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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On 2nd-5th September 2025, the “European Landscape Ecology Congress. Landscape Perspective in a Rapidly Changing World (IALE 2025)” will be hosted at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. Dr Valentina Pescini is co-organizing the Session 2C, “Tracing Back Historical Land-Use and its Legacies: Common Insights and Perspectives of Landscape Archaeology and Historical…
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On Saturday 22nd February 2025, Dr Josep Maria Palet has led an oral presentation during the International online seminar «Determinisms and cultural geographies? A micropolitical approach to archaeology of mountain landscapes». Under the title “Cultural landscapes and livestock activities on a long-term perspective in high mountain environments in the Eastern Pyrenees (Segre and Ter valleys,…
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Tuesday 12 of November, at 13:15 a.m., Dr Nazarij Bulawka, Dr Héctor A. Orengo and Dr Iban Berganzo will offer a lecture on the application of satellite imagery in the landscape archaeology in the Near East to detect qanat irrigation systems using AI. This talk is part of the Seminar “Near East Archaeology” of the…
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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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