Tag: water management

Our work featured in New Scientist!

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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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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Next GIAP Seminar: “Sustainable Hydraulic Landscapes in southern Iraq”

March 20th 12h CET “Sustainable hydraulic landscapes in southern Iraq“ Dr. Jaafar JotheriUniversity of Al-Qadisiyah Dr. Louise RayneUniversity of Newcastle Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/GIAPseminars2024Open event. No registration required. Hosted in Microsoft Teams (no Microsoft/Teams account needed). Abstract:  In the arid environment of southern Iraq, irrigation is necessary to facilitate cultivation. Dense networks of intersecting and overlying canal systems…
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New Evidence for Urban Agriculture at Mid-3rd Millenium B.C.E. Tell Brak

An excavation at Tell Brak, Syria, reveals charred cereals from the Early Bronze Age. A new study, led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC-CERCA) and the University of Michigan, offers insights into farming strategies, trade dynamics, and water management in this ancient urban center. Diffey C,…
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The application of satellite imagery in the landscape archaeology in the Near East 

MSCA postdoctoral fellow Nazarij Buławka was invited yesterday to present on the “Seminar II: Near East Archaeology” of the “Master’s on Bioarchaeology and/or Eastern Mediterranean and Near Eastern Archaeology” at the Faculty of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw (picture by Miron Bogacki for the University of Warsaw): The application of satellite imagery in the…
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