New research led by GIAP members develops an algorithm for the rapid mapping and almost-real-time monitoring of threats and potential site damage by agricultural expansion and encroachment. A new research article published in Remote Sensing presents an integrated workflow that combines Big Earth Data and spatial analysis in Google Earth Engine to provide an efficient…
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As part of the 2023 Conference Series of the Centre d’estudis d’Altafulla “Altafulla (Catalonia): past, present and future of a historic territory” (Altafulla: passat, present i futur d’un territori històric), Maria Jesús Ortega, associated researcher of GIAP, will give the conference “The historical landscape of Altafulla” (El paisatge històric d’Altafulla), today, Friday January 27, at…
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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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Open call for postdoctoral positions! We are looking for a postdoc to work with the team of our I+D+i project “TranScapes: Transported Mediterranean landscapes: diachronic integrated study of socio-environmental interactions and land-use changes at both sides of the Mediterranean“. Please contact Josep Maria Palet (jpalet@icac.cat) & Alfredo Mayoral (amayoral@icac.cat) if you’re interested. We look forward…
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Today in the afternoon, Hèctor A. Orengo (ICREA research professor) is giving a talk in the conference 3rd International Conference on Geology: Emerging Methods & Applications (GEM-2023). Title: ”Big multi-temporal geospatial data and the large-scale analysis of South Asia’s past landscapes”Session: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Earth Science AbstractThe last few years have seen an…
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We are glad to welcome Maria Suárez Moreno, who is visiting us for a week to train in the use of various algorithms for palaeo-river detection, developed by Hèctor A. Orengo (ICREA research professor at ICAC). Among these algorithms, there are the MSRM (Orengo and Petrie 2018), the SMTVI (Orengo and Petrie 2017) and other…
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This month, we welcomed 2 new postdoctoral researchers, Drs. Laura Strolin and Faidon Moudopoulos, and we celebrate that Dr. Arnau Garcia-Molsosa started his Ramón y Cajal fellowship with GIAP, after finishing his Beatriu de Pinós-Marie Curie cofund project (also in GIAP, from 2020-2022). Dr. Arnau Garcia-Molsosa Dr. Garcia completed his PhD on the Archaeology of…
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The Master’s in Applied Classical Archaeology, Research and Transfer (URV-ICAC-UAB) is organizing a seminar open to the public on January 16 (16 p.m. CET). A unique opportunity to delve into the archeology of rituals and find out how the ICAC’s new master’s program works. See you there! The activity is coordinated by: Maria Carme Belarte…
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CALL FOR PAPERS EAA2023 “Weaving Narratives” SESSION #730. Deadline for abstract submission: 9th 13th February 2023 (extended deadline!) Interdisciplinary Perspectives into Roman Commerce, Economy and the Acquisition of New Tastes during the Roman Period from the 4th Century BC Onwards From the 4th century BC onwards, the expansion of the Roman Empire, eventually, over large parts of Europe had a significant impact on society. The…
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The first of December, Hector A. Orengo, previously a Ramón y Cajal researcher at ICAC, joined the centre as an ICREA Research Professor. Co-director of the Landscape Archaeology Research Group (GIAP) and Research Coordinator of ICAC (due to take up this role in January 2023), Prof. Orengo is the second ICREA Research Professor at ICAC,…
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