Past seminars

January 18th to June 20th 2024. Organisers:

• Nazarij Buławka
• Maria Ferrer Bonet
• Federica Riso

18/01/24
Dr. Maaike Groot (Freie Universität Berlin)
‘‘Cattle through time: a long-term perspective on cattle husbandry in the Netherlands’’

22/02/24
Prof. Stefano Vanin (DISTA – University of Genoa, Italy; IAS-CNR Genoa, Italy)
‘Insects: silent witnesses of our history‘

20/03/24
Dr. Jaafar Jotheri (University of Al-Qadisiyah) &
Dr. Louise Rayne (Newcastle University)
‘Sustainable hydraulic landscapes in southern Iraq’

18/04/24
Prof. Jordi Ramos Ruiz (Universidad de Barcelona (UB) & ATICS SL)
‘La arqueología de la Guerra Civil española. Paisaje, memoria y materiales’

14/05/24
Prof. Arkadiusz Sołtysiak (Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland)
‘Review of stable isotopic research on human diet, subsistence and mobility in Mesopotamia’

20/06/24
Prof. Anna-Maria Mercuri (Lab.of Palynology and Palaeobotany, Dept. Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
‘The botanical approach to Archaeobotany: plants behaviour and human adaptation’

January 19th to June 15th 2023. Organisers:

• Theoni Baniou
• Maria Ferrer Bonet
• Konstantina Venieri

Read the recap of the 2023 seminars: From climate to conflict: recap of the GIAP Seminars of 2023

19/01/23
Prof. Ferran Antolín (German Archaeological Institute / IPNA, University of Basel)
‘Putting climate at the center of archaeological research: first experiences from the GroundCheck research cluster’

23/02/23
Dr. Mila Andonova-Katsarski (Division of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
‘The plants of Serdica (Sofia, Bulgaria) during the Antiquity (2nd c. AD – 6th c. AD): preliminary archaeobotanical and anthracological data‘

20/04/23
Prof. João Pedro Vicente Tereso. BIOPOLIS/CIBIO (University of Porto); Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Coimbra ; UNIARQ (University of Lisbon)
‘Long-term dynamics in vegetation, agriculture and human societies: from the last hunter-gatherers until the 21st C. in northeast Portugal‘

18/04/23
Amal Al Kassem. ARCO Research Center
‘The impact of the Syrian conflict on archaeological sites in Al-Hasakah and Daraa provinces‘

16/06/23
Dr. Dan Stewart. School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester
‘Counting the Cost: Time, Event, and Process in Landscape Archaeology‘

24/02/22
Prof. Nena Galanidou (University of Crete)
‘The Inner Ionian Archipelago research: towards a hybrid island archaeology’

23/03/22
Dr. Xavier Rubio (Universitat de Barcelona)
‘Contextualizing conflict spaces in Julius Caesar’s civil war using connectivity analysis’

28/04/22
Prof. Natalia Alonso Martínez (Universitat de Lleida)
‘Continuities and Innovations in Agriculture and Plant Processing in NW Mediterranean during the 1st millennium BC’

26/05/22
Prof. Andrew Bevan (University College London)
‘Model-based Mediterraneans’

February 24th – June 09th 2021. Organisers:

• Giannis Apostolou
• Arnau Carbonell Puigventós
• Abel Gallego-Valle
• Valentina Pescini