This week, Theoni Baniou and Alexandra Livarda visited the archaeological site of Mas dels Frares at Tarragona to take samples for organic residue and starch analysis in the framework of a new collaboration between the archaeobotany group at GIAP-ICAC and the archaeologists Francesc Rodríguez, Itziar Gutiérrez and Josep Maria Macias (MIRMED group). Dr Rodríguez is…
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In mid-May (12-13), the conference ‘Archaeologies of Waterscapes. Ecology, economy, perception, and memory in changing landscapes’ was celebrated at the Department of History and Cultures at the University of Bologna, Italy. Over two days, it hosted a series of presentations on significant research on the changes in natural and built landscapes within marine, lake or…
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Last 25th-26th April, the biennial Oikos meeting, the most important congress that assemble all the Catalan bioarchaeology research community, was organized by the Associació Catalana de Bioarqueologia (ACBA) (https://www.bioarqueologia.cat/). This 8th edition was co-organized with GIAP members, and it was conducted at the Function Room of the Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (Tarragona). Dr. Lídia Colominas…
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Carles Naval, student of the MACA Master programme (URV-ICAC-UAB), has joined the archaezoological team of GIAP. He has started his training under the supervision of Dr Lídia Colominas to develop a master’s thesis. It will be focused on the study of animal husbandry at Serrat del Castellar, an Iron Age site located in the core…
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Last Monday, the 28th of April, the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology hosted the workshop “Foodways and trade in the Roman provinces of Germania: an interdisciplinary approach”, led by post-doctoral researcher Dr Patricia Vandorpe as part of her MSCA project PlantNetGem. Specialists from different disciplines (archaeozoology, archaeobotany, anthracology and ceramology) and from across Europe were…
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Last week, the GIAP team participates in the first paleoenvironmental survey campaign of the PALEODELTA project. The aim of this work is to investigate the changes in the morphology of the mouth of the Ebro between Prehistory and the Middle Ages. PALEODELTA is a project funded by the Ministry of Science (PID2023-147021NB-I00.pdf) coordinated by researchers…
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We are glad to announce that the next GIAP seminar will be conducted next 24th April between 12 pm – 1pm CEST (UTC+2). This new GIAP seminar will be conducted by Dr Margarita Fernández Mier, Full Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oviedo (Spain). Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/3G7kt3M Open event. No registration…
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Dr Alexandra Livarda, assisted by Masters student Marina Daniel, visited the 5th grade of the Barcelona primary school ‘Tres Fonts de les Corts’ on Thursday 3rd of April to help with the development of their videogame! The school participates in the programme run by the Department of Research and Universities of the Generalitat of Catalonia…
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Over the last month, Dr Ekta Gupta has conducted research, outreach, and training activities in India related to her field of expertise and ongoing research projects. Activity 1: Title: A New Lens on Past Landscapes: Insights from Geospatial Analysis for Historical and Archaeological Research On Friday, 28th of February, Dr Ekta Gupta was in Sonipat (India)…
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We are pleased to announce the publication of the book “Economía de la Hispania romana. Paisajes de producción y dinámicas comerciales”, to which Dr Lídia Colominas contributes to chapter six, devoted to the production and consumption of animal products. Lídia Colominas, Oriol Olesti. 2024. “Producción y consumo de recursos ganaderos”. In Carreras, C.; Molina, J.;…
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