Category: Aegean Archaeology

Experimental Archaeology and Archaeobotany: Contemporary interdisciplinary practices in Aegean Archaeology

On the 31st of March, PhD candidate Alexandra Kriti will be in Rethymno (Crete, Greece) to offer a lecture for the Archaeology Unit of the University of Crete: “Experimental Archaeology and Archaeobotany: Contemporary interdisciplinary practices in  Aegean Archaeology“Alexandra Kriti, Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology31/03/23 19.30h (Greek time) Within the research frame of ‘DarkRevisited’ (PI Dr Alexandra…
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The (in)visible heritage of the Others

This Monday, April 20th, Dr. Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou, Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellow in GIAP (ICAC), presented in the “Stone Masonry Workshop“, organised by the CRISIS research laboratory of the Department of Architectural Engineering of the University of Ioannina, in collaboration with the Boulouki group and the Municipality of Konitsa (Greece). “The (in)visible heritage of…
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(IN)VISIBLE: the Bibliography on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Zagori

Dr. Faidon Moudopoulos edited the digital bibliography ‘(IN)VISIBLE: the Bibliography on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Zagori‘ (in Greek), the last deliverable of the project that marks its end.  The project aimed at investigating the intangible cultural heritage of Zagori (Greece) through the historical archives of the local communities. It used as a case study…
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The pottery from the Middle Neolithic trench at the settlement of Koutroulou Magoula Fthiotis

Today, GIAP (ICAC) researcher Merkouris Georgiadis presents at the AETHSE conference (Archaeological Work at Thessaly and Central Greece) at Volos, from 3rd -5th  June 2022. “The pottery from the Middle Neolithic trench at the settlement of Koutroulou Magoula Fthiotis”By S. Katsarou, M. Georgiadis, N. Kyparissi-Apostolika, G. Hamilakis, and A. Politipoulos. The paper is about the pottery recovered…
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Remote sensing and computational approaches to site detection and landscape reconstruction

On March 7th at 13h (UK time), GIAP’s co-director Hèctor A. Orengo will give a talk for the Aegean Archaeology Group (University of Cambridge). Open event! Join here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88241939796?pwd=dTRzSk N3MjBCRklTZDFPNDFLZjdoQT09 Remote sensing and computational approaches to site detection and landscape reconstruction in the Aegean Hèctor A. Orengo – Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica The last decade…
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Developing new surveying techniques under the Greek sun

The team’s morning march to the survey area.  Our work in Greece this summer involves two distinct archaeological projects: surveying in Abdera (Thrace) and surveying and excavating in Grevena (Western Macedonia), with additional geomorphological and geoarchaeological prospection in both areas.  These projects will provide a new paradigm of techniques available for archaeological surveys, with a stronger involvement of remote sensing,…
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Success of the first year of experimental cultivations

In our last post reporting on our experimental cultivations you could see our greenhouse and our fields blooming in the spring and later already mature and yellow before the harvest. We had just begun the harvest after a challenging season with late rains and hoping for the best. We are now extremely happy to report…
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Experimental cultivations & the creation of a new methodological tool for archaeobotanical investigations

Reporting Alexandra Livarda and Alexandra Kriti Archaeobotany and the study of seeds and grains can be very frustrating, especially when compared to other bioarchaeological disciplines, like zooarchaeology. Let us explain: when you have an animal bone you can get all sorts of information. You can tell what animal it is, but also, the sex, age,…
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The many wonders of the Kambos: revisiting the cultural landscapes of western Thessaly, central Greece

The next webinar of the GIAP ‘Recent Advances in the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean’ series is tomorrow, 19th of May, at 18.00CET. The presenter will be Dr Nancy Krahtopoulou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Karditsa – Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Greece) and she will be talking on the cultural landscapes of western Thessaly, in…
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Meet our new MSCA fellows: Drs. Efrosyni Boutsikas & Charlotte Diffey

Skyscapes, religion, plants and ancient economy are some of the themes to be investigated by the two successful 2020 Marie Sklodowska Curie fellows that will join GIAP. They are two brilliant female researchers: Dr Efrosyni Boutsikas and Dr Charlotte Diffey. Both of them will be working on the Aegean with new technologies, involving loads of…
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