Status:Closed

Opening date: 1 October 2020

Closing date: 1 December 2020

Interdisciplinary action

In 2021, the institute will fund several "interdisciplinary actions" worth between €1,000 and €2,000. This scheme will support clearly identified, time-bound scientific actions carried out in the field, in the laboratory or in archives. It will aim to encourage synergies and promote the skills and equipment of teams within the institute.

Projects will be collaborative, involving the participation of at least two of the institute's member laboratories. Only permanent staff are eligible.

Examples of eligible actions

Sampling and analysis, field surveys, prospecting, laboratory experimentation, digitization or analysis of archival documents using new processes. Archaeological excavation is not eligible as such, but the action can take place during an excavation operation.

Evaluation criteria

  • Experimental and inventive nature of the project, as part of a broader research program in line with the Institute's scientific priorities;
  • Use and development of the skills and equipment of the Institute's member laboratories;
  • Articulation with training: participation of student trainees from Aix-Marseille Université or from partner institutions (primarily from the CIVIS consortium or Mediterranean universities), linking the project to a teaching unit... ;
  • Co-financing (laboratories' own resources, external funding).

Eligible expenses

  • Only the following operating expenses are eligible: mission expenses for team members, internship bonuses, consumables and small equipment (< €800 excl. VAT, except audiovisual equipment, for which the threshold is set at €400 excl. VAT);
  • Ineligible expenses include services, translation and publishing costs, expenses related to the organization of scientific or public events, computer hardware, and all capital expenditure and payroll costs.
     

Calendar

  • Application deadline : 01/12/2020
  • Announcement of results : January 2021
  • Project development : January to December 2021

Application

Application form to be sent to arkaia-contact[at]univ-amu.fr

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Awardees

  • Awardee

    2021
    Interdisciplinary action

    Location of the quarries used to build the Orange theater

    Project leader(s)
    Alain Badie / Pierre Rochette
    Laboratory(s)
    IRAA / CEREGE
    Interdisciplinary action

    Location of the quarries used to build the Orange theater

    Project leader(s)
    Alain Badie / Pierre Rochette
    Laboratory(s)
    IRAA / CEREGE

    Based on the case of the Orange theater, we propose to develop non-destructive techniques for identifying the quarries that were the source of ancient building materials, such as in-situ chemical analysis and physical measurements on the building and in the quarries, and also to consider ways of locating ancient quarries in a context where human activity and urban planning have most likely caused them to disappear. In addition to the application of earth science methods, we'll be looking at the economics of the construction site.

    Partner(s):

    • Interdisciplinary Center for Heritage Conservation and Restoration (CICRP - Marseille)
    • Study Group on Geomaterials and Anthropized Environments (GEGENAA - Reims)
    See the associated call for project

  • Awardee

    2021
    Interdisciplinary action

    LEST - Navigation space and nautical qualities of the Paržine-Ilovik ship (Croatia, late 2nd c. BC)

    Project leader(s)
    Giulia Boetto / François Fournier / Lionel Marié
    Laboratory(s)
    CCJ / CEREGE
    Interdisciplinary action

    LEST - Navigation space and nautical qualities of the Paržine-Ilovik ship (Croatia, late 2nd c. BC)

    Project leader(s)
    Giulia Boetto / François Fournier / Lionel Marié
    Laboratory(s)
    CCJ / CEREGE

    This project combines petrography, geochemistry, dendrology and archaeology, with the aim of reconstructing the last route taken by the Paržine-Ilovik sailing ship. The ballast will be studied and sampled in situ, then analyzed in the laboratory. The results will be compared with those obtained from petrographic analysis of the amphorae and dendrological analysis of the hull wood, log loading and dunnage.

    During the restitution phase, the positioning of the ballast and the evaluation of the volume occupied in the hold will enable us to complete the hydrostatic study of the ship and propose hypotheses as to its trim before sinking.

    Partner(s):

    • Università degli Studi di Genova
    See the associated call for project

  • Awardee

    2021
    Interdisciplinary action

    Ichtyo3D - 3D osteological repository of fish skeletons

    Project leader(s)
    Vincent Dumas / Vladimir Vidal / Myriam Sternberg
    Laboratory(s)
    CCJ / CEREGE
    Interdisciplinary action

    Ichtyo3D - 3D osteological repository of fish skeletons

    Project leader(s)
    Vincent Dumas / Vladimir Vidal / Myriam Sternberg
    Laboratory(s)
    CCJ / CEREGE

    The aim of this Research project is to find the best parameters for using 3D microtomography on different parts of the skeleton of two small fish species. The production of 3D images of each skeletal element will enable interactive exploration in an osteological repository dedicated to fish. The technique used offers image resolution fine enough to allow easy reading of fish age and season of capture.

    See the associated call for project

  • Awardee

    2021
    Interdisciplinary action

    Archaeological and anthropological study of the cemetery vaults of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre de l'Almanarre (Hyères)

    Project leader(s)
    Yann Ardagna / Paul François / David Ollivier
    Laboratory(s)
    ADES / LA3M
    Interdisciplinary action

    Archaeological and anthropological study of the cemetery vaults of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre de l'Almanarre (Hyères)

    Project leader(s)
    Yann Ardagna / Paul François / David Ollivier
    Laboratory(s)
    ADES / LA3M

    Excavation of the cemetery of the medieval abbey of Saint-Pierre de l'Almanarre (Hyères) has revealed several vaults built between 1220 and the last decades of the 14th century. We propose a global study of this particular type of burial, including an architectural approach and 3D photogrammetry in the field, the use of excavation archives for vaults excavated in the past, and an exhaustive anthropological study of the individuals.

    See the associated call for project