🚨 Yesterday I presented the results of my study about site formation processes and human and carnivore interaction at Escoural cave in #southernportugal in European Association of Archaeologists conference (Rome) 🔬. FINISTERRA ERC @JoaoCascalheira @Alvisebarbieri ICArEHB Universidade Algarve European Research Council (ERC)

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 European Association of Archaeologists European Research Council (ERC) ICArEHB Universidade Algarve

This afternoon at #EAA2024 our PhD student Jovan Galfi presented a new approach to explore vertical distribution of artifacts as a proxy to establish archeo-stratigraphies European Association of Archaeologists @EAAPaM ICArEHB Universidade Algarve European Research Council (ERC)

Also this afternoon at #EAA2024, our own Lucía Cobo-Sánchez and colleagues organized a session on Advancing Paleolithic Intra-Site Spatial Analysis @EAAPaM European Association of Archaeologists European Research Council (ERC) Universidade Algarve

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 European Research Council (ERC) ESHE Universidade Algarve ICArEHB

Some highlights from our team's participation in various 2024 summer conferences #ESHE2024 #EAA2024 #Neanderthals European Research Council (ERC) ICArEHB Universidade Algarve Lucía Cobo-Sánchez Guillermo Alzate Joana Belmiro Jovan Galfi Javier Sánchez-Martínez Mpumi Maringa finisterra.icarehb.com/highlights-fro…

First week of fieldwork in Companheira cave, done! Still a lot to come in the next few weeks, so stay tuned. #Archaeology #Neanderthals European Research Council (ERC) ICArEHB Universidade Algarve

🗓 Oct 19: Open Day at Companheira Cave! Explore Middle Paleolithic remains with ongoing excavations led by @JoaoCascalheira as part of the FINISTERRA ERC project. barlavento.pt/museu-de-porti…

Work at Companheira Cave is going strong! Check out this beautiful mandible from a Pleistocene carnivore. Can you guess the species? #Archaeology #Neanderthals ICArEHB European Research Council (ERC) Universidade Algarve

#fieldwork 🪨🔬 Taking micromorphology samples of breccia at Companheira cave (Southern Portugal). Exciting things are coming! FINISTERRA ERC ICArEHB Universidade Algarve European Research Council (ERC)

Fieldwork at Gruta da Companheira is becoming interesting! FINISTERRA ERC European Research Council (ERC) ICArEHB

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 European Research Council (ERC) ICArEHB Universidade Algarve

🪚🧑🏾‍🔬 Today Dr. Alvise Barbieri and I, cutting the impregnated sediment blocks from Companheira cave (Portugal). Great things are coming. In advance, this beautiful limestone heart from a brecciated layer, surrounded by bones and roots. FINISTERRA ERC European Research Council (ERC) ICArEHB Universidade Algarve

A few weeks ago, our researchers Lucía Cobo-Sánchez 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! European Research Council (ERC) ICArEHB

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: doi.org/10.3389/fearc.… ICArEHB Universidade Algarve

📢 We have a new paper out!! Site formation processes at the Middle Paleolithic levels of Escoural Cave, southern Portugal. Check it out! European Research Council (ERC) ICArEHB Universidade Algarve BRAVHO Lab #neanderthals #Archaeology #openscience sciencedirect.com/science/articl…