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On 8-10 September 2015 the 10th International Symposium on Knappable Materials: On the Rocks will be held at the University of Barcelona (Spain). Further information is available at http://www.ub.edu/cherts-symp2015/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

M. Bogdana and B. Horejs, "Raw Material Choice Matters – Obsidian vs. Chert Lithic Technology at Neolithic Çukuriçi Höyük in Western Anatolia"

S. Tohumcu, "The Chipped Stone Industry of Aktopraklik Höyük (6000 – 5800 BC): Raw Material, Technology and Typological Features"

S. Karageorgiou, A. Kostaki, M. Vavelidis, and S. Andreou, "Raw Material Sources Of Knapped Stone Tools From The Excavation Of The Prehistoric Site At Toumba Thessaloniki, Greece"

In Memory of Spiros Iacovides

On 6 May 2015 a conference in memory of Spiros Iacovides was held at the British School at Athens. The program was:

Ν. Πολυχρονάκου-Σγουρίτσα, "Αναμνήσεις μιας φοιτήτριας αρχαιολογίας"

Α. Κάσδαγλη, "Οι παλαιοί μαθητές του θυμούνται τον Σπύρο Ιακωβίδη"

Ε. Μπάνου, "Κύριε, υποκλίνομαι"

On 8 May 2015 a conference in memory of Vincenzo La Rosa entitled Festòs e Haghia Triada: bilanci e prospettive di ricerca was held at the Scuola Archeologica Italiana, Athens. The program was:

E. Greco, "Saluti e Introduzione ai lavori"

F. Carinci, "Vincenzo La Rosa: l'uomo e lo studioso"

S. Todaro, "La Messarà occidentale prima dei palazzi: a great Minoan triangle ante litteram"

On 11-15 May 2015 the 37. Uluslararası Kazı, Araştırma ve Arkeometri Sempozyumu, 11-15 Mayıs, Atatürk Üniversitesi, Erzurum. 37th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeomtry organized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture was held at Ataturk University, Erzurum. The program is available at http://ukaas.atauni.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sem2015prENG.pdf. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:

I. Hodder, "Çatalhöyük Excavations 2014"

M. Özdoğan, "Kırklareli Mound 2014 Activities"

F. Gerritsen, "2014 Excavations at Barcın Höyük"

On 12-13 May 2015 the international congress III Diálogos Micénicos: Lengua, Textos, Historia was held at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Further information is available at http://www.estudiosclasicos.org/iii-dialogos-micenicos-lengua-textos-historia/. The program was:

A. Bernabé, "La religión micénica: dificultades de una reconstrucción"

R. Gómez Guiu , "La 'portadora de la llave' en época micénica: análisis del personaje de la ka-ra-wi-po-ro"

I. Borguñó Ventura, "Personal femenino dependiente. Primeros testimonios en el mundo micénico y Homero: a-pi-qo-ro, ἀμφίπολοι"

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