In mid-May (12-13), the conference ‘Archaeologies of Waterscapes. Ecology, economy, perception, and memory in changing landscapes’ was celebrated at the Department of History and Cultures at the University of Bologna, Italy. Over two days, it hosted a series of presentations on significant research on the changes in natural and built landscapes within marine, lake or…
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Last 25th-26th April, the biennial Oikos meeting, the most important congress that assemble all the Catalan bioarchaeology research community, was organized by the Associació Catalana de Bioarqueologia (ACBA) (https://www.bioarqueologia.cat/). This 8th edition was co-organized with GIAP members, and it was conducted at the Function Room of the Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (Tarragona). Dr. Lídia Colominas…
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Last Monday, the 28th of April, the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology hosted the workshop “Foodways and trade in the Roman provinces of Germania: an interdisciplinary approach”, led by post-doctoral researcher Dr Patricia Vandorpe as part of her MSCA project PlantNetGem. Specialists from different disciplines (archaeozoology, archaeobotany, anthracology and ceramology) and from across Europe were…
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Dr Alexandra Livarda, assisted by Masters student Marina Daniel, visited the 5th grade of the Barcelona primary school ‘Tres Fonts de les Corts’ on Thursday 3rd of April to help with the development of their videogame! The school participates in the programme run by the Department of Research and Universities of the Generalitat of Catalonia…
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Dr Livarda is participating in an exciting education programme organised by the Department of Research and Universities of the Generalitat of Catalonia, addressed to students of the 5th grade of primary schools. The aims of this project are to make science accessible to kids, increase creativity and teamwork, promote women in science, and familiarise kids…
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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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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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We are glad to announce the publication of a new open access paper on animal husbandry and feeding strategies in the Iron Age Iberian Peninsula. This study provides first order information about this topic using a multi-isotope analysis. The paper is published in the journal “Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences”. Dr Chiara Messana, Dr Carlos Tornero,…
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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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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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