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Lecture Announcement: Turning Mud Into Bricks

The project Building sustainability aims to investigate Levantine Iron Age earthen architecture as a reflection of social dynamics, using the approach of analysing mudbricks as material culture. The study examines changes in architectural form and technology alongside the reconstruction of technological and social processes of earthen materials manufacture and construction in monumental public architecture in […]

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Lecture Announcement: Re-Considering Hellenistic North Mesopotamia. Investigations at Girdi Matrab and in the Erbil Plain

The transition from Assyria to the Seleucids in North Mesopotamia is one of the most fascinating examples of imperial durability, manifested through phenomena of change and resilience. In this talk I will use a multi-scalar approach to explore the transformation of the settlements structure in the former Assyrian heartland from the late Iron Age to […]

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Event Announcement! Archaeo-Informatics: Challenges in Digital Archaeology

Modern archaeology is increasingly reliant on digital technology, from the documentation of finds and features through subsequent analyses and up to the resulting publications. This is, of course, quite wonderful, but this trend also presents archaeologists with previously unexpected challenges. Under the title “Archaeo-Informatics: Challenges in Digital Archaeology”, the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological […]

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Workshop “Earthen Architecture Design and Construction Sustainability Practice”

Second NOS-HS Workshop on “Earthen architecture design and construction sustainability practice” hold in Lund, Sweden, 20th and 21st June 2022. In the framework of the NENA Initiative and the Research cooperation on earthen architecture “Earthen Architecture in Nordic research: Historic knowledge, Social Impact and Sustainability” (https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/projects/earthen-architecture-in-nordic-research-historic-knowledge-social) funded by the Nordic Research Council the second NOS-HS […]

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New Website Miletus Excavation

The Miletus Excavation (www.miletgrabung.uni-hamburg.de) has a new website that provides information about the ruins of Miletus, its landscape, and its history. Miletus was one of the most important cities of classical antiquity. Photo: Miletus Excavation, University Hamburg The first excavations took place more than 130 years ago. Since 2018, they have been carried out by […]