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@ERC_Research project attributed to @JoaoCascalheira to investigate the cultural and population trajectories of late Neanderthals in Southwestern Iberia

@ICArEHB, Faro, Portugal 🇵🇹
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📢 We have a new paper out!! Site formation processes at the Middle Paleolithic levels of Escoural Cave, southern Portugal. Check it out!. @ERC_Research @ICArEHB @UAlg @ERC_RESOLUTION . #neanderthals #Archaeology #openscience .
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New paper out! 🦌.Milena Carvalho & Jonathan Haws present a new zooarchaeological and taphonomic study of Neanderthal Level JJ at Lapa do Picareiro, one of our flagship sites. Open access in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology:. @ICArEHB @UAlg.
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Recent revisions of Neanderthal behavioral models call into question the notion of inflexible subsistence strategies. Here, we present new zooarchaeological ...
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RT @AlzateGuillermo: 🪚🧑🏾‍🔬 Today Dr. Alvise Barbieri and I, cutting the impregnated sediment blocks from Companheira cave (Portugal). Great….
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A few weeks ago, our researchers @LCoboSanchez and Nolan Ferar visited the Archaeology National Museum in Lisbon to analyze legacy materials from Escoural Cave. Currently excavated under our project, these materials are key to framing our new findings!.@ERC_Research @ICArEHB
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Plus, it's all #OpenAccess! We've made the data and #RCode freely available for anyone interested in exploring further. Access everything in our @OSFramework repository:
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Exploring the varied subsistence strategies and cave occupation patterns of Neanderthals is key to understanding their complex behaviors and ecological adaptations. Small game consumption, in...
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Thrilled to announce our new paper in @FrontiersIn led by @LCoboSanchez! Discover what the taphonomy of rabbit bones reveals about Neanderthal vs Carnivore activities at Escoural Cave. Check it out! #Archaeology #Neanderthals @ERC_Research @ICArEHB @UAlg.
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🎉Excited to share our latest paper in @FrontiersIn on new insights from Escoural Cave! .🔍Our research focuses on the taphonomy of a rabbit assemblage found alongside Neanderthal artifacts at this significant site.🐰(1/7).
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RT @javier_sm93: Fieldwork at Gruta da Companheira is becoming interesting!. @Finisterra_ERC @ERC_Research @ICArEHB
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Wrapping up an incredible month at Companheira Cave. Now it's time to begin lab work, processing, and analyzing all the collected samples #Neanderthals #Archaeology @ERC_Research @ICArEHB @UAlg
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RT @AlzateGuillermo: #fieldwork 🪨🔬 Taking micromorphology samples of breccia at Companheira cave (Southern Portugal). Exciting things are c….
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Work at Companheira Cave is going strong! Check out this beautiful mandible from a Pleistocene carnivore. Can you guess the species? #Archaeology #Neanderthals @ICArEHB @ERC_Research @UAlg
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RT @ICArEHB: 🗓 Oct 19: Open Day at Companheira Cave! Explore Middle Paleolithic remains with ongoing excavations led by @JoaoCascalheira as….
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Conhecer os vestígios de ocupação pelo homem de Neandertal.
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First week of fieldwork in Companheira cave, done! Still a lot to come in the next few weeks, so stay tuned. #Archaeology #Neanderthals @ERC_Research @ICArEHB @UAlg
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Some highlights from our team's participation in various 2024 summer conferences .#ESHE2024 #EAA2024 #Neanderthals @ERC_Research.@ICArEHB @UAlg @LCoboSanchez.@AlzateGuillermo @JNBelmiro @g4lfi @javier_sm93 @MpumiMaringa.
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If you're at #ESHE2024, this afternoon make you sure you stop by our team member Milena Carvalho poster on "Human diet in central Portugal during the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition: the case from Lapa do Picareiro".#Neanderthals @ERC_Research @ESHE_society @UAlg @ICArEHB.
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Also this afternoon at #EAA2024, our own @LCoboSanchez and colleagues organized a session on Advancing Paleolithic Intra-Site Spatial Analysis @EAAPaM @archaeologyEAA .@ERC_Research @UAlg
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This afternoon at #EAA2024 our PhD student @g4lfi presented a new approach to explore vertical distribution of artifacts as a proxy to establish archeo-stratigraphies.@archaeologyEAA @EAAPaM @ICArEHB @UAlg @ERC_Research
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Are you at #EAA2024 and interested in the diet and ecology of #Neanderthals and early H. sapiens? Don't miss our team member Milena Carvalho's talk this morning about the faunal record at Lapa do Picareiro. @EAAPaM .@archaeologyEAA .@ERC_Research .@ICArEHB .@UAlg.
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RT @AlzateGuillermo: 🚨 Yesterday I presented the results of my study about site formation processes and human and carnivore interaction at….
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This morning at #EAA2024 our PhD student @JNBelmiro will present LusoLit. A western Iberia chert lithoteque housed @ICArEHB but that you can also access online: . Don't miss it!. @ERC_Research.@UAlg .@archaeologyEAA.
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