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
 bibliographic 
software. 
Nestor
 bibliography
 listed
 in
 the
 years
 2007‐2010
 is
 now
 visible
 to
 the
 free
 Zotero
 bibliographic
 plug‐in
 for
 Firefox.
 
 Stand‐alone
 versions
 and
 versions
 compatible
 with
 other
 browsers
 are
 planned
 but 
currently 
in
 early 
stages 
of
 development.

Zotero
 allows
 you
 either
 to
 store
 your
 bibliography
 on
 your
 own
 computer,
 or
 optionally
 to
 sync
 it
 to
 Zotero's
 servers
 with
 a
 free
 100MB
 limit.
 Even
 more
 usefully,
 it
 collects
 bibliographic
 information
 from
 web
 pages
 such
 as
 those
 of
 many
 library
 catalogs,
 OCLC
 records,
 Jstor,
 and
 other
 sources
 that
 embed
 their
 full
 bibliographic
 citations
 in
 their
 webpages.

To
 take
 advantage
 of
 this,
 install
 the
 Zotero
 plug‐in
 in
 your
 Firefox
 browser
 (http://www.zotero.org).

Next,
 go
 to
 the
 Nestor
 Bibliography
 search
 page
 and
 search
 for
 an
 item
 (http://classics.uc.edu/nestor/index.php/nestorbib).
 In
 the
 results
 page,
 look
 for
 a
 folder
 icon
 in
 the
 Firefox
 address
 bar.
 You
 will
 see
 a
 sheet
 drop
 down
 with
 the
 bibliographic
 entries 
and
 some 
checkboxes.

 Select
 the
 items
 that
 you
 want
 to
 add
 to
 your
 library
 and
 hit
 the
 OK
 button.
 They
 will
 be added 
to 
your 
Zotero 
library.

01 February 2011

On
 15
 February
 2011
 applications
 are
 due
 for
 the
 Michael
 Ventris
 Memorial
 Award for 
Mycenaean
 Studies of
 up
 to
 £2000,
 to 
be 
awarded 
to 
a 
junior 
scholar 
who
 has 
obtained
 a
 doctorate
 within
 the
 past
 eight
 years
 or
 to
 a
 postgraduate
 student
 about
 to
 complete
 a
 doctorate
 in
 Mycenaean
 studies
 or
 kindred
 subjects,
 to
 promote
 research
 in
 (1)
 Linear
 B
 and
 other
 Bronze
 Age
 scripts
 of
 the
 Aegean
 and
 Cyprus
 and
 their
 historical
 and
 cultural
 connections,
 or
 (2)
 all
 other
 aspects
 of
 the
 Bronze
 Age
 of
 the
 Aegean
 and
 Cyprus.
 Applications
 (6
 single‐sided
 A4
 pages
 maximum)
 should
 be
 sent
 to
 the
 Deputy
 Director,
 Institute
 of
 Classical
 Studies,
 Senate
 House,
 Malet
 Street,
 London
 WC1E
 7HU,
 United
 Kingdom
 or
 via
 email
 (compatible
 with
 Word
 2003)
 to
 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Applications
 should
 include
 age,
 qualifications,
 academic
 record,
 an
 outline
 and
 projected
 budget
 of
 the
 proposed
 work
 (which
 is
 not
 intended
 to
 be
 Ph.D.
 research),
 and
 the
 names
 and
 addresses
 of 
two 
referees, 
who 
should 
at 
the
 same 
time
 be 
asked 
to
 write 
independently 
in
 support
 of
 the
 application. 
Further 
information, 
including 
detailed
 application 
instructions, 
is 
available
 at 
http://icls.sas.ac.uk/institute/awards/michael_ ventris.html.

01 February 2011