We are pleased to announce the publication of our new article just out in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. “When luxury comes to an end: Animal production and consumption in the late Roman occupation of the aristocratic residence of Els Munts (Tarragona, Catalonia)” Abstract: The end of the 3rd century AD in the Western Roman…
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We are pleased to announce an open call for a 4-year fully funded PhD position in Mediterranean Holocene Paleoenvironments at the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC) and the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences of Montpellier (ISEM). The successful candidate will join the MEDLANDS project to reconstruct Holocene landscapes in coastal Thrace, Greece, through a multi-proxy palaeoecological approach—including pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs), and…
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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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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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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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A new paper on Archaeozoology has been published in the Journal “Virulence”. The paper, titled “Detection of Clostridium sporogenes in a Roman-era cattle mass grave at Vilauba” by, Myburgh, D. A., da Silva, N. A., Haller-Caskie, M., Colominas, L., Castanyer, P., Frigola, J.,Tremoleda, J., Hölzel, C., Unterweger, D., Nebel, A and Krause-Kyora, B, presents a…
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Third webinar organized by the International Society of Gastronomic Sciences and Studies (ISGSS) in collaboration with the Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica Date: Wednesday, November 12th, 2025 Time: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CET Building on the work of the ISGSS Working Group “Foodways and Foodscapes Through Time: Linking Ecology, History, and Archaeology”, this webinar delves…
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This September, GIAP-ICAC researchers have carried out archaeological and palaeoenvironmental research campaigns in the territory of the ancient cities of Klazomenai (Turkey) and Abdera (Greece). These works are part of the MEDLANDS project (PID2024-159127NB-I00). This research aims to compare and characterize the anthropic impact and the evolution of the landscape in the territory of a…
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Last 6th septembre 2025, Dr Valentina Pescini has organized the I Paessagi della Transumanza: ricerche di Archeologia Ambientale sul Monte Mongione, that took place in Ormea (Italy), region of Ligurian/Maritime Alps. The goal was to present the current results of Transeant, a project lead by Dr Pescini, that is is been conducted in this region…
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