Aegean Seminar

On
 7‐8
 March
 2011
 M.
 Tanret
 will
 deliver
 a
 lecture
 to
 the
 Aegean
 Seminar in
 Zagreb
 entitled
 "Writing
 in
 the
 Aegean
 and
 writing
 in
 Babylon:
 origins
 and
 functions"
 and
 will
 conduct
 a
 workshop
 on
 the
 Cuneiform
 script
 at
 the
 University
 of
 Zagreb.
 Further information is available from Helena Tomas
 at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

1st Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies Postgraduate Conference

On
 11‐12
 March
 2011
 the
 1st
 Centre
 for
 Spartan
 and
 Peloponnesian
 Studies
 Postgraduate 
Conference
­ - 
Understanding 
the 
Peloponnese: 
Work­-in­-Progress will
 be
 held
 at
 the
 University
 of
 Nottingham.
 Further
 information
 is
 available
 at
 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/csps/conferences.aspx. Papers
 of
 interest
 to
 Nestor
 readers
 will
 include

C. 
Gallou, 
"Investigating 
the
 world's
 oldest
 submerged 
town: 
Pavlopetri 
in 
Laconia"

S.
 Farnham,
 "Burial
 rites 
in
 the 
north‐east
 Peloponnese
 during
 the
 Geometric 
period"

D.
 Smith,
 "'Hierarchy'
 in 
the 
Early 
Helladic
 Peloponnese"

03 March 2011

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On
 11
 February
 2011
 M.
 Lowe
 Fri
 lectured
 on
 "Experimental
 Archaeology
 –
 a
 helping 
hand
 in 
understanding
 the
 manufacturing
 process
 and
 use
 of
 the
 Minoan
 double
 axe" 
at 
the 
Swedish 
Institute 
at 
Athens 
in 
association
 with
 the
 Minoan
 Seminar.

03 March 2011

The January 2011 (38.1) volume of Nestor is now available as a free download. This is the new free digital publication model for all future issues of Nestor.

01 February 2011

One
 of
 the
 most
 requested
 features
 for
 the
 improvement
 of
 the
 online
 Nestor
 database
 is 
the
 ability
 to 
download
 full 
citation 
information 
for 
use
 in
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software. 
Nestor
 bibliography
 listed
 in
 the
 years
 2007‐2010
 is
 now
 visible
 to
 the
 free
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 and
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 with
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 planned
 but 
currently 
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 either
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01 February 2011