This year’s 8th edition of CientífKs en joc, organised by the ‘Department of Research and Universities of the Generalitat of Catalonia- Generalitat de Catalunya’, has come to an end. On Thursday 29th of May in an emotional day, all schools presented the videogame proposals that created together with a paired female scientist working on the…
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In mid-May (12-13), the conference ‘Archaeologies of Waterscapes. Ecology, economy, perception, and memory in changing landscapes’ was celebrated at the Department of History and Cultures at the University of Bologna, Italy. Over two days, it hosted a series of presentations on significant research on the changes in natural and built landscapes within marine, lake or…
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Last 25th-26th April, the biennial Oikos meeting, the most important congress that assemble all the Catalan bioarchaeology research community, was organized by the Associació Catalana de Bioarqueologia (ACBA) (https://www.bioarqueologia.cat/). This 8th edition was co-organized with GIAP members, and it was conducted at the Function Room of the Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (Tarragona). Dr. Lídia Colominas…
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Last Monday, the 28th of April, the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology hosted the workshop “Foodways and trade in the Roman provinces of Germania: an interdisciplinary approach”, led by post-doctoral researcher Dr Patricia Vandorpe as part of her MSCA project PlantNetGem. Specialists from different disciplines (archaeozoology, archaeobotany, anthracology and ceramology) and from across Europe were…
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Dr Alexandra Livarda, assisted by Masters student Marina Daniel, visited the 5th grade of the Barcelona primary school ‘Tres Fonts de les Corts’ on Thursday 3rd of April to help with the development of their videogame! The school participates in the programme run by the Department of Research and Universities of the Generalitat of Catalonia…
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Dr Livarda is participating in an exciting education programme organised by the Department of Research and Universities of the Generalitat of Catalonia, addressed to students of the 5th grade of primary schools. The aims of this project are to make science accessible to kids, increase creativity and teamwork, promote women in science, and familiarise kids…
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A new paper on Bronze Age plant resources is now published in the Journal of Archaeological Science Reports! The paper titled ‘Woodlands, tree management, and fuel economy in Bronze Age eastern Crete: an anthracological approach’ by Ntinou, M. Picornell-Gelabert, Ll., Apostolakou, V., Brogan, T., Livarda, A., Sophianou, C.H. and Soles, J. discusses a large…
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On Friday 17 January 2025, postdoctoral fellow Patricia Vandorpe organised a webinar to present the first results of her MSCA project ‘PlantNetGem’. The presentation, entitled ‘The influence of Roman food culture in the northern provinces of the Roman Empire and beyond’, was aimed at all archaeobotanists working in the project’s research area who have contributed…
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The Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology opens a call for a full-time researcher in Archaeozoology, linked to the GIAP research group. The ICAC looks for a researcher to manage the scientific-technical activities in the field of archaeozoology of the GIAP’s lines of research in Archaeozoology, with the following functions: For this purpose, and according to…
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Núria Romaní (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) and David Castellana (Museu de Guissona) recently paid us a visit to bring all the soil samples from the summer campaigns from Guissona (Catalonia). This year, we will also study samples from the Roman fortification of Puig Castellar. Featured image. Left to right: David Castellana (Museu de Guissona), Núria Romani (UAB), Alexandra…
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