Dehesilla Cave Project: archaeological and environmental studies for the knowledge of the Prehistoric human occupation of Southern Iberian Peninsula (Duration: 2015-2021, 2023-2029)

by diogo.santos | Oct 31, 2023 | On Going, Projects

Duration: 2015-2021, 2023-2029 Abstract: The Cueva de La Dehesilla is an archaeological site located in the Sierra de Cádiz (Southern Spain) with great scientific results and expectations. The first archaeological explorations began in 1977 and 1981, when...

The Muge Shellmiddens Project: A new portal to the last hunter-gatherers the Tagus valley, Portugal (Duration: 2021-2023)

by diogo.santos | Jun 17, 2021 | Projects

Duration: 2021-2023 Abstract: This project proposes a three-year action plan for the requalification and valorization of the archaeological and paleontological heritage of the Mesolithic complex of Muge (Central Portugal), classified as National Monument since...

The last hunter-gatherers of Portugal. Virtual paleoanthropological study of the populations of Muge and Sado (Duration: 2021-2023)

by diogo.santos | May 16, 2021 | On Going, Projects

Duration: 2021-2023 Abstract: The Muge and Sado sites in Portugal are exceptional in many aspects. Dated from the late Mesolithic, they delivered the human remains of the last hunter-gatherers from Portugal and Europe. Estimated at nearly 400 individuals, buried...

Virtual Anthropology of Prehistoric Portugal (Duration: 2020-2022)

by diogo.santos | Feb 17, 2020 | Projects

Duration: 2020-2022 Abstract: The primary goal of the VAPP Project is to document and interpret patterns of external and internal dental morphological variation among prehistoric humans spanning the Upper Paleolithic to Bronze Age of Portugal. A biocultural...

Mobility, Subsistence Patterns and Kinship from the Late Neolithic until the Iron Age in Southwest Iberia (Duration: 2020-2021)

by diogo.santos | Jan 17, 2020 | Projects

Duration: 2020-2021 Abstract: O objectivo deste projeto é abordar as mudanças culturais ocorridas entre o Neolítico final e a Idade do Ferro (4º e 1º milénios a.n.e.) na região do Sudoeste da Península Ibérica recorrendo à análise da mobilidade, dieta e...