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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Monday 21st of October, from 4:00-5:00 p.m, Dr Ekta Gupta will offer a lecture on the use of computational archaeology to study contentious theories about the Harappan Civilization. This talk will be the first in the Computational and Digital Archaeology Lab (CDAL) Seminar Series, Department of Archaeology, Cambridge (McDonald Institute Seminar Room, Downing Site). Register…
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The conference will take place in Athens, Greece, on the 5-9 May 2024. GIAP (ICAC-CERCA) will co-organise 5 sessions: Deadline: 29 October 2024. Submit your papers here: https://2025.caaconference.org/call-for-papers/ S20: “Scaling Heights”: Unveiling Mountainous Landscapes Through Interdisciplinary Survey Strategies, Quantitative Modelling and Computational Methods Session Organisers: Andriana-Maria Xenaki, University of Cambridge Giannis Apostolou, Landscape Archaeology Research Group (GIAP)/…
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Theoni Baniou, GIAP-ICAC PhD candidate, has started on the 1st of September a two-month research stay in Montpellier (France) where she is working with Dr Laurent Bouby, group member of the Dynamics of biodiversity, anthropoecology Research Group at the Institute of Evolutionary Science of Montpellier (ISEM), University of Montpellier. Dr Bouby and the ISEM team…
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Pau Canuda, along with Dr Alfredo Mayoral and Dr Arnau Garcia-Molsosa, have published a new open access paper on the reconstruction of palaeogeography and landscapes around the ancient Greek colony of Abdera. The paper is published in the journal “European Journal of Remote Sensing”. Canuda, P.; Mayoral, A.; Garcia-Molsosa, A. 2024. Reconstructing palaeogeography and landscapes…
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We are glad to announce a new incorporation to the GIAP Archaeozoology team. Diana Álvarez Abrio joined us this September under the supervision of Lídia Colominas. About Diana Diana Álvarez is a PhD candidate in Archaeology at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and a Master’s degree in Archaeology…
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