A. Yasur-Landau, and A. Koh, "Results of the 2015 Excavation Season at Tel Kabri, Israel"
Z. Chovanec, S. Bunimovitz, and Z. Lederman, "Was There Indeed a Late Bronze Opium Trade? New Evidence from Organic Residue Analysis (ORA) of Base Ring I Juglets from Tel Beth-Shemesh, Israel"