Category: Landscape archaeology

Palaeoenvironmental research starts in the Ancient city of Klazomenai with the participation of members of ICAC

This fieldwork campaign is part of a multi-disciplinary and international project that will allow to compare the landscapes and socio-environmental histories of the Ancient Greek colony of Abdera and its mother city Klazomenai. GIAP-ICAC members Alfredo Mayoral, Arnau Garcia-Molsosa and Isabel Mattuzzi, collaborate with the Klazomenai Excavations and Survey (www.klasp.net), directed by Prof.Dr. Yaşar E.…
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Prominent representation of GIAP in the 30th EAA Annual Meeting!

Tomorrow will start the 30th EAA Annual Meeting that will take place in Rome (Italy) from the 28-31st of August. The Annual Meeting themes incorporate the diversity of EAA and the multidimensionality of archaeological practice, including archaeological interpretation, heritage management and politics of the past and present. GIAP has 11 contributions to the conference and…
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Connecting the dots: remote sensing and GIS at the Geography-Archaeology interface

Monday 29th of July Ekta Gupta was in Baroda (India) presenting her research at the Lecture Series 1 of the Department of Geography of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.  Her talk ‘Connecting the dots: remote sensing and GIS at the Geography-Archaeology interface” focused on: – Examine the spatial context of historical events through the…
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New open access paper on computational Archaeology!

Dr. Ekta Gupta has published a new open access paper on the application of remote sensing in the study of Bronze Age water networks in India. The paper is published in the journal “Journal of Maritime Archaeology”. Abstract: The Bronze Age Harappan Civilisation thrived between 2600 BCE and 1900 BCE in the northwestern part of…
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New postdoc for the automated detection and modelling of burial sites!

We are glad to announce that we got a new postdoc grant in the preliminary resolution of the 2023 call Juan de la Cierva call (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades)! Dr. Sònia Carbonell Pastor will join us at the end of the year and will be supervised by Hèctor A. Orengo. About Sònia Her…
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Joining Forces to Manage Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology!

We are glad to announce our participation in a new COST Action project, which created a network of archaeologists and computer scientists to develop a shared understanding of AI applications in archaeology. The project, a COST Action called “Managing Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology (MAIA)” (CA23141), gathers scientists from 8 countries, and is led by the…
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New open-access paper by the GIAP team in Quaternary Science Advances!

Find out more about our geoarchaeological research in the upland region of Grevena, Western Macedonia (Greece), addressing the interplay between Holocene landscape evolution and settlement dynamics, drawing new evidence from the alluvial history of the Xerolakkos stream. This work, led by our PhD candidate Giannis Apostolou is part of his dissertation that uses integrated remote-sensing…
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New open access paper on Computational Archaeology! Application of Multi-Temporal and Multisource Satellite Imagery in the Study of Irrigated Landscapes in Arid Climates

Dr. Nazarij Bulawka and Dr. Hèctor A. Orengo have published a new open access paper on the application of Multi-Temporal and Multisource Satellite Imagery in the Study of Irrigated Landscapes in Arid Climates. The paper is published in the Journal “Remote Sensing”. Summary: The study of ancient irrigation is crucial in the archaeological research of…
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Prominent representation of GIAP in the LAC 2024 Conference!

Next week will start the Landscape Archaeology Conference that will take place in Alcará de Henares (Madrid, Spain) from the 10-14th of June. This year’s theme is focused on Human challenges in a context of changing landscapes. GIAP has 13 contributions to the conference, all of them presented by our researchers, and leading one of…
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Workshop: Recent Advances in Water Management Studies in the Archaeology of Arid Landscapes 

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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