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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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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