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As part of her STSM, between March 22nd and April 1st 2025, Ilaria has been working as a visiting researcher at the University of Alicante. Her investigation consisted in visiting several museums in the area of the Southern Valencian Community and Region of Murcia —Archaeological Museums of Alicante, Murcia, Elche, Alcudia d'Elche, Cigarralejo, Cartagena — to study the gaming objects part of the permanent collections as much as additional gaming items stored in the archives. The examination consisted in the graphic documentation of gaming items, such as counters, knucklebones, dice and dice shakers, and the recognition of graffiti gaming boards in archaeological spaces.This data will serve to investigate the customs of the Iberian people in the context of the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. Finally, the applicant thanks all the museums for granting access to their collections and for kindly assisting her during her stay.

You can find her final STSM report here

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ACTION CA22145

GameTable – Computational Techniques for Tabletop Games Heritage. An international and interdisciplinary network of scholars and stakeholders from all career stages across academia, industry, and heritage institutions to inspire methodologies and applications on how to use game AI to study, reconstruct, and preserve the intangible cultural heritage of games.

Action Details

Action Chair: Dr. Éric Piette
Start Date: 24 October 2023
End Date: 23 October 2027
Approval date: 16 May 2023
Grant Holder: UCLouvain

Email: eric.piette@uclouvain.be

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