News from the Anthropological Observatory of the Islamic Necropolis of Tauste: The UPV/EHU resarch study and its impact on the media.
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Road works on Obispo Conget Avenue 3
Six hundred medieval Islamic tombs were discovered in Tauste after more than two months of excavations, the event received international media coverage.
Road works on Obispo Conget Avenue
Excavations during the road works on Obispo Conget Avenue in Tauste have uncovered more tombs of the Islamic necropolis that dates back to the 8th and 9th centuries
The Tower of Sta. Maria on the Archeological Channel
A documentary produced by El Patiaz about the construction of the Tower of Santa Maria was published on the top US website The Archaeology Channel.
Institute of Evolutionary Biology
The Islamic necropolis in Tauste is to take part in the study of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology genomic history on the Iberian Peninsula
Thesis of Iranzu Laura Guede
Doctoral thesis being done by the geologist, Iranzu Laura Guede on diet and mobility in medieval times in the north of the Iberian Peninsula.
Santa Maria Tower. Infographic design
The reason behind the construction of this impressive building in the eleventh century has puzzled academics and ordinary people alike over centuries. Why there are epigraphic kufic texts in the decorative panels of this monumental tower ?
Computer graphics 3D of the Tower of Santa Maria
3D Studies carried out by Jaime Carbonel about methods of construction and building techniques of the Tower of Santa Maria in Tauste in the eleventh century.
Congress in Zaragoza 2015
The medieval Islamic necropolis in Tauste was present at the I Congress of Archaeology and Heritage in Aragon that took place in Zaragoza this week.
Scientific congress in Santiago 2015
“Paleo diet meets paleopathology” international scientific forum
Tauste and the El Patiaz Cultural Association will be present at this congress
International Scientific Congress in Vitoria
The El Patiaz Cultural Association presented the results of the research at the congress“Demography, paleopathology and social inequality” in Vitoria.
International Congress in Vitoria
The El Patiaz Cultural Association presents its project at the conference “Demography, paleopathology and social inequality” in Vitoria.
Archaeological Channel. Video News
Video of the excavation of the Islamic necropolis in Tauste will be seen on 25 cable television stations in 16 U.S. states.
Islamic cementery in Tauste news
Given the importance of the finding, the Cultural Association «The Patiaz» keeps in touch with organizations related to the academic world (archeology and anthropology), and the media (press, radio and television).