GRAM is made up of all the teaching and research staff of the Archaeology area of the Department of Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History. Its field of research is the Mediterranean with a special focus on the Valencian Country from the 1st millennium BC to the 7th century AD. The members of the group carry out teaching, research (field, laboratory and bibliographic sources), teaching and dissemination tasks in each of its specific lines (Phoenician-Punic archaeology, Iberian archaeology, numismatics and classical archaeology), collaborating with each other and establishing contacts and agreements with other institutions, foundations, companies dedicated to preventive archaeology and with research staff from other areas of knowledge at the University and other research centres.
The aim is to study the historical evolution of the protohistoric societies of the Mediterranean peninsular area until their integration into the Roman Empire, the dynamics of this, as well as their economic, ethnological and symbolic interrelationships. There is also a commitment to transfer the knowledge acquired to society through participation in conferences, exhibitions, open days and actions on archaeological heritage.
Knowledge of the emergence and development of complex societies, through information derived from studies of archaeological materials, surveys and excavations.
- Phoenician Punic-Archaeology
The Group has maintained a permanent line of international research on Phoenician-Punic culture, co-directing the excavations at Lixus (Larache) between 1995 and 2009 and participating in works carried out in Ibiza, Sardinia, Carthage and its territory (Tunisia).
- Heritage
The actions are adapted to open days with the animations and workshops of our times, aimed at a public of enthusiasts, as they are aimed at transferring knowledge to society as a means of instilling the protection of heritage.
- Iberian Archaeology
Iberian culture is one of the earliest civilisations on the peninsula. Projects are developed in line with the most advanced approaches in protohistoric research, which nowadays add social aspects derived from iconography and gender to the ecological framework.
- Ancient Numismatics
Work is being carried out on monographic studies of Iberian secas, on the systematisation of the peninsular bronze dies from the 2nd and 2nd centuries BC and on the cataloguing of the dies from the Roman cities of Hispania. BC and on the cataloguing of the die-stamps of the Roman cities of Hispania.
- Classic Archaeology
Attention to knowledge of communication channels, urban planning and rural settlement; maritime and land trade in processed products; studies on material culture, mainly sculpture and small objects, as well as ceramic production, including archaeometric studies.
Blasco Ibáñez Campus
Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 28
46010 València (Valencia)
