GIAP
Landscape Archaeology Research Group
Josep Maria Palet, Hèctor A. Orengo
giap@icac.cat
Established in 2004, it was recognized as an emerging group by AGAUR in 2009 (SGR1219). Between 2014 and 2021, it was part of the MIRMED GRC (2014 SGR 1197 and 2017 SGR 970). In the SGR-Cat 2021 call from AGAUR, it was acknowledged as a Consolidated Research Group of the Generalitat de Catalunya with file number 2021 SGR 00992.
GIAP aims to study long-term human-environment interactions through the physical and biological imprints left on the landscape by its past inhabitants. To do so, GIAP has a strong interdisciplinary approach, which includes bioarchaeology and palaeoenvironment, geoarchaeology, survey, archaeomorphological analysis, and computational approaches, including GIS, remote sensing, and machine learning.
GIAP is well-recognised internationally for its research on mountain archaeology and pastoralism, studies on field systems based on archaeomorphological analysis, and computational archaeology, including remote sensing and geosciences.
Its members currently direct projects in Catalonia, Greece, Turkey, and India and participate in projects in Italy, the UK, Mongolia, and Iran. Our network of regular collaborators includes teams and researchers from all the previously mentioned countries plus the United States and France.
