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...

The last hunter-gatherers of Muge (Portugal): the origins of social complexity (Duration: 2010–2012)

by diogo.santos | Feb 17, 2010 | Projects

Duration: 04/01/2010 – 03/31/2012 Abstract: It is clear that the Muge shell middens correspond to a new adaptation after the long term Paleolithic economy that lasted well into the Holocene in Portuguese Estremadura. Estuarine resources seem to have played a...

TB or not TB: using histology to diagnose rib lesions in past human populations (Duration: 2010–2011)

by diogo.santos | Jan 17, 2010 | Projects

Duration: 2010 – 2011 Abstract: The development of a histological technique to aid in the diagnosis of the pulmonary form of tuberculosis in human archaeological populations. Ribs have been analyzed microscopically but it has been used more as a simple...

An Investigation into the Microscopic and Macroscopic Heat-induced Changes in Bone and their Application to the Archaeological Context (Duration: 2010–2011)

by diogo.santos | Jan 17, 2010 | Projects

Duration: 2010 – 2011 Abstract: The aim of this project is two-fold. First, we are undertaking both macroscopic and microscopic analyses of bone in order to tease out the specific heat-induced changes from changes due to normal bone decomposition. Second, we...

Requalification of the Leiria Castle (Duration: 2009–2011)

by diogo.santos | Jul 17, 2009 | Projects

Duration: July 10, 2009 – December 31, 2011 Abstract: The project corresponds to an archaeological investigation of the Castelo de Leiria (Castle of Leiria) which comprises several specific objectives: the detection, study, conservation and development of...

Cremains: the value of quantitative analysis for the bioanthropological research of burned human skeletal remains (Duration: 2008–2011)

by diogo.santos | Jul 17, 2008 | Projects

Duration: 2008 – 2011 Abstract: The goals of this project are to investigate heat-induced macroscopic bone changes and to develop new analytical methods specifically developed for burned bones. In order to do that, the research is being carried out in a...