Researchers from the UAB Department of Archaeology and Koç University (Turkey) validate two new biomarkers in prehistoric pottery to reveal the recipes of ancient cuisine. These compounds specific to animal and vegetable fats offer...
“The Swat Project” is a Mountain Wilderness International (MWI) project that aims to promote the creation of a national park in the valleys of the Swat River (Pakistani Hindu Kush). The project is supported by Mountain Wilderness Pakistan and local governments. Mountain Wilderness...
New findings by a UAB team at the archaeological site of Tell Lashkir, in northeastern Iraq, demonstrate that, some 5,000 years ago, their Bronze Age inhabitants were deeply involved in supplying bitumen to the bustling cities in the south through Mesopotamian trade...
Researchers from the Centre for the Study of Archaeological Heritage (CEPARQ-UAB) recently made an exceptional discovery at the Cova Gran de Santa Linya: the remains of a female Homo sapiens dating back 14,000 years. They have called “Linya, the woman of
If not treated in time, a middle ear infection can cause severe damage to the middle ear structures and the skull's mastoid bone, and ultimately perforate it. What was the medical and pharmacological knowledge available to treat a disease of these...
The Tell es-Sin (Mount of the Tooth) site, located on the border of what is now known as Syria and Iraq, corresponds to a Byzantine settlement, whose study must be interpreted within the historical context of the eastern Limes Diocletianus, between...
One of the main debates about the al-Andalus society (8th to13th centuries) focuses on knowing the origin of its populations and the importance of the contributions made by the Arab and Berber migrants. The study of the funeral registry of Islamic ritual in Catalonia...
Recently, researchers from two different departments of the UAB and the Materials Science Institute of Barcelona (CSIC), in collaboration with researchers from other institutions, have published two articles in the field of archeology that refute the common perception of thin-sections...
At the end of the Neolithic Era there was a coexistence of several funerary practices in the Iberian Peninsula: sepulchral caves, megalithic monuments and open-air pit...
Fingerprints printed in ceramic pieces from Bronze Ages allow creating the profile of its manufacturer. A team of investigators from the Biologic Anthropology Unity of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona has applied forensic techniques to...
