Author: GIAP team

New postdoc for the automated detection and modelling of burial sites!

We are glad to announce that we got a new postdoc grant in the preliminary resolution of the 2023 call Juan de la Cierva call (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades)! Dr. Sònia Carbonell Pastor will join us at the end of the year and will be supervised by Hèctor A. Orengo. About Sònia Her…
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Joining Forces to Manage Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology!

We are glad to announce our participation in a new COST Action project, which created a network of archaeologists and computer scientists to develop a shared understanding of AI applications in archaeology. The project, a COST Action called “Managing Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology (MAIA)” (CA23141), gathers scientists from 8 countries, and is led by the…
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Workshop: Recent Advances in Water Management Studies in the Archaeology of Arid Landscapes 

On the 27th and 28th of May, we are hosting a workshop in the context of the MSCA project “UnderTheSands. Ancient irrigation detection and analysis using Advanced remote sensing methods“, lead by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Nazarij Buławka. Abstract: The workshop aims to bring together researchers specialising in archaeology and water management in arid landscapes. Water management…
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Last GIAP Seminar of 2024: “The botanical approach to Archaeobotany: plants behaviour and human adaptation”

20 June 2024, 18h CEST (UTC +2) “The botanical approach to Archaeobotany: plants behaviour and human adaptation” Prof. Anna Maria Mercuri Lab.of Palynology and Palaeobotany, Dept. Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/GIAPseminars2024Open event. No registration required. Hosted in Microsoft Teams (no Microsoft/Teams account needed). Abstract:  The seminar will present…
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Next GIAP Seminar: “Review of stable isotopic research on human diet, subsistence and mobility in Mesopotamia”

14 May 2024, 12h CEST (UTC +2) “Review of stable isotopic research on human diet, subsistence and mobility in Mesopotamia” Prof. Arkadiusz SołtysiakFaculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/GIAPseminars2024Open event. No registration required. Hosted in Microsoft Teams (no Microsoft/Teams account needed). Abstract:  Since 40 years, research on stable isotopes has become…
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New Excavations to Shed Light on Roman Trade and Road Network

Dr. Andrew McLean, MSCA postdoctoral fellow in GIAP (ICAC-CERCA), will collaborate in a new excavation in Istria, Croatia as part of the Economic Landscapes of Roman Istria (ELRI) project (directed by Davor Bulić, Candace Rice, and Andrew McLean). The project aims to reconstruct the economic organisation of the Barbariga site in the context of Roman…
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Next GIAP Seminar: “La arqueología de la Guerra Civil española. Paisaje, memoria y materiales”

18 April 2024, 12h CEST (UTC +2) “La arqueología de la Guerra Civil española. Paisaje, memoria y materiales” Prof. Jordi Ramos RuizUniversidad de Barcelona (UB) & ATICS SL Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/GIAPseminars2024Open event. No registration required. Hosted in Microsoft Teams (no Microsoft/Teams account needed). Abstract:  Estado de la cuestión del papel que desempeña la arqueología…
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Feeding the Roman cities: an archaeobotanical approach to tastes and commerce in the Roman provinces

Today, Dr. Alexandra Livarda is presenting in the Winter Seminars – Discussing Long-Term Analysis, organized by CEIS20 Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares of the Universidade de Coimbra, with a session on “Street food: feeding the city“, which will take place on March 21 at 4.00pm (GMT – Lisbon). Open registrations, free of charge: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepxa0nlZbCxUOnizJclNHOsRHRpp-7qbM_jr-TiWVPtF7gyA/viewform It will feature Dr. Livarda’s…
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The archaeology of the Bronze Age in South Asia

Today afternoon (3:00 PM in the Canary Islands), Dr. Francesc C. Conesa will give an invited lecture on the Indus Civilization and our work in India and Pakistan at the University of La Laguna. Francesc will summarise the main highlights and recent discoveries of the archaeology of the Indus Civilisation to first-year undergraduates of the…
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Isotope analyses for the study of Roman livestock management

Rosa Soler, PhD candidate at GIAP under the direction of Dr. Lídia Colominas (ICAC-CERCA) and Dr. Carlos Tornero (UAB), has started her training in isotopes. In the pictures, you can see her drilling sheep teeth to obtain powder samples of enamel for sequential isotope analyses. Her research focuses on the study of livestock management during…
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