DOCUMENTOS DE ENQUADRAMENTO PARA CANDIDATURAS
SOBRE A INSTITUIÇÃO DE ACOLHIMENTO
(do último relatório FCT – Março 2018)
SOBRE A INSTITUIÇÃO DE ACOLHIMENTO
(do último relatório FCT – Março 2018)
Summaries of the Plan of Activities for 2018-2022
a) Summary in English for general dissemination purposes
UNIARQ is a Research Centre of the School of Arts and Humanities (SAH) of the University of Lisbon (UL) dedicated to archaeological research. UNIARQ has 34 integrated PhD researchers, 18 without PhD (17 of which PhD students) and 37 collaborators, totalling 89 researchers (http://www.uniarq.net).
Research is focused on the Iberian Peninsula, in the framework of global agendas covering themes from Lower Paleolithic to Late Antiquity/Middle Ages, constituting a reference in national and international scales.
Our research topics are (i) Human Evolution, (ii) early occupation of the territory during the Pleistocene, (iii) Neanderthal presence and mechanisms underlying the appearance of Modern Humans, (iv) presence of the last hunter-gatherers, (v) the Neolithization process, (vi) development of agro-pastoral economies, (vii) symbolic dynamics and the megalithic funerary architectures, (viii) rhythms of social and technological complexification of the first agrometallurgical societies, (ix) dynamics of the oriental presence and its interaction with the western Iberian Iron Age communities, (x) origins of ancient writing systems, (xi) construction of Lusitania within the Roman Empire, and (xii) transformations that characterized the Late Antiquity. UNIARQ aims to open new research fields on Historical Archaeology topics.
Research areas are developed in the framework of specific projects by transdisciplinary teams, using methodologies in which Archaeosciences hold a significant role. Fieldwork – both excavations and surveys - spreading throughout the Iberian Peninsula and sites such as Almonda's Cave, Cueva Antón, Mesas do Castelinho and Monte Molião have been the object of long-term strategic projects.
UNIARQ develops broad-range partnerships with other universities, labs and research centres, building a network for the production and circulation of knowledge with an international scope. In Portugal, the strategic partnership with the National Museum of Archaeology is a decisive instrument for our research and result in diffusion dynamics. UNIARQ, belonging to the SAH of the UL, is actively involved in all cycles of study in Archaeology, integrating students into ongoing research projects.
UNIARQ's editorial work, in addition to monographs, also includes the Ophiussa journal, in both printed and digital form. Scientific production is presented in reference publications and meetings, both national and international, being available through the Open Access Repository of the UL (http://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/8771).
UNIARQ aims to further develop a proactive policy of knowledge dissemination visible in local impact of its research contributing to identity empowerment and sustainable development. Strengthening our critical mass by attracting young researchers, with better hosting conditions within a creative research environment is a major goal.
b) Objectives and strategy of the R&D Unit for 2018-2022
UNIARQ is a Research Unit of the School of Arts and Humanities (SAH) of the University of Lisbon (UL) dedicated to Archaeological research.
UNIARQ's researchers are committed to standards' of excellence in Science and will be involved in the establishment of global networks linking regions from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. The research, focused on the Iberian Peninsula, is integrated in global agendas, from Lower Paleolithic to Late Antiquity/Middle Ages, thus constituting a national and international reference. This research focuses on fundamental topics such as Human Evolution, analysing the earliest occupation of the territory during the Pleistocene, the Neanderthal presence and the mechanisms underlying the appearance of Modern Humans - a groundbreaking exhibition on "Human Evolution in Portugal" is planned in the National Museum of Archaeology (NMA) - the presence of the last hunter-gatherers, the Neolithization process, the development of agro-pastoral economies, the symbolic dynamics and the megalithic funerary architectures as well as the rhythms of social and technological complexification of the first agro-metallurgical societies; the dynamics of the oriental presence and its interaction with the western Iberian Iron Age communities; the origins of ancient writing systems; the construction of Lusitania within the Roman Empire and the transformations which characterized the Late Antiquity. The fieldwork developed by large and multidisciplinary teams comprises archaeological survey, excavations and material culture studies in different areas of the Iberian Peninsula, taking up significant periods of each year. Concerning Paleolithic research fieldwork will be developed in areas/site such as: Minho valley, Almonda's Cave, Cueva Antón (Murcia); Neolithic/Chalcolithic: Sorraia valley (ANSOR) and Vila Nova S. Pedro; Bronze Age: Fraga dos Corvos; Iron Age/Roman period at Tagus valley, Mesa dos Castelinhos, Monte Molião, Ammaia and Algarve towns.
During this work data will be collected using a transdisciplinary set of methodologies. In order to reconstruct the dynamics of past societies, looking beyond artifacts, features and stratigraphic records, geoarchaeological, paleobotanic, zooarchaeological and digital data should be aquired.
UNIARQ researchers also develop projects on archaeological collections kept in museums, namely the NMA, but also at other Iberian museums where UNIARQ researchers have planned short-term stays.
Integration of the Côa Park group into UNIARQ represents an outstanding opportunity to develop new platforms of research concerning this UNESCO's World Heritage site. Field data will be analyzed at UNIARQ lab, in which post-excavation work is done. Selected artefacts, ecofacts and human remains are sent to different labs and organic/inorganic samples will be dated. Beside research projects, data recovered on preventive archaeology is also considered here being relevant for bridging the gap between massive contract archaeology and scientific production.
UNIARQ's research core areas will continue on being central in our agendas e.g. material culture studies, archaeology of funerary and symbolic practices, paleoenvironmental and zooarchaeological studies, settlement and landscape analysis, DNA and ancient population's biochemistry, cultural transfers and relations between indigenous and colonist/migrants and the emergence of literate and urban societies within political and economic macro-entities.
History and theory of Archaeology are strategic areas in which we aim to set the history of Archaeology in Portugal, against the backdrop of ongoing debates on western Archaeology. The analysis of Portuguese colonial collections, combining research on Paleolithic and History of Archaeology, will also be developed.
Team reinforcement with Archaeoscience researchers and collaborators will also increase transdisciplinary work. In this domain, Zooarchaeology should be highlighted as a prominent area devoted to the study of the intensification of the use of animal resources in the Holocene.
UNIARQ is also considering the development of new research areas that transcend its traditional scope by hosting young researchers and new projects concerning Historical Archaeology, and particularly the Medieval/Modern period.
Updating technological skills is also a goal to UNIARQ, namely by implementing a program of acquisition of technical skills applied to Archaeology (e.g. GIS, statistical analysis, photogrammetry and 3D modeling, database management).
Our research unit being directly related to a higher education institution (SAH-UL), it is expected that results from research be immediately incorporated in the training of both undergraduate and graduate students.
In addition to University of Lisbon staff, UNIARQ has researchers from different institutions of central and local administration and private companies. Research will be transferred to processes of decision-making on territory and heritage management and implement efficient field and lab methodologies to be used in preventive archaeology.
UNIARQ is committed to achieving higher levels of internationalization, a goal in which a significant amount of funding will be invested. Even though part of UNIARQ's high-quality research is still published in Portuguese, there has been a constant effort towards publication in English. Presenting research on international journals and conferences, participating in international workgroups and networks as well as integrating international research teams in the framework of competitive funding projects are considered some of the main goals to be pursued.
At the same time, our Open Access policy clearly contributes to make UNIARQ's research part of current knowledge.
UNIARQ has always been an effective training school for young archaeologists and will keep its successful tradition of hosting both national and foreign young researchers to develop PhD and Post-Doc programs, covering a broad chronology and geography of research. UNIARQ, strongly committed to the PhD course in Archaeology of UL's SAH, integrates PhD students in ongoing research projects. Also, a number of UNIARQ PhD students are encouraged to have external cosupervisors considered highly beneficial. Our advanced training project also includes the hosting of external researcher for short-term missions.
Initiation to archaeological research takes place since undergraduation with students participating in fieldwork and lab activities.
The organization of national/international conferences, seminars and workshops is part of UNIARQ's regular activity, joining UNIARQ and guest researchers. At the monthly "Archaeology at Work" open conferences, three UNIARQ researchers working on related subjects present and debate their ongoing research.
International workshops on Neolithic/Chalcolithic art, Ancient Writings, History of the Paleolithic research in Portugal, History and Theory in Archaeology, Megalithism, Phoenician and Punic studies, Roman Pottery Studies and Archaeology and Sustainable Tourism are foreseen.
UNIARQ has a policy of wide knowledge dissemination that uses different channels, from peerreviewed journals and conferences to Public Archaeology. UNIARQ will continue its editing policy with Ophiussa journal and monographic series. We shall resort to innovative ways of knowledge dissemination, through Digital Humanities policies within Open-Access platforms. UNIARQ's digital newsletter, website and Facebook page will continue. English and Portuguese are the languages in these communication lines.
Taking the United Nations 2020-2030 Agenda at heart, UNIARQ considers that knowledge on past societies and past solutions to long term social, environmental, and religious issues represent part of a global strategy towards sustainable social and economic development. The social use of archaeological sites as a factor of sustainable development "with what is locally available" is a reality that has always underpinned the close ties between UNIARQ and Local
Authorities.
Data preservation and dissemination are part of UNIARQ's "core business" and they are reflected in UNIARQ's production in the open-access institutional repository of the UL. The increase of UNIARQ's Archives is a critical issue to be addressed since fieldwork, material culture and zooarchaeological studies have produced considerable amounts of data (both physical and digital) that need to be preserved. The solution seems to be their digitizing and the formation of an online platform where reports, photographs, databases, as well as drawings, maps, etc. can be stored and accessed.
As part of our pledge on behalf of social responsibility, the promotion of scientific culture is one of our Unit's ongoing tasks. By participating or promoting several initiatives such as the European Researchers' Night, Open days and other events during excavations UNIARQ develops strategies to divulge Archaeology to non-specialist publics.
Participating in long-term national and international networks and adding new partners to those networks is a major goal for the 2018-2022 timeframe. The circulation of both incoming and outgoing researchers will be crucial to carry out future workshops and conferences.
Networking with European and Non-European Universities and Research Units, with whom UNIARQ shares PhD students and projects, will be maintained and intensified. The strategic partnership with NMA will continue, through research projects focused on NMA collections, temporary exhibits and lectures by UNIARQ researchers. Privileged cooperation with Portuguese universities will be maintained. UNIARQ aims to strengthen the ongoing collaboration with other UL research centres.
UNIARQ's main goals for the 2018-2022 timeframe are to strengthen our critical mass by attracting PhD students and other researchers, with better hosting conditions within a creative research environment, and expanding knowledge transfers.
a) Summary in English for general dissemination purposes
UNIARQ is a Research Centre of the School of Arts and Humanities (SAH) of the University of Lisbon (UL) dedicated to archaeological research. UNIARQ has 34 integrated PhD researchers, 18 without PhD (17 of which PhD students) and 37 collaborators, totalling 89 researchers (http://www.uniarq.net).
Research is focused on the Iberian Peninsula, in the framework of global agendas covering themes from Lower Paleolithic to Late Antiquity/Middle Ages, constituting a reference in national and international scales.
Our research topics are (i) Human Evolution, (ii) early occupation of the territory during the Pleistocene, (iii) Neanderthal presence and mechanisms underlying the appearance of Modern Humans, (iv) presence of the last hunter-gatherers, (v) the Neolithization process, (vi) development of agro-pastoral economies, (vii) symbolic dynamics and the megalithic funerary architectures, (viii) rhythms of social and technological complexification of the first agrometallurgical societies, (ix) dynamics of the oriental presence and its interaction with the western Iberian Iron Age communities, (x) origins of ancient writing systems, (xi) construction of Lusitania within the Roman Empire, and (xii) transformations that characterized the Late Antiquity. UNIARQ aims to open new research fields on Historical Archaeology topics.
Research areas are developed in the framework of specific projects by transdisciplinary teams, using methodologies in which Archaeosciences hold a significant role. Fieldwork – both excavations and surveys - spreading throughout the Iberian Peninsula and sites such as Almonda's Cave, Cueva Antón, Mesas do Castelinho and Monte Molião have been the object of long-term strategic projects.
UNIARQ develops broad-range partnerships with other universities, labs and research centres, building a network for the production and circulation of knowledge with an international scope. In Portugal, the strategic partnership with the National Museum of Archaeology is a decisive instrument for our research and result in diffusion dynamics. UNIARQ, belonging to the SAH of the UL, is actively involved in all cycles of study in Archaeology, integrating students into ongoing research projects.
UNIARQ's editorial work, in addition to monographs, also includes the Ophiussa journal, in both printed and digital form. Scientific production is presented in reference publications and meetings, both national and international, being available through the Open Access Repository of the UL (http://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/8771).
UNIARQ aims to further develop a proactive policy of knowledge dissemination visible in local impact of its research contributing to identity empowerment and sustainable development. Strengthening our critical mass by attracting young researchers, with better hosting conditions within a creative research environment is a major goal.
b) Objectives and strategy of the R&D Unit for 2018-2022
UNIARQ is a Research Unit of the School of Arts and Humanities (SAH) of the University of Lisbon (UL) dedicated to Archaeological research.
UNIARQ's researchers are committed to standards' of excellence in Science and will be involved in the establishment of global networks linking regions from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. The research, focused on the Iberian Peninsula, is integrated in global agendas, from Lower Paleolithic to Late Antiquity/Middle Ages, thus constituting a national and international reference. This research focuses on fundamental topics such as Human Evolution, analysing the earliest occupation of the territory during the Pleistocene, the Neanderthal presence and the mechanisms underlying the appearance of Modern Humans - a groundbreaking exhibition on "Human Evolution in Portugal" is planned in the National Museum of Archaeology (NMA) - the presence of the last hunter-gatherers, the Neolithization process, the development of agro-pastoral economies, the symbolic dynamics and the megalithic funerary architectures as well as the rhythms of social and technological complexification of the first agro-metallurgical societies; the dynamics of the oriental presence and its interaction with the western Iberian Iron Age communities; the origins of ancient writing systems; the construction of Lusitania within the Roman Empire and the transformations which characterized the Late Antiquity. The fieldwork developed by large and multidisciplinary teams comprises archaeological survey, excavations and material culture studies in different areas of the Iberian Peninsula, taking up significant periods of each year. Concerning Paleolithic research fieldwork will be developed in areas/site such as: Minho valley, Almonda's Cave, Cueva Antón (Murcia); Neolithic/Chalcolithic: Sorraia valley (ANSOR) and Vila Nova S. Pedro; Bronze Age: Fraga dos Corvos; Iron Age/Roman period at Tagus valley, Mesa dos Castelinhos, Monte Molião, Ammaia and Algarve towns.
During this work data will be collected using a transdisciplinary set of methodologies. In order to reconstruct the dynamics of past societies, looking beyond artifacts, features and stratigraphic records, geoarchaeological, paleobotanic, zooarchaeological and digital data should be aquired.
UNIARQ researchers also develop projects on archaeological collections kept in museums, namely the NMA, but also at other Iberian museums where UNIARQ researchers have planned short-term stays.
Integration of the Côa Park group into UNIARQ represents an outstanding opportunity to develop new platforms of research concerning this UNESCO's World Heritage site. Field data will be analyzed at UNIARQ lab, in which post-excavation work is done. Selected artefacts, ecofacts and human remains are sent to different labs and organic/inorganic samples will be dated. Beside research projects, data recovered on preventive archaeology is also considered here being relevant for bridging the gap between massive contract archaeology and scientific production.
UNIARQ's research core areas will continue on being central in our agendas e.g. material culture studies, archaeology of funerary and symbolic practices, paleoenvironmental and zooarchaeological studies, settlement and landscape analysis, DNA and ancient population's biochemistry, cultural transfers and relations between indigenous and colonist/migrants and the emergence of literate and urban societies within political and economic macro-entities.
History and theory of Archaeology are strategic areas in which we aim to set the history of Archaeology in Portugal, against the backdrop of ongoing debates on western Archaeology. The analysis of Portuguese colonial collections, combining research on Paleolithic and History of Archaeology, will also be developed.
Team reinforcement with Archaeoscience researchers and collaborators will also increase transdisciplinary work. In this domain, Zooarchaeology should be highlighted as a prominent area devoted to the study of the intensification of the use of animal resources in the Holocene.
UNIARQ is also considering the development of new research areas that transcend its traditional scope by hosting young researchers and new projects concerning Historical Archaeology, and particularly the Medieval/Modern period.
Updating technological skills is also a goal to UNIARQ, namely by implementing a program of acquisition of technical skills applied to Archaeology (e.g. GIS, statistical analysis, photogrammetry and 3D modeling, database management).
Our research unit being directly related to a higher education institution (SAH-UL), it is expected that results from research be immediately incorporated in the training of both undergraduate and graduate students.
In addition to University of Lisbon staff, UNIARQ has researchers from different institutions of central and local administration and private companies. Research will be transferred to processes of decision-making on territory and heritage management and implement efficient field and lab methodologies to be used in preventive archaeology.
UNIARQ is committed to achieving higher levels of internationalization, a goal in which a significant amount of funding will be invested. Even though part of UNIARQ's high-quality research is still published in Portuguese, there has been a constant effort towards publication in English. Presenting research on international journals and conferences, participating in international workgroups and networks as well as integrating international research teams in the framework of competitive funding projects are considered some of the main goals to be pursued.
At the same time, our Open Access policy clearly contributes to make UNIARQ's research part of current knowledge.
UNIARQ has always been an effective training school for young archaeologists and will keep its successful tradition of hosting both national and foreign young researchers to develop PhD and Post-Doc programs, covering a broad chronology and geography of research. UNIARQ, strongly committed to the PhD course in Archaeology of UL's SAH, integrates PhD students in ongoing research projects. Also, a number of UNIARQ PhD students are encouraged to have external cosupervisors considered highly beneficial. Our advanced training project also includes the hosting of external researcher for short-term missions.
Initiation to archaeological research takes place since undergraduation with students participating in fieldwork and lab activities.
The organization of national/international conferences, seminars and workshops is part of UNIARQ's regular activity, joining UNIARQ and guest researchers. At the monthly "Archaeology at Work" open conferences, three UNIARQ researchers working on related subjects present and debate their ongoing research.
International workshops on Neolithic/Chalcolithic art, Ancient Writings, History of the Paleolithic research in Portugal, History and Theory in Archaeology, Megalithism, Phoenician and Punic studies, Roman Pottery Studies and Archaeology and Sustainable Tourism are foreseen.
UNIARQ has a policy of wide knowledge dissemination that uses different channels, from peerreviewed journals and conferences to Public Archaeology. UNIARQ will continue its editing policy with Ophiussa journal and monographic series. We shall resort to innovative ways of knowledge dissemination, through Digital Humanities policies within Open-Access platforms. UNIARQ's digital newsletter, website and Facebook page will continue. English and Portuguese are the languages in these communication lines.
Taking the United Nations 2020-2030 Agenda at heart, UNIARQ considers that knowledge on past societies and past solutions to long term social, environmental, and religious issues represent part of a global strategy towards sustainable social and economic development. The social use of archaeological sites as a factor of sustainable development "with what is locally available" is a reality that has always underpinned the close ties between UNIARQ and Local
Authorities.
Data preservation and dissemination are part of UNIARQ's "core business" and they are reflected in UNIARQ's production in the open-access institutional repository of the UL. The increase of UNIARQ's Archives is a critical issue to be addressed since fieldwork, material culture and zooarchaeological studies have produced considerable amounts of data (both physical and digital) that need to be preserved. The solution seems to be their digitizing and the formation of an online platform where reports, photographs, databases, as well as drawings, maps, etc. can be stored and accessed.
As part of our pledge on behalf of social responsibility, the promotion of scientific culture is one of our Unit's ongoing tasks. By participating or promoting several initiatives such as the European Researchers' Night, Open days and other events during excavations UNIARQ develops strategies to divulge Archaeology to non-specialist publics.
Participating in long-term national and international networks and adding new partners to those networks is a major goal for the 2018-2022 timeframe. The circulation of both incoming and outgoing researchers will be crucial to carry out future workshops and conferences.
Networking with European and Non-European Universities and Research Units, with whom UNIARQ shares PhD students and projects, will be maintained and intensified. The strategic partnership with NMA will continue, through research projects focused on NMA collections, temporary exhibits and lectures by UNIARQ researchers. Privileged cooperation with Portuguese universities will be maintained. UNIARQ aims to strengthen the ongoing collaboration with other UL research centres.
UNIARQ's main goals for the 2018-2022 timeframe are to strengthen our critical mass by attracting PhD students and other researchers, with better hosting conditions within a creative research environment, and expanding knowledge transfers.