The island of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean occupies a critical position at the intersection of the African and Eurasian landmasses; its unique position provides archaeologists with the distinct opportunity to investigate human dispersals, island colonisation and human coastal adaptations. Despite its potential to contribute to global key phenomena of the human deep history, the Pleistocene past of Cyprus remains under-researched. MIGRATE proposes an interdisciplinary approach, the first of its kind in an Eastern Mediterranean context, at the frontier of archaeological research globally to fast-track the study of hunter-gatherer dispersals and adaptation at a true island environment in a key insular region of the world. Combining stochastic spatial modelling, geoinformatics and archaeological field prospection on land and underwater, MIGRATE aims to generate a significant body of new data that firmly positions Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean at the forefront of archaeological sciences.<\/p>\n
Project MIGRATE<\/strong> (2022-2024) is implemented under the \u201cExcellence Hubs\u201d Programme within the \u201cRESTART 2016-2020\u201d funding framework for Research, Technological Development and Innovation (RTDI) administered by Cyprus\u2019s Research Promotion Foundation. The Programme aims at promoting bottom-up scientific excellence through the funding of pioneering research projects, both intersectoral and multidisciplinary, in cutting-edge fields. The present Call falls within the framework of the Operational Programme \u0398\u0391\u03bb\u0395\u0399\u0391 2021-2027<\/em> under Priority 1 \u201cCompetitive, Smart and Digital Economy\u201d and the MIGRATE project addresses the Specific Objective (1i) \u201cDeveloping and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies\u201d, which seeks to strengthen collaborations between local research and academic organisations, as well as between local and foreign institutions.<\/p>\n The project\u2019s objectives are also aligned with all the horizontal priorities of the Smart Specialisation Strategy for Cyprus (S3Cy)<\/em> and, especially, the \u201cConservation, Promotion and Exploitation of Cultural Heritage\u201d dimension of the S3Cy horizontal priority sector of \u201cSustainable Growth \u2013 Environment\u201d. MIGRATE aims at establishing new heritage sites and use the new data to conserve and exploit them in a sustainable way. Based on the above, the MIGRATE project is expected to contribute to the sustainability and dynamics of Cyprus\u2019 RTDI system, and consequently strengthen its future prospects, particularly in the area of modern and interdisciplinary archaeological science.<\/p>\n The Archaeological Research Unit (ARU)<\/strong> of the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Cyprus (UCY) is the Host Organisation (HO) for this project, while the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence<\/strong> (ECoE)<\/strong> of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), the Geological Survey Department (GSD)<\/strong> of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment of the Republic of Cyprus and the Global Ecology Laboratory<\/strong> (Partuyarta Ngadluku Wardli Kuu<\/em>) in the College of Science and Engineering at Flinders University<\/strong> in Australia form the MIGRATE Consortium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The island of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean occupies a critical position at the intersection of the African and Eurasian landmasses; its unique position provides archaeologists [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1349","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 00:10:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"translation_priority","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/migrate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/migrate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/migrate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/migrate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/migrate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1349"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/migrate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1522,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/migrate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1349\/revisions\/1522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/migrate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}