MENTOR
A symposium celebrating the contributions of Todd Whitelaw to Aegean Archaeology.
MENTOR
08 May 2026 - 09 May 2026
We are delighted to announce the programme for this 2-day symposium at the Institute of Archaeology.
Please note that there will be lunch and coffee breaks between sessions. Q&As are also scheduled at the end of each session.
A full programme is also available for download ( .pdf).
Day 1: Friday 8th May
Institute of Archaeology
Pathways to Complexity: The Origins and Development of Cultural Systems and Practices
Chair: Dominic Pollard
Cyprian Broodbank
Keros: Debating the Interpretation of an Early Cycladic Enigma
Maud Devolder and Ilaria Caloi
The Late Prepalatial Interface at Malia: New Insights on the Dynamics of the Minoan Settlement at the End of the Third Millennium BCE
Flora Michelaki
Complexity at a Micro-Regional Scale: The Tholos Cemeteries in South-Central Crete
Borja Legarra Herrero
State Formation on Crete
Collecting Cities: Long-term Histories of Population and Settlement
Chair: Andrew Shapland
Conor Trainor and Emilia Oddo
Beyond the Weird and Wonderfuls: Deconstructing Legacy Assemblages at Knossos
Dominic Pollard
Back to Basics: Searching for Fundamental Demographic Units in Prehistoric Crete
Alice Crowe
Urban Dissolution at LBA Knossos and the Wider Aegean
Kostis Christakis and Eleni Gadolou
Mapping the Metropolis: Knossos and its valley in Venetian Cartography
Drinks reception with reminiscences from close colleagues and friends of Todd’s.
Day 2: Saturday 9th May
Institute of Archaeology
Feasts of Clay: Addressing Technology, Chronology and Taphonomy through Ceramics
Chair: Borja Legarra Herrero
Andy Bevan and Evangelia Kiriatzi
Grog, Chaff and Calcite Tempering in Aegean Prehistory
Christine Spencer
Reading Slopes: Surface Topography and the Taphonomy of Survey Counts
Carl Knappett
Jarring Contrasts? Some Thoughts on Minoan Ceramic Function and Design
Catherine Morgan
Investigating an Industrial Landscape: Functional Analysis of Ceramic Assemblages from the Kenchreai Quarry Survey
From Sites to Communities: Investigating People, Societies and Interactions in the Prehistoric Mediterranean
Chair: Nicoletta Momigliano
Francesco Iacono
Cities and Desirables: Assessing the Impact of Interaction on Bronze Age Central Mediterranean Settlement Dynamics
Sofia Voutsaki
Early Mycenaean Ayios Vasileios: A Community in Flux
Anna Moles
The Ethics and Efficacy of Studying Legacy Assemblages of Human Skeletal Remains in Greece
Andrew Shapland
Recognising Polities in Prehistoric Crete: A Social Perspective
Matthew Haysom
The House of the Lord: Comparing Monumental Institutions in the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age
Further information
Ticketing
Open
Cost
Free
Availability
Yes
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