We are pleased to announce the publication of the first book dedicated to Urban Geoarchaeology, to which Alfredo Mayoral contributes the first chapter! Alfredo Mayoral, Jean-François Berger, Jean-Luc Peiry, Paul Ledger, Yannick Miras. 2024. “Geoarchaeological analysis of pedosedimentary archives from site-environment interfaces: reconstructing palaeoenvironmental impacts of protohistoric settlements and towns at Corent (France)”, In Q.…
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On December 4, Dr Abel Gallego-Valle gave a seminar on the importance and applicability of Archaeozoology to medieval studies, with the title “THE POSSIBILITIES OF MEDIEVAL ARCHEOLOGY: ARCHAEOZOOLOGY”. This seminar was part of the Introduction to Medieval History subject of the UAB History degree, and was organized by the Department of Ancient and Medieval Sciences.…
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At the end of November, Dr Alexandra Livarda, the PI of the I+D project ‘DarkAegean’ The agricultural economy of the Aegean ‘Dark Ages’ through machine learning-powered 3D cereal grain morphometrics (PID2022-139907NB-I00) visited the collaborating team of agronomers led by Dr Ioannis Mylonas at Thermi Thessalonikis, Greece. The researchers visited the fields and revised the work…
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Marina Daniel Pena, student of the MACA Masters programme (URV-ICAC-UAB), was successful in obtaining a competitive grant towards a work placement with the archaeobotany team of GIAP. The grant (Beques de col·laboració d’estudiants en departaments universitaris per al curs acadèmic 2024-2025) will allow Marina to participate to an innovative, experimental research project with the team…
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Tuesday 12 of November, at 13:15 a.m., Dr Nazarij Bulawka, Dr Héctor A. Orengo and Dr Iban Berganzo will offer a lecture on the application of satellite imagery in the landscape archaeology in the Near East to detect qanat irrigation systems using AI. This talk is part of the Seminar “Near East Archaeology” of the…
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On Friday 8th of November 2024 the 3rd meeting of archaeobotanists working in Greece was celebrated, hosted by C. Pagnoux (MNHN/AASPE) & G. Tsartsidou (Wiener Laboratory, ASCSA/Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology-Speleology, Hellenic Ministry of culture). The meeting once again provided an excellent forum to share results, concerns and ideas, while forging research relationships across the field. The…
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Access the webinar here: http://bit.ly/3C9S0bn. Open event. No registration required. Hosted in Microsoft Teams (no Microsoft/Teams account needed) Abstract: Although genomics confirm that the domestication of the grapevine occurred in south-west Asia, the process of domestication and westward diffusion remains partly obscure, particularly in terms of chronology. By identifying remains in well-dated archaeological sites, archaeobotany…
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We are happy to announce the publication of findings from a new regional archaeological survey in Land! Led by Giannis Apostolou, a PhD candidate of the GIAP-ICAC, this study investigates the evolution of human settlement in Grevena (NW Greece) from the Neolithic to the Late Roman periods, integrating geospatial analyses with multi-disciplinary surveying strategies. Giannis…
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The second sampling campaign in Montseny Natural Park took place from October 21 to 25, featuring a new soil test pit dug at Pla de la Calma plateau, reaching a depth of 1.5 meters. The soil layers were meticulously sampled using advanced methods to collect material for radiocarbon dating, pedoanthracology, micromorphology, palynology, biomolecular analysis, and…
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The MSCA NetFoodIt ‘Networking food plant imports in Roman Italy’, run by fellow Dr Federica Riso and supervisors Dr Alexandra Livarda and Prof Hector Orengo, is coming soon to its end. To celebrate its closing and share our results Dr Riso organised an one-day workshop on “Roman Foodways in Italy” that brought together a fantastic…
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