Join us in the first 2023 GIAP Seminar! Jan, 19th 18h CET ‘Putting climate at the center of archaeological research: first experiences from the GroundCheck research cluster’ Prof. Dr. Ferran AntolínGerman Archaeological Institute / IPNA, University of Basel Keywords: human-environment relationships; scale; on-site research; palaeoclimate; politics Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/JoinGIAPseminarsNo registration required. Hosted in Microsoft…
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GIAP (ICAC) Researcher Francesc C. Conesa is presenting today in Tenerife (Canary Islands). He will talk about his recent investigations into the historical network of fire beacons on the island of Tenerife. For centuries, the beacon signalling network was the island’s first line of defence against pirates, privateers or Crown enemies. The beacon network was…
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This Thursday, 24th November 2022, ICAC will be hosting a GIAP workshop in the context of the recently finalised Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship of Dr. Merkouris Georgiadis: “Landscape, display and economy at Abdera and Thrace: using modern archaeological field and lab methods to better understand colonial landscapes (from 3000BC to AD100)“ Date: 24th November 2022. Organisers: ·…
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This month, GIAP (ICAC) welcomed two new postdoctoral researchers to the team! We are very glad to present Patricia Vandorpe and Pangambam Sendash Singh, who will be working with us until 2024: Patricia Vandorpe Dr. Vandorpe completed her PhD in 2010 at the University of Basel (Switzerland), where she has since worked as a research…
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Carme Miró i Alaix (Archaeological Service of Barcelona) and GIAP (ICAC) researcher Hèctor A. Orengo will present in the forthcoming seminar “Climate Variability in the Roman World and Late Roman: Impact on the Barcelona Plan“, which will take place next Saturday, 12th November 2022. Organised and hosted by:Museu d’Història de Barcelona (MUHBA) Casa de l’Aigua,…
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GIAP (ICAC) researcher Navjot Kour travelled to Thailand to present in the 22nd Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA22), which takes place in Chiang Mai on 6-12 November 2022. S58-12 Revamping the Known: Rethinking Cultural Periodization in the Outer Plains of Jammu(Jammu and Kashmir, India) and Its Importance in Weaving the Historical NarrativeNavjot KourCatalan…
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ICAC researchers publish a new study in Land, showcasing the potential of multitemporal lidar-derived digital terrain models for the detection of subtle archaeological features under perennial dense forest. Featured image: Figure 1. Lidar point-cloud. Lidar-derived digital terrain models (DTMs) have, during the last years, become an essential tool in landscape archaeology (Berganzo-Besga et al. 2021)…
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Today, GIAP (ICAC)’s PhD candidate Arnau Carbonell is presenting in the ‘II Congress of transhumance and livestock roads‘ (II Congrés de Transhumància i Camins Ramaders), on the the 2nd axis ‘Transhumance: ancestral activity and territorial development tool’: Retracing the steps of transhumance in antiquity: high mountain archeology in the Puigpedrós massif and in the Duran…
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We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our session in the CAA2023 (Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology) that will be held from April 3rd to 6th 2023 in Amsterdam (Netherlands). GIAP (ICAC) researcher Nazarij Buławka is part of the organising team of the session: S06. Stay connected: Developing Mobile GIS for…
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We are glad to finally be able to welcome our new team members to Tarragona! Three brilliant postdoctoral researchers joined GIAP (ICAC) this September. Skyscapes, religion, plants and ancient irrigation are some of the themes to be investigated by the three successful postdoctoral MSCA fellows. STAR-AGESS: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Ritual and Ancient Greek Experience of Sacred Spaces (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020-101026674) Efrosyni Boutsikas Dr. Boutsikas is an…
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