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Jun 2011
On 13 May 2011 N. Papdimitriou addressed the New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium on "The changing faces of death: Funerary ritual and society in Early Mycenaean Greece." Further information is available from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
On 30‐31 May 2011 A. B. Knapp delivered lectures to the Aegean Seminar in Zagreb and the University of Zagreb entitled "Identity and Materiality on Prehistoric Cyprus" and "'Early Maritime Ventures: Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean." Further information is available from Helena Tomas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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May 2011
The April 2011 issue (38.4) of Nestor is now available as a free download.
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May 2011
On 6‐8 May 2011 the 2011 Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) will be held in Berkeley, CA. Further information, a list of sessions, and forms are available at http://arf.berkeley.edu/TAG2011/about/. Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:
S. Katsarou, "The Neolithic Past on an Imaginary Stage"
C. Knappett, "The Potter's Wheel in the Bronze Age East Mediterranean: Innovation, Learning and Communities of Practice"
L. Nikolova, "Prehistoric Lifestyles and Visual Culture as a Theoretical Model"
N. Vander Beken, "'The Politics of Feasting in Minoan Crete': Reflections on the Mediating Role of the Minoan Palaces in the Creation of Asymmetrical Power Relations"
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Apr 2011
The March 2011 (38.3) volume of Nestor is now available as a free download. This is the new free digital publication model for all future issues of Nestor.
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Apr 2011
8th ICAANE
On 15 April 2011 proposals for workshops are due for the 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (8th ICAANE), to be held in Warsaw, Poland 30 April–4 May 2012. On 15 October 2011 abstracts (200 words maximum) for papers (20 minutes) and posters are due. Further information is available at http://www.8icaane.org/. The following themes of possible interest to Nestor readers have been announced:
Townships and villages
Excavation reports and summaries
High and low — minor arts for the elites and the populace
Archaeology of fire
Conservation, preservation and site management
Bioarchaeology in the ancient Near East