A5086068472- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Tribology and Wear Analysis
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Lubricants and Their Additives
- Building materials and conservation
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
- Archaeological and Historical Studies
- Conservation Techniques and Studies
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Mechanical Behavior of Composites
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Textile materials and evaluations
- Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Medieval Architecture and Archaeology
- Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements
- Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
University of Algarve
2016-2025
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2022-2025
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2020-2021
Institute of Archeology
2021
Tracer Technologies (United States)
2018
Centro Regional de Derechos Humanos y Justicia de Género, Corporación Humanas
2018
Abstract In prehistoric human populations, technologies played a fundamental role in the acquisition of different resources and are represented main daily living activities, such as with bone, wooden, stone-tipped spears for hunting, chipped-stone tools butchering. Considering that paleoanthropologists archeologists focused on study processes involved evolution behavior, investigating how hominins acted past through evidence archeological artifacts is crucial. Thus, tool use major importance...
The evolution of human behaviour is marked by key decision-making processes reflected in technological variability the early archaeological record. As part system, differences raw material quality directly affect way that humans produce, design and use stone tools. selection, procurement various materials requires to evaluate multiple factors such as suitability produce tools, but also materials’ efficiency durability performing a given task. Therefore, characterizing physical properties...
Abstract In recent years, archaeological research has demonstrated the presence of abstract non-utilitarian behaviour amongst palaeolithic hominins, fuelling discussions concerning origin and implications such complex behaviours. A key component in these is aesthetic symbolic character intentionally incised artefacts. this study, we emphasize geometry incisions as clues to intentionality. Using 3D surface analysis, characterised found on a Levallois core from Manot cave, flake retouched...
Use-wear studies rely heavily on experiments and reference collections to infer the function of archeological artifacts. Sequential experiments, in particular, are necessary understand how use-wear develops. Consequently, it is crucial analyze same location tool's surface during course an experiment. Being able relocate area interest a sample also essential for reproducibility studies. However, visual relocation has limited applicability there currently no easy efficient alternative. Here we...
Many archeologists are skeptical about the capabilities of use-wear analysis to infer on function archeological tools, mainly because method is seen as subjective, not standardized and reproducible. Quantitative methods in particular have been developed applied address these issues. However, importance equipment, acquisition settings remains underestimated. One those settings, numerical aperture objective, has potential be one major factors leading reproducibility Here, experimental flint...
Ground Stone Tools (GST) have been identified in several Levantine archaeological sites dating to the Middle Paleolithic. These tools, frequently made of limestone, are often interpreted based on their morphology and damage as having used for knapping flint, sometimes breaking animal bones or processing vegetal materials well. However, lack experimental referential collections limestone is a major obstacle identification diagnostic traces these types tools raw material. In this sense,...
The knowledge of where past human populations collected their raw materials to produce stone-tools is crucial understand subjects such as territoriality, mobility, decision-making, range acquisition, networks and, eventually, infer cognitive abilities and the adaptations new environments, landscapes territories. Therefore, creation lithic reference collections (lithotheque) utmost importance.
 In geological terms, Portugal a highly complex diversified region, with plethora igneous,...
In the archaeological record, Ground Stone Tools (hereafter GST) represent an important tool group that provides invaluable data for exploring technological development and changes in resource exploitation over time. Despite its importance, Lower Middle Paleolithic (MP) GST technology remains poorly known understudied. The MP record of Levant constitutes a compelling case study nature character technology. Especially site Nesher Ramla (Israel, end Marine Isotope Stage 6/beginning 5) has...
In 2015, several disarticulated human skeletal remains were identified in the top layers of prehistoric site Buraca da Moira Rock Shelter (Boa Vista, Leiria), during archaeological excavation carried out under scope EcoPLis — Human Occupations Pleistocene Ecotones River Lis project. The recovery chert, constiquartz and quartzite blanks, a schist plate, as well adornments bone shell indicates Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic chronology. assemblage, composed total 129 tooth fragments, allowed...
A determinação da Taxa de Filtração Glomerular (TGF) é uma maneira avaliar a função renal, que pode estabelecer extensão disfunção renal crônica. É se modifica ao longo dos anos; permite reconhecer disfunções ainda em fase precoce; determina o grau severidade e assim auxilia na tomada decisão clínica, podendo influenciar tratamento, estabelecendo prognóstico an-tecipando complicações futuras. O intuito desse trabalho foi TGF pacientes Clínica Escola Dr. Carlos Brandt Faculdade Medicina...