Our ambition: bringing disciplines closer together
The Institute for Mediterranean Archaeology brings together the material and human capacities of the archaeology laboratories of the Mediterranean centre for social sciences and humanities (MMSH) and the teams developing innovative approaches in biosciences, geosciences, biological anthropology, together with engineering sciences and techniques. In all, the institute brings together research teams within 14 laboratories and connects around 350 staff from Aix-Marseille Université, the CNRS, the French Ministry of Culture and the National institute for preventive archaeological research.
Our actions
The Institute for Mediterranean Archaeology supports its community through a wide range of initiatives:
- Support for interdisciplinary structuring and funding of inter-laboratory projects
- Support for international sites
- Participating in the organisation of scientific and public events
- Digital resources and publishing centre, and shared facilities
- Networking and identifying national and international opportunities
Partner laboratories
- Marseille Interdisciplinary Centre for nanoscience (CINaM)
- Institute of movement sciences (ISM)
- Mechanics and acoustics laboratory (LMA)
- Computer science & systems laboratory (LIS)
- Laboratory for lasers, plasma and photonic processes (LP3)
- Divided materials, interfaces, reactivity, electrochemistry (MADIREL)
Flagship projects
Publishing activities
Resources
Testimonials
Thanks to the "Amorce" scheme, the institute has supported the structuring of a program focused on the Tipasa site. Our work, focusing on the geosciences, is now financed by the Fonds de solidarité pour les projets innovants, in partnership with the French Embassy, the Algerian Centre national de recherche en archéologie and the Centre universitaire de Tipaza.