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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Over the last month, Dr Ekta Gupta has conducted research, outreach, and training activities in India related to her field of expertise and ongoing research projects. Activity 1: Title: A New Lens on Past Landscapes: Insights from Geospatial Analysis for Historical and Archaeological Research On Friday, 28th of February, Dr Ekta Gupta was in Sonipat (India)…
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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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Access the webinar here: http://bit.ly/3C9S0bn. Open event. No registration required. Hosted in Microsoft Teams (no Microsoft/Teams account needed) Abstract: Although genomics confirm that the domestication of the grapevine occurred in south-west Asia, the process of domestication and westward diffusion remains partly obscure, particularly in terms of chronology. By identifying remains in well-dated archaeological sites, archaeobotany…
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New Scientist magazine (Elsevier), has echoed our latest work on the application of deep learning in the study of qanats in arid environments: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448049-cold-war-spy-satellites-and-ai-detect-ancient-underground-aqueducts/ The paper, authored by Nazarij Buławka (MSCA postdoctoral researcher), Hèctor A. Orengo (ICREA Research Professor) and Iban Berganzo-Besga (Postdoctoral researcher at Ramsey Lab), is published in the journal “Journal of Archaeological…
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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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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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Last week (6-11 of May) the archaeobotany team working on Roman foodways was invited to present their work in Poland. The visit started in Warsaw, where they were hosted by Prof. Aldona Mueller-Bieniek at the University of Warsaw. Marie Curie Fellow, Dr Patricia Vandorpe, delivered the talk ‘Defining foodways across the Roman Empire using archaeobotanical…
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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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This week Lídia Colominas is in Belgrade (Serbia) presenting a collaborative work (ICAC, Bucknell University, UAB) on aristocracy and animals in the Roman residence of els Munts (Tarragona) at the ICAZ- 4th RPWG Conference https://bioarchlab.rs/icaz-4thrpwg/ Abstract: “Aristocracy and animals: A glimpse of human diet and animal and animal products supply systems in the Roman residence…
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