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A presença do biface em território português. O faz-tudo, ou a generalização mu...
Bicho, Nuno; Cardoso, João LuísThe ability to teach, learn and innovate was what allowed humans to become the dominant species on the planet and the biface was, together with fire, one of the main elements in the discovery and technical innovation that allowed the evolution of humanity at the beginning of our history.
The non-adult burials of cabeço da amoreira, muge (Portugal): recent discoverie...
Coutinho-Nogueira, Dany; Godinho, Ricardo Miguel; Gaspar, Rosa Ramos; Andre, Lino; Bicho, Nuno; Cascalheira, João; Gonçalves, Célia; Umbelino, CláudiaCabeço da Amoreira, a key Mesolithic shell mound in the Muge region (central Portugal) provides critical insights into the funerary and socio-cultural practices of Western Europe’s last hunter-gatherer-fisher populations. Recent systematic excavations have provided new data into biological diversity and funerary practices, particularly in relation to non-adult individuals. This study focuses on three non-adult ...
A presença do biface em território português. O faz-tudo, ou a generalização mu...
Bicho, Nuno; Cardoso, João LuisThe ability to teach, learn and innovate was what allowed humans to become the dominant species on the planet and the biface was, together with fire, one of the main elements in the discovery and technical innovation that allowed the evolution of humanity at the beginning of our history.
From stone to tool: how raw materials influenced upper palaeolithic technology ...
Belmiro, Joana; Bicho, Nuno; Terradas, Xavier; Cascalheira, JoãoThe Upper Palaeolithic (UP) of westernmost Europe was marked by technological and cultural transformations and abrupt climatic shifts. The Iberian Peninsula, particularly southwestern Iberia, served as a refugia and key eco-cultural niche, making it a key region for UP studies. Vale Boi, the only site in southwestern Iberia with a nearly complete UP sequence, provides critical insights into technological, econo...
To date or not to date? A comparison of different 14C pretreatment methods appl...
Paleček, Dragana; Falini, Giuseppe; Wacker, Lukas; Mannino, Marcello A.; Bicho, Nuno; Talamo, Sahra; Rombolà, Alessandro G.; Fabbri, DanieleMollusk shells are often found in archeological sites, given their great preservation potential and high value as a multipurpose resource, and they can often be the only available materials useful for radiocarbon (14C) dating. However, dates obtained from shells are often regarded as less reliable compared to those from bones, wood, or charcoals due to different factors (e.g., Isotope fractionation, reservoir e...
Mandibular morphology and the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Westernmost Ib...
Godinho, Ricardo Miguel; Umbelino, Cláudia; Valera, António Carlos; Carvalho, António Faustino de; Bicho, Nuno; Cascalheira, João; Gonçalves, CéliaNeolithic farming and animal husbandry were first developed in the Near East ~ 10,000 BCE and expanded westwards, reaching westernmost Iberia no later than 5500 BCE. It resulted in major social, cultural, economic and dietary changes. Yet, the impact of this change on human mandibular morphology in Iberia is yet to be assessed, which is regrettable because mandible form is impacted by population history and die...
Comparing extraction method efficiency for high-throughput palaeoproteomic bone...
Mylopotamitaki, Dorothea; Harking, Florian S.; Taurozzi, Alberto J.; Fagernäs, Zandra; Godinho, Ricardo Miguel; Smith, Geoff M.; Weiss, MarcelHigh-throughput proteomic analysis of archaeological skeletal remains provides information about past fauna community compositions and species dispersals in time and space. Archaeological skeletal remains are a finite resource, however, and therefore it becomes relevant to optimize methods of skeletal proteome extraction. Ancient proteins in bone specimens can be highly degraded and consequently, extraction met...
Mandibular morphology and the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in Westernmost Ib...
Godinho, Ricardo Miguel; Umbelino, Cláudia; Valera, António Carlos; Carvalho, António; Bicho, Nuno; Cascalheira, João; Gonçalves, Célia; Smith, PatriciaNeolithic farming and animal husbandry were first developed in the Near East similar to 10,000 BCE and expanded westwards, reaching westernmost Iberia no later than 5500 BCE. It resulted in major social, cultural, economic and dietary changes. Yet, the impact of this change on human mandibular morphology in Iberia is yet to be assessed, which is regrettable because mandible form is impacted by population histor...
No direct evidence for the presence of Nubian Levallois technology and its asso...
Hallinan, Emily; Barzilai, Omry; Bicho, Nuno; Cascalheira, João; Demidenko, Yuri; Goder-Goldberger, Mae; Hovers, Erella; Marks, Anthony; Oron, MayaBlinkhorn et al.present a reanalysis of fossil and lithic material from Garrod’s 1928 excavation at Shukbah Cave, identifying the presence of Nubian Levallois cores and points in direct association with a Neanderthal molar. Te authors argue that this demonstrates the Nubian reduction strategy forms a part of the wider Middle Palaeolithic lithic repertoire, therefore its role as a cultural marker for Homo sapien...
Peninsular southern Europe refugia during the Middle Palaeolithic: an introduction
Bicho, Nuno; Carvalho, MilenaNeanderthals faced great environmental and climatic instability during the Pleistocene, which may have influenced their lithic technology, subsistence patterns, mobility, behaviour and survival. Modern research assessing the effect of climate and environment on the Middle Palaeolithic and transition to the Upper Palaeolithic has often turned to southern Europe, specifically peninsular southern Europe (Iberia, I...