ALESSANDRA VARALLI14 abr 20203 min.3…2…1…let’s start with the stable isotope analysesFour weeks have passed since my last day in the office…and even more since my last lab work, how I miss those days! I have started to...
Stefano23 mar 20201 min.Working during COVID lockdown....and dreaming of fieldwork!We are privileged workers. We have always known it. We travel around the globe, we do research, we investigate, we meet cool people. Yet,...
Abel10 sept 20196 min.The adventures of an ethnoarchaeologist in EthiopiaMay 13th, 7 p.m. We finally got there. After one of the shortest 20 hours trips of my life we finally got to Adigrat. Yes, I know… Where...
Carla27 ago 20192 min.New project publicationsWhile on holidays (yes, we all got to enjoy nice off-time with families during August! ;-) the research did not stop completely and, as a...
Carla18 abr 20191 min.We are hiring!So, you know when you look at the PEOPLE page and you see that one missing picture right at the center of the page? We are looking to...
Francesca19 mar 20193 min.Plant growing experiments at ICRISATIt has been two months since I arrived at ICRISAT. In less than one day I realised that this is a calm and green paradise inside India,...
Carla10 oct 20184 min.The role of archaeology today (as I see it)Disclaimer: this entry is a very personal reflection on how I think archaeology is too often presented to the public, both general as...
Stefano11 jul 20181 min.First contact with Botswana’s southern drylands: A possible spin-off?Although RAINDROPS has its own well-established three case studies, one of use has made a discreet foray into South African archaeology...
Carla8 jun 20182 min.RAINDROPS' seed published!Yesterday the latest issue of PAGES magazine, a journal published by the Past Global Change Initiative, came out. The issue, edited by...
Marco4 abr 20182 min.Return to the Past! Back to Sindh (Pakistan) after 20 yearsIn the late 80s and early 90s, when I was still a youngish PhD student, I went for the first time to Sindh to work with the Italian...
Carla26 mar 20183 min.JASPARThere are so many things to do and fix after coming back from fieldwork that it has taken some time to write this blog entry. However,...
Carla22 feb 20182 min.First fieldwork in Sindh: checking potential locations for ethnoarchaeology and isotopes transectsThe main aim of this first fieldwork is very much to organise future fieldworks. The targets of this trip are mainly two. On the one hand...
Carla15 feb 20183 min.We are going to PakistanNext week I am going to Pakistan for the first project's fieldwork. Actually, it's three projects' fieldwork combined: RAINDROPS (keep...
Carla10 ene 20181 min.Archaeology day at UPFYesterday has been a very busy day. The Archaeology day at UPF was a blast. I have never seen so many different - yet very related-...
Carla13 dic 20172 min.Let's start! One-day conference on Multidisciplinary ArchaeologyThe first RAINDROPS event will be to co-host a one-day conference on Trends in Multidisciplinary Archaeology. This conference is part of...
Carla6 dic 20172 min.Behind the curtains (after I got the project). Part III: getting the project ready to start.Once the selection process is over, you receive several communications from the ERC. First you get the results of the external experts...
Carla29 nov 20175 min.Behind the curtains (or how I got the project). Part II: the interview.Five months after submission (almost to the date) you get a communication through the participants portal. Subject: Initial information...
Carla22 nov 20173 min.Behind the curtains (or how I got the project). Part I: the application.I like the idea of starting the NEWS section of RAINDROPS' s webpage with something that it is not technically a new story. But I believe...