Category: News
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Vera Aldeias is a member of FCT’s Scientific Council
ICArEHB researcher Vera Aldeias was nominated as member of the Scientific Council for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences of FCT – the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. The Scientific Councils are a support body to the Directive Council for strategic advice and recommendations on the development, implementation and modification of support programmes for…
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Fossil micromammals and the palaeoenvironments of the Paranthropus robustus site of Cooper’s Cave
New article published by Linchamps, P., Stoetzel, E., Cornette, R., Denys, C., Hanon, R., Maringa, N., Matthews, T., & Steininger, C. in Historical Biology. The Cradle of Humankind (Gauteng, South Africa) provides an important fossil record of the evolutionary history of PlioPleistocene hominins. Cooper’s Cave deposits have yielded a rich fossil faunal assemblage, as well as…
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Reassessing Roman military activity through an interdisciplinary approach: Myth and archaeology in Laboreiro Mountain (Northwestern Iberia)
New article published by Fonte, J., Rodrigues, A. L., Dias, M. I., Russo, D., Pereiro, T. do, Carvalho, J., Amorim, S., Jorge, C., Monteiro, P., Ferro-Vázquez, C., Costa-García, J. M., Gago, M., & Oltean, I. in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. The present work aims at the archaeological characterisation and historical contextualisation of two large enclosures…
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The archaeological potential of the northern Luangwa Valley, Zambia: The Luwumbu basin
New article published by Burke, A., Bisson, M., Schilt, F., Tolan, S., Museba, J., Drapeau, M. S. M., Aleman, J. C., & Peros, M. C. in PLOS ONE. The Luangwa Basin, Zambia, which forms part of the Zambezi drainage, is strategically located between the Central African plateau and the East African Rift system. The Luangwa River…
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A aventura para o conhecimento
New article published by Gomes, A., Pires, C. V., Oliveira, S., Coelho, A., Gonçalves, L., Porto, L., Nora, D., Connor, S., Raja, M., LaLonde, E. S., Martins, M. J. F., in Revista de Ciência Elementar. Neste artigo pretende-se apresentar o jogo de tabuleiro A aventura para o conhecimento como uma ferramenta facilitadora do processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Este…
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Towards an understanding of the different uses of sheep/goat and hare in Iberian South-Western Bronze Age funerary contexts
New article published by Costa, C., Baptista, L., Gomes, S., Rodrigues, Z., & Santos, D. in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Faunal remains associated with human burials are a well-known practice in Southern Portugal during the Middle Bronze Age (end of the third millennium until the first half of the second millennium BC). The funerary…
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The Exceptional Presence of Megaloceros giganteus in North-Eastern Iberia and Its Palaeoecological Implications: The Case of Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain)
New article published by Uzunidis, A., Rivals, F., Rufà, A., Blasco, R., & Rosell, J. in Diversity . In this article we announce the discovery of the first remains of Megaloceros giganteus found in Catalonia (north-eastern Iberia) from the Late Pleistocene: a fragment of maxillary. Dated between 35,000 and 37,000 cal BP, it is also among the youngest…
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A symbolic Neanderthal accumulation of large herbivore crania
New article published by Baquedano, E., Arsuaga, J. L., Pérez-González, A., Laplana, C., Márquez, B., Huguet, R., Gómez-Soler, S., Villaescusa, L., Galindo-Pellicena, M. Á., Rodríguez, L., García-González, R., Ortega, M.-C., Martín-Perea, D. M., Ortega, A. I., Hernández-Vivanco, L., Ruiz-Liso, G., Gómez-Hernanz, J., Alonso-Martín, J. I., Abrunhosa, A., … Higham, T., in Nature Human Behaviour. This…
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Changes in dental wear magnitude in the last ∼8000 years in southwestern Iberia
New article published by Godinho, R. M., Umbelino, C., Garcia, S., & Gonçalves, C., in Archives of Oral Biology. This study examines changes in dental wear magnitude in the past ∼8000 years, i.e., since Mesolithic until the 19th century, in southwestern Iberia. Thus, it encompasses the transition from hunting-gathering to agro-pastoralism, and then to the industrialization…
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A ‘Family of Wear’: Traceological Patterns on Pebbles Used for Burnishing Pots and Processing Other Plastic Mineral Matters
New article published by Dubreuil, L., Robitaille, J., Gonzalez-Urquijo, J., Marreiros, J., & Stroulia, A. in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. The development of technologies related to plastic mineral matters (PMM), including clay, mud, and plaster, represents a major step in cultural evolution because of their important repercussions for food processing, storage, transportation, construction, and…