iLab.Arq: Geoarchaeology methodological research applied to cultural heritage protocols (Duration: 2010-2013)

by diogo.santos | Jul 17, 2010 | Projects

Duration: 2010 – 2013 Abstract: The “Dryas iLab.Arq” project is co-promoted with three different research centers from the University of Coimbra and participated by another university (Geosciences department, Universidade of Évora) and two private...

The clinical archive of the sanatorium Carlos Vasconcelos Porto (Duration: 2010-2013)

by diogo.santos | Jun 17, 2010 | Projects

Contribution to the history of tuberculosis and its paleopathological diagnosis Duration: 2010 – 2013 Abstract: This investigation aims to clarify the role of new bone formation on ribs for the paleopathological diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis...

Death management in Recent Prehistory: funerary practices in Perdigões enclosure (Duration: 2010–2013)

by diogo.santos | May 17, 2010 | Projects

Duration: 06/01/2010 – 05/31/2013 Abstract: Archaeological evidence indicates the existence of several burial areas in the enclosure of Perdigões. A systematic study of this henge is necessary in order to understand the local multiplicity of funerary...

Algar do Bom Santo: A research project on the Neolithic populations of Portuguese Estremadura (6th-4th millenia BC) (Duration: 2010-2013)

by diogo.santos | Apr 17, 2010 | Projects

Duration: 01/04/2010  –  31/03/2013 Abstract: The main aim of this Project is to complete the bioarchaeological analysis of the human remains from Algar do Bom Santo. This is composed of a cave-necropolis consisting on the surface deposition...

The “slave pit” of Lagos (Portugal): contribution to the understanding of funerary treatment of African slaves in the 15th and 16th centuries (Duration: 2010-2012)

by diogo.santos | Mar 17, 2010 | Projects

Duration: 2010 – 2012 Abstract: This project focuses on a transdisciplinary approach to the vast urban trash deposit found at Lagos, where a skeletal sample of African slaves (n = 156), discarded during the 15th ‐ 16th centuries was identified. This...