On 10-14 September 2014 the 20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA2014) will be held in Istanbul, Turkey. Further information is available https://www.eaa2014istanbul.org/site. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
M. Gurova "Lithic Studies: An Alternative Approach to Neolithization?"
E. Marinova, "Archaeobotanical Evidence on the Neolithisation of Bulgaria in the Context of the Balkans and Anatolia"
T. Dzhanfezova, "Shaping the Future of Painting: The Early Neolithic Pottery from Dzhulyunitsa, Central North Bulgaria"
On 13 September 2014 a symposium entitled Saluting Ellen N. Davis: a Memorial Symposium will be held by the New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, 47-49 East 65th Street, New York City (between Park and Madison Avenues). R.S.V.P. by September 5 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The program will be:
P. P. Betancourt, J. D. Muhly, and S. C. Ferrence, "Cycladic Connections in the Metallurgy from the Petras Cemetery in Eastern Crete"
G. Kopcke, "Reading Ellen's 'The Gold of the Shaft Graves: the Transylvanian Connection' - Some Thoughts"
On 15-17 September 2014 an international conference entitled The Crossroads II, or There and Back Again? will be held at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia. Further information is available at http://egyptologie.ff.cuni.cz/?req=doc:konference&lang=en. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. B. Knapp, "Maritime Transport Containers, Mobility and Connectivity in the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age"
G. J. van Wijngaarden, "Questioning hybridity. Transcultural appropriation of manufactured artifacts in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean"
R. Prévalet and E. Morero, "Technological transfers of luxury craftsmanship between Crete and the Orient during the Bronze Age"
P. M. Day, "Ceramic analysis and critical mass: new evidence for longevity of major pottery production centres in the Aegean"
M. Dikomitou-Eliadou, A. Georgiou and A. K. Vionis, "Cooking pot fabric recipes: An interdisciplinary study of Cypriot cooking pots of the Late Bronze Age"
E. Nodarou and P. Keswani, "Regional variation in Late Cypriot pithos production: preliminary results from the petrographic analysis"
C. Makarona, P. Keswani, E. Nodarou, A. Jacobs, N. Mattielli, K. Nys, and P. Claeys, "Leave no mudstone unturned: geochemical provenancing reveals potters' choices and interactions in Late Bronze Age Cyprus"
On 17-20 September 2014 the 3rd International Landscape Archaeology Conference 2014 (LAC 2014) will be held in Rome. Further information is available at http://www.let.vu.nl/en/research/conferences/lac-2014/index.asp. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
H. Orengo and A. Krahtopoulou, "Land reclamation and the archaeological record of central western plain of Thessaly, central Greece"
A. Krahtopoulou and R. Veropoulidou "Integrating landscapes, seascapes and human histories in Pieria, Macedonia, Greece: fact or fiction?"
F. Scelazzi, "Legacy data and second generation analysis: a case study on landscape strategies in Bronze Age south-western Cyprus"
D. Kriga, "In search of the Theran volcanic eruption whereabouts: when did the natural phenomenon happen and the effects it had on both Theran and Cretan landscape and the sea trade international routes of that time"
Cultures of Stone 2014
On 18-20 September 2014 the Cultures of Stone 2014 Conference will be held at University College Dublin (UCD) Further information is available at http://culturesofstone.eu.pn/. Papers and posters of interest to Nestor readers will include:
K. Älveby, "Parallel chaînes opératoires in Cypriot Chalcolithic Chert practice"
H. Snell, "Spirally-fluted columns: origins, context and 'architectural fantasy'"
Crafting Textiles
On 10-11 October 2014 a conference entitled Crafting Textiles from the Bronze Age to AD 1600: A tribute to Peter Collingwood will be held at Franks Room, Wellcome Collection, London, Euston Road NW1 2BE on by the Early Textiles Study Group (ETSG). Further information is available at http://www.earlytextilesstudygroup.org/2014-conference.html. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
A. Ulanowska, "Aegean Bronze Age Techniques – a teacher's perspective for their possible reconstruction with students"
POCA 2014
On 14-16 November 2014 the 14th meeting of Postgraduates in Cypriot Archaeology (POCA 2014) - The Many Face(t)s of Cyprus conference will be held at the Institute for Archaeological Studies, Bochum. Further information is available at http://www.zms.ruhr-uni-bochum.de:8649/veranstaltungen/event00100.html.en. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
S. Sherratt: Keynote Lecture
C. Scirè, "Palaeodietary Research in Cypriot Prehistoric Contexts: Methodology and Potentialities: A Case Study for Middle Bronze Age Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou"
G. Muti, M. Fissore, A. Saggio, and M. Monaco, "Symbols Beyond Work Activity? Towards the Evaluation of Spinning Tools Significance in Ancient and Middle South Coast Cyprus"
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