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The study of skull fragments from the Olèrdola (Olèrdola, Barcelona) and Molí d'Espígol (Tornabous, Lleida) sites has provided new evidence that would allow the ritual of "severed heads" from the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula to be located, for the first time, among the Iberian groups of Cessetani and Ilergetes. The discovery, led by UAB researchers, allows the southern border of this practice, traditionally associated with the Indigetes and Laietani who lived north of the Llobregat River, to be expanded.

Alberto García Piquer, researcher at the Department of Prehistory, is autor and co-editor of the book The Archaeology of Seafaring in Small-Scale Societies. The book explores through numerous examples the development of maritime technology and how the availability of canoes and small boats became a key element of livelihood and social transformation in many parts of the world. Published by the University Press of Florida, it is available in an open access edition with the support of Lund University, Sweden.