The speakers will give a general introduction to earth and turf building across the Roman empire, highlighting the variety of materials and methods applied. Recent work on case studies from the NW provinces, as part of the Leverhulme Trust funded research project “Earthen Empire“, shows the depth of insight that can be gained from analysing […]

From 28.02. – 06.03.2022 a workshop and training program in Environmental Archaeology will take place, with online lectures in Archaeological Science and practical courses in Archaeobotany (macro-remains and micro-remains), and Physical Anthropology to be held in Gaziantep/Turkey. The course will provide students with an introductory comprehension of some of the key sub-disciplines of bioarchaeology and […]

Next Tuesday, 08 February at 19:00 (17:00 CET), our colleagues Andreas Schachner and Dominique Krüger will present a lecture at The British Institute at Ankara about “Assyrians, Hittites and Romans in Boğazköy / Ḫattuša”. Graphic: Britsh Institute at Ankara The lecture will take place on Zoom. For more information please visit the following website https://biaa.ac.uk/event/online-lecture-about-assyrians-hittites-and-romans-in-bogazkoy-battusa

The study of the Early Neolithic (ca. 9,600 to 8,000 BC) in south-eastern Turkey (between the Euphrates and the Tigris) can look back on the results of numerous excavations from almost six decades of archaeological fieldwork. Our understanding of the transition from hunter-gatherer to productive societies (Neolithization) has been influenced by discoveries at early Neolithic […]