Lucía Cobo-Sánchez
Biographic Data
| ID | 112263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucía Cobo-Sánchez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucía |
| FAMILY NAME | Cobo-Sánchez |
| SIGNATURE | COBO-SÁNCHEZ L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Algarve |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4628-2536 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 191 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
A comparative multivariate analysis of spatial clustering in Neanderthal and anatomically modern human occupations
Neanderthal and anatomically modern human (AMH) occupations have long been hypothesized to differ in spatial organization, yet multisite quantitative comparisons remain scarce. Here we use cluster modeling to quantify four spatial metrics (parent intensity κ, cluster scale s, cluster strength φ, and sibling probability p) from 21 Middle Paleolithic (MP) and Upper Paleolithic (UP) assemblages, spanning cave and open-air contexts. We combine these …
Towards a formation model of the Neanderthal symbolic accumulation of herbivore crania: Spatial patterns shaped by rockfall dynamics in Level 3 of Des-Cubierta Cave (Lozoya valley, Madrid, Spain)
Understanding formation processes is crucial for interpreting sites with complex sedimentary histories and exceptional archaeological records, such as Level 3 of Des-Cubierta Cave. This Middle Paleolithic unit contains an assemblage of anthropically modified ungulate horned crania, Mousterian lithics, and evidence of fire use, all preserved in a clast-supported gravel deposit shaped by successive rockfalls. This study integrates geostatistical an…
The New Taphonomy and How It Can Boost the Role of the Asian Pleistocene Archaeological Record in Human Evolution
Debates on human behavioral evolution have largely focused on African and European records, while Asia’s contribution remains underrepresented. Despite the significance of the Asian Pleistocene fossil record, its behavioral insights have been hindered by limited taphonomic research, restricted dissemination, and shifting academic trends. Many key Chinese archaeofaunal sites, particularly in karstic contexts, contain complex palimpsests that chall…
Traces of the Distant Human Past: Understanding the Archaeology of our Origins
Traces of the Distant Human Past offers a critical examination of early human behavior by challenging traditional narratives and pushing for a more scientific, theoretically informed approach to archaeology. Emphasizing the importance of understanding early humans within their environmental context, the contributors to this volume propose a shift towards theoretical frameworks and ecological perspectives in archaeological research. They highlight…
A brief summary of the history of the research of the Olduvai Bed I archeological sites and their impact on the reconstruction of early hominin lifeways
Reconstructing early human behavior through the lithic technology of DS
Conclusions
Reconstructing Olduvai: The Behavior of Early Humans at David's Site
Alternating carnivore and Neanderthal activities at Escoural Cave: Insights from the taphonomic and machine learning analysis of leporid remains
Exploring the varied subsistence strategies and cave occupation patterns of Neanderthals is key to understanding their complex behaviors and ecological adaptations. Small game consumption, in particular, is considered a relevant indicator of their behavioral complexity. Rabbit assemblages from Pleistocene cave sites provide valuable insights into Neanderthal interactions with small prey and potential competition with carnivores. Here, we present …
Unraveling the spatial imprint of hominin and carnivore accumulations in Early Pleistocene African sites
Reconstructions of palimpsest formation and dynamics in Early Pleistocene African archaeological deposits have undergone significant advances thanks to taphonomic research. However, the spatial imprint of different agents implicated in most of these accumulations still needs to be addressed. We hypothesize that different site formation dynamics may yield diverse spatial distributions of archaeological remains, reflecting the intervention of diffe…
Tracking Early Hominin Foraging Behavior at DS Site (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge)
Academic discussions about African Early Stone Age site formation, animal carcass acquisition by hominins, the regularity of meat consumption or the use of central places have mainly relied on taphonomic studies of a few archaeofaunal assemblages, such as FLK Zinj (1.84 Ma [million years] ago, Olduvai Gorge Bed I, Tanzania). The DS site lies on the same paleosurface as FLK Zinj and constitutes an equally well-preserved, vertically-discrete deposi…
Spatial analysis of an Early Middle Palaeolithic kill/butchering site: The case of the Cuesta de la Bajada (Teruel, Spain)
Kill/butchering sites are some of the most important places for understanding the subsistence strategies of hunter-gatherer groups. However, these sites are not common in the archaeological record, and they have not been sufficiently analysed in order to know all their possible variability for ancient periods of the human evolution. In the present study, we have carried out the spatial analysis of the Early Middle Palaeolithic (MIS 9-8) site of C…
Searching for intra-site spatial patterns in the African Early Acheulean: The lowermost archaeo-units at FLK West (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
En busca del primer Homo: Gestión de las investigación arqueológica en la garganta de Olduvai (Tanzania)
Los yacimientos de la Garganta de Olduvai (Tanzania) constituyen un enclave único para el estudio de los primeros representantes del género Homo. La buena preservación de estos yacimientos y la cantidad de fósiles hallados en ellos posibilita que se sigan desarrollando excavaciones arqueológicas en este lugar. El equipo de investigación The Olduvai Paleoanthropology and Paleoecology Project (TOPPP), que trabaja en estos yacimientos desde 2006, pr…
Mineral assemblages and low energy sedimentary processes in the FLK-Zinj, DS, PTK and AMK complex palaeolandscape (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
Spilled ink blots the mind: A reply to Merrit et al. (2018) on subjectivity and bone surface modifications
Constraining time and ecology on the Zinj paleolandscape: Microwear and mesowear analyses of the archaeofaunal remains of FLK Zinj and DS (Bed I), compared to FLK North (Bed I) and BK (Bed II) at Oldu…
The meta-group social network of early humans: A temporal-spatial assessment of group size at FLK Zinj (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
Fluvial spatial taphonomy: A New Method for the Study of Post-Depositional Processes
A new approach to raw material use in the exploitation of animal carcasses at BK (Upper Bed II , Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): A micro‐photogrammetric and geometric morphometric analysis of fossil cut mar…
The use of innovative techniques such as micro‐photogrammetry and geometric morphometrics may have a major impact on the differentiation of cut marks made with different raw materials and, thus, link butchering processes with stone tool reduction sequences. This work focuses on a sample of cut‐marked bones from the Bell's Korongo (BK) site (Upper Bed II , Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania), which is an emblematic early Pleistocene site where a large faunal…
Use and abuse of cut mark analyses: The Rorschach effect
Neanderthal exploitation of ibex and chamois in southwestern Europe
Geo-archaeological and geometrically corrected reconstruction of the 1.84 Ma FLK Zinj paleolandscape at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Orientation patterns of wildebeest bones on the lake Masek floodplain (Serengeti, Tanzania) and their relevance to interpret anisotropy in the Olduvai lacustrine floodplain
Use and abuse of cut mark analyses: The Rorschach effect
Neanderthal exploitation of ibex and chamois in southwestern Europe
Fluvial spatial taphonomy: A New Method for the Study of Post-Depositional Processes
Geo-archaeological and geometrically corrected reconstruction of the 1.84 Ma FLK Zinj paleolandscape at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Constraining time and ecology on the Zinj paleolandscape: Microwear and mesowear analyses of the archaeofaunal remains of FLK Zinj and DS (Bed I), compared to FLK North (Bed I) and BK (Bed II) at Oldu…
Orientation patterns of wildebeest bones on the lake Masek floodplain (Serengeti, Tanzania) and their relevance to interpret anisotropy in the Olduvai lacustrine floodplain
Spatial analysis of an Early Middle Palaeolithic kill/butchering site: The case of the Cuesta de la Bajada (Teruel, Spain)
Kill/butchering sites are some of the most important places for understanding the subsistence strategies of hunter-gatherer groups. However, these sites are not common in the archaeological record, and they have not been sufficiently analysed in order to know all their possible variability for ancient periods of the human evolution. In the present study, we have carried out the spatial analysis of the Early Middle Palaeolithic (MIS 9-8) site of C…
The meta-group social network of early humans: A temporal-spatial assessment of group size at FLK Zinj (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
Unraveling the spatial imprint of hominin and carnivore accumulations in Early Pleistocene African sites
Reconstructions of palimpsest formation and dynamics in Early Pleistocene African archaeological deposits have undergone significant advances thanks to taphonomic research. However, the spatial imprint of different agents implicated in most of these accumulations still needs to be addressed. We hypothesize that different site formation dynamics may yield diverse spatial distributions of archaeological remains, reflecting the intervention of diffe…
Searching for intra-site spatial patterns in the African Early Acheulean: The lowermost archaeo-units at FLK West (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
Spilled ink blots the mind: A reply to Merrit et al. (2018) on subjectivity and bone surface modifications
Alternating carnivore and Neanderthal activities at Escoural Cave: Insights from the taphonomic and machine learning analysis of leporid remains
Exploring the varied subsistence strategies and cave occupation patterns of Neanderthals is key to understanding their complex behaviors and ecological adaptations. Small game consumption, in particular, is considered a relevant indicator of their behavioral complexity. Rabbit assemblages from Pleistocene cave sites provide valuable insights into Neanderthal interactions with small prey and potential competition with carnivores. Here, we present …
Orientation patterns of wildebeest bones on the lake Masek floodplain (Serengeti, Tanzania) and their relevance to interpret anisotropy in the Olduvai lacustrine floodplain
Geo-archaeological and geometrically corrected reconstruction of the 1.84 Ma FLK Zinj paleolandscape at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Neanderthal exploitation of ibex and chamois in southwestern Europe
A new approach to raw material use in the exploitation of animal carcasses at BK (Upper Bed II , Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): A micro‐photogrammetric and geometric morphometric analysis of fossil cut mar…
The use of innovative techniques such as micro‐photogrammetry and geometric morphometrics may have a major impact on the differentiation of cut marks made with different raw materials and, thus, link butchering processes with stone tool reduction sequences. This work focuses on a sample of cut‐marked bones from the Bell's Korongo (BK) site (Upper Bed II , Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania), which is an emblematic early Pleistocene site where a large faunal…
Use and abuse of cut mark analyses: The Rorschach effect
Fluvial spatial taphonomy: A New Method for the Study of Post-Depositional Processes
Mineral assemblages and low energy sedimentary processes in the FLK-Zinj, DS, PTK and AMK complex palaeolandscape (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
Spilled ink blots the mind: A reply to Merrit et al. (2018) on subjectivity and bone surface modifications
Constraining time and ecology on the Zinj paleolandscape: Microwear and mesowear analyses of the archaeofaunal remains of FLK Zinj and DS (Bed I), compared to FLK North (Bed I) and BK (Bed II) at Oldu…
The meta-group social network of early humans: A temporal-spatial assessment of group size at FLK Zinj (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
En busca del primer Homo: Gestión de las investigación arqueológica en la garganta de Olduvai (Tanzania)
Los yacimientos de la Garganta de Olduvai (Tanzania) constituyen un enclave único para el estudio de los primeros representantes del género Homo. La buena preservación de estos yacimientos y la cantidad de fósiles hallados en ellos posibilita que se sigan desarrollando excavaciones arqueológicas en este lugar. El equipo de investigación The Olduvai Paleoanthropology and Paleoecology Project (TOPPP), que trabaja en estos yacimientos desde 2006, pr…
Tracking Early Hominin Foraging Behavior at DS Site (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge)
Academic discussions about African Early Stone Age site formation, animal carcass acquisition by hominins, the regularity of meat consumption or the use of central places have mainly relied on taphonomic studies of a few archaeofaunal assemblages, such as FLK Zinj (1.84 Ma [million years] ago, Olduvai Gorge Bed I, Tanzania). The DS site lies on the same paleosurface as FLK Zinj and constitutes an equally well-preserved, vertically-discrete deposi…
Spatial analysis of an Early Middle Palaeolithic kill/butchering site: The case of the Cuesta de la Bajada (Teruel, Spain)
Kill/butchering sites are some of the most important places for understanding the subsistence strategies of hunter-gatherer groups. However, these sites are not common in the archaeological record, and they have not been sufficiently analysed in order to know all their possible variability for ancient periods of the human evolution. In the present study, we have carried out the spatial analysis of the Early Middle Palaeolithic (MIS 9-8) site of C…
Searching for intra-site spatial patterns in the African Early Acheulean: The lowermost archaeo-units at FLK West (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
A brief summary of the history of the research of the Olduvai Bed I archeological sites and their impact on the reconstruction of early hominin lifeways
Reconstructing early human behavior through the lithic technology of DS
Conclusions
Reconstructing Olduvai: The Behavior of Early Humans at David's Site
Alternating carnivore and Neanderthal activities at Escoural Cave: Insights from the taphonomic and machine learning analysis of leporid remains
Exploring the varied subsistence strategies and cave occupation patterns of Neanderthals is key to understanding their complex behaviors and ecological adaptations. Small game consumption, in particular, is considered a relevant indicator of their behavioral complexity. Rabbit assemblages from Pleistocene cave sites provide valuable insights into Neanderthal interactions with small prey and potential competition with carnivores. Here, we present …
Unraveling the spatial imprint of hominin and carnivore accumulations in Early Pleistocene African sites
Reconstructions of palimpsest formation and dynamics in Early Pleistocene African archaeological deposits have undergone significant advances thanks to taphonomic research. However, the spatial imprint of different agents implicated in most of these accumulations still needs to be addressed. We hypothesize that different site formation dynamics may yield diverse spatial distributions of archaeological remains, reflecting the intervention of diffe…
The New Taphonomy and How It Can Boost the Role of the Asian Pleistocene Archaeological Record in Human Evolution
Debates on human behavioral evolution have largely focused on African and European records, while Asia’s contribution remains underrepresented. Despite the significance of the Asian Pleistocene fossil record, its behavioral insights have been hindered by limited taphonomic research, restricted dissemination, and shifting academic trends. Many key Chinese archaeofaunal sites, particularly in karstic contexts, contain complex palimpsests that chall…
Traces of the Distant Human Past: Understanding the Archaeology of our Origins
Traces of the Distant Human Past offers a critical examination of early human behavior by challenging traditional narratives and pushing for a more scientific, theoretically informed approach to archaeology. Emphasizing the importance of understanding early humans within their environmental context, the contributors to this volume propose a shift towards theoretical frameworks and ecological perspectives in archaeological research. They highlight…
A comparative multivariate analysis of spatial clustering in Neanderthal and anatomically modern human occupations
Neanderthal and anatomically modern human (AMH) occupations have long been hypothesized to differ in spatial organization, yet multisite quantitative comparisons remain scarce. Here we use cluster modeling to quantify four spatial metrics (parent intensity κ, cluster scale s, cluster strength φ, and sibling probability p) from 21 Middle Paleolithic (MP) and Upper Paleolithic (UP) assemblages, spanning cave and open-air contexts. We combine these …
Towards a formation model of the Neanderthal symbolic accumulation of herbivore crania: Spatial patterns shaped by rockfall dynamics in Level 3 of Des-Cubierta Cave (Lozoya valley, Madrid, Spain)
Understanding formation processes is crucial for interpreting sites with complex sedimentary histories and exceptional archaeological records, such as Level 3 of Des-Cubierta Cave. This Middle Paleolithic unit contains an assemblage of anthropically modified ungulate horned crania, Mousterian lithics, and evidence of fire use, all preserved in a clast-supported gravel deposit shaped by successive rockfalls. This study integrates geostatistical an…
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (23 works) · Geography (17 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · Taphonomy (13 works) · Biology (10 works) · Ecology (9 works) · Olduvai Gorge (9 works) · Paleontology (9 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (8 works) · Geology (7 works)