Archaeological sites and nature go hand in hand, protecting one is protecting the other.

#MAPHSA fieldwork, Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia.

@sdrecercaupf.bsky.social @upf.edu @planetaryupf.bsky.social @iphangovbr.bsky.social
#Nature #landscape #travel #environment #arcadiafund

Current State of the #MAPHSA Database

23,093 archaeological sites are now registered across Brazil and Colombia

We are actively integrating legacy data and newly documented data into an open source data management infrastructure

#ArcadiaFund @upf.edu @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social #Brazil #Colombia

Currently MAPHSA covers ~3.5 million km² of endangered forests and savannas in Brazil and Colombia. Priority: under-documented, high-risk areas beyond protected zones. SW & S Amazon, Cerrado, Caribbean Colombia, Eastern Cordillera, Eastern Lowlands.

#ArcadiaFund @upf.edu @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social

Nova pesquisa mostra que o conflito influenciou a organização das antigas comunidades Tairona. Em períodos de tensão, os assentamentos se concentraram em locais estratégicos, fortalecendo cooperação e defesa.

#Colombia #ArcadiaFund
@upf.edu @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0093...

New research shows that conflict shaped how ancient Tairona communities organized themselves. During tense periods, settlements clustered in strategic locations, strengthening cooperation and defense.

#ArcadiaFund #Archaeology #Tairona
@upf.edu @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0093...

MAPHSA is collaborating with the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History (ICANH) and the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN).

#ArcadiaFund #Archaeology @upf.edu @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social @iphangovbr.bsky.social

Assessing heritage risk in the field: Shell mounds

#MAPHSA conducts field assessments to evaluate site preservation, identify at-risk sites, and support conservation.

📷Ciénaga (Colombia); Santa Cruz (Argentina), M. Zubimendi. #ArcadiaFund #Archaeology @upf.edu @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social

The MAPHSA Database

In 2025, #MAPHSA strengthened its open-source infrastructure, expanding coverage. Colombia: 12,767 sites. Brazil: 2,956 sites. Robust archaeological data for South America.

📸Ciudad Perdida, Colombia, J. Steber
#OpenData #ArcadiaFund @upf.edu @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social

ACLS Announces Winners of 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access #Publishing Awards www.acls.org/news/acls-announces-winn... #books #oa #scholcomm @ACLS1919 #ArcadiaFund

ACLS Announces Winners of 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards www.acls.org/news/acls-an... #books #oa #scholcomm @acls1919.bsky.social #ArcadiaFund

Access multilingual research on peace, justice, and governance with @redalyc.bsky.social UAEMéx’s Semantic Collection, supporting the #UN #SDG16.

📚 Access 15,183 articles from 1,297 #DiamondOA journals across 27 countries.

🔵Dive in 👉 semantic.redalyc.org/peace/#/home

Supported by #ArcadiaFund

Finally we close with Vinicius Peripato showing the amazing work in Integrating Remote Sensing and Computational Approaches in #Amazonian #Archaeology at the Advances in Computational Archaeology session @upf.edu @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social #caa2025 #ArcadiaFund

@marcomoderato.bsky.social is presenting the work in Riverscape network analysis in #Brazil at the Archaeological Research #Network at #caa2025 in #Athens @upf.edu @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social #ArcadiaFund

Discover @redalyc.bsky.social UAEMéx's Semantic Collection on "Sustainable Cities and Communities", supporting the #UN #SDG11.

🏙️ Browse 22,761 articles from 1,507 #DiamondOA journals across 31 countries.

🟠 See more 👉 semantic.redalyc.org/cities/#/home

Supported by #ArcadiaFund

@redalyc.bsky.social UAEMéx presents the Semantic Collection "Reduced Inequalities", aligned with the #UN #SDG10.

🔍 Explore #OpenResearch on inequality from 900+ #DiamondOA journals, across 30+ countries.

🟣Start here 👉 semantic.redalyc.org/inequalities...

Supported by #ArcadiaFund

Next is Shaddai Heidgen showing our work with indigenous heritage: "Protecting Heritage through Fire #Risk Assessment in #Sacred #Indigenous Landscapes of Santa Marta" in the Advances in #Computational #Archaeology session
#ArcadiaFund #MAPHSA
@upf.edu @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social

Today we start with Sebastián Fajardo presenting a paper on MAPHSA: Uncovering Pre-Columbian Landscapes through Machine Learning and Remote Sensing in Tropical South America in the session dedicated to #AI approaches to #remotesensing
@upf.edu pf.edu
@sdrecercaupf.bsky.social
#ArcadiaFund

#MAPHSA project at the #CAA25 in Athens, GR. The CAA is the largest and most well known conference on digital tools and methods in archeology. Our papers span from machine learning and remote sensing to risk prediction and network analysis
@upf.edu
@sdrecercaupf.bsky.social #ArcadiaFund

Our 'Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East & North Africa' project tis 10 years old! 🥳They work w/. satellite data but there's nothing remote about the people power, knowledge exchange & networks they are growing! # #ArcadiaFund @archanchistleic.bsky.social @durhamclassics.bsky.social #CPF #MENA

27.5., 18-18:30, Stage 8: Fireside Chat mit Peter Baldwin (u.a. #ArcadiaFund) zum Thema:
"Public Domain in the Digital Age: a Paradox."
re-publica.com/de/session/p... #rp24 3/6