Category: Aegean Archaeology

New paper publication: Woodlands, tree management, and fuel economy in Bronze Age eastern Crete

A new paper on Bronze Age plant resources is now published in the Journal of Archaeological Science Reports! The paper titled ‘Woodlands, tree management, and fuel economy in Bronze Age eastern Crete: an anthracological approach’ by Ntinou, M. Picornell-Gelabert, Ll., Apostolakou, V., Brogan, T., Livarda, A., Sophianou, C.H. and Soles, J.   discusses a large…
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Experimental cultivations of wheat: sowing the seeds to strengthen and extend our new methodology in archeobotany

On the 20th and 21st of this past December, the sowing of the seeds of free-threshing wheat was completed successfully for yet another year of experimental cultivations at the premises of ELGO-DIMITRA at Thermi, Thessalonikis, Greece. The agronomic team of the project are constantly monitoring the growth conditions of the seeds and the state of…
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2nd Year of experimental cultivations of free-threshing wheat: archaeobotanical and agronomic synergies

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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Archaeobotany team at GIAP: experimental charring and practical work

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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3RD MEETING OF THE ARCHAEOBOTANY IN GREECE GROUP (MAGG)

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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A new open-access article by GIAP-ICAC members sheds light on the long-term evolution of settlement and sociopolitical dynamics in ancient Macedonia

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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New paper! Reconstructing palaeogeography and landscapes around the ancient Greek colony of Abdera

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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New open-access paper by the GIAP team in Quaternary Science Advances!

Find out more about our geoarchaeological research in the upland region of Grevena, Western Macedonia (Greece), addressing the interplay between Holocene landscape evolution and settlement dynamics, drawing new evidence from the alluvial history of the Xerolakkos stream. This work, led by our PhD candidate Giannis Apostolou is part of his dissertation that uses integrated remote-sensing…
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Immersive reconstructions of Sanctuaries and Rituals in Space and Time

Today, Efrosyni Boutsikas (MSCA researcher at ICAC & senior lecturer at University of Kent) is offering a seminar at the at the Department of the Study of Religion of Aarhus University. Towards a Cognitive Understanding of ancient Greek Ritual: Immersive reconstructions of Sanctuaries and Rituals in Space and TimeEfrosyni BoutsikasWednesday 21/02/24 at at 12h About the…
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Surveying the Montane Landscapes of Ancient Macedonia

To the fellows based in Oxford, our PhD candidate Giannis Apostolou has been invited to deliver a seminar for the Greek Archaeology Group & Prehistoric and Early Greece Graduate Seminars (GAG-PEGGS) at the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University of Oxford this Thursday, the 25th of January at 13.00. Giannis’ paper will about ongoing work in…
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