{"id":97062,"date":"2024-12-12T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icac.cat\/?p=97062"},"modified":"2024-12-18T11:34:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T10:34:48","slug":"experimental-cultivations-dark-aegean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/actualitat\/noticies\/2024\/experimental-cultivations-dark-aegean\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd year of experimental cultivations of free-threshing wheat: archaeobotanical and agronomic synergies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of November, Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/qui-som\/personal\/alivarda\/\">Alexandra Livarda<\/a>, the PI of the <a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/recerca\/projectes-de-recerca\/projecte\/darkaegean-pid2022-139907nb-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> I+D DarkAegean<\/a> project<em>\u00a0The agricultural economy of the Aegean \u2018Dark Ages\u2019 through machine learning-powered 3D cereal grain morphometrics<\/em> (PID2022-139907NB-I00) visited the collaborating team of agronomers led by Dr Ioannis Mylonas at Thermi Thessalonikis, Greece. The researchers visited the fields and revised the work on the new year of cultivations of free-threshing wheat at the facilities of ELGO-DIMITRA.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the second year of experimentally cultivating a series of free-threshing wheat landraces with different combinations of irrigation and manuring regimes towards the creation of a new methodological tool for the identification of agricultural regimes using the shape of grains with application to archaeology.<\/p>\n<p>Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/qui-som\/personal\/alivarda\/\">Livarda<\/a> and Dr Mylonas also had the chance to revise the new instruments bought this year to measure the characteristics of the experimentally cultivated plants and their grains and, importantly, set the \u2018seeds\u2019 for the next phase of their collaboration!<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"7091c92b-9679-45a6-9f6d-57372b84b60e\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icac.cat\\\/en\\\/actualitat\\\/noticies\\\/2024\\\/experimental-cultivations-dark-aegean\\\/\"}' class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\" data-original-width=\"790\"><div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 785px; height: 518px;\"><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 393px; height: 522px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/actualitat\/noticies\/2024\/experimental-cultivations-dark-aegean\/post-2_giap-dark-aegean_2024-3-2\/\"><img data-attachment-id=\"97050\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/post-2_GIAP-Dark-Aegean_2024-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"post 2_GIAP Dark Aegean_2024 (3)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/post-2_GIAP-Dark-Aegean_2024-3-400x533.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/post-2_GIAP-Dark-Aegean_2024-3-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/post-2_GIAP-Dark-Aegean_2024-3-389x518.jpg\" width=\"389\" height=\"518\" align=\"left\" title=\"post 2_GIAP Dark Aegean_2024 (3)\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 392px; height: 522px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/actualitat\/noticies\/2024\/experimental-cultivations-dark-aegean\/post-2_giap-dark-aegean_2024-2-2\/\"><img data-attachment-id=\"97053\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/post-2_GIAP-Dark-Aegean_2024-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"post 2_GIAP Dark Aegean_2024 (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/post-2_GIAP-Dark-Aegean_2024-2-400x533.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/post-2_GIAP-Dark-Aegean_2024-2-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/post-2_GIAP-Dark-Aegean_2024-2-388x518.jpg\" width=\"388\" height=\"518\" align=\"left\" title=\"post 2_GIAP Dark Aegean_2024 (2)\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Part of the 2024 wheat harvest ready to be transported for the next step of the study.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4639\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-ao.shortpixel.ai\/client\/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_768,h_227\/https:\/\/giap.icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ID2021_logo.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sp-ao.shortpixel.ai\/client\/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_768\/https:\/\/giap.icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ID2021_logo.png 768w, https:\/\/sp-ao.shortpixel.ai\/client\/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_300\/https:\/\/giap.icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ID2021_logo-300x89.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"227\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The project\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/recerca\/projectes-de-recerca\/projecte\/the-agricultural-economy-of-the-aegean-dark-ages-through-machine-learning-powered-3d-cereal-grain-morphometrics-pid2022-139907nb-i00\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DarkAegean. The agricultural economy of the Aegean Dark Ages through machine learning-powered 3D cereal grain morphometrics<\/a><em>\u00a0(PID2022-139907NB-I00)<\/em>\u00a0is funded by MCIN\/AEI \/10.13039\/501100011033\/ and by \u201cFEDER Una manera de hacer Europa\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<h5>Related news:<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giap.icac.cat\/2024\/12\/05\/2nd-year-of-experimental-cultivations-of-free-threshing-wheat-archaeobotanical-and-agronomic-synergies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00ab2nd Year of experimental cultivations of free-threshing wheat: archaeobotanical and agronomic synergies\u00bb<\/a>, GIAP website (ICAC), 5 de diciembre de 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/es\/actualitat\/noticies\/2024\/cultivo-experimental-giap-grecia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00abNew season of experimental cultivation in Greece!\u00bb<\/a>, ICAC, February 15, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giap.icac.cat\/2024\/02\/14\/new-season-of-experimental-cultivations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00abNew season of experimental cultivations!\u00bb<\/a>, GIAP (ICAC), February 14, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/actualitat\/noticies\/2022\/harvest2022darkrevisited2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00abGIAP experimental cultivations in Greece: second year of successful harvest!\u00bb<\/a>, ICAC, July 30, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/actualitat\/noticies\/2022\/harvest2022darkrevisited\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00abLet the harvest begin! Second-year of experimental cultivations in Greece\u00bb<\/a>, ICAC, July 4, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/actualitat\/noticies\/2021\/a-giap-project-with-experimental-cultivations-will-create-a-new-methodological-tool-for-the-investigation-of-agriculture-in-the-past\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00abA GIAP project with experimental cultivations will create a new methodological tool for the investigation of agriculture in the past\u00bb<\/a>, ICAC, July 4, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaradio.cat\/arqueobotanica-el-que-expliquen-les-llavors-antigues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u00abToquem Pedra!<\/em>\u00a0Arqueobot\u00e0nica: el que expliquen les llavors antigues\u00bb<\/a>. Con Alexandra Livarda, Tarragona R\u00e0dio, May 25, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/actualitat\/noticies\/2023\/festa-ciencia-archaeobotany-giap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00abAt the Barcelona Science Fest, we cultivate knowledge with Archaeobotany!\u00bb<\/a>, ICAC, June 13, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>About the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC)<\/h6>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/\">Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC-CERCA)<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0<strong>a CERCA center<\/strong>\u00a0established as a consortium in 2003 by the Government of Catalonia and the Rovira i Virgili University. It is a Catalan institution with an international scope, at the forefront of research and conservation of archaeological heritage. Its headquarters are in Tarragona, a city recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. Its researchers work to understand the past, through the study of archaeological remains, and promote the preservation of the historical legacy. We are CERCA!<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icac.cat\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">www.icac.cat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-80280\" src=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CERCA-MARCA-A-400x157.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CERCA-MARCA-A-400x157.jpg 400w, https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CERCA-MARCA-A-1024x401.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CERCA-MARCA-A-768x301.jpg 768w, https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CERCA-MARCA-A-1536x602.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CERCA-MARCA-A.jpg 1830w\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"157\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of November, Dr Alexandra Livarda, the PI of the I+D DarkAegean project\u00a0The agricultural economy of the Aegean \u2018Dark Ages\u2019 through machine learning-powered 3D cereal grain morphometrics (PID2022-139907NB-I00) visited the collaborating team of agronomers led by Dr Ioannis Mylonas at Thermi Thessalonikis, Greece. 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