(Re)Constructing the Archaeology of Mobile Pastoralism - CAMP

MAPHSA - Mapping the Archaeological Pre-Columbian Heritage of South America

The Fifth Cataract Project
This project explores the area of the Fifth Cataract in Sudan with the aim to understand and reconstruct population dynamics over time, past land use and human adaptation to climatic- and environmental changes. This will be achieved through a...

RAINDROPS
RAINDROPS aims to provide a long-term perspective on human adaptation to and the establishment of resilient cultivation systems in drylands.

Protein and Lipid analysis of Ancient Ceramics in South Asia
South Asia has a rich and varied culinary past, with evidence of the domestication of a range of plants and animals in the Neolithic period as well as the adoption of new crops and animals throughout prehistory and history. Techniques in...

GEA: Geo-EthnoArchaeology of the use of space
The objective of GEA is to generate a richer archaeological record through an innovative geo-ethnoarchaeological methodology applied to the anthropogenic sediments at Stone Walled Sites

Increasing the FAIRness of Phytolith Data
Phytoliths are silica-bodies that form within plant cells during the lifetime of the plant. When the plant dies, phytoliths become deposited naturally in the soil or, if the plant has been exploited by humans, in archaeological layers. These...

Land Use: from Global to Local
Earth system models help us to understand the earth system as a whole, elucidate the drivers of change, and provide future scenarios for policymakers. It is thus critical that we continue to improve them. A major research inquiry that crosscuts...

Mapping the Archaeological Heritage of South Asia
The Mapping Archaeological Heritage in South Asia (MAHSA) project will document the endangered archaeology and cultural heritage of the Indus River Basin and the surrounding areas and publish this information in an Open Access Arches geospatial...

ModAgrO - Modeling the Agricultural Origins and Urbanism in South Asia
The project investigates the origin of farming communities in the Indus Valley and the agricultural dynamics that supported the processes of urbanization leading to one of the major cultural traditions of prehistory, the Indus Civilization.

Moving Marketplaces (MMP): Following the Everyday Production of Inclusive Public Spaces
Investigating both rural and urban marketplaces across four countries MMP uses a translocal perspective to help deepen theoretical and empirical understandings of how marketplaces are produced as inclusive spaces.

FROM PAST TO PRESENT: DIETARY CHANGES AS DRIVERS OF RESILIENCE IN DRYLANDS
The study of long-term changes in subsistence strategies and related human diets offers the unique opportunity to investigate the adaptive dynamics of humans to climate and environmental change.

Water p-ROOF: experimental rooftop garden
The Water p-ROOF project aims at converting part of the rooftop of the Mercè Rodoreda Building at Univeristat Pompeu Fabra in a plant growing experimental station. It combines lysimeter and big planter facilities and it will be initially used to...