OCCUPOMICS: Estimation of archaeological site occupation time spans using genomic admixture and radiocarbon dating

by CIAS Gestão | Jun 3, 2025 | On Going, Projects

Duration: 2025 – 2026 Abstract: Archaeological site occupation time span estimates can take the form of quantitative and qualitative intervals. The former can use methods such as radiocarbon dating to obtain temporal calendar intervals that, in some cases, can be...

Tracing prevalence of Tuberculosis in Portugal in the last 4 millenia using bones and genomes

by CIAS Gestão | May 28, 2025 | On Going

Duration: 2025 – 2028 Abstract: This project examines the evolution of tuberculosis in Portugal over the last 4000 years. By analysing skeletal remains, we aim to understand how TB has affected the Portuguese population, how the mycobacteria have evolved, and how...

Developing a new method for the identification of cancer in archaeological populations: a multiscale approach to bone metastasis: micro-CT and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy as analytical tools for bioarchaeology (Duration: 2024-2026)

by CIAS Gestão | Jan 4, 2024 | On Going

Duration: 2024/01/04 – 2026/03/31 Coordinators: Vítor Matos & Carina Marques Partner Institutions: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley – Edinburg Campus, United States; Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal; Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde...

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...

PAS GRAS – De-risking metabolic, environmental and behavioral determinants of obesity in children, adolescents, and young adults (Duration: 2023–2028)

by CIAS Gestão | Aug 25, 2023 | On Going, Projects

Duration: 04/2023 – 03/2028 Abstract: PAS GRAS aims to prevent and reverse obesity and associated metabolic complications in four age groups: pre-pubertal children (3-9 yr), adolescents (10-18 yr), young adults (19-25 yr), and adults (25-55). PAS GRAS focuses on four...

HealthyW8 – Empowering healthy lifestyle behaviour through personalised intervention portfolios to prevent and control obesity during vulnerable stages of life (Duration: 2023–2028)

by CIAS Gestão | Jul 25, 2023 | On Going, Projects

Duration: 04/2023 – 03/2028 Abstract: The aim of HealthyW8 is to advance the efficacy of current and future efforts and investments in obesity prevention initiatives across Europe. Initiatives on obesity prevention in policy and practice are often of marginal impact....