The 12th INTERNATIONAL AEGEAN CONFERENCE
will be held at the university of Melbourne, 25-29 March 2008
on the themeDAIS
The Aegean Feast
Lisa M. BENDALL (Institute of Archaeology, Oxford),
Dining in style: does time and place matter in Aegean Bronze Age banqueting?Philip P. BETANCOURT (Temple University, Philadelphia) and David S. REESE,
Feasts for the dead: the evidence from Hagios CharalambosFritz BLAKOLMER (University of Vienna),
Processions in Aegean iconography: who are the participants?Thomas M. BROGAN (INSTAP Study Center for East Crete) and Andrew J. KOH (Wayne State University, Detroit),
Feasting at Mochlos? Organic residue analyis and new evidence for the production, storage and consumption of wine in the Minoan townDespina CATAPOTI (British School at Athens),
The complexity of feasting: an insight into the diversity of collective consumption events in Prepalatial CreteWilliam G. CAVANAGH (University of Nottingham),
Feasting before the Bronze Age: Neolithic convivialityDavid COLLARD (University of Nottingham),
Possible Alternatives to Alcohol: a Contextual Analysis of Poppy-shaped Juglets from Cyprus and the AegeanDora CONSTANTINIDIS (University of Melbourne),
From fields to feasts: interpreting Aegean architecture and iconography in relation to feast preparationsJanice L. CROWLEY (Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens),
In honour of the Gods – but which Gods?Brent DAVIS (University of Melbourne),
Libation and the Minoan FeastKathryn ERIKSSON (SCIEM 2000 Project, Vienna),
Feasting as part of the multiculturalism of Late Bronze Age CyprusIoannis FAPPAS (University of Thessaloniki),
The use of perfumed oils during feasting activities: a comparison of Mycenaean and Near Eastern written sourcesSusan C. FERRENCE (INSTAP Academic Press),
Is there iconography of the Minoan feast?Karen FOSTER (Yale University),
A taste for the exoticRachel S. FOX (University of Sheffield),
Tastes, smells and spaces : sensory perceptions of Mycenaean palatial feastingLuca GIRELLA (University of Catania),
Feasts in 'Transition'? An overview of Feastings practices during MM III at CreteYannis HAMILAKIS (University of Southampton),
From feasting to the social archaeology of eating and drinkingLouise A. HITCHCOCK (University of Melbourne),
Architectures of feastingJulie HRUBY (Grand Valley State University),
You Are How You Eat: Mycenaean Class and CuisineBernice R. JONES (Sarasota, Florida)
Anthropomorphic Vessels at the Feast: Evidence for Dress or Pottery Decoration?Ann E. KILLEBREW (The Pennsylvania State University) and Justin S.E. LEV-TOV (Redlands),
Early Iron Age feasting and cuisine: an indicator of Philistine-Aegean connectivity?Charlotte LANGOHR (Université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve) and Jan DRIESSEN (Université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve),
Feasting pits in Late Minoan IIIQuentin LETESSON (Université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve) and Jan DRIESSEN (Université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve),
Levels of feasting in Neopalatial CreteBartek LIS (Polish Academy of Sciences),
Cooked food in the Mycenaean feast – evidence of the cooking potsAren MAEIR (Bar-Ilan University),
Aegean feasting and other Indo-European elements in the Philistine household?Sarah P. MORRIS (UCLA),
Wine Consumption in the Early Bronze Age: Fermenting, Mixing and Drinking Vessels?Stephie NIKOLOUDIS (University of Melbourne),
Bulls and belonging: another look at PY Cn 3Gullög NORDQUIST (Uppsala University),
Feasting: participation and performanceMarcia NUGENT (University of Melbourne),
Picturing the feast – recipes as art. Botanic motifs of the Late Bronze Age Cycladic IslandsJennifer O'NEILL (University of Melbourne),
Utility and metaphor: design of the House of TilesThomas G. PALAIMA (University of Texas at Austin),
The significance of Mycenaean words relating to mealsVassilis P. PETRAKIS (University of Athens),
E-ke-ra2-wo wa-na-ka? Implications of a probable non-identification for Pylian feasting and politicsIngo PINI (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Marburg),
Are there any representations of feasting in the Aegean Bronze Age?Judith REID (Wellington, New Zealand),
Dinnertime at Kato ZakroElizabeth SHANK (INSTAP Philadelphia),
Decorated royal dining hallsCynthia W. SHELMERDINE (University of Texas at Austin),
Host and guest at a Mycenaean feastKim SHELTON (University of California, Berkeley),
Drinking, toasting, consumption and libation : Late Helladic IIIA pottery and a cup for every occasionAnna SIMANDIRAKI (University of Bath),
The Minoan body as a feastAlison SOUTH (Kalavasos Ayios-Dhimitrios Excavations),
Feasting in Cyprus: a view from KalavasosLoeta TYREE (American School of Classical Studies), Athanasia KANTA (Archaeological Institute of Cretological Studies) and Harriet LEWIS ROBINSON,
Evidence for ritual eating and drinking: a view from Skoteino CaveSalvatore VITALE (Università degli Studi di Pisa),
Ritual Drinking and Eating at LH IIIA2 Early Mitrou, East Lokris . Evidence for Mycenaean Feasting Activities?Gisela WALBERG (University of Cincinnati) and David S. REESE (Yale University),
Feasting at MideaJennifer M. WEBB (La Trobe University) and David FRANKEL (La Trobe University),
Fine ware ceramics, consumption and commensality: mechanisms of horizontal integration in Early Bronze Age CyprusJörg WEILHARTNER (Univerity of Salzburg),
Some observations on the commodities in the Linear B tablets relating to sacrificial banquetsHelène WHITTAKER (University of Tromsø),
The role of drinking in religious ritual in the Mycenaean periodJennifer WILSON (University of Melbourne),
What were the women doing while the men were eating and drinking?Assaf YASUR-LANDAU (University of California at Santa Cruz),
Hard to handle: aspects of organization in Aegean and Near Eastern feastsJohn G. YOUNGER (University of Kansas),
Food Collections, Rations and Portions in Cretan Hieroglyphic Documents20 minutes talk, illustration in PowerPoint format on CD or USB-key.
Instructions for publication will be provided at the conference.