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Aix-Marseille Université Institute for Research and EducationARKAIA - Institut d’Archéologie MéditerranéenneTopics: Antiquity, Archaeometry, Big Data, Diachrony, Mediterranean, Middle Ages, Digital Tools, Paleo-Environmental Interactions, Protohistory, Modern TimesDisciplinary Fields: Archaeology, History, Geosciences, Ecology, Anthropology, ClassicsSummary: The institute of Mediterranean Archaeology (ARKAIA) is designed as a pole of convergence of research skills and training capacity in archaeology, understood in its broadest sense, as well as in archaeological sciences, in the Mediterranean from prehistory to recent times. The Institute of Mediterranean Archaeology is based on the synergy of material and human resources set within the archaeology laboratories of  the Mediterranean Social Science Centre (MMSH). The institute cooperates with teams that develop innovative approaches in bio- and geosciences  (dating, environments, chemistry...), archaeology of death and biological anthropology, as well as laboratory resources in the field of engineering sciences and techniques. The lines of research concerning the environments, territories, communities, demography, technical systems and material cultures in the MediterraneanInstitut interlocutors: - Director: Jean-Christophe Sourisseau (Centre Camille Jullian, UMR 7299)- Deputy Director for Education: Under appointment- Deputy Director for Research: Under appointmentResearch Units:ADES - Anthropologie Bio-Culturelle, Droit, Éthique et SantéCCJ - Centre Camille JullianCEREGE - Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement  CINaM - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de MarseilleIMBE - Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Écologie Marine et ContinentaleIRAA - Institut de Recherche sur l'Architecture Antique ISM - Institut des Sciences du MouvementLA3M - Laboratoire d'Archéologie Médiévale et Moderne en MéditerranéeLAMPEA - Laboratoire Méditerranéen de Préhistoire Europe AfriqueLIS - Laboratoire d'Informatique &#38; SystèmesLMA - Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'AcoustiqueLP3 - Lasers, Plasmas et Procédés Photoniques MADIREL - Matériaux Divisés, Interfaces, Réactivité, Électrochimie TDMAM - Textes et Documents de la Méditerranée Antique et Médiévale Faculties:ALLSH - Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Aix-en-Provence SMPM - Faculty of Medical and Paramedical SciencesInstitute Pythéas - Observatory for Space, Earth and Environment SciencesMMSH - Mediterranean Social Science Centre  Doctoral schools:Environmental Sciences (ED 251)Spaces Cultures Societies (ED 355)News from ARKAIA Institut &#62;&#62;For more information: ARKAIA on Aix-Marseille University websitePhotography credits :  Photo by Hans Reniers on Unsplash