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The documentary Off the Archeological Record, produced by the UAB and the Pastwomen network, received the EITB Award for gender perspective in the 25th edition of the recently held International Archaeological Film Festival of the Bidasoa (FICAB). The jury awarded the film for its detailed treatment of the experiences of several generations of women archaeologists.

The Centre for the Study of Prehistoric Archaeological Heritage of the Department of Prehistory (CEPAP-UAB) will highlight the archaeological heritage of the Tabac Cave (Camarasa) site through a new interactive exhibition that connects heritage, technology and society. The exhibition “Traces of a New World: The First Neolithic People of the Tabac Cave” will be carried out with the support of a social impact grant from the Government of Catalonia (IMPACTE), which promotes equality, sustainability and open science as cross-cutting themes.

An innovative study published in Science which included the involvement of UAB archaeologists reveals that the remarkable diversity characterising dogs today began some 11,000 years ago. The study thus questions traditional hypotheses that point to this diversity being largely the result of the selective breeding done by Victorian kennel clubs.

The production of El Argar pottery was organized in specialised workshops located next to specific clay deposits, far from the main centres of power, according to a new study lead by UAB researchers and published in in the Journal of Archaeological Science. This production model reinforces the existence of a complex, hierarchical, supra-local organisation in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula during the Bronze Age.

The Centre for the Study of Prehistoric Archaeological Heritage (CEPAP) of the UAB Department of Prehistory has obtained two grants from the Catalan Ministry for Research and Universities to promote the development and transfer of its SUGAR software (Software for Unified Governance of Archaeological Research). The projects, awarded in this year's call for proposals for the Knowledge Industry (IdC) programme, were the only ones in the humanities' field to be funded in the Product and Innovators categories.

The UAB celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Archaeology and Palaeontology Campus with a conference on the history and future challenges of this network, made up of archaeological sites, municipal facilities, museums and archaeological parks in which the University carries out part of its teaching and research in both disciplines. The campus is a strategic project of the UAB that represents an essential improvement in the training of archaeologists and palaeontologists in Catalonia, with the introduction of compulsory practices in archaeology and paleontology as a distinctive feature.

The Periodicals Room of the Humanities Library will be hosting the exhibition InterMedit - El viatge possible, which connects Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Occitania through trade and cultural contacts in the ancient Mediterranean. The exhibition, which will be inaugurated on 29 October at 1:00 p.m., will include the collaboration of the Digital Lab and the CORE in Cultural Heritage.

An international study with the involvement of the UAB, published in Nature Scientific Reports, reveals new findings based on the teeth found at five archaeological sites in Syria. These findings give new insights into how the world’s first farming villagers formed communities, moved across the land, and responded to outsiders. The research reconstructs mobility patterns that had never been observed before.

The Department of Prehistory is taking part in the 2025 European Researchers’ Night.

The Faculty of Philosophy and Arts at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) is organizing a series of academic and cultural activities to raise awareness and foster debate on sexism in the field of archaeology.