Where did the copper used at one of Portugal’s most important Chalcolithic settlements come from? A new open access study in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports co-authored by ICArEHB researcher João Luís Cardoso investigates the supply networks behind the copper finds at Leceia and the wider Estremadura region during the third millennium BC. The […] The post The supply of copper to the…
How can we read the traces left by Acheulean stone tools? A new open access study in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology co-authored by ICArEHB researchers Eduardo Paixão, João Marreiros, and Erella Hovers takes an experimental approach to decoding use-wear traces in percussive tools made from different raw materials — shedding new light on one […] The post Decoding Acheulean Percussive…
A new open access study in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology presents a decade of archaeological research in Mozambique, offering a comprehensive overview of the country’s Stone Age landscape. The paper is co-authored by ICArEHB researchers Nuno Bicho, Célia Gonçalves, João Cascalheira, Jonathan Haws, Jeffrey Rose, Michael Benedetti, Milena Carvalho, and Mussa Raja. Since the […] The post…
When did our lineage part ways with chimpanzees? A new open access study in Primates co-authored by ICArEHB researchers João d’Oliveira Coelho, René Bobe, and Susana Carvalho revisits one of paleoanthropology’s most fundamental questions — the timing and nature of the divergence between Pan and Homo. The timing of divergence between hominins and the bonobo-chimpanzee […] The post Parting ways:…
A preprint co-authored by ICArEHB researcher Osama Samawi presents preliminary results from new Palaeolithic findspots at Jurf ed-Darawish in southern Jordan, exploring their implications for bilateral movements between the Southern Levant and Northern Arabia. Southern Jordan occupies a key position at the interface of the Levant and Northern Arabia, critical for understanding Paleolithic…
The Palaeolithic of Jordan: The State of the Art A preprint co-authored by ICArEHB researcher Osama Samawi summarises the proceedings of a workshop held at the 16th International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan (ICHAJ 16) in Athens, September 2025. The workshop brought together current research on the Palaeolithic of Jordan, offering a […] The post The Palaeolithic of Jordan:…
How did Later Stone Age communities in the Save River Valley organize lithic production and use? ICArEHB researchers Osama Samawi and Jeffrey I. Rose co-author this open access study in African Archaeological Review, together with the Dispersals team, combining lithic techno-economics and OSL chronology to shed light on the Later Stone Age at Chessungalane in Mozambique. Nestled between East and…
How did hunter-gatherers move through arid landscapes at the end of the Middle Palaeolithic? ICArEHB researchers Eduardo Paixão and João Marreiros co-author this open access study in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences with colleagues, examining mobility indicators from the Besor 37 site in the Northern Negev. Besor 37 is an open-air site in the northwestern Negev Desert (Israel).…
Last Saturday, our Archaeology Master’s students and undergraduate students in Cultural Heritage and Archaeology took part in a field trip led by ICArEHB members, right on the doorstep of the Gambelas Campus. 🌿 In a true open-air laboratory, they learned how to read the landscape firsthand through field observation, Mediterranean geomorphology, erosion processes, and climate vulnerability. It was…
How can laboratory microstratigraphic excavation improve high-resolution sampling and data integration? ICArEHB researchers Vera Aldeias, Paul Goldberg, Shannon P. McPherron, Li Li, and Carolina Mallol co-author this open access study in Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology with colleagues, presenting a lab-based microstratigraphic excavation methodology designed to integrate multiple analytical…
