Category: GIAP Seminars

2nd GIAP Seminar 2025-2026: “Linking environmental archaeology and historical ecology: experiences from the NW Italian mountain”

We are pleased to announce the second presentation in our 2025-2026 seminar series. We are especially delighted to welcome Roberta Cevasco, Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo (Bra, Cuneo, Italy). The presentation will take place on Tuesday, May 5, at 12 p.m. (CET) and will be online. Access the…
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First GIAP SEMINAR 2025-2026: “Agricultural Strategies and Environmental Change in Ancient Anatolia”

We are pleased to announce the first presentation in our 2025-2026 seminar series. We are especially delighted to welcome Professor John (Mac) Marston, Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology at Boston University.The presentation will take place on Wednesday, February 25, at 3 p.m. (CET) and will be online.  Access the webinar here – there is no need…
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GIAP seminar series. De los espacios de cultivo a los espacios comunales. Arqueología Agraria en la Cordillera Cantábrica.

We are glad to announce that the next GIAP seminar will be conducted next 24th April between 12 pm – 1pm CEST (UTC+2). This new GIAP seminar will be conducted by Dr Margarita Fernández Mier, Full Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oviedo (Spain). Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/3G7kt3M Open event. No registration…
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GIAP seminar series. Urban animals: zooarchaeological and isotopic insights into urbanisation”.

On Wednesday, February 19th, at 12:00 CET, we hosted our speaker, Dr Angela Trentacoste (British School at Rome), who talked to us about “Urban animals: zooarchaeological and isotopic insights into urbanisation.”. Dr Trentacoste talked about the current results of the UrbanHerds project, funded by the Humboldt Foundation, a project that she leads. She showed how…
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First GIAP SEMINAR 2024-25: “Grapevine domestication and viticulture in Southern France during the Iron Age and Roman period”

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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Last GIAP Seminar of 2024: “The botanical approach to Archaeobotany: plants behaviour and human adaptation”

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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Next GIAP Seminar: “Review of stable isotopic research on human diet, subsistence and mobility in Mesopotamia”

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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Next GIAP Seminar: “La arqueología de la Guerra Civil española. Paisaje, memoria y materiales”

18 April 2024, 12h CEST (UTC +2) “La arqueología de la Guerra Civil española. Paisaje, memoria y materiales” Prof. Jordi Ramos RuizUniversidad de Barcelona (UB) & ATICS SL Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/GIAPseminars2024Open event. No registration required. Hosted in Microsoft Teams (no Microsoft/Teams account needed). Abstract:  Estado de la cuestión del papel que desempeña la arqueología…
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Next GIAP Seminar: “Sustainable Hydraulic Landscapes in southern Iraq”

March 20th 12h CET “Sustainable hydraulic landscapes in southern Iraq“ Dr. Jaafar JotheriUniversity of Al-Qadisiyah Dr. Louise RayneUniversity of Newcastle Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/GIAPseminars2024Open event. No registration required. Hosted in Microsoft Teams (no Microsoft/Teams account needed). Abstract:  In the arid environment of southern Iraq, irrigation is necessary to facilitate cultivation. Dense networks of intersecting and overlying canal systems…
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Next GIAP Seminar! Insects: silent witnesses of our history

Join us in the second GIAP Seminar of 2024! Open event, no registration required. February 15th 22nd 12h CET ‘Insects: silent witnesses of our history’ Prof. Stefano VaninDISTA – University of Genoa, Italy; IAS-CNR Genoa, Italy Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/GIAPseminars2024Open event. No registration required. Hosted in Microsoft Teams (no Microsoft/Teams account needed). Abstract:  Archaeoentomology is a…
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