On 31 August – 4 September 2016 the 22nd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA AM 2016) was held in Vilnius, Lithuania. Further information is available at http://www.e-a-a.org/ or http://eaavilnius2016.lt/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:

N. Russell, "Spirit Birds at Neolithic Çatalhöyük"

M. Crudo, J. K. Jacobsen, G. P. Mittica, and S. G. Saxkjaer, "Greek Migration along the Ionian Coastline (Southern Italy)"

K. Luci, "The Middle Bronze Age necropolis in Gllareva - the Mycenaean influence in Kosova"

02 September 2016

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The May 2016 issue of Nestor (43.5) is available as a free download.

20 June 2016

SAA 2017

On 8 September 2016 abstracts (200 words) for submissions are due for the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, to be held on 29 March–2 April 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Individual submissions may be papers/research reports, or posters; formats for organized sessions include symposium, electronic symposium, poster symposium, forum, debate, or lightning round. Further information is available at http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/AnnualMeeting/tabid/138/Default.aspx.

PeCla 2016

On 1 October 2016 abstracts (500 words) for papers or posters are due for the 5th International Postgraduate Conference: New Directions in Classical Archaeology (PeCla 2016), to be held on 1–2 December 2016 at Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic. Further information is available at http://ukar.ff.cuni.cz/en/pecla2016_eng.

20 June 2016

International Ancient Warfare Conference 2016

On 28-30 June 2016 the International Ancient Warfare Conference 2016 will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden. Further information is available at http://historiskastudier.gu.se/forskning/konferenser/international-ancient-warfare-conference-2016. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:

M. Kramer, "Of Ships and Shields: The Dipylon Shield and the Mycenaean Galley at the Bronze Age-Early Iron Age Transition"

I. Georganas, "How Militaristic were Aegean Bronze Age Societies?"

P. M. Fischer, "Cyprus in the Centre of the Storm: The 12th Century's BCE Crisis Years on Cyprus"

L. Alberti, "Peaceful 'Minoans' vs. Warlike 'Mycenaeans'? The Meaning of Weaponry found in the Knossian Tombs of the Late Bronze Age: Roles, Status and Multiple Identities"

T. Alusik, "Slinging in the Prehistoric Aegean: New Perspectives"

LAC 2016

On 23-25 August 2016 the 4th International Landscape Archaeology Conference (LAC 2016) will be hosted by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University. Further information is available at http://www.arkeologi.uu.se/LAC_2016+/?languageId=1. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:

R. Veropoulidou, "Eating Cockles, Wearing Cockles in Neolithic and Bronze Age Northern Greece"

L. A. Kvapil, "Labor and Negotiation in a Terraced Landscape: The LBA Terraces of Korphos-Kalamianos"

K. Efkleidou, "Mobility in Landscapes of Death: Exploring the value of mobility and visibility in the formation of Mycenaean Death-scapes"

H. A. Orengo, A. Krahtopoulou, A. Dimoula, A. Garcia-Molsosa, K. Palaiochoritis, Y. Papadias, N. Saridaki, and E. Vliora, "Reconstructing the Lost Prehistoric and Classical Landscapes of Western Thessaly, Central Greece, Through Combined Historic Aerial Photography, Remote Sensing, GIS and Archaeological Survey"

20 June 2016