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The Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and the Evolution of Human Behaviour is located in Faro, PT, and aims to build and share an integrative understanding of the origins and evolution of human behaviour, through rigorous and innovative research.
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🚨 Registrations closing soon!
Join our guided, hands-on workshop on #systematic #synthesis in #archaeology & #humanevolution.
🗓️ Jan 12, 19, 26 & Feb 2
⏰ 09:00–13:00 WET | Online
Apply by Nov 27 👉 heirs.icarehb.com
#HEIRS
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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🤖 Can #AI help #archaeologists identify how #stonetools were used?
#ICArEHB researchers A. Eleftheriadou, Y. Djellal, S.P. McPherron & J. Marreiros explore this with convolutional neural networks for #UseWear analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Archaeology #MachineLearning
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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👣 What can ancient #footprints tell us about #movement, #behaviour, and #technology in #prehistory?
Join us for the next #LEXA seminar, exploring traces and early #transport innovations.

🗓️ 4 Nov | 🕑 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online via #Zoom
🔗 icarehb.com/lexa
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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#ICArEHB PhD student Anastasia Eleftheriadou & researcher João Marreiros co-organise CAA2026 Session 13: “If I Had a Hammer, I’d 3D-Scan It: Computational Approaches for Tool Analysis.” 🛠️
2026.caaconference.org
📝 Submission deadline extended: 9 Nov 2025
#ICArEHB #CAA2026 #ComputationalArchaeology
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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⏰ Reminder!
🚀 ICArEHB #Workshop – Conducting a collaborative #SystematicSynthesis in #Archaeology & #HumanEvolution.
Learn how to design and run high-quality #ResearchSynthesis projects!

🗓 12, 19, 26 Jan & 2 Feb 2026
📍 Online
👉 More info on HEIRS’ website heirs.icarehb.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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#ICArEHB PhD candidate Osama Samawi explores ancient innovation in his new blog post “Stone Tools on Repeat” with @ACORJordan 🪨
Discover how #Neolithic communities at Tell Abu Suwwan reused stone flakes as cores — early #sustainability in #Archaeology!
👉 publications.acorjordan.org/2025/10/17/s...
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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New paper co-authored by #ICArEHB researcher Carli Peters in Frontiers in Mammal Science reviews and analyses the ongoing debate on late #Quaternary #megafauna extinctions, one of prehistory’s most discussed ecological events
doi.org/10.3389/fmam...
#Archaeology #Palaeontology
October 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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#ICArEHB was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Anthony E. Marks, a pioneering figure in #PaleolithicArchaeology whose work shaped our centre and the archaeology of Portugal. His legacy continues to inspire generations.
Read our full tribute www.icarehb.com/portfolio/in...
October 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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💡 How to ID archaeological bones in resin?A team of researchers, including ICArEHB members Paul Goldberg, Shannon McPherron, William Chase Murphree, and Vera Aldeias explore new paleoproteomics methods.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
#Archaeology #Paleoproteomics #ICArEHB
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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#ICArEHB PhD student Osama Samawi co-organised the “Paleolithic Jordan: The State of the Art” #workshop in Athens during #ICHAJ16, discussing the #Paleolithic record of #Jordan and fostering collaboration in #Archaeology and #HumanEvolution.
👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
October 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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#ICArEHB member Rubén Parrilla took part in the European #RockArt Day at the Universidad de Sevilla 🇪🇸, engaging #HighSchool and #University students in talks about #Archaeology and #Heritage.
#Outreach #PublicEngagement
October 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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From #Ferrara2025 to… #Faro2030! 🎉
We’re excited that #ICArEHB – Univ. Algarve will host the 12th International Conference on the #Mesolithic in Europe. For the 1st time, #MESO comes to Portugal 🇵🇹 Algarve awaits! ☀️
October 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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🔥 Next #LEXA Seminar!
Dr William Chase Murphree will explore #fire use during the #UpperPalaeolithic, using #geoarchaeology experiments to reveal how humans managed fire in glacial times.
🗓️ 7 Oct, 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online
🔗 Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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📢 Registration open for the ICArEHB #Workshop on Systematic Synthesis in #Archaeology & #HumanEvolution.

Learn to conduct #SystematicReviews & #ResearchSynthesis and develop collaborative projects.

🗓 12, 19, 26 Jan & 2 Feb 2026 | Online
👉 More info: heirs.icarehb.com/calls-traini...
October 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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🌍A group of #ICArEHB #researchers are at #MESO25 in Ferrara, Italy (15–19 Sept) discussing the latest in #MesolithicArchaeology, from #MaterialCulture to cutting-edge methods. ✨
#Archaeology #Conference #Fieldwork #Heritage
September 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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🎊⭐ Célia Gonçalves, researcher at #ICArEHB, has secured €49,800 #Funding to protect #ArchaeologicalHeritage from climate change! Part of the #Science4Policy2025 initiative by PLANAPP. Congratulations Célia!! 🥳 #Research
September 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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The Muge Shell Middens Interpretation Centre has opened! 🎉 Showcasing 8,000 years of history, it stems from over a decade of excavations at Cabeço da Amoreira, carried out by ICArEHB and coordinated by Célia Gonçalves. 🌍✨
September 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Following up on the recent publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution about early human occupations at Fordwich Pit and Old Park (Canterbury, UK), the authors share further reflections on what these discoveries reveal about persistence during glacial stages.
👉 preview.shorthand.com/xU89QS8jAV5o...
September 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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🎧 #Podcast: #ICArEHB’s @godefroyy.bsky.social on archaeology, #HumanEvolution & the #HEIRS project.
Listen: Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4mVR...
Radio www.radio.pt/podcast/lets...
August 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Javier Sánchez Martínez from ICArEHB and #CEPAPUAB gave a public talk at Camarasa Visitor Center (Lleida, Spain) sharing recent Pyrenees findings with local residents & visitors. We’re proud to bring science closer to the community!
#ScienceCommunication #Outreach #Pyrenees
August 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Introduction to Systematic Synthesis in Archaeology & Anthropology
More info at heirs.icarehb.com
#archaeology #anthropology #humanevolution #systematicreview #openresearch
August 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Why skip protocols in literature reviews? Join our hands-on course for rigorous synthesis in archaeology & anthropology, 29–31 Oct 2025, Faro 🇵🇹 Register👇
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#archaeology #openscience #researchsynthesis #anthropology #HEIRS #ICArEHB
July 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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🪨What have 10 years of stone tool experiments taught us — and what’s still unknown?
Join Dr Alastair Key for the next #LEXA seminar!
📅 5 Aug | 🕑 14:00 WEST | 🌍 Online
🔗 www.icarehb.com/lexa
📢 New Zoom account: all must re-register!
#Archaeology #ICArEHB
July 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Day 2 of #SAfA2025 is starting at the University of Algarve in #Faro, PT
The opening session was held this morning and registration desks remain open throughout the event
Panels and discussions on #AfricanistArchaeology continue today.
#ICArEHB #CrossroadsThroughTime #Archaeology
July 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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#SAfA2025 kicks off today in #Faro, #Portugal!
Hosted by #ICArEHB, we’re ready to welcome the global #AfricanistArchaeology community for a week of connection and knowledge-sharing at the #CrossroadsThroughTime.
July 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM