A new paper has been published on The Holocene titled “Long-term environmental dynamics and agro-sylvo-pastoral practices in the SW Alps (Italy): Interdisciplinary perspectives from Monte Mongioie”. High-resolution, multi-proxy research is presented, combining pedoanthracology, palynology, archaeobotany, archaeoentomology, malacology, biomolecular analysis, soil micromorphology, and chemistry with radiocarbon dating and historical ecology observations. This evidence has been cross-checked…
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Lídia Colominas and Rosa Soler participated last week in the XIII Fundus: Jornades sobre el món rural d’època romana. “Res pecuaria: la ramaderia en el món rural d’època romana” (Instituts > XIII FUNDUS Jornades sobre el món rural d’època romana (18-19 juny), that took place in the Museu Arqueològic de Banyoles (Banyoles, Catalonia) the 18th…
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We are pleased to announce that the book “Roman Rural Archaeology: Society, Economy and Culture” has been published, both the digital and the hardback version (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/roman-rural-archaeology/46E7F36223477BE6C5611883E35AC40F#fndtn-contents). Dr Lídia Colominas has participated in this collaborative book with the writing of chapter 16 entitled “Roman Livestock Husbandry: The Importance of the Countryside”. This chapter explains the place…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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