Resilience and Adaptation to Drylands

Identifying past water management practices for drought-resistant crops

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    3…2…1…let’s start with the stable isotope analyses
    ALESSANDRA VARALLI
    • 14 abr 2020
    • 3 min.

    3…2…1…let’s start with the stable isotope analyses

    Four 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...
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    Working during COVID lockdown....and dreaming of fieldwork!
    Stefano
    • 23 mar 2020
    • 1 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,...
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    The adventures of an ethnoarchaeologist in Ethiopia
    Abel
    • 10 sept 2019
    • 6 min.

    The adventures of an ethnoarchaeologist in Ethiopia

    May 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...
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    New project publications
    Carla
    • 27 ago 2019
    • 2 min.

    New project publications

    While on holidays (yes, we all got to enjoy nice off-time with families during August! ;-) the research did not stop completely and, as a...
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    We are hiring!
    Carla
    • 18 abr 2019
    • 1 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...
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    Plant growing experiments at ICRISAT
    Francesca
    • 19 mar 2019
    • 3 min.

    Plant growing experiments at ICRISAT

    It 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,...
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    The role of archaeology today (as I see it)
    Carla
    • 10 oct 2018
    • 4 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...
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    First contact with Botswana’s southern drylands: A possible spin-off?
    Stefano
    • 11 jul 2018
    • 1 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...
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    RAINDROPS' seed published!
    Carla
    • 8 jun 2018
    • 2 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...
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    Return to the Past! Back to Sindh (Pakistan) after 20 years
    Marco
    • 4 abr 2018
    • 2 min.

    Return to the Past! Back to Sindh (Pakistan) after 20 years

    In 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...
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    JASPAR
    Carla
    • 26 mar 2018
    • 3 min.

    JASPAR

    There 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,...
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    First fieldwork in Sindh: checking potential locations for ethnoarchaeology and isotopes transects
    Carla
    • 22 feb 2018
    • 2 min.

    First fieldwork in Sindh: checking potential locations for ethnoarchaeology and isotopes transects

    The 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...
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    We are going to Pakistan
    Carla
    • 15 feb 2018
    • 3 min.

    We are going to Pakistan

    Next week I am going to Pakistan for the first project's fieldwork. Actually, it's three projects' fieldwork combined: RAINDROPS (keep...
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    Archaeology day at UPF
    Carla
    • 10 ene 2018
    • 1 min.

    Archaeology day at UPF

    Yesterday has been a very busy day. The Archaeology day at UPF was a blast. I have never seen so many different - yet very related-...
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    Let's start! One-day conference on Multidisciplinary Archaeology
    Carla
    • 13 dic 2017
    • 2 min.

    Let's start! One-day conference on Multidisciplinary Archaeology

    The first RAINDROPS event will be to co-host a one-day conference on Trends in Multidisciplinary Archaeology. This conference is part of...
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    Behind the curtains (after I got the project). Part III: getting the project ready to start.
    Carla
    • 6 dic 2017
    • 2 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...
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    Behind the curtains (or how I got the project). Part II: the interview.
    Carla
    • 29 nov 2017
    • 5 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...
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    Carla
    • 22 nov 2017
    • 3 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...
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