Prehistoric behavior and dispersals in Africa (ICArEHB)

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University
University of Algarve
Size of the team
number of researchers number of supporting staff number of PhD students
28
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12
PI
PI name
Ana Gomes
PI email
aisgomes@ualg.pt
Contact person and e-mail
Contact person
Ana Gomes
Contact person e-mail
aisgomes@ualg.pt
Short description of research profile

Following its emergency in Africa, human populations started migrating and dispersing within and outside Africa. Current research indicates that climate changes and increased human population density may have triggered both human inventive and adaptive behavior and dispersal. To better understand prehistoric behavior and human dispersal in Africa, our team is developing groundbreaking research on the past social and cultural interactions between human populations and between humans, the environment and other species surrounding them.

Research area
HUMANITIES » History and archaeology
Publications

Representative publications

Schilt, F., Miller, C. E., Wright, D. K., Mentzer, S. M., Mercader, J., Moss, P., Choi, J.-H., Siljedal, G., Clarke, S., Mwambwiga, A., Thomas, K., Barbieri, A., Kaliba, P., Gomani-Chindebvu, E., & Thompson, J. C. (2022). Hunter-gatherer environments at the Late Pleistocene sites of Mwanganda’s Village and Bruce, northern Malawi. Quaternary Science Reviews, 292, 107638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107638
Val, A., & Collins, B. (2022). From Veld to Coast: Towards an Understanding of the Diverse Landscapes’ Uses by Past Foragers in Southern Africa. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 5(1), 16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-022-00124-w
Lipson, M., Sawchuk, E. A., Thompson, J. C., Oppenheimer, J., Tryon, C. A., Ranhorn, K. L., de Luna, K. M., Sirak, K. A., Olalde, I., Ambrose, S. H., Arthur, J. W., Arthur, K. J. W., Ayodo, G., Bertacchi, A., Cerezo-Román, J. I., Culleton, B. J., Curtis, M. C., Davis, J., Gidna, A. O., … Prendergast, M. E. (2022). Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers. Nature, 603(7900), 290–296. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04430-9
Rhodes, S. E., Goldberg, P., Ecker, M., Horwitz, L. K., Boaretto, E., & Chazan, M. (2022). Exploring the Later Stone Age at a micro-scale: New high-resolution excavations at Wonderwerk Cave. Quaternary International, 614, 126–145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.10.004
Hallinan, E. (2022). “A Survey of Surveys” Revisited: Current Approaches to Landscape and Surface Archaeology in Southern Africa. African Archaeological Review, 39(1), 79–111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-021-09469-z