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New open access paper on Computational Archaeology! Application of Multi-Temporal and Multisource Satellite Imagery in the Study of Irrigated Landscapes in Arid Climates

Dr. Nazarij Bulawka and Dr. Hèctor A. Orengo have published a new open access paper on the application of Multi-Temporal and Multisource Satellite Imagery in the Study of Irrigated Landscapes in Arid Climates. The paper is published in the Journal “Remote Sensing”. Summary: The study of ancient irrigation is crucial in the archaeological research of…
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Two New Open Access publications on archaeobotany and organic residue analysis applied to Roman material

This week two papers investigating Roman foodways in the western provinces of the Roman Empire, in the eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, led by GIAP PhD candidate Theoni Baniou (supervised by Drs Alexandra Livarda and Núria Romaní Sala) have been published GOLD OPEN ACCESS. The first paper, published in the journal of Archaeological and…
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Prominent representation of GIAP in the LAC 2024 Conference!

Next week will start the Landscape Archaeology Conference that will take place in Alcará de Henares (Madrid, Spain) from the 10-14th of June. This year’s theme is focused on Human challenges in a context of changing landscapes. GIAP has 13 contributions to the conference, all of them presented by our researchers, and leading one of…
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Exploring food plants in the Roman Germania provinces: sharing our first results at the Treffen der Arbeitsgruppe Archäobotanik conference

Last week Patricia Vandorpe was in Brandenburg (Germany) presenting her MSCA Project at the yearly conference of the German archaeobotanists «Treffen der Arbeitsgruppe Archäobotanik» from the 31st of May to the 2nd of June 2024 in the Archäologischen Landesmuseum of Brandenburg. Her talk ‘Handel mit Nahrungspflanzen im Römischen Reich: Untersuchung des Wachstums und der Entwicklung…
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Workshop: Recent Advances in Water Management Studies in the Archaeology of Arid Landscapes 

On the 27th and 28th of May, we are hosting a workshop in the context of the MSCA project “UnderTheSands. Ancient irrigation detection and analysis using Advanced remote sensing methods“, lead by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Nazarij Buławka. Abstract: The workshop aims to bring together researchers specialising in archaeology and water management in arid landscapes. Water management…
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Last GIAP Seminar of 2024: “The botanical approach to Archaeobotany: plants behaviour and human adaptation”

20 June 2024, 18h CEST (UTC +2) “The botanical approach to Archaeobotany: plants behaviour and human adaptation” Prof. Anna Maria Mercuri Lab.of Palynology and Palaeobotany, Dept. Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/GIAPseminars2024Open event. No registration required. Hosted in Microsoft Teams (no Microsoft/Teams account needed). Abstract:  The seminar will present…
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Open Acces! The exploitation of mountain natural resources during the Iron Age in the Eastern Pyrenees: the case study of production unit G at Tossal de Baltarga (Bellver de Cerdanya, Lleida, Spain)

New paper! Dr. Colominas collaborate in this interesting and media paper on the exploitation of mountain natural resources in the Pyrenees, with researchers from UAB, CSIC and IPHES: Olesti O, Morera J, Oller J, Carrasco JM, Colominas L, Portillo M, Berrocal A, Lopez-Bultó O, Obea L, Tarifa N, Tárraga P, Sisa-López de Pablo J and Messana…
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The archaeobotany team invited to Poland to discuss Roman foodways

Last week (6-11 of May) the archaeobotany team working on Roman foodways was invited to present their work in Poland. The visit started in Warsaw, where they were hosted by Prof. Aldona Mueller-Bieniek at the University of Warsaw. Marie Curie Fellow, Dr Patricia Vandorpe, delivered the talk ‘Defining foodways across the Roman Empire using archaeobotanical…
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Archaeobotanical synergies: GIAP goes to BIOPOLIS-CIBIO and MHNC at the University of Porto

Theoni Baniou, GIAP-ICAC PhD candidate, has started on the 6th of May a research stay in Porto. She will be working until the middle of June with Dr João Tereso at the BIOPOLIS-CIBIO, the Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, and the MHNC – UP, the Natural History and Science Museum…
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GIAP researchers in the Computational Application of Archaeology Annual Conference (Auckland 2024)

GIAP researchers participated in the 51st Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology International Conference (CAA), which took place in Auckland (New Zealand) between 8th and 12th of April (https://2024.caaconference.org/). Navjot Kour co-organised the session “Between the Nile and the Brahmaputra: Computational Methods to Study Ancient Societies, Landscapes and Riverine Systems Straddling Asia and Africa”…
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