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9/02/2024
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Southern Catalonia CERCA Centers Meets at Catalan Parliament to Ask Research Infrastructure Investments

Yesterday, February 8th, leaders of the CERCA research centers in Southern Catalonia held a pivotal meeting with representatives from the Parliament of Catalonia. The meeting underscored the pivotal role of research as a driver of regional development. Los equipos de dirección de los centros CERCA de Tarragona (el Instituto Catalán de Arqueología Clásica, ICAC-CERCA; el […]
9/02/2024
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ICAC-CERCA will lead the European project Cultur-Monts, in favor of knowledge transfer for sustainable development in southwestern Europe

The European project Cultur-Monts, led by ICAC-CERCA with a consortium of ten beneficiary partners from Spain, France, and Portugal, has been approved in the 1st call of the Interreg VI-B Sudoe program (2021-27). The Cultur-Monts project, entitled “Valorización de los paisajes culturales de montaña: un recurso de desarrollo territorial sostenible” has been ranked first in […]
25/01/2024
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Newly established route for archaeological exploration or visits at the Cathedral of Tarragona

The Tarragona Cathedral features a new visitable museum space: a route that allows access to archaeological sites previously closed to the public. This archaeological and musealization effort, driven by the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC-CERCA) and the Diocesan Museum of Tarragona, has received support from the Cathedral Chapter, the Department of Culture of the […]
16/10/2023
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2,500-Year-Old Roots of Transhumance: Pioneering Study Reveals Iberian Communities’ Seasonal Livestock Movements

A study led by IPHES-CERCA featured in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology demonstrates that Iberian communities in Catalonia practiced seasonal altitudinal movements. The biogeochemical analysis of different stable isotopes applied to a set of sheep teeth from four Catalan archaeological sites has allowed researchers to confirm that, between the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, […]
9/10/2023
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The Zagori Cultural Landscape made it to UNESCO’S World Heritage List

The plenary session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh has confirmed the inscription of the Cultural Landscape of Zagori on the UNESCO World Heritage List. At ICAC, we have many reasons to celebrate this. Especially because one of our postdoctoral researchers, Dr. Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou, has been a key member of the editorial team […]
8/08/2023
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Breakthrough Algorithms Uncover 6,000 Potential Archaeological Mounds, Setting Unprecedented Milestone in Ancient Landscape Reconstruction

A new breakthrough publication presents two algorithms for the large-scale automatic detection and instance segmentation of potential archaeological mounds on historical maps. These results led to the detection of nearly 6,000 mound features across an expansive area of 470,500 square kilometers in the Indus River basin. This remarkable achievement represents the most extensive application of […]
4/07/2023
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The ICAC in a shell, 2022

The ICAC publishes the Activity Report 2022, with a new format that focuses on the synthesis of information and visual presentation of results. We invite you to explore the summary of activities of the Institute during 2022; from research projects and scientific production to several actions that contribute to the preservation and dissemination of classical […]
14/06/2023
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ICAC Launches Exciting New Website Empowering Open Science!

The Documentation and Library Centre of the ICAC has launched a new website dedicated to open science, aiming to facilitate the adoption of open science practices by its research staff. Through this new gate, the ICAC promotes the importance of sharing and managing research data following the FAIR principles and provides advice, access to tools, […]
13/06/2023
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At the Barcelona Science Fest, we cultivate knowledge with Archaeobotany!

This weekend, Rambla Prim in Barcelona has been buzzing with families and researchers at the 16th Science Festival.  We the ICAC (Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology) participated in the event with a workshop on cereal cultivation and sustainable food, where children and their families interacted with large-scale reproductions of ancient cereal seeds and performed tasks […]
30/05/2023
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An archaeological excavation by the ICAC reveals new sections of the ancient Gaià Roman aqueduct in Pallaresos (Tarragona)

Discover the hidden secrets of the ancient Roman aqueduct in Els Pallaresos (Tarragona) In a new stage of the exciting research project led by the ICAC on the Roman aqueducts of Tarraco, two archaeological interventions have been carried out, uncovering a new section of the ancient Gaià aqueduct as it passes through the Pallaresos area […]
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