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3rd GIAP Seminar 2025-2026: “Herds Across Mountains: Long-Term Pastoral Practices in the Western Alps”

We are pleased to announce the third presentation in our 2025-2026 seminar series: “Herds Across Mountains: Long-Term Pastoral Practices in the Western Alps” We are especially delighted to welcome Juliette Knockaert, Research Engineer CNRS, ArchAM, UMR 8096 CNRS/ Université Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne. The presentation will take place on Friday, June 5, at 12 p.m.…
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NEW PUBLICATION! From 3D grain shape to past agriculture: a new generation of morphometric analysis

We have just published a new paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science presenting a high-performance approach to 3D morphometrics through deep learning and tabular foundation models. The study uses barley grains as a demanding case study, but its implications extend well beyond archaeobotany: it shows how the full three-dimensional shape of small archaeological and biological objects…
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Research in Archaeobotany: Dialogues for Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Innovations

RADICI conference – June 3-4 (online) RADICI is an online conference dedicated to archaeobotany in Italy, conceived as an opportunity for exchange and discussion among scholars working in this field of research.The programme brings together contributions addressing some of the discipline’s main thematic areas: the reconstruction of past environments, through the study of botanical evidence…
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New archaeozoological project: PASTORA!

We are pleased to announce that Dr Lídia Colominas has been awarded the grant “Ayudas para Incentivar la Consolidación Investigadora. 2025 (CNS2025-165247)”. With this two-years grant, she will develop the project “PASTORA: Alimentando a los domésticos y a los salvajes: estudio de los sistemas de alimentación de los animales en la Iberia romana a través…
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Research synergies between ICAC and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)

Dr Alexandra Livarda visited the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences at Sofia between the 12th and 15th of May after an invitation by the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research and the National Archaeological Institute & Museum. She was warmly received by Dr Kaloyan Pramatarov, Dr Nataliya Ivanova and Dr Mila Andonova who have been excellent hosts throughout.…
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2nd GIAP Seminar 2025-2026: “Linking environmental archaeology and historical ecology: experiences from the NW Italian mountain”

We are pleased to announce the second presentation in our 2025-2026 seminar series. We are especially delighted to welcome Roberta Cevasco, Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo (Bra, Cuneo, Italy). The presentation will take place on Tuesday, May 5, at 12 p.m. (CET) and will be online. Access the…
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Open registration for participating in the 2026 Landscape Archaeology fieldwork in Avdira (East Macedonia & Thrace, Greece)

Registration is now open for students and researchers interested in participating in the Archaeological and Geoarchaeological fieldwork that will take place in the region of Xanthi (Greece) during July and September 2026. The campaigns are part of the MEDLANDS project. Participants will join a multi-disciplinary team investigating the long-term History of Mediterranean landscapes and participate…
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New publication on early cartographic records and their role in heritage studies

We are pleased to announce a new publication by GIAP researcher Dr. Ekta Gupta, featured as a book chapter in Spatial Narratives of India’s Heritage: Integrating Geospatial Analysis in the Humanities (Springer, Singapore). The chapter, titled “Early Cartographic Records of India: Scopes, Challenges, and Approaches in Heritage Studies”, explores the potential of historical maps as…
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New publication exploring multi-centennial coastal dynamics through historical maps and remote sensing

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new article by GIAP researcher Dr. Ekta Gupta in the Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing. The paper, titled “Multi-perspective Approach to Study Multi-centennial Coastal Dynamics Using Historical Maps, Remote Sensing Data and Archaeological Sites: A Case Study of central Kerala, India”, presents an…
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Participation in the 50th International Mediterranean Survey Workshop (Leuven 26-27 March 2026)

GIAP member Arnau Garcia-Molsosa participated in the 50th Edition of the International Mediterranean Survey Workshop that took place at the University of Leuven (Belgium) the 26th and 27th of March 2026. Representing MEDLANDS team, Dr. Garcia-Molsosa presented the paper:  Fieldwalking and integrated Remote Sensing approaches in the context of a multi-disciplinary and multi-scale landscape Archaeology…
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