M Cubas
Biographic Data
| ID | 36729 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Cubas |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Cubas |
| SIGNATURE | CUBAS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Alcalá |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2386-8473 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 48 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 155 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 48 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Reassessing the Early Neolithic Chronology of La Marmotta lakeshore settlement (Lake Bracciano, Anguillara Sabazia, Italy)
La Marmotta is one of the best-preserved Early Neolithic lakeshore settlements in the Mediterranean, yet its chronology has remained poorly defined. Previous interpretations relied mainly on decoration-based ceramic classifications and a limited radiocarbon dataset, hindering our understanding of the site’s occupational dynamics and its role in the wider European Neolithic. This study presents a revised chronological framework grounded in 35 radi…
Engaging the Public Through Prehistory
The aim of this article is to advocate and raise awareness of the vital need for universal, barrier-free and inclusive scientific dissemination: outreach in which everyone is involved in the whole process, from the design of the activity to its assessment. It starts with some reflections and the practical process used to develop new activities and didactic tools. Three experiences with groups with difficulties in accessing knowledge are then pres…
Shells in the Pits
[EN] Negative structures (pits), dated to the second half of the sixth millennium cal BC, have been documented at Lapiás das Lameiras (Sintra, Estremadura, Portugal), an open-air settlement in the Estremadura limestone area. Their sedimentary fill contains a large number of archaeological remains, of both biotic and abiotic origins. This paper presents the complete study of the invertebrates documented in these structures. Marine invertebrates li…
A “shell-midden” dated to the Middle Ages in Northern Spain
NeoNet Atlantic. Radiocarbon Dates for the Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic Transition in the Southern European Atlantic Coast
NeoNet Atlantic dataset complements the NeoNet Mediterranean dataset by providing new curated radiocarbon dates for the study of the pioneer farming front (i.e. Neolithisation, ca. 7500 to 3500 cal BC) in the Southern European Atlantic Coast river basin (Portugal, Western Spain, Southwestern France). The complete dataset is formed by the id00164_doc_elencoc14.tsv file, a data frame with tab-separated values, and a related dataframe: id00164_doc_t…
Peñacalera (Obejo, Córdoba). Biografía de un contexto sepulcral con restos orgánicos de la Edad del Cobre
Las prácticas funerarias del IV y III milenio cal ac se caracterizan en la mayor parte de la Península Ibérica por la generalización de la arquitectura megalítica, en paralelo a las importantes transformaciones sociales que tienen lugar a lo largo de la denominada Edad del Cobre. Al mismo tiempo, proliferan enterramientos colectivos en cuevas naturales en zonas montañosas del área meridional de Iberia, muchos de los cuales parecen compartir usos …
Plants meet artefacts
El estudio de la cerámica neolítica en el sudeste de la meseta sur de la península ibérica
El Neolítico en el sudeste de la meseta sur de la península ibérica ha recibido una escasa atención en comparación con otras regiones cercanas, como Andalucía o el territorio valenciano. En los estudios de la cerámica neolítica en este territorio ha predominado la caracterización morfo-decorativa, aunque la importancia de los aspectos tecnológicos ha ido aumentando progresivamente en consonancia con los cambios en los marcos teóricos predominante…
The Middle and Late Neolithic settlement of Saint-Julien-lès-Metz in Moselle, Lorraine (Abridged version)
The preventive archaeological excavation of Saint-Julien-lès-Metz took place some twenty years ago, and the artefacts were completely restudied following the publication of this relatively well-preserved site. The site as a whole illustrates three Neolithic periods from sometimes unprecedented angles, and represents a major contribution to our understanding of village communities in Lorraine. The three recognised settlements span the 5th to 3rd m…
L’habitat lorrain du Néolithique moyen et final de Saint-Julien-lès-Metz en Moselle
La fouille de Saint-Julien-lès-Metz réalisée dans un cadre préventif s’est déroulée il y a une vingtaine d’années et sa publication a conduit à la reprise complète des études de mobiliers. Le site se caractérise par un état de conservation relativement bon. L’ensemble illustre trois périodes du Néolithique sous des angles parfois inédits et constitue un apport majeur pour la compréhension des communautés villageoises lorraines. Les trois occupati…
Alteration by natural processes or anthropogenic manipulation? Assessing human skull breakage through machine learning algorithms
Bone breakage is one of the most common features in the archaeological record. Fractures occur at different times and are classified as fresh or dry depending on the presence or absence of collagen in the bone. In the study of human remains, the timing of the occurrence of a fracture is of crucial importance as it can sometimes be linked to the cause of death. Types of skull breakage can be classified based on when they occurred, though not all f…
Nouvelles données anthropologiques et chronologiques sur l'utilisation funéraire des grottes de la façade Atlantique de l'Ouest des Pyrénées
L’ouest des Pyrénées a toujours été une voie naturelle qui connecte la péninsule Ibérique au reste du continent Européen, et, pour cette raison, ainsi que pour sa géologie abondante en roche calcaire, la région présente une grande richesse de sites préhistoriques dans des grottes ou abris sur roche. L’intense activité archéologique du début du XXe siècle a mis en évidence un registre funéraire riche pour la fin de la Préhistoire, avec des structu…
NeoNet Dataset. Radiocarbon Dates for the Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic Transition in the North Central-Western Mediterranean Basin
The NeoNet dataset aims to provide a new research tool for the study of the pioneer farming front (i.e. Neolithisation) in the North Central and North Western Mediterranean basin by focusing on the period of transition from a foraging to a farming economy (ca. 7000 to 3500 cal BC). The complete dataset is formed by the elencoc14.tsv file, a dataframe with tab-separated values, and a connex dataframe: thesaurus.tsv. The dataset contains 2,506 radi…
Pioneer Archaeologists and the Influence of Their Scientific Relationships on Mesolithic Studies in North Iberia
Count Vega del Sella’s research marked the beginning of the long tradition of Mesolithic studies in Asturias (North Spain). Another pioneer, L. Sierra, explored a number of caves in Cantabria with Mesolithic shell-middens, but no specific research line was developed on this kind of deposit in the province. The early excavation at Santimamiñe Cave recorded the Basque Country’s first shell-midden, which was thought to belong to a different facies f…
From Anatolia to Algarve
The introduction and spread of the Neolithic “way of life” in Europe was a process that took several millennia, followed by different rhythms and displayed singularities in each geographic area. It was therefore a very complex phenomenon that, despite highly significant advances in research in recent decades, is yet to be fully understood. To deepen our understanding of the very early stages of the introduction of herding and agriculture througho…
El depósito ritual de la Edad del Hierro de la cueva del Aspio (Ruesga, Cantabria)
En este artículo presentamos los resultados del estudio integral del depósito de la Edad del Hierro documentado en la cueva del Aspio (Ruesga), integrando el conjunto arqueológico procedente de la recogida superficial de 1994 y de las intervenciones arqueológicas desarrolladas entre los años 2013 y 2018. Gracias a ello ha sido posible documentar un espacio ritual datado entre los siglos II-I a.C. en el que fueron ofrendados objetos representativo…
New insights into upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic occupations in Les Pedroses cave (Asturies, north Spain)
Early Neolithic Ritual Funerary Behaviours in the Westernmost Regions of the Mediterranean
An intact archaeological context named Locus 1 has recently been discovered at Dehesilla Cave (southern Spain). The ritual funerary deposition consists of a complete pottery jar with part of a human calvarium over the mouth, and was occulted by large stone blocks. This paper offers a presentation of the new data provided mainly by the stratigraphic, osteological, pottery, lithic and radiocarbon analyses. A systematic review of the relevant eviden…
El Niño Cave (Aýna, Albacete, Spain)
El Niño cave, located on the south-eastern border of the Spanish Meseta, hosts a discontinuous sequence including Middle Palaeolithic and Neolithic levels, along with Upper Palaeolithic and Levantine style paintings. It is a key site for understanding human occupations of inland Iberia during the Palaeolithic and early prehistory. This paper summarises the main results of a multidisciplinary project aimed at defining the prehistoric human occupat…
Inclusive archaeology
Since 2013 we built a working group formed by researchers, educators, social workers, communicators and educational psychologists to bring archaeological research to all types of audiences, especially those with limited access to scientific dissemination programmes. In particular, we refer to people with psychological disorders or physical disabilities, older adults, newcomers, social groups traditionally marginalized and people at risk of social…
La Tecnología Cerámica Durante La Prehistoria Reciente
En este artículo se presenta el análisis tecnológico del conjunto cerámico documentado en la Cueva del Niño (Aýna, Albacete), un yacimiento arqueológico emblemático situado en el interior de la Península Ibérica con ocupaciones adscritas al Neolítico y al Calcolítico. Nuestra investigación aporta nuevos datos sobre las elecciones tecnológicas empleadas por estas comunidades en los diferentes procesos de manufactura de los productos cerámicos. En …
The funerary use of caves during the Holocene in the Atlantic Western Pyrenees
Lipid residues in pottery from the Indus Civilisation in northwest India
This paper presents novel insights into the archaeology of food in ancient South Asia by using lipid residue analysis to investigate what kinds of foodstuffs were used in ceramic vessels by populations of the Indus Civilisation in northwest India. It examines how vessels were used in urban and rural Indus settlements during the Mature Harappan period ( c .2600/2500-1900 BC), the relationship between vessels and the products within them, and ident…
Wooden Technology During the Iron Age
Remains of perishable materials only survive at archaeological sites in extraordinary preservation conditions. This means that some technologies, such as woodworking, are clearly under‐represented in the archaeological record. Twelve wooden objects were found in the Aspio Cave (Ruesga, Cantabria). The application of an appropriate analytical methodology has allowed us to identify the processes of their selection, acquisition, fabrication and main…
Palaeoenvironmental and chronological context of human occupations at El Cierro cave (Northern Spain) during the transition from the late Upper Pleistocene to the early Holocene
Large carnivores as taphonomic agents of space modification
Long-term dietary change in Atlantic and Mediterranean Iberia with the introduction of agriculture
The Neolithic expansion in the Iberian Peninsula is marked by the \nintroduction of livestock and domesticated crops which modified \nsubsistence strategies in an unprecedented manner. Bulk collagen stable \ncarbon and nitrogen isotope analysis has been essential to track these \nchanges, which have largely been discussed in relation to particular \ngeographic areas or single case studies. This paper reviews the \navailable isotope literature to …
Re-evaluating the Neolithic
Research projects undertaken in the Cantabrian region since 1980 have produced new, high-quality information about the neolithisation process(es) in this area. It is now necessary to review this archaeological information and test the main hypotheses put forward to explain it. This paper presents an update on the archaeological evidence (sites, chronological dates, archaeozoological, archaeobotanical and technological information) for the early N…
Lipid residues in pottery from the Indus Civilisation in northwest India
This paper presents novel insights into the archaeology of food in ancient South Asia by using lipid residue analysis to investigate what kinds of foodstuffs were used in ceramic vessels by populations of the Indus Civilisation in northwest India. It examines how vessels were used in urban and rural Indus settlements during the Mature Harappan period ( c .2600/2500-1900 BC), the relationship between vessels and the products within them, and ident…
Palaeoenvironmental and chronological context of human occupations at El Cierro cave (Northern Spain) during the transition from the late Upper Pleistocene to the early Holocene
Production and function of Neolithic black-painted pottery from Schela Cladovei (Iron Gates, Romania)
This paper presents for the first time the results of a combination of petrographic, geochemical and organic residue analyses of early Neolithic ceramics from the Iron Gates region of the Danube basin. Eleven early Neolithic potsherds from Schela Cladovei (Romania) were analysed in detail. The results of the petrographic analysis show that the ceramics were made with the same recipe that was used by Starčevo-Körös-Criș potters elsewhere in southe…
Biotic resources in the Lower Magdalenian at Cova Rosa (Sardeu, Asturias, Cantabrian Spain)
Mollusc Shell Sizes in Archaeological Contexts in Northern Spain (13 200 to 2600 Cal Bc)
Shellfish metrical data are a source of information about the exploitation of marine resources in the past. In this study, we propose a methodological approach based on the size structures of different rocky intertidal gastropod species. Three limpet species ( Patella vulgata , Patella intermedia and Patella ulyssiponensis ) and the toothed topshell Osilinus lineatus are studied from two sites in Cantabrian Spain: La Garma A and Los Gitanos caves…
Where are the 'Asturian' dwellings? An integrated survey programme on the Mesolithic of northern Spain
New insights into upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic occupations in Les Pedroses cave (Asturies, north Spain)
New data for the late Upper Palaeolithic in the Cantabrian region
Plants meet artefacts
Alteration by natural processes or anthropogenic manipulation? Assessing human skull breakage through machine learning algorithms
Bone breakage is one of the most common features in the archaeological record. Fractures occur at different times and are classified as fresh or dry depending on the presence or absence of collagen in the bone. In the study of human remains, the timing of the occurrence of a fracture is of crucial importance as it can sometimes be linked to the cause of death. Types of skull breakage can be classified based on when they occurred, though not all f…
From Anatolia to Algarve
The introduction and spread of the Neolithic “way of life” in Europe was a process that took several millennia, followed by different rhythms and displayed singularities in each geographic area. It was therefore a very complex phenomenon that, despite highly significant advances in research in recent decades, is yet to be fully understood. To deepen our understanding of the very early stages of the introduction of herding and agriculture througho…
Inclusive archaeology
Since 2013 we built a working group formed by researchers, educators, social workers, communicators and educational psychologists to bring archaeological research to all types of audiences, especially those with limited access to scientific dissemination programmes. In particular, we refer to people with psychological disorders or physical disabilities, older adults, newcomers, social groups traditionally marginalized and people at risk of social…
Pottery Manufacturing during the N eolithic in the N orth of S pain
Mineralogical and geochemical results derived from analyses of the pottery ensemble documented in the C ave of L os G itanos ( C astro U rdiales, S pain) are presented in this paper. This site contains an archaeological deposit formed in the mid‐fifth millennium cal bc , which has yielded one of the oldest pottery assemblages in northern S pain. The analysis of the pottery remains has focused on both petrographic (thin‐section and XRD ) and geoch…
De arriba abajo
Los estudios tecnológicos de manufacturas cerámicas prehistóricas constituyen una clara excepción dentro del marco general de la investigación en la región a pesar de su larga trayectoria en la investigación arqueológica europea. Sin embargo, el estudio integral de este tipo de evidencias permite no sólo realizar una aproximación a los conjuntos cerámicos sino también proponer hipótesis interpretativas que contribuyan al planteamiento y desarroll…
El Neolítico de la cueva del Niño (Aýna, Albacete) en el contexto de la Sierra del Segura
Desde su excavación en el verano de 1973, la Cueva del Niño ha sido considerada un yacimiento de gran importancia para conocer el proceso de introducción de la economía de producción o de la tecnología cerámica en el sureste de la Península Ibérica, y especialmente para establecer cómo dicho proceso pudo haber afectado a las poblaciones ya asentadas en la región de la Sierra del Segura. Sin embargo, la información proporcionada por la Cueva del N…
El Neolítico de la cueva del Niño (Aýna, Albacete) en el contexto de la Sierra del Segura
Desde su excavación en el verano de 1973, la Cueva del Niño ha sido considerada un yacimiento de gran importancia para conocer el proceso de introducción de la economía de producción o de la tecnología cerámica en el sureste de la Península Ibérica, y especialmente para establecer cómo dicho proceso pudo haber afectado a las poblaciones ya asentadas en la región de la Sierra del Segura. Sin embargo, la información proporcionada por la Cueva del N…
Mollusc Shell Sizes in Archaeological Contexts in Northern Spain (13 200 to 2600 Cal Bc)
Shellfish metrical data are a source of information about the exploitation of marine resources in the past. In this study, we propose a methodological approach based on the size structures of different rocky intertidal gastropod species. Three limpet species ( Patella vulgata , Patella intermedia and Patella ulyssiponensis ) and the toothed topshell Osilinus lineatus are studied from two sites in Cantabrian Spain: La Garma A and Los Gitanos caves…
La tecnología cerámica de los niveles IV y III en el yacimiento de Kobaederra (Cortézubi, Bizkaia). Aprovisionamiento y modificación de las materias primas
El estudio tecnológico del material cerámico requiere de la aplicación de técnicas de análisis arqueométrico que permitan un acercamiento a su mineralogía y composición química, con la finalidad de identificar las etapas de su secuencia de elaboración. Este artículo presenta el análisis tecnológico de la cerámica neolítica documentada en los niveles inferiores del yacimiento de Kobaederra (Cortézubi, Bizkaia), a partir de su análisis mineralógico…
Caracterización del yacimiento de Cueva Blanca (Hellín, Albacete). Nuevas aportaciones para el debate en torno a la transición del Mesolítico al Neolítico antiguo en el Sureste peninsular
The site of Cueva Blanca was discovered in 2006 and its excavations yielded an archaeological level ascribed to thetransitional period between the Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic. In this paper we present the results derived from thedifferent analyses applied to the archaeological and biological materials. In addition, we have examined the archaeologicalsites showing more similarities with Cueva Blanca in its regional context. Its geographical…
Large carnivores as taphonomic agents of space modification
Pottery Manufacturing during the N eolithic in the N orth of S pain
Mineralogical and geochemical results derived from analyses of the pottery ensemble documented in the C ave of L os G itanos ( C astro U rdiales, S pain) are presented in this paper. This site contains an archaeological deposit formed in the mid‐fifth millennium cal bc , which has yielded one of the oldest pottery assemblages in northern S pain. The analysis of the pottery remains has focused on both petrographic (thin‐section and XRD ) and geoch…
De arriba abajo
Los estudios tecnológicos de manufacturas cerámicas prehistóricas constituyen una clara excepción dentro del marco general de la investigación en la región a pesar de su larga trayectoria en la investigación arqueológica europea. Sin embargo, el estudio integral de este tipo de evidencias permite no sólo realizar una aproximación a los conjuntos cerámicos sino también proponer hipótesis interpretativas que contribuyan al planteamiento y desarroll…
Widespread exploitation of the honeybee by early Neolithic farmers
Social Transformation and Migration
This book examines theories and specific experiences of international migration and social transformation, with special reference to the effects of neo-liberal globalization on four societies with vas
The first farmers in Cantabrian Spain
Where are the 'Asturian' dwellings? An integrated survey programme on the Mesolithic of northern Spain
San Adrian
La investigacin sobre la Edad del Bronce en la regin cantbrica se ha centrado tradicionalmente en el estudio de objetos de prestigio y de contextos funerarios, dando lugar a un estado de la cuestin con importantes lagunas acerca del poblamiento, las actividades cotidianas y las estrategias de subsistencia de los grupos humanos durante este perodo
Nouvelles données sur le Magdalénien inférieur de la Région Cantabrique
Re-evaluating the Neolithic
Research projects undertaken in the Cantabrian region since 1980 have produced new, high-quality information about the neolithisation process(es) in this area. It is now necessary to review this archaeological information and test the main hypotheses put forward to explain it. This paper presents an update on the archaeological evidence (sites, chronological dates, archaeozoological, archaeobotanical and technological information) for the early N…
Identifying manufacturing groups through the mineralogical analysis of prehistoric pottery
Earliest pottery evidence in Cantabrian Spain materialises the way this new technology was adopted on the threshold of the 5th millennium cal BC. These ceramic assemblages have rarely been the object of specific study owing to their limited representativeness from both numerical and morpho-decorative points of view. This paper presents an update on the archaeological evidence, chronology and technological characteristics of the first pottery in t…
Looking for the traces of the last hunter–gatherers
Biotic resources in the Lower Magdalenian at Cova Rosa (Sardeu, Asturias, Cantabrian Spain)
Late prehistoric coastal settlement patterns in the Cantabrian region, northern Spain
Newly discovered archaeological sites in the Uribe Kosta region of northern Spain are illuminating the establishment of late prehistoric coastal farming settlements and specialised tool-production activities
Vaso con decoración cardial de Cova Eirós (Triacastela, Lugo)
El hallazgo de un vaso cerámico parcialmente conservado en el curso de las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en Cova Eirós permite aportar nuevos datos sobre la cultura material del Neolítico regional. El recipiente, tanto por su forma de botella como por su decoración (impresión de concha), recuerda claramente a la cerámica cardial, tan característica del registro arqueológico entre los primeros grupos neolíticos del sur de la península ibérica. Se a…
New data for the late Upper Palaeolithic in the Cantabrian region
Production and function of Neolithic black-painted pottery from Schela Cladovei (Iron Gates, Romania)
This paper presents for the first time the results of a combination of petrographic, geochemical and organic residue analyses of early Neolithic ceramics from the Iron Gates region of the Danube basin. Eleven early Neolithic potsherds from Schela Cladovei (Romania) were analysed in detail. The results of the petrographic analysis show that the ceramics were made with the same recipe that was used by Starčevo-Körös-Criș potters elsewhere in southe…
Long-term dietary change in Atlantic and Mediterranean Iberia with the introduction of agriculture
The Neolithic expansion in the Iberian Peninsula is marked by the \nintroduction of livestock and domesticated crops which modified \nsubsistence strategies in an unprecedented manner. Bulk collagen stable \ncarbon and nitrogen isotope analysis has been essential to track these \nchanges, which have largely been discussed in relation to particular \ngeographic areas or single case studies. This paper reviews the \navailable isotope literature to …
La Tecnología Cerámica Durante La Prehistoria Reciente
En este artículo se presenta el análisis tecnológico del conjunto cerámico documentado en la Cueva del Niño (Aýna, Albacete), un yacimiento arqueológico emblemático situado en el interior de la Península Ibérica con ocupaciones adscritas al Neolítico y al Calcolítico. Nuestra investigación aporta nuevos datos sobre las elecciones tecnológicas empleadas por estas comunidades en los diferentes procesos de manufactura de los productos cerámicos. En …
The funerary use of caves during the Holocene in the Atlantic Western Pyrenees
Lipid residues in pottery from the Indus Civilisation in northwest India
This paper presents novel insights into the archaeology of food in ancient South Asia by using lipid residue analysis to investigate what kinds of foodstuffs were used in ceramic vessels by populations of the Indus Civilisation in northwest India. It examines how vessels were used in urban and rural Indus settlements during the Mature Harappan period ( c .2600/2500-1900 BC), the relationship between vessels and the products within them, and ident…
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