Emergence and evolution of food producing societies (ICArEHB)

Submitted by jmcascalheira on Fri, 09/08/2023 - 15:49
University
University of Algarve
Size of the team
number of researchers number of supporting staff number of PhD students
15
1
7
PI
PI name
Hugo Oliveira
PI email
hroliveira@ualg.pt
Contact person and e-mail
Contact person
Hugo Oliveira
Contact person e-mail
hroliveira@ualg.pt
WWW
https://www.icarehb.com/research_themes/
Short description of research profile

The transition from hunting-gathering-fishing to agriculture as the main form of obtaining dietary calories was one of the key moments in human evolution. It occurred at different times in distinct parts of the world. Often, this led to an increase in social complexity, inequality and to the appearance of state societies. We analyse traces left behind in the archaeological, bio-anthropological and palaeobotanical records, while evaluating the relationship between daily human activities and ecological/climatic changes overtime. We also investigate the origins and spread of farming by analysing genomes of heir-loom varieties.

Research area
HUMANITIES » History and archaeology
Publications

Representative publications

Kabukcu, C. (2023). Reassessing the origin of lentil cultivation in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Southwest Asia: new evidence from carbon isotope analysis at Gusir Höyük. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 1-11.
Liber, M., Duarte, I., Maia, A. T., & Oliveira, H. R. (2021). The history of lentil (Lens culinaris subsp. culinaris) domestication and spread as revealed by genotyping-by-sequencing of wild and landrace accessions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 628439.
Evershed, R. P., …, Gillis, R. E., ... & Thomas, M. G. (2022). Dairying, diseases and the evolution of lactase persistence in Europe. Nature, 608(7922), 336-345.
Costa, C., Baptista, L., Gomes, S., Rodrigues, Z., & Santos, D. (2023). Towards an understanding of the different uses of sheep/goat and hare in Iberian South-Western Bronze Age funerary contexts. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 48, 103895.
Gillis, R. E., Bulatović, J., Penezić, K., Spasić, M., Tasić, N. N., & Makarewicz, C. A. (2021). Of herds and societies—Seasonal aspects of Vinča culture herding and land use practices revealed using sequential stable isotope analysis of animal teeth. Plos one, 16(10), e0258230.