The editors of Nestor remind all readers that Nestor is not published during June, July, or August; Nestor 41.6 will be available in September 2014. We wish readers a productive and enjoyable summer and hope to see you during our own research activities.
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Material Koinai in the Greek Early Iron Age and Archaic Period
On 2 June 2014 abstracts are due for an international conference entitled Material Koinai in the Greek Early Iron Age and Archaic Period, to be held on 30 January - 1 February 2015 at the Danish Institute at Athens. Abstracts (400 words maximum, to include name, affiliation, and contact information) should be submitted to
http://www.diathens.gr/en/events/konferencer.
Cultures of Stone 2014 Conference
On 15 June 2014 abstracts are due for the Cultures of Stone 2014 Conference, to be held at University College Dublin (UCD) on 18-20 September 2014, jointly organized by UCD School of Archaeology and UCD School of Classics with the support of the National Museum of Ireland. Abstracts (300 words, to include the title of the presentation, authors and institutional affiliation, and the most appropriate conference theme(s)) should be submitted to
The moving, trade, and exchange of stone
Sensory perception and engagement with stone
The reinterpretation of stone through experimental approaches
The ritualistic and symbolic meaning of stone
The transformation of stone from its sourcing to its final deposition
Stone and monumentality
SAA 2015
On 11 September 2014 abstracts (200 words) are due for the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA 2015), to be held from 15-19 April 2015 in San Francisco, CA. Further information is available at http://www.saa.org/.
TAG Turkey 2014
On 30 September 2014 abstracts (250 words including name, affiliation, postal address, and email address) are due for the Theoretical Archaeology Group Turkey 2014 (TAG Turkey 2014) meeting, to be held on 27-28 November 2014 at Mimar Sinan University (İstanbul). Papers are invited that are aimed at exploring the ways of defining the interaction of things and their interrelation with other things and humans symmetrically at different scales until they become "archaeological things", with the aim of encapsulating different opinions and perspectives on "things" which are basically the essential data of archaeology. Proposals for 20 minute papers should be sent by email to
SAA 2014
On 23-27 April 2014 the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA 2014) was held in Austin, Texas. Further information is available at http://www.saa.org/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers included:
K. Fisher, "Differing Trajectories of Urbanism on Late Bronze Age Cyprus"
N. Abell and E. Gorogianni, "Industry and Interaction: Craft Producers as Agents of Culture Change in Bronze Age Ayia Irini, Kea, Greece"
P. Day, E. Kardamaki, A. Demakopoulou, J. Maran, and A. Papadimitriou, "Transport Jars and Commodity Exchange in the Mycenaean World: Tiryns and Midea"
On 28-30 April 2014 the Archaeological Excavations and Researches Meeting-13 was held at Istanbul University Faculty of Letters. Further information is available at http://edebiyat.istanbul.edu.tr/klasikarkeoloji/?p=6695. Papers of interest to Nestor readers included:
E. Özdoğan, "Aşağı Pınar Höyüğü"
N. Karul, "2013 Yılı Aktopraklık Höyük Kazıları"
B. Dinçer, "Bursa ve Tekirdağ Paleolitik Araştırmaları-2013"
The April 2014 (41.4) issue of Nestor is now available as a free download.