Category: News
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METECH meeting has a new date
Due to several constraints, the dates for the 2nd Methods & Techniques for Studying Paleoenvironments Meeting (METECH) were changed for the 3rd to the 7th of June 2024. Thus, the abstract submission was extended until the 15th of March 2024. We use this opportunity to remind you that in METECH, we aim to promote interdisciplinary…
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A metalurgia do Povoado de Pragança, Cadaval, no contexto da Idade do Bronze / I Idade do Ferro na Estremadura
PhD thesis by Ana Avila de Melo. This PhD thesis that is presented to the Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra, in order to obtain the degree of Doctor in Archaeology, focuses on the study of the metal artefacts from Pragança (Cadaval, Potugal) prehistoric settlement, particularly those from the Bronze Age and Early…
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Judite Nhanombe gave a talk for the Southern African Archaeological Student Society
ICArEHB students are doing great work to support and inspire the archaeological student community in southern Africa. In this talk for the Southern African Archaeological Student Society, Judite Nhanombe speaks about her journey into archaeology, leading up to her current Masters at the University of Algarve where she is researching palaeoenvironmental change on the Mozambique…
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Enhancing lithic analysis: Introducing 3D-EdgeAngle as a semi-automated 3D digital method to systematically quantify stone tool edge angle and design
New Article by Schunk, L., Cramer, A., Bob, K., Calandra, I., Heinz, G., Jöris, O., & Marreiros, J., in PLOS ONE. In stone tool studies, the analysis of different technological and typological features is known to provide distinct but interrelated information on the design and use of artefacts. The selection of these features can potentially…
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HEAS Seminar Series – Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic – Emily Hallinan
ICArEHB researcher Emily Hallinan was invited to give a seminar at HEAS in Vienna last week. You can watch her talk on YouTube, presenting the preliminary results of inter-regional comparisons between Nubian cores using geometric morphometrics.
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João Luís Cardoso honoured by the Portuguese Academy of History
Professor João Luís Cardoso, a longstanding member of ICArEHB and lecturer at Universidade Aberta, has been honored with the Professor Doctor Octávio da Veiga Ferreira Archaeology Prize for his book ‘O Povoado pré-histórico de Leceia: cinquenta anos de trabalhos arqueológicos (1972-2022).’ The prestigious prize, presented by the Municipality of Oeiras at the Portuguese Academy of…
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Novos dados sobre os povoados do Bronze Final dos Castelos (Beja) e Laço (Serpa) no âmbito do Projeto Odyssey. Contributos a partir de um levantamento drone-LiDAR
New Article by Miguel Serra, João Fonte, Tiago do Pereiro , Rita Dias, João Hipólito, António Neves, Luís Gonçalves Seco, in Actas completas do IV Congresso da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses. The Castelos (Beja) and Laço (Serpa) sites are part of a Late Bronze age settlement network, made up of various fortified settlements on the…
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There’s no smoke without fire: A deep time perspective on the effects of fires on air quality, human health and habitability in the Palaeolithic and prehistory
New Article by Hoare, S., Preysler, J. B., Kabukcu, C., Emmerich Kamper, T., Sinclair, A. G. M., & Torres Navas, C., in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. The use and control of fire is arguably one of the most important technological advancements of the Homo genus. Prehistoric populations exploit the combustion properties of fires (light, heat and…
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Geological and Archeological Insight into Site Formation Processes and Acheulean Occupation at Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
New Article by Goldberg, P., Rhodes, S. E., & Chazan, M., in Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. Wonderwerk Cave, located in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, is a rare cave site with a sequence of Acheulean occupation that is derived from activity within the cave rather than via avens. Building on previous publication of…
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Site Formation Histories and Context of Human Occupations at the Paleolithic Site of La Ferrassie (Dordogne, France)
New Article by Aldeias, V., Sandgathe, D., McPherron, S. J. P., Bruxelles, L., Turq, A., & Goldberg, P., in Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. The Paleolithic site of La Ferrassie (Dordogne, France) has contributed significantly to the understanding of Middle and Upper Paleolithic technocomplexes, as well as Neanderthal skeletal morphology. Excavations at the site have spanned…