We are pleased to announce the first presentation in our 2025-2026 seminar series. We are especially delighted to welcome Professor John (Mac) Marston, Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology at Boston University.The presentation will take place on Wednesday, February 25, at 3 p.m. (CET) and will be online. Access the webinar here – there is no need…
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From January 29 to February 6, Dr. Lídia Colominas was in Egypt collaborating on the Sikait project. There, Dr. Colominas was analyzing a faunal assemblage from the late antiquity, associated with a temple. It was a very enriching experience, full of gazelles, spectacular landscapes and very good company! We would be happy to continue collaborating…
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Two recently published papers shed new light on the agricultural practices, foodways, and plant management strategies of Roman Iesso, one of the few sites in the Iberian Peninsula with exceptional, waterlogged, preservation of plant remains, opening up new windows into Roman economy and tastes. The first paper, published in Environmental Archaeology by Theoni Baniou, Núria Romaní Sala, Patricia…
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The series ‘Elements in the Archaeology of Food’, edited by Katheryn C. Twiss (Stony Brook University, NY) and Alexandra Livarda (ICAC/GIAP-CERCA), presents the latest book published ‘The Behavioral Ecology of Food’ by Elic Weitzel and Natalie Munro. Summary: Due to the multi-faceted nature of food – as sustenance, symbol, and commodity – diverse theoretical perspectives…
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Lídia Colominas participated last week in the “XV Seminario Internacional de Mosaicos Romanos. Una experiencia paleogastronómica en el mundo romano” (https://www.uc3m.es/instituto-cultura-tecnologia/XV-Seminario-Internacional-Mosaicos-Romanos), that took place in the Carlos III University (Getafe, Spain) the 10th and 11st of December. The seminar, organized by Dra. Luz Neira and Dr. Noé Conejo, provided an excellent forum to share results,…
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The article entitled “Can subfossil insects complement pedoanthracology in reconstructing the past trajectories of old-growth forests? A study case from the Northern Central Pyrenees (France)” by Parrilla S., Saulnier M., Larrieu L., Valladares L., Pescini V., Moret P. and Py-Saragaglia V. has recently been published in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. The study investigates the…
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On the 3rd of December, PhD candidate Theoni Baniou had her final examination of her PhD thesis. Supervised by Dr Alexandra Livarda (GIAP/ICAC) and Dr Núria Romaní Sala (UAB), her work entitled: ‘Exploring Roman tastes: An interdisciplinary approach, using archaeobotany, organic residue analysis and GMM to reconstruct dietary habits in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula’…
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A new volume of the series ‘Elements in the Archaeology of Food’, published by the Cambridge University Press is now out and free Open Access for 2 weeks until the 15th of December! You can download it here The new title, authored by Prof. Monica Smith, ‘How Urbanism Changes Foodways’ provides an alternative reading of the 6,000-year history of…
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Last week MSCA postdoctoral fellows Jessica Feito and Patricia Vandorpe travelled to France to present their research, as part of the larger project ‘Urbanisation, commerce and foodways in the Roman world’ directed by Dr. Alexandra Livarda and Prof. Hector Orengo. They participated in the XVe Rencontres d’Archéobotanique de Langue Française held in Paimpont in Bretagne from the 18th to the 21st of…
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We are pleased to announce the collaboration of Lídia Colominas on an archaeozoological paper in the prestigious journal “Science”. The paper, titled “The emergence and diversification of dog morphology” lead by Allowen Evin (Institute of Evolutionary Science-Montpellier) and Carly Ameen (University of Exeter) is the result of the collaborative effort of more than 40 researchers…
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