PhD candidate Alexandra Kriti and Dr. Alexandra Livarda will participate in the TEFRA project’s event “Experimental approaches in archaeology: The funerary practice of cremation” (01-02/04/23), contributing to the experimental pyres through the lens of archaeobotany. More specifically, they will conduct experimental charring of contemporary grown cereals. Their aim is to investigate the impact of charring on the morphological characteristics of fresh cereal…
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The Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology opens a call for a full-time researcher in Computational Archaeology, linked to the GIAP research group, to: More information at: Working at the ICAC/Open CallsCall (017.141) (in Catalan)Deadline for applications ends on April 11th, 2023, at 23.59 h. According to the Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R) of the European Commission, ICAC follows the…
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On the 30th of March, Prof. Hèctor A. Orengo (ICREA research professor at ICAC) will be in the British School at Athens, delivering the keynote lecture for the workshop “Mapping the Past, Plotting the Future. GIS in Archaeology. Maturity & Implementation“, organised by the Laboratory of Archaeological GIS (AeGIS Athena) of the Athena Research Center…
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On the 31st of March, PhD candidate Alexandra Kriti will be in Rethymno (Crete, Greece) to offer a lecture for the Archaeology Unit of the University of Crete: “Experimental Archaeology and Archaeobotany: Contemporary interdisciplinary practices in Aegean Archaeology“Alexandra Kriti, Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology31/03/23 19.30h (Greek time) Within the research frame of ‘DarkRevisited’ (PI Dr Alexandra…
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This Monday, April 20th, Dr. Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou, Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellow in GIAP (ICAC), presented in the “Stone Masonry Workshop“, organised by the CRISIS research laboratory of the Department of Architectural Engineering of the University of Ioannina, in collaboration with the Boulouki group and the Municipality of Konitsa (Greece). “The (in)visible heritage of…
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Join us in the next 2023 GIAP Seminar! April 20th 18h ‘Long-term dynamics in vegetation, agriculture and human societies: from the last hunter-gatherers until de 21st century in northeast Portugal’ Prof. João Pedro Vicente TeresoBIOPOLIS/CIBIO (Research Center In Biodiversity and Genetic Resources/University of Porto); Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies CEIS20 (University of Coimbra); UNIARQ (Centre for Archaeology,…
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We have a new paper, recently published in the Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies by Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou, Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellow in GIAP (ICAC) . Abstract:The present essay addresses the different ways of walking in a cultural landscape as a tool to interpret its heritage. From the nineteenth-century travelers to…
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The call for applications and registration is open for the international conference “Ager Mutabilis: Exploitation of the Territory During the Roman Period“, which will take place in Castell de Calonge, Calonge i Sant Antoni (Baix Empordà, Catalunya) on May 18-19th. “The call for applications is aimed at researchers who work in the area of exploitation…
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The computational team at GIAP (ICAC) has been enjoying a fruitful long-term collaboration with the Computer Vision Center (CVC) of the Autonomous University of Catalonia (UAB), which has contributed to our projects with their expertise and state-of-the-art computational equipment. These past weeks, Prof. Hèctor A. Orengo (ICREA Research professor at ICAC) and Dr. Felipe Lumbreras…
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Happy International Women’s Day! We want to celebrate this day by presenting the 15 fantastic women who are part of our group: Paloma Aliende Specialised technician Topography, photogrammetry, 3D reconstruction, licensed drone pilot Theoni Baniou ICAC PhD candidate Archaeobotany, network analyses, food plant access, commerce, social identities Efrosyni Boutsikas Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow Advanced 3D…
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