Pau Canuda, along with Dr Alfredo Mayoral and Dr Arnau Garcia-Molsosa, have published a new open access paper on the reconstruction of palaeogeography and landscapes around the ancient Greek colony of Abdera. The paper is published in the journal “European Journal of Remote Sensing”. Canuda, P.; Mayoral, A.; Garcia-Molsosa, A. 2024. Reconstructing palaeogeography and landscapes…
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We are glad to announce a new incorporation to the GIAP Archaeozoology team. Diana Álvarez Abrio joined us this September under the supervision of Lídia Colominas. About Diana Diana Álvarez is a PhD candidate in Archaeology at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and a Master’s degree in Archaeology…
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New Scientist magazine (Elsevier), has echoed our latest work on the application of deep learning in the study of qanats in arid environments: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448049-cold-war-spy-satellites-and-ai-detect-ancient-underground-aqueducts/ The paper, authored by Nazarij Buławka (MSCA postdoctoral researcher), Hèctor A. Orengo (ICREA Research Professor) and Iban Berganzo-Besga (Postdoctoral researcher at Ramsey Lab), is published in the journal “Journal of Archaeological…
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This fieldwork campaign is part of a multi-disciplinary and international project that will allow to compare the landscapes and socio-environmental histories of the Ancient Greek colony of Abdera and its mother city Klazomenai. GIAP-ICAC members Alfredo Mayoral, Arnau Garcia-Molsosa and Isabel Mattuzzi, collaborate with the Klazomenai Excavations and Survey (www.klasp.net), directed by Prof.Dr. Yaşar E.…
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Dr Najarij Bulawka, along with Dr Hèctor A. Orengo and Dr Iban Berganzo-Besga, have published a new open access paper on the application of deep learning in the study of qanats in arid environments. The paper is published in the journal “Journal of Archaeological Science”: Buławka, Nazarij, Hector A. Orengo, and Iban Berganzo-Besga. 2024. ‘Deep…
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The Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC-CERCA) has signed a new collaboration agreement with the Palarq Foundation in order to develop the project “Seasonal feeding habits of cattle in the Iron Age site of Mas Castellar de Pontós (Girona, Catalonia)”. With duration of one year, the project will be led by Dra. Lídia Colominas (director…
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Tomorrow will start the 30th EAA Annual Meeting that will take place in Rome (Italy) from the 28-31st of August. The Annual Meeting themes incorporate the diversity of EAA and the multidimensionality of archaeological practice, including archaeological interpretation, heritage management and politics of the past and present. GIAP has 11 contributions to the conference and…
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Monday 29th of July Ekta Gupta was in Baroda (India) presenting her research at the Lecture Series 1 of the Department of Geography of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Her talk ‘Connecting the dots: remote sensing and GIS at the Geography-Archaeology interface” focused on: – Examine the spatial context of historical events through the…
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Dr. Ekta Gupta has published a new open access paper on the application of remote sensing in the study of Bronze Age water networks in India. The paper is published in the journal “Journal of Maritime Archaeology”. Abstract: The Bronze Age Harappan Civilisation thrived between 2600 BCE and 1900 BCE in the northwestern part of…
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Theoni Baniou, GIAP-ICAC PhD candidate (supervised by Dr Alexandra Livarda and Dr Núria Romani), finished in June her academic stay in Porto (Portugal). Theoni spent the last 1.5 months working with Dr João Tereso and his team at the BIOPOLIS-CIBIO, the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, and the MHNC –…
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