The origins and life histories of enslaved Africans from Lagos (Portugal) revealed by multi isotope analysis (Duration: 2022-2023)

by CIAS Gestão | Feb 4, 2022 | Projects

Duration: 01/06/2022-31/05/2023 Abstract: Valle da Gafaria (Lagos, Portugal) has become known as the earliest and largest burial site of enslaved Africans ever found in Europe, predating one of the most shameful chapters of Western history, the Transatlantic...

Análisis paleoparasitológico en Augusta Emerita (Mérida). Siglos I-VII d.C (Duration: 2022-2023)

by CIAS Gestão | Jan 28, 2022 | On Going

Duration: 2022-2023 Abstract:  Coordinator: Jesús Acero Pérez Participants: Filipa Cortesão Silva (CIAS) Partner institutions: University of Seville Financial support: Fundación Palarq, 5.000€...

LUMIERE – Landscape Use and Mobility In EuRopE: Bridging the gap between cremation and inhumation (Duration: 2021-2026)

by CIAS Gestão | Jul 28, 2021 | On Going

Duration: 2021-2026 Abstract:  Coordinator: Christophe Snoeck Participants: Filipa Cortesão Silva (CIAS) Partner institutions: Vrije Universiteit Brussel Financial support: Financiamento: H2020-EU.1.1. Excellent Science. European Research Council...

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...

Almada Velha: Heritage Enhancement of the Historic Urban Center (Duration: 2021-2023

by CIAS Gestão | Jun 2, 2021 | On Going

Duration: 2021-2023 Abstract:  The main objectives of this research and valorization project are: Studies of archaeological contexts and inventory and valorization of their collections, Creation of a heritage sensitivity map of the historical center of...

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...