September 2015

The 3^rd stage of archaeological ‪excavation‬ at "Pago del Jarafí" (‪Lanteira‬)  finished. We thank all the volunteers for their work. See you the next year!! ‪

Marta Saenz de Rodrigañez, student of the Environmental Hydraulics: Integrated Watershed Management, presented her master thesis on  "Water circulation capacity of the Barjas traditional irrigation system (Cañar). Potencial impact at local scale", carried out within the  MEMOLA project. Congratulations!

Eva Gibaja García, ‪environmental‬ student, presented her master thesis on "How much scientist can be traditional knowledge? The water managers of ‪Sierra Nevada‬", carried out within the MEMOLA project. Congratulations!

José Caballero López, ‪Archaeology‬ student, has presented his master thesis on "Three-dimensional record of 30,000 area from the archaeological excavation of Pago del Jarafí (‪Lanteira‬)", carried out within the MEMOLA project. Congratulations!

MEMOLA presenta, en la Noche Europea de los Investigadores, el proyecto y  la situación actual de los sistemas históricos de regadío y las problemáticas que las afectan, así como posibles soluciones tanto del ámbito de la investigación como desde la propiedad sociedad.

Preparation of field activities to be held in ‪Colli Euganei‬ from 12 to 15 of October 2015 with the partners of ‪the University of Padova, the University of Palermo and the University of Cordoba‬. It will focus on soil sampling in different types of landscapes for ‪soil‬, ‪botany‬ and ‪agronomy‬ analysis.

Yesterday the volunteers, of the archaeological excavation of "Pago del Jarafí" (Lanteria, Granada), visited the Alquife mines (Granada) with J.M. Martín Civantos, coordinator of MEMOLA project. 

El lunes comenzó el tercer turno de voluntarios de la excavación arqueológica en el "Pago del Jarafí" (Lanteira, Granada). Gracias a todos los voluntarios y técnicos.

Hoy la Universidad de Granada presenta " Paisajes Históricos de Alcudia de Guadix (Granada) por  J.M. Martín Civantos en  Alcudia de Guadix (Granada)

Event aimed at the whole community, schools, associations, institutions, experts, individual stakeholders.

Objective: create suggestions inspired by the experiences of the study and design of each speaker in order to interpret or reinterpret the role of Venetian villas and territories interested in social, cultural, environmental, but also economic, all in a sustainability perspective.
The elements discussed are intended as stimuli for new projects for the promotion and enhancement of the Veneto villas and their territories. The conference wants to be the same opportunity to "network" between the stakeholders.

It is expected to articulate the convention in the following sections: villas and land, education for sustainable development, conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage.

The conference, held by Prof. Brogiolo, Prof. Chavarria and Dr. Sarabia will be focused on the research developed within the MEMOLA project, in relation to the area of the Euganean Hills and the Adige river, giving account of the results of research on landscape highlighting the innovative aspects of methodology and promotion of cultural heritage with community involvement.

The second stage of ‪archaeological‬ ‪excavation‬ at "Pago del Jarafí" (‪‎Lanteira‬,‪ Granada‬)‪‬ finished this Friday. We thank all the volunteers for their work

A. Chavarría Arnau, A. Reynolds (eds.), 2015: Detecting and understanding historic landscapes, PCA Studies 2, SAP SOCIETÀ ARCHEOLOGICA S.R.L., Mantova.

The origins of this book lay in the international summer school "Detecting and interpreting landscape transformation" held in the inspiring setting of the Euganean Hills south of Padua, Italy in September 2013. The variety of methods, techniques, themes and topics covered during the summer school fairly reflected the current state of play in the field of landscape archaeology as broadly defined. As a result the publishing of this book was conceived to provide a practical guide to studying the archaeology of historic landscapes covering innovative approaches and methods, in the hope that it can serve as work of reference for archaeologist, academics and other professionals interested in the understanding of historic landscapes.

The book is composed of 16 chapters, written by outstanding international specialists, which allow the reader to understand how comprehensive research on historic landscape can be achieved. Special care has been taken in assuring the homogeneity of the different texts, which include separate illustrative case studies, box features and suggested further reading on the various topics in order to provide a useful tool for the teaching of landscape archaeology.

Contents

1. Detecting and understanding historic landscapes: approaches, methods and beneficiaries. Alexandra Chavarría Arnau

2. New directions in medieval landscape archaeology: an anglo-saxon perspective. Andrew Reynolds

3. Aerial photographs and aerial reconnaissance for landscape studies. David C. Cowley

4. Using airborne lidar in interpreting archaeological landscapes. Simon Crutchley

5. Reconnaissance of archaeology marks through satellite synthetic aperture radar. Rosa Lasaponara, Nicola Masini

6. Cropping for a better future: vegetation indices in archaeology. Armando de Guio

7. Historic landscape analysis: understanding the past in the present. Stephen Rippon

8. Archaeogeography and planimetric landscapes. Robin Brigand

9. Places-names in landscape archaeology. Richard Jones

10. Landscapes of hydraulic energy in medieval europe. Colin Rynne

11. Landscapes, settlements and sustainability. Carlo Citter

12. Reading the soilscape and the anthropic impact in its evolution. Robert Langohr, Cristiano Nicosia, Yannick Devos

13. Archaeobotany and past landscapes. Meriel McClatchie

14. The Landscape zooarchaeology of medieval england. Naomi Sykes

15. Landscape archaeology and rural communities: ethnoecology and social involvement. José María Martín Civantos

16. Some principles and methods for a stratigraphic study of historic landscapes. Gian Pietro Brogiolo

SALES:

Refer to this page:

www.archeologica.it to find out more information's on subscribing and methods of payment. Outside Italy contact for libraries: www.casalini.it

Società Archeologica srl, Viale dei Fienili 39a, 46020 Quingentole (Mn). Tel. +39038642591

MEMOLA project organized the session "Mediterranean mountainous landscapes: historical agrosystems, identity and heritage" by J.M. Martín Civantos and A. Chavarría Arnau in the European Association of Archaeologist. 21st Annual Meeting in Glasgow (UK)

In this session participated the MEMOLA partners:

- The University of Granada, Arqueoandalusí Arqueología y Patrimonio S.L. and the University of Sheffield  presented "Pizzo Monaco: the formation of a new social landscape in Sicily (Italy) " by J.M. Martín Civantos; M.T. Bonet García and R. Corselli. 

- The University of Granada presented "Seeding water up high in the mountains...Peasant productive logics in Sierra Nevada since the Islamic period (Granada-Almería, Spain) " by  J.M. Martín Civantos .

- CeRPHAAL presented "Legacy and reflections in the historical landscape of the Upper River Vjosa Valley (SE Albania) " by E. Serjani and A. Miti.

- The University of Padova presented "Archaeology, landscape and hydraulic technology in the Euganean Hills and the plains of the south-east of Padua" by J. Sarabia Bautista

Also Arqueoandalusi Arqueología y Patrimonio S.L  and the University of Granada presented "Dissemination the MEMOLA Project " by M.T. Bonet García.; L. Delgado Anés and J.M. Martín Civantos at the session "Communicating Archaeology: Communicating Landscapes"

Este lunes comenzó el segundo turno de voluntarios de la ‪excavación‬ ‪arqueológica‬ en el "Pago del Jarafí" (‪Lanteira‬, ‪Granada‬) ‬. Gracias a todos los voluntarios y técnicos.