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23/07/2021

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Almost 9,000 burial mounds detected in Galicia by Artificial Intelligence

Recently, an article in La Vanguardia highlighted our projects in Galicia (Spain), where we have been using Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning to automatise the detection of archaeological features, structures, and sites. With this post, we wanted to provide insight into this transformative methodology. A transformative methodology Artificial intelligence (AI) is being considered the fourth industrial revolution. […]

13/07/2021

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En marxa els treballs d’excavació al jaciment de Costa de la Serra (La Secuita, Tarragona)

Una nova campanya de treballs arqueològics al fortí tardorepublicà de la Costa de la Serra (La Secuita, Tarragonès). Del 28 de juny al 16 de juliol s’hi duu a terme una intervenció programada amb un petit equip de camp format per investigadors de l’ICAC, estudiants del Màster interuniversitari en Arqueologia Clàssica (URV-UAB-ICAC), dels graus d’Història i d’Història de […]

12/07/2021

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The ICAC relies now on its own Protocol for prevention and action against violence and harassment at work.

The Protocol was approved at the end of December 2020. The first half of 2021 efforts have been put into its application and the implementation of the main prevention measures. In September 2018, at the 25th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, in Barcelona, it was communicated a study on sexual harassment in archaeology; especially in […]

6/07/2021

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The ICAC Activity Report 2020 is now posted. Have a look!

2020 will remain forever etched in our memories. It has been a year of suspension of face-to-face activities and many kinds of academic activities, conferences, trips, stays, fieldwork, lab research, and dissemination. The impact of the pandemic on the field of archaeology has been significant. A survey conducted by the Plataforma Estatal de Profesionales de la Arqueología reported economic […]

2/07/2021

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2021 archaeological works start at the Roman site of Mas dels Frares (Constantí, Tarragona)

The ICAC started this week the archaeological excavation works for the 2021 campaign at the Roman town of Mas dels Frares, sited in the town of Constantí (Tarragona). The intervention will take place from June 28 to July 30, 2021. The activity belongs to the research project Estudi i difusió de la vil·la romana del Mas dels […]

28/06/2021

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A GIAP project with experimental cultivations will create a new methodological tool for the investigation of agriculture in the past

An ambitious project to create a new tool that will allow using the 3D morphology of grains to distinguish agricultural regimes. Reporting Alexandra Livarda and Alexandra Kriti, GIAP (original post) Archaeobotany and the study of seeds and grains can be very frustrating, especially when compared to other bioarchaeological disciplines, like zooarchaeology. Let us explain: when you have an animal bone you […]

16/06/2021

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Open Science: Journal Metrics, Paper Metrics, and Profiles

This Thursday, June 17, new action to boost Open Science at the ICAC! The commitment to so-called Open Science requires a complete review of the mechanisms for evaluating scientific activity and, especially, the real impact of this activity. We must abandone inadequate, biased and incomplete metrics, while explaining their defects and limitations, to favor the […]

14/06/2021

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La Ciutadella de Calafell és l’escenari dels treballs d’arqueologia experimental d’un projecte de l’ICAC sobre estructures de combustió de l’edat del ferro a la Mediterrània

Del 14 al 18 de juny, l’equip del projecte TransComb posarà en funcionament a la Ciutadella de Calafell un conjunt de set estructures de combustió protohistòriques, utilitzant diversos combustibles (fustes i vegetals, fems d’ovella i de vaca…) i fent proves de cocció d’aliments. Durant tot el primer mil·lenni aC (i seguint una tradició que remunta al neolític), les llars tenen un element […]

9/06/2021

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GIAP team, international partner of a project that will help preserve archaeological heritage in South Asia

The project Mapping Archaeological Heritage in South Asia (MAHSA) is funded by Arcadia Foundation and aims to support Pakistani and Indian Archeology and Heritage Management Professionals to identify and protect the historical and prehistoric heritage of the area, using sustainable approaches. Hèctor A. Orengo, Ramón y Cajal researcher at the ICAC and codirector of GIAP, is the […]

31/05/2021

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Archaeological works at the Roman villa ‘Mas dels Frares’ (Constantí, Tarragona)

ICAC runs this summer a new campaign of archaeological works at the Roman villa of Mas dels Frares (Constantí, Tarragona). The intervention will take place from June 28 to July 30, 2021. The activity belongs to the research project Estudi i difusió de la vil·la romana del Mas dels Frares (Constantí, Tarragonès), I Fase (Projecte quadriennal […]

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