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  AR&PA International Congress. Cultural Tourism
Valladolid, November 14-16

AMARC-IEU: 07/11/2024
Antiquity and Middle Ages Research Centre and the IE Archaeology Unit are participating in the International Congress AR&PA 2024, to be held in Valladolid on 14-16 November to discuss the new challenges of Cultural Heritage and Tourism. In this meeting, IE University contributes with the presentation of the latest advances of the Cauca Project: "Heritage, cultural industry, sustainable economy and new technologies".

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  IE University promotes restoration works in Santa Cruz la Real
Salvador Carmona, IEU Rector, highlights the institution's commitment to the preservation of Segovia's historical and cultural heritage

AMARC-IEU: 28/10/2024
IE University is investing more than 700,000 euros in rehabilitating the church of the former convent of Santa Cruz la Real in Segovia, the current Aula Magna of this university campus. This phase of the works, which counts on the contribution of the IE Archaeology Unit, is dedicated to solving the damages in the vault of the building, addressing its structural consolidation, the isolation of its roof and the restoration of decorative elements affected by different pathologies.

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  Vaults of Santa Cruz la Real church.  / R.A.  
     
   
     
  Wednesdays... in Byzantium
1st Cycle of lectures on Late Antiquity and the Byzantine World

AMARC-IEU: 22/10/2024
The Universidad Complutense de Madrid and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) are organising the 1st Cycle of Lectures on Late Antiquity and the Byzantine World, in which different international specialists will discuss different subjects related to this cultural and chronological horizon one Wednesday a month, from 5 to 7 pm. Among them, Professor Susana Torres Prieto, from IE University, will participate with her lecture: "Private Writing in Medieval Rus': Courtships and Certainties", on 22 January 2025, in the Salón de Grados de Facultad de Filología A of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

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  XI Meeting of Roman Sculpture in Hispania
October 17-19th

AMARC-IEU: 14/10/2024
The IE's Archaeology Unit will participate in the "XI Meeting on Roman Sculpture in Hispania", held by the University of Navarra, the Museum of Navarra, Los Bañales de Uncastillo and Santa Cruz de Eslava from October 17-19th. These sessions will bring together fifty esteemed experts in the fields of archaeology and Roman sculpture. During the sessions, they will address topics such as imperial representations, unpublished sculptures or new research in Hispanic sites. In this meeting, IE University contributes to the latest findings of ancient statuary made during the excavations in the Roman wall of Termes (Montejo deTiermes, Soria).

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  New keys to analyze Roman military topography
The archaeological campaign carried out by IE University provides significant results for the understanding of the archaeological site of Herrera de Pisuerga

DIARIO PALENTINO: 10/10/2024
The second campaign of archaeological excavations carried out by IE University in the Pago de La Jericho has provided significant results for understanding the archaeological site and the presence of Roman military troops in Hispania. The latest fieldwork, still under study and detailed analysis, has allowed us to contrast and expand the discoveries of the previous campaign, getting to know the site in depth and opening new lines of research on the structural remains of the archaeological site of Herrera de Pisuerga (Palencia, Spain). These archaeological works are part of the research project "Civil and military archaeology and architecture in Northern Hispania", developed by the Archaeology Unit of IE University in collaboration with the City Council of Herrera de Pisuerga and the Institute of Pisoraca Studies.

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  Field archaeology internship with students from IE School of Humanities / IEU.  
     
   
     
  The Charter of Brañosera in the National Library (BNE)
Brañosera Town Council organises a Conference on Medieval History at the National Library of Spain

SER: 04/10/2024
The Brañosera Town Council, in collaboration with Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE), is organising a historical conference entitled "In times of the Charter of Brañosera: The reign of Alfonso II El Casto (791-842)". The event is part of the commemoration of the 1200th anniversary of this code of laws, the oldest charter in Spain, which represents a fundamental milestone in the history of the territorial and legal organisation of the Iberian Peninsula. The conference will take place on 8th October at the BNE, and will bring together leading experts in Medieval History. Among them, Dr. Miguel Larrañaga, Director of Antiquity & Middle Ages Research Center at IE University, will give a talk on "Alfonso II and the beginnings of the Jacobean cult".

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  Field Trip and Workshop
Introduction to Digital Humanities

IE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES: 27/09/2024
This past weekend, our Bachelor in Humanities and Dual Degree in Business Administration and Humanities students embarked on an unforgettable adventure at Roman site in Herrera de Pisuerga (Palencia, Spain). Led by Professor Susana Torres as part of her Introduction to Digital Humanities class, and in collaboration with the Antiquity & Middle Ages Research Center at IE University, students got to mix traditional archaeology with cutting-edge tech. From hands-on excavation to exploring the latest innovations in heritage studies, this experience offered real-world insights into how ancient history and modern technology come together in the field of archaeology.

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  The consumption of Italic and Tarraconensis wine in Herrera de Pisuerga (Palencia, Spain)
Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Roman Archaeology: "Wine in Antiquity"

MUSEU BADALONA: 24/09/2024
This paper describes the consumption of Italian and Tarraconense wine in Herrera de Pisuerga in an early horizon from c. 24 BCE to 48 CE based on amphora imports. It is based on the excavation of dumping area outside the military camp known as La Chorquilla, which documents in detail the pattern of consumption of this period. Herrera de Pisuerga has a special amphora assemblage compared to other towns in the NW Hispania Citerior because of its quantities and variety. The most outstanding differences are the quantity and variety of amphora from the Tarraconensis province and the imports of Italian wine amphorae. This distinctive pattern of consumption may have been due to the origin of the soldiers from the Legio IIII Macedonica settled at Herrera, who came from Northern Italy.

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  "Once upon a time, Segovia"
Historians and specialists from academia and archaeological research will take part in the talks, which will be held in the Provincial Historical Archive between 17 September and 15 October

SEGOVIADIRECTO.COM: 13/09/2024
The Provincial Historical Archive of Segovia, is organising the series of conferences ‘Once upon a time, Segovia’ on Tuesdays 17 and 24 September and 1, 8 and 15 October. The programme of talks will take place at 19:30 in the Archive and attendance is open to all interested members of the public until full capacity is reached. (...) Cesáreo Pérez González and Pablo Arribas Lobo, from IE University, will address, in the first talk, the beginnings of the province with the conference: ‘From the origins of the Celtiberian hill to Roman Segovia’.

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  Theodosian virtual reality to revitalise Coca (Segovia, Spain)
IE University and the Town Council are planning a historical interpretation centre in a former hospital with European funds to create a self-sufficient cultural industry

EL NORTE DE CASTILLA: 08/09/2024
Coca is not just another village that is inexorably falling below the 2.000 population barrier. Its glorious past in Roman times is a weapon to create a profitable cultural industry in the 21st century. IE University, which is preparing a virtual reality project in the old hospital of the municipality to recreate the splendour of the years of Theodosius the Great —whose birth history places in the town— through a joint project with the City Council, which will apply for European funds for its implementation and hopes that it will serve as a magnet not only to add visitors, but also to add a parallel industry of activities that will bring wealth and neighbours.

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  3D reproduction of the Theodosian villa of Coca. / O. REYES (2021).  
     
   
     
  The IX Conference on Archeology and Natural Heritage concludes in Herrera de Pisuerga

PATRIMONIONATURAL.ORG: 31/07/2024
Once again, the Thematic Centre of the Crayfish located in Herrera de Pisuerga (Palencia, Spain) was the favoured venue for a conference focused on aspects of nature, science and natural heritage from the historical point of view of archaeology. This activity, shaped in lectures-colloquia by experts in the field, was held by IE University, the Herrera de Pisuerga Town Hall, the Pisoraca Studies Institute and the Natural Heritage Foundation.

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  Herrera de Pisuerga, a major importing centre in the north-west of the peninsula. The evidence of the amphorae from San Millán
Zephyrus. Journal of Prehistory and Archaeology

AMARC-IEU: 24/07/2024
The variety and quantity of amphorae found at the site of San Millán make it the excavation with the highest density of this type of remains documented so far in the archaeological complex of Herrera de Pisuerga (Palencia). This study shows the rich variety of their types, as well as their places of origin: Tarraconense and Baetica provinces, Aegean Sea and eastern Mediterranean, Italian peninsula -Adriatic and Tyrrhenian coasts-, Gallia -Narbonese area- and regional productions. On the other hand, we try to explain how the products contained in these amphorae were supplied to the camp of the legio IIII Macedonica in Herrera de Pisuerga, as well as the routes followed, analyzing the commercial relations and the characteristics of their transport.

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  Amphorae from the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean in San Millán (Pérez/Arribas/Carreras, 2024). / ZEPHYRUS.  
     
   
     
  IE University and the Coca City Council promote a sustainable tourism project with immersive technologies
Interview with Miguel Larrañaga, vice-rector of IE University and director of the Antiquity and Middle Ages Research Center

ONDA CERO SEGOVIA: 16/07/2024

 
     
   
     
   
     
   
     
  VII International Congress of SECAH
Lisbon, May 15-18, 2024

AMARC-IEU: 20/05/2024
The Archaeology Unit of IE University participated in the VII International Congress of the Society for the Study of Ancient Ceramics in Hispania (SECAH), held at the Universities of Lisbon and Nova de Lisboa, from May 15 to 18. The meeting focused on ceramics in the maritime port complexes of the Iberian Peninsula (4th century BC to 8th century AD), to which IE contributed with a paper on the terra sigillata of Montans and other Gallic productions in Hispania.

 
  Presidency of the VII International Congress of the SECAH. / PAL.  
     
   
     
  Visit to the National Archaeological Museum
Friday, April 26. Views on Archaeological Heritage III

CL: 29/04/2024
Third event of the "Looks at Archaeological Heritage" cycle. The IE Archaeology Club members visited the National Archaeological Museum (Madrid) to discover the work that's behind the diffusion and restoration process and to get to know some lesser-known pieces related to the periods studied through the series, with the help of the expert eyes of an archaeologist, Prof. Olivia Reyes (Archaeology Unit of IE University).

 
  IE Archaeology Club and prof. Olivia V. Reyes, at the National Archaeological Museum. / ORH.  
     
   
     
  Pompeii. A roman city in 100 objects
The adventure of knowledge

RTVE: 23/04/2024
Prof. Rubén Montoya, IE School of Humanities faculty member, presents his book "Pompeii. A Roman City in 100 Objects" (Editorial Critica), which deals with a Roman city buried by Mount Vesuvius, in the TV program "The Adventure of Knowledge", conducted by Mara Peterssen.

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  Two italian arretine sigillata "molioli" from Herrera de Pisuerga
Magazine of the Institute of Prehistory and Archeology Sautuola

AMARC-IEU: 19/04/2024
The article by PhD. Cesáreo Pérez, published in scientific magazine Sautuola's tribute dedicated to Ramón Bohigas Roldán (1956-2018), focuses its attention towards the study of two high imperial ceramic vessels found during archaeological excavations at Herrera de Pisuerga (Palencia, Spain). Both vessels were made in M. Perennius’ workshop in Arezzo (Italy) and are a very rare type of find for a location so far away from Italy. According to the archaeological context in which these “modiolo” ceramics appeared, it is very likely that they were used by the Legio IIII Macedonica officials in the 1st century BC.

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  Terra sigillata "modioli" from Herrera de Pisuerga. / CPG.  
     
   
     
  Rural heritage through history: Sepúlveda and Duratón
Saturday, April 13. Views on Heritage, II

CL: 15/04/2024
Second part of the Heritage event series: "Views on Heritage". On this occasion, the IE Archaeology Club, accompanied by Prof. Ruben Montoya (IE School of Humanities), moved to Sepúlveda and Duratón to visit the historical and archaeological heritage hidden within them: Romanic churches, Roman sites and a Visigothic necropolis.

 
  IE Archaeology Club, next to the Romanesque hermitage of Duratón. / PPS.  
     
   
     
  IE University’s Junior Advisory Board 2024

AMARC-IEU: 22/03/2024
This week, the AMARC Center and the Archaeology Unit has participated in the new edition of the IE University’s Junior Advisory Board 2024 (JAB). Based on Exploring Humanities, technologies and temporalities, professor Olivia Reyes has offered a session focused on how new technologies applied to archaeology improve and obtain successful results in the research process.

 
  IE University’s Junior Advisory Board 2024 / PAL.  
     
   
     
  Landscape Archaeology of Segovia
Sunday, March 17. Views on Heritage, I

CL: 18/03/2024
First part of the Views on Heritage event series. Led by the expert in medieval art, Prof. Miguel Larrañaga, the tour focused on exploring the medieval heritage of Segovia, analyzing the construction of Romanesque churches in the period between the 12th and 13th centuries and currently integrates into the current urban landscape.

 
  Views on Heritage, I. Prof. Miguel Larrañaga and IE Archaeology Club, in Segovia. / PPS.  
     
   
     
  Saturday, February 17th. The last days of Pompeii
Archaeology Club

CL: 19/02/2024
Last Saturday, the IE University Archaeology Club visited the immersive exhibition on the last days of Pompeii, currently on display at the MAD Center (Madrid Digital Arts) in Matadero de Madrid. Led by Professor Rubén Montoya, the experience was an immersive approach to the ancient Roman city, taking advantage of new technologies such as virtual and augmented realities.

 
  IE Archaeology Club, in MAD / PPS.  
     
   
     
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