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ICArEHB launches Seed Fund 2022
The ICArEHB seed fund (ISF) is an annual fund of ICArEHB to allow its members to conduct selected projects of scientific research in human evolution and prehistoric archeology. The purpose of the ISF is two fold: to enrich the experience and track as researcher while promoting ICArEHB’s activity in research, education, and science communication, both locally and…
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“Lithic bipolar methods as an adaptive strategy through space and time”
New article published by Pedro Horta, Nuno Bicho and João Cascalheira in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. The use of bipolar (on anvil) methods for resource exploitation has been identified in the archaeological record from the late Pliocene through to the Holocene. During all phases of human evolution, bipolar knapping and wedging were applied by…
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“Exploring the Later Stone Age at a micro-scale: New high-resolution excavations at Wonderwerk Cave”
New article published by Sara E. Rhodes, Paul Goldberg, Michaela Ecker, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Elisabetta Boaretto, and Michael Chazan in Quaternary International. In 2018, we initiated renewed excavation of the Later Stone Age (LSA) deposits at Wonderwerk Cave. Here we describe the goals and initial results of the first two seasons of excavation, including the first…
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“A quantitative paleoclimatic reconstruction of the non-analogue environment of oxygen isotope stage 3: new data from small mammal records of southwestern Germany”
New article published by Sara E. Rhodes & Nicholas J. Conard in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. Ensuring comparability between results is a key goal of all paleoecological reconstructions. Quantitative estimates of meteorological variables, as opposed to relative qualitative descriptions, provide the opportunity to compare local paleoenvironmental records against global estimates and incrementally build regional paleoclimatic records. The…
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? The Archaeologist’s Notebook: A day in the lab.
The Archaeologist’s Notebook, the ICArEHB PhD students’ Blog has a new article: “A day in the lab”. Read here: https://archaeologists-notebook.icarehb.com/2021/11/18/a-day-in-the-lab/
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ICArEHB at FIC.A – Festival Internacional de Ciência
FIC.A – Festival Internacional de Ciência took place from the 12th to the 17th October 2021, at the Marquês de Pombal Palace and Gardens in Oeiras. ICArEHB participaed in this event a stand, talks, workshops and many interesting and engaging activities with our Researchers and PhD Students.
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“Simply red? A systematic colour-based method for identifying archaeological fires”
New article published by Cruz Ferro-Vázquez, Carolina Mallol, Vera Aldeias in Geoarchaeology. The identification and characterization of hearths is crucial for reconstructing the history of fire use and pyrotechnology. In addition to ashes and charcoals, an active fire will also produce alterations of the underlying substrate to varying degrees. To date, however, few studies have…
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“Automated audiovisual behavior recognition in wild primates”
New article published by Max Bain, Arsha Nagrani, Daniel Schofield, Sophie Berdugo, Joana Bessa, Jake Owen, Kimberley J Hockings, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Misato Hayashi, Dora Biro, Susana Carvalho, Andrew Zisserman, in Science Advances. Large video datasets of wild animal behavior are crucial to produce longitudinal research and accelerate conservation efforts; however, large-scale behavior analyses continue to…
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“Subsistence behavior during the Initial Upper Paleolithic in Europe: Site use, dietary practice, and carnivore exploitation at Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria)”
New article published by Geoff M. Smith, Rosen Spasov, Naomi L. Martisius, Virginie Sinet-Mathiot, Vera Aldeias, Zeljko Rezek, Karen Ruebens, Sarah Pederzani, Shannon P. McPherron, Svoboda Sirakova, Nikolay Sirakov, Tsenka Tsanova, Jean-Jacques Hublin, in Journal of Human Evolution. The behavioral dynamics underlying the expansion of Homo sapiens into Europe remains a crucial topic in human evolution. Owing…
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“The early Aurignacian at Lapa do Picareiro really is that old: A comment on ‘The late persistence of the Middle Palaeolithic and Neandertals in Iberia: A review of the evidence for and against the “Ebro Frontier” model”
New article published by Jonathan A.Haws, Michael M. Benedetti, Nuno F. Bicho, João Cascalheira, M. Grace Ellis, Milena M. Carvalho, Lukas Friedl, Telmo Pereira and SahraTalamo in Quaternary Science Reviews. In his review of the MP-UP transition in Iberia, Zilhão (2021: 25) mistakenly altered the data presented in two of our recent publications (Benedetti et al., 2019; Haws et al., 2020) using an imprecise…