Living in the shore: changes in coastal resource intensification during the Mesolithic in northern Iberia
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
Collection
Towards the sea: human ecology, subsistence and adaptations along the European coasts from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Neolithic (invitation only)
This special issue aims to increase the knowledge on the role of coastal environments for hominids throughout the Prehistory, which is crucial for the understanding of human-environment interactions over time. Coasts have long been hypothesised as key areas for human populations due to being very relevant areas for sourcing protein, essential for reproductive and cognitive success and, in turn, stimulating technological and cultural innovation. The contributions cover a geographic and chronological scope from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic along the Atlantic façade of Europe, Mediterranean Europe, and northern Africa. The investigations focus on very diverse compelling research topics, such as Mesolithic-Neolithic transition, the role of marine resources in the human subsistence strategies through time (from Magdalenian to Neolithic), the implications of environmental conditions for human behaviour, and site-formation processes.
Editors
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Asier GarcÃa-Escárzaga
The research of Dr. GarcÃa-Escárzaga mainly focuses on deciphering subsistence strategies and the human behaviour of the mesolithic populations in the northern Iberian Peninsula (10.5 - 6.7 ka BP). Dr Garci-Escarzaga research also focuses on better understanding the impact of abrupt climate changes that occurred at the Early Holocene in this littoral area, as for example the 8.2 ka BP cold event. To achieve these goals, she applies stable oxygen isotope ratio and trace elements ratio analyses on marine mollusc shells.
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Carlos Duarte Simões
Dr C. Duarte Simões is a geoarchaeologist, with an interdisciplinary and international training, currently holding a Widening Fellowship from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme to develop the SEArch project at ICArEHB.
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PatrÃcia Diogo Monteiro
Dr Diogo Monteiro is an archaeobotanist, specialized in charcoal analyses and a PhD in Archaeology, from the University of Algarve, that focused on firewood acquisition modalities of the Mesolithic hunters and gatherers of Muge shellmiddens, a project funded by FCT.
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Rita Dias
Dr Dias is an Archaeologist, specialized in Zooarchaeology, more specifically in Ichthyological remains and seasonality studies through the use of Sclerochronology and Stable isotopes analysis on fish remains.
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Alejandro Sierra
Dr. Sierra has focused his research on Archaeozoology, specifically studying animal domestication and integrating biogeochemical and structural methods. He conducted research in the Neolithic societies of the Mediterranean basin and trained at national and international centers, including the University of Zaragoza, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Natural History Museum in Paris, the University of York or the IPHES in Tarragona. He actively participates in multiple research projects, directs one under his grant, and has teaching experience at universities. Currently affiliated with Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Articles (3 in this collection)
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Seasonal exploitation of intertidal resources at El Mazo (N Iberia) reveals optimized human subsistence strategies during the Mesolithic in Atlantic Europe
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
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Marine resource exploitation and human settlement patterns during the Neolithic in SW Europe: stable oxygen isotope analyses (δ18O) on Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778) from Campo de Hockey (San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain)
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
