GIAP (ICAC)’s researcher Efrosyni Boutsikas is travelling to Argentina to present in the Oxford XII Conference (ISAAC) and VIII Inter-American Conference on Cultural Astronomy: “Living Skies”, organised by the International Society of Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy (ISAAC) and the Inter-American Society of Astronomy in Culture (SIAC), which takes place in Buenos Aires from October 31st to…
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GIAP (ICAC)’s researcher Lídia Colominas is presenting in the forthcoming ‘Caesarea Maritima International Conference MMXXII’ which is taking place in New York from October 23rd to October 26th 2022. It includes presentations on projects related to the Caesarea Maritima site (Israel). Monday, Oct 24 – SESSION 5Archaeozoology of Caesarea: a window to animal husbandry and…
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Today, GIAP (ICAC)’s PhD candidate Arnau Carbonell is presenting in the ‘II Congress of transhumance and livestock roads‘ (II Congrés de Transhumància i Camins Ramaders), on the the 2nd axis ‘Transhumance: ancestral activity and territorial development tool’: Retracing the steps of transhumance in antiquity: high mountain archeology in the Puigpedrós massif and in the Duran…
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The ICAC celebrates its first 20 years, since its creation, in the fall of 2002. This fall will mark the 20th anniversary since the ICAC started its research activity. In 2002, the Institute began its first projects under the direction of Josep Guitart, located in a temporary classroom donated by the URV. The current headquarters, in…
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A new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science shows that it is possible to automate the detection and classification of phytoliths with a high-level of accuracy, up to a species level. This method has the potential to allow the development of much larger analytical datasets in a fraction of the time than was…
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GIAP (ICAC)’s PhD candidate Alexandra Kriti will present in the 7th ARCH_RNT Archaeological Research & New Technologies, which takes place on 6-8th October 2022 in Kalamata (Greece). New insights into past agriculture: a modern experimental cultivation project that explores past agriculture with the aim of 3D Geometric MorphometricsAlexandra E.T. Kriti1, Alexandra Livarda1, Hector A. Orengo1, Ioannis Mylonas2 and Elissavet…
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Open call at the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology with three positions as technologists and one position as a technician, to work in different units of the Institute, within the framework of the Investigo program. The Investigo program (Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca) aims to fund programs for hiring of young people (under 30…
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We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our session in the CAA2023 (Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology) that will be held from April 3rd to 6th 2023 in Amsterdam (Netherlands). GIAP (ICAC) researcher Nazarij Buławka is part of the organising team of the session: S06. Stay connected: Developing Mobile GIS for…
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GIAP (ICAC) researcher Abel Gallego-Valle is presenting in the 1st ICAZ Medieval Period Working Group, which is taking place in Bergen (Norway) on 28 & 29 September 2022. 28/09/22 Session 1: Southern Europe “What to do to quench your sheep: the use of dental microwear to study feeding management systems in the NE Tarraconensis during…
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We are glad to finally be able to welcome our new team members to Tarragona! Three brilliant postdoctoral researchers joined GIAP (ICAC) this September. Skyscapes, religion, plants and ancient irrigation are some of the themes to be investigated by the three successful postdoctoral MSCA fellows. STAR-AGESS: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Ritual and Ancient Greek Experience of Sacred Spaces (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020-101026674) Efrosyni Boutsikas Dr. Boutsikas is an…
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