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Read more at: Promised: Promoting Archaeological Science in the Eastern Mediterranean

Promised: Promoting Archaeological Science in the Eastern Mediterranean

The Promised project forms a network of excellence in Bioarchaeology and Archaeological Materials Science within the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC) at the Cyprus Institute linked with the advanced research centres in Archaeological Science at KU Leuven and the University of Cambridge.


Read more at: Beasts to Craft: Biocodicology as a new approach to the study of parchment manuscripts

Beasts to Craft: Biocodicology as a new approach to the study of parchment manuscripts

The aim of the ERC project Beasts to Craft (B2C) is to document the biological and craft records in parchment in order to reveal the entangled histories of improvement and parchment production in Europe from 500-1900 AD.


Read more at: Yangshao Culture: 100 Year Research History and Heritage Impact

Yangshao Culture: 100 Year Research History and Heritage Impact

This project analyzes the historiography of the Yangshao Culture and its functioning as a heritage icon for the Chinese nation as well as its impact on various societal concerns.


Read more at: Safeguarding Sites: the IHRA Charter for Best Practice

Safeguarding Sites: the IHRA Charter for Best Practice

This five-year project funded by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance seeks to write European heritage guidelines for Holocaust and Roma genocide sites in order to safeguard them for the future.


Read more at: Archaeological science and globalisation: Great Zimbabwe

Archaeological science and globalisation: Great Zimbabwe

This project aims to study the crucibles and finished metal objects recently recovered from the Great Zimbabwe World Heritage site, using techniques from earth and materials sciences.


Read more at: Must Farm Project

Must Farm Project

The Must Farm project is the first landscape scale archaeological investigation of deep Fenland, with its complex geological history.


Read more at: ENCOUNTER

ENCOUNTER

ENCOUNTER investigates the Jomon-Yayoi transition, a demic and cultural diffusion event that led the predominantly hunting, gathering, and fishing-based communities of the Japanese islands to adopt rice and millet farming during the 1st millennium BC.


Read more at: Szazhalombatta, Hungary

Szazhalombatta, Hungary

A Bronze Age fortified tell settlement on the right bank of the river Danube 30km south of Budapest.


Read more at: Cape Verde

Cape Verde

Archaeological investigation of the history of Cape Verde.