Lídia Colominas participated last week in the “XV Seminario Internacional de Mosaicos Romanos. Una experiencia paleogastronómica en el mundo romano” (https://www.uc3m.es/instituto-cultura-tecnologia/XV-Seminario-Internacional-Mosaicos-Romanos), that took place in the Carlos III University (Getafe, Spain) the 10th and 11st of December. The seminar, organized by Dra. Luz Neira and Dr. Noé Conejo, provided an excellent forum to share results,…
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The article entitled “Can subfossil insects complement pedoanthracology in reconstructing the past trajectories of old-growth forests? A study case from the Northern Central Pyrenees (France)” by Parrilla S., Saulnier M., Larrieu L., Valladares L., Pescini V., Moret P. and Py-Saragaglia V. has recently been published in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. The study investigates the…
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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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A new volume of the series ‘Elements in the Archaeology of Food’, published by the Cambridge University Press is now out and free Open Access for 2 weeks until the 15th of December! You can download it here The new title, authored by Prof. Monica Smith, ‘How Urbanism Changes Foodways’ provides an alternative reading of the 6,000-year history of…
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Last week MSCA postdoctoral fellows Jessica Feito and Patricia Vandorpe travelled to France to present their research, as part of the larger project ‘Urbanisation, commerce and foodways in the Roman world’ directed by Dr. Alexandra Livarda and Prof. Hector Orengo. They participated in the XVe Rencontres d’Archéobotanique de Langue Française held in Paimpont in Bretagne from the 18th to the 21st of…
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We are pleased to announce the collaboration of Lídia Colominas on an archaeozoological paper in the prestigious journal “Science”. The paper, titled “The emergence and diversification of dog morphology” lead by Allowen Evin (Institute of Evolutionary Science-Montpellier) and Carly Ameen (University of Exeter) is the result of the collaborative effort of more than 40 researchers…
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We are pleased to announce the publication of our new article just out in Environmental Archaeology: “Agricultural Management and Culinary Culture in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Aegean: Archaeobotanical and Stable Isotope Insights from Region I, Xeropolis, Lefkandi” Focusing on one of the largest non-palatial settlements in the central Aegean, the site at…
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Between the 6th and 9th of November of 2025 the Iberian Peninsula Archaeobotanical meeting took place at The German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Berlin, organised by Dr Ferran Antolín and his team. GIAP members, Dr Alexandra Livarda and PhD candidate Theoni Baniou participated in the conference to share the advances of their work. Alexandra Livarda and her colleagues Hèctor…
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A new paper on Archaeozoology has been published in the Journal “Virulence”. The paper, titled “Detection of Clostridium sporogenes in a Roman-era cattle mass grave at Vilauba” by, Myburgh, D. A., da Silva, N. A., Haller-Caskie, M., Colominas, L., Castanyer, P., Frigola, J.,Tremoleda, J., Hölzel, C., Unterweger, D., Nebel, A and Krause-Kyora, B, presents a…
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Third webinar organized by the International Society of Gastronomic Sciences and Studies (ISGSS) in collaboration with the Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica Date: Wednesday, November 12th, 2025 Time: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CET Building on the work of the ISGSS Working Group “Foodways and Foodscapes Through Time: Linking Ecology, History, and Archaeology”, this webinar delves…
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