We have just published a new paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science presenting a high-performance approach to 3D morphometrics through deep learning and tabular foundation models. The study uses barley grains as a demanding case study, but its implications extend well beyond archaeobotany: it shows how the full three-dimensional shape of small archaeological and biological objects…
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We are pleased to announce that Dr Lídia Colominas has been awarded the grant “Ayudas para Incentivar la Consolidación Investigadora. 2025 (CNS2025-165247)”. With this two-years grant, she will develop the project “PASTORA: Alimentando a los domésticos y a los salvajes: estudio de los sistemas de alimentación de los animales en la Iberia romana a través…
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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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Registration is now open for students and researchers interested in participating in the Archaeological and Geoarchaeological fieldwork that will take place in the region of Xanthi (Greece) during July and September 2026. The campaigns are part of the MEDLANDS project. Participants will join a multi-disciplinary team investigating the long-term History of Mediterranean landscapes and participate…
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GIAP member Arnau Garcia-Molsosa participated in the 50th Edition of the International Mediterranean Survey Workshop that took place at the University of Leuven (Belgium) the 26th and 27th of March 2026. Representing MEDLANDS team, Dr. Garcia-Molsosa presented the paper: Fieldwalking and integrated Remote Sensing approaches in the context of a multi-disciplinary and multi-scale landscape Archaeology…
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We are pleased to announce the publication of our new article just out in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. “When luxury comes to an end: Animal production and consumption in the late Roman occupation of the aristocratic residence of Els Munts (Tarragona, Catalonia)” Abstract: The end of the 3rd century AD in the Western Roman…
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We are pleased to announce an open call for a 4-year fully funded PhD position in Mediterranean Holocene Paleoenvironments at the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC) and the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences of Montpellier (ISEM). The successful candidate will join the MEDLANDS project to reconstruct Holocene landscapes in coastal Thrace, Greece, through a multi-proxy palaeoecological approach—including pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs), and…
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From January 29 to February 6, Dr. Lídia Colominas was in Egypt collaborating on the Sikait project. There, Dr. Colominas was analyzing a faunal assemblage from the late antiquity, associated with a temple. It was a very enriching experience, full of gazelles, spectacular landscapes and very good company! We would be happy to continue collaborating…
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Two recently published papers shed new light on the agricultural practices, foodways, and plant management strategies of Roman Iesso, one of the few sites in the Iberian Peninsula with exceptional, waterlogged, preservation of plant remains, opening up new windows into Roman economy and tastes. The first paper, published in Environmental Archaeology by Theoni Baniou, Núria Romaní Sala, Patricia…
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On the 3rd of December, PhD candidate Theoni Baniou had her final examination of her PhD thesis. Supervised by Dr Alexandra Livarda (GIAP/ICAC) and Dr Núria Romaní Sala (UAB), her work entitled: ‘Exploring Roman tastes: An interdisciplinary approach, using archaeobotany, organic residue analysis and GMM to reconstruct dietary habits in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula’…
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