Alfred Sanchis
Biographic Data
| ID | 161901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfred Sanchis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfred |
| FAMILY NAME | Sanchis |
| SIGNATURE | SANCHIS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Museu de Prehistòria de València |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9358-7581 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 288 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Cuon Versus Canis: A Comparative Guide to the Morphological Distinction of Postcranial Bones and Its Archaeo‐Paleontological Implications
The genera Cuon and Canis are part of the carnivore guild during the late Middle and Late Pleistocene in Europe. However, most identifications in archaeo‐palaeontological contexts are made on cranial and dental elements as these are taxonomically the most diagnostic anatomical regions. In contrast, taxonomical identifications of postcranial remains are scarce and often based on metric criteria because of their morphological similarity between the…
Freshwater turtles and mesolithic human subsistence: Taxonomic and taphonomic study of the assemblages from El Collado (Oliva, Eastern Iberian Peninsula)
Experimental Protocol for Cooking Rabbits and its Archaeological Implications
Small prey such as rabbits are present in Middle Paleolithic and are abundant in the diet of Upper Paleolithic human groups in southwestern Europe, especially in the Iberian Peninsula. Several archaeological and experimental studies have attempted to relate anthropogenic modifications, in this case cut marks, to different processing and consumption activities. However, the data do not always give similar results, as the presence and quantity of c…
Animal exploitation by the last hunter-gatherers in the Mediterranean Iberia. New data from the Mesolithic groups from Cocina cave (Valencia, Eastern Iberia)
Mesolithic groups in Mediterranean Iberia lived during a period of bioclimatic and cultural changes. Thus, their economic behaviour and the availability of plant and animal resources show some interesting variation compared to previous periods that indicate changes in mobility patterns and social connectivity networks. This paper presents information on patterns of animal exploitation of the last hunter-gatherers in this region through zooarchaeo…
To catch a goat: Explotación de la cabra montés en el Pleistoceno superior (MIS 3) de la Cova de les Malladetes (Barx, Valencia)
El estudio arqueozoológico y tafonómico de los conjuntos de fauna recuperados en la Cova de les Malladetes aporta información destacada sobre el origen de las acumulaciones. La localización de esta cueva y las características del entorno permiten el desarrollo de prácticas de predación centradas mayoritariamente en la cabra montés, la especie mejor representada en la secuencia estratigráfica descubierta durante las excavaciones en este yacimiento…
Archaeozoological studies: New database and method based on alphanumeric codes
The database is an important tool to collect all the necessary information by any archaeozoologist. However, the specialists do not use a recurring methodology to describe the bone remains, and that complicates the possibility to compare the results from different sites. For these reasons, first, it is necessary to provide a complete and versatile database structure and secondly, employ a fast and objective methodology. In this case, we propose s…
Solutrean macrofauna from Cova de les Cendres (Alicante, Spain): Zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis
Zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis were performed on the macrofaunal remains from Solutrean levels XIII and XIV (ca. 17 and 20 ka cal BP) of Cova de les Cendres. The faunal assemblage shows predominance of red deer, followed by Spanish ibex and equids, among which wild ass (Equus hydruntinus) was identified. Carnivores are well represented in level XIII, especially the lynx, whereas they are very rare in level XIV. Different activities of …
Cova de les Malladetes (Valencia, Spain): New Insights About the Early Upper Palaeolithic in the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian Peninsula
New excavations carried out at Cova de les Malladetes confirm and improve previous information on the archaeological sequence of this site. A total of 29 new dates allow to specify the chronology of the Aurignacian (levels XIVA–XII) and Gravettian (levels XI–VII). Furthermore, concerning the results obtained during the 1970 excavation, three new levels were identified: level XIVB, which represents a short temporal human occupation hiatus, and lev…
A High Temporal Resolution Zooarchaeological Approach to Neanderthal Subsistence Strategies on the Southeastern Iberian Peninsula: El Salt Stratigraphic Unit Xa (Alicante, Spain)
The Koskobilo (Olazti, Navarre, Northern Iberian Peninsula) paleontological collection: New insights for the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Western Pyrenees
Environment and subsistence strategies at La Viña rock shelter and Llonin cave (Asturias, Spain) during MIS3
Neanderthal Spatial Patterns and Occupation Dynamics: A Focus on the Central Region in Mediterranean Iberia
Neanderthal subsistence and short-term human occupation patterns during MIS 5. New data from Abrigo de la Quebrada (Valencia, Spain)
Nuevos datos procedentes del yacimiento del Paleolítico medio del Puntal del Gat (Benirredrà, Valencia)
The Llonin Cave (Peñamellera Alta, Asturias, Spain), level III (Galería): Techno-typological characterisation of the Badegoulian lithic and bone assemblages
Llonin cave is located in the Cares river valley, between the sea and the Cantabrian Cordillera. In level III, hunted fauna comes from a rocky and mountainous biotope with chamois predominance over red deer and Spanish ibex. On top of this level there is an Upper Magdalenian level (II) and underneath an Upper Solutrean one (IV). Level III is formed by materials linked to fire, with a specific functionality, and there is an extraordinary associati…
Estudio de la fauna del nivel IV del Abrigo de la Quebrada y su aportación al conocimiento de la economía y el comportamiento humano en el Paleolítico Medio de la vertiente mediterránea ibérica
El Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Valencia) es un yacimiento con varios niveles de ocupacin del Paleoltico medio. El nivel IV, con dos dataciones de 43.930 750 BP (Beta-244002) y >51,6 ka BP (OxA-24855), se caracteriza por su estructura de palimpsesto y la elevada densidad de restos arqueolgicos (industria ltica, fauna, carbones y estructuras de combustin). El conjunto seo se compone de 100.907 restos, con una mayor presencia de las familias Bovi…
Abrigo de la Quebrada Level IV (Valencia, Spain): Interpreting a Middle Palaeolithic Palimpsest from a Zooarchaeological and Lithic Perspective
Hearths and bones: An experimental study to explore temporality in archaeological contexts based on taphonomical changes in burnt bones
Diachronic variation in the Middle Paleolithic settlement of Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Spain)
Towards the identification of a new taphonomic agent: An analysis of bone accumulations obtained from modern Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) nests
Neanderthal diets in central and southeastern Mediterranean Iberia
Los restos de Oryctolagus cuniculus en las tafocenosis de Bubo bubo y Vulpes vulpes y su aplicación a la caracterización del registro faunístico arqueológico
Se estudian restos de lagomorfos correspondientes a la alimentación de predadores actuales (Bubo bubo y Vulpes vulpes) para caracterizar sus tafocenosis y comprender los procesos tafonómicos que se desarrollan en los registros faunísticos arqueológicos.This article is focused in the study of lagomorphs remains corresponding to nowadays predator feeding, in order to characterise its taphocenosis.This allows a better understanding of taphonomic pro…
Análisis de las acumulaciones óseas de una guarida de pequeños mamíferos carnívoros (Sitjar Baix, Onda, Castellón): Implicaciones arqueológicas
Se presenta el estudio de un conjunto óseo procedente de una guarida de pequeños mamíferos carnívoros situada en las proximidades del yacimiento arqueológico de Sitjar Baix (Onda, Castellón). Los huesos no muestran señales de digestión pero sí diversas alteraciones causadas por la dentición durante el consumo, lo que indica que la guarida funcionó como lugar de refugio y descanso donde se transportaron y consumieron presas pero donde preferenteme…
Nuevos datos sobre la presencia de lepus en el pleistoceno medio y superior del Mediterráneo Ibérico: La Cova del Bolomor (Valencia)
Se presentan datos novedosos sobre la presencia de la liebre en el área valenciana durante el Pleistoceno medio y superior. Una interesante, aunque reducida, muestra ósea procedente de la Cova del Bolomor ha sido asignada a este género de lagomorfos. Su aparición en la fase inicial de ocupación de la cavidad (MIS 9) corresponde, por el momento, a la cita más antigua de Lepus en esta zona (ca. 350 ka). La determinación de otros huesos de liebre en…
The Quaternary fossil record of the genus Testudo in the Iberian Peninsula. Archaeological implications and diachronic distribution in the western Mediterranean
Neanderthal diets in central and southeastern Mediterranean Iberia
Hearths and bones: An experimental study to explore temporality in archaeological contexts based on taphonomical changes in burnt bones
Towards the identification of a new taphonomic agent: An analysis of bone accumulations obtained from modern Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) nests
Environment and subsistence strategies at La Viña rock shelter and Llonin cave (Asturias, Spain) during MIS3
Abrigo de la Quebrada Level IV (Valencia, Spain): Interpreting a Middle Palaeolithic Palimpsest from a Zooarchaeological and Lithic Perspective
Neanderthal Spatial Patterns and Occupation Dynamics: A Focus on the Central Region in Mediterranean Iberia
Cova de les Malladetes (Valencia, Spain): New Insights About the Early Upper Palaeolithic in the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian Peninsula
New excavations carried out at Cova de les Malladetes confirm and improve previous information on the archaeological sequence of this site. A total of 29 new dates allow to specify the chronology of the Aurignacian (levels XIVA–XII) and Gravettian (levels XI–VII). Furthermore, concerning the results obtained during the 1970 excavation, three new levels were identified: level XIVB, which represents a short temporal human occupation hiatus, and lev…
The Quaternary fossil record of the genus Testudo in the Iberian Peninsula. Archaeological implications and diachronic distribution in the western Mediterranean
Diachronic variation in the Middle Paleolithic settlement of Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Spain)
Presence of the genus Cuon in upper Pleistocene and initial Holocene sites of the Iberian Peninsula: New remains identified in archaeological contexts of the Mediterranean region
The Koskobilo (Olazti, Navarre, Northern Iberian Peninsula) paleontological collection: New insights for the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Western Pyrenees
To catch a goat: Explotación de la cabra montés en el Pleistoceno superior (MIS 3) de la Cova de les Malladetes (Barx, Valencia)
El estudio arqueozoológico y tafonómico de los conjuntos de fauna recuperados en la Cova de les Malladetes aporta información destacada sobre el origen de las acumulaciones. La localización de esta cueva y las características del entorno permiten el desarrollo de prácticas de predación centradas mayoritariamente en la cabra montés, la especie mejor representada en la secuencia estratigráfica descubierta durante las excavaciones en este yacimiento…
Estudio de la fauna del nivel IV del Abrigo de la Quebrada y su aportación al conocimiento de la economía y el comportamiento humano en el Paleolítico Medio de la vertiente mediterránea ibérica
El Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Valencia) es un yacimiento con varios niveles de ocupacin del Paleoltico medio. El nivel IV, con dos dataciones de 43.930 750 BP (Beta-244002) y >51,6 ka BP (OxA-24855), se caracteriza por su estructura de palimpsesto y la elevada densidad de restos arqueolgicos (industria ltica, fauna, carbones y estructuras de combustin). El conjunto seo se compone de 100.907 restos, con una mayor presencia de las familias Bovi…
Análisis de las acumulaciones óseas de una guarida de pequeños mamíferos carnívoros (Sitjar Baix, Onda, Castellón): Implicaciones arqueológicas
Se presenta el estudio de un conjunto óseo procedente de una guarida de pequeños mamíferos carnívoros situada en las proximidades del yacimiento arqueológico de Sitjar Baix (Onda, Castellón). Los huesos no muestran señales de digestión pero sí diversas alteraciones causadas por la dentición durante el consumo, lo que indica que la guarida funcionó como lugar de refugio y descanso donde se transportaron y consumieron presas pero donde preferenteme…
Experimental Protocol for Cooking Rabbits and its Archaeological Implications
Small prey such as rabbits are present in Middle Paleolithic and are abundant in the diet of Upper Paleolithic human groups in southwestern Europe, especially in the Iberian Peninsula. Several archaeological and experimental studies have attempted to relate anthropogenic modifications, in this case cut marks, to different processing and consumption activities. However, the data do not always give similar results, as the presence and quantity of c…
Archaeozoological studies: New database and method based on alphanumeric codes
The database is an important tool to collect all the necessary information by any archaeozoologist. However, the specialists do not use a recurring methodology to describe the bone remains, and that complicates the possibility to compare the results from different sites. For these reasons, first, it is necessary to provide a complete and versatile database structure and secondly, employ a fast and objective methodology. In this case, we propose s…
Nuevos datos sobre la presencia de lepus en el pleistoceno medio y superior del Mediterráneo Ibérico: La Cova del Bolomor (Valencia)
Se presentan datos novedosos sobre la presencia de la liebre en el área valenciana durante el Pleistoceno medio y superior. Una interesante, aunque reducida, muestra ósea procedente de la Cova del Bolomor ha sido asignada a este género de lagomorfos. Su aparición en la fase inicial de ocupación de la cavidad (MIS 9) corresponde, por el momento, a la cita más antigua de Lepus en esta zona (ca. 350 ka). La determinación de otros huesos de liebre en…
The Quaternary fossil record of the genus Testudo in the Iberian Peninsula. Archaeological implications and diachronic distribution in the western Mediterranean
Presence of the genus Cuon in upper Pleistocene and initial Holocene sites of the Iberian Peninsula: New remains identified in archaeological contexts of the Mediterranean region
Análisis de las acumulaciones óseas de una guarida de pequeños mamíferos carnívoros (Sitjar Baix, Onda, Castellón): Implicaciones arqueológicas
Se presenta el estudio de un conjunto óseo procedente de una guarida de pequeños mamíferos carnívoros situada en las proximidades del yacimiento arqueológico de Sitjar Baix (Onda, Castellón). Los huesos no muestran señales de digestión pero sí diversas alteraciones causadas por la dentición durante el consumo, lo que indica que la guarida funcionó como lugar de refugio y descanso donde se transportaron y consumieron presas pero donde preferenteme…
Nuevos datos sobre la presencia de lepus en el pleistoceno medio y superior del Mediterráneo Ibérico: La Cova del Bolomor (Valencia)
Se presentan datos novedosos sobre la presencia de la liebre en el área valenciana durante el Pleistoceno medio y superior. Una interesante, aunque reducida, muestra ósea procedente de la Cova del Bolomor ha sido asignada a este género de lagomorfos. Su aparición en la fase inicial de ocupación de la cavidad (MIS 9) corresponde, por el momento, a la cita más antigua de Lepus en esta zona (ca. 350 ka). La determinación de otros huesos de liebre en…
Los restos de Oryctolagus cuniculus en las tafocenosis de Bubo bubo y Vulpes vulpes y su aplicación a la caracterización del registro faunístico arqueológico
Se estudian restos de lagomorfos correspondientes a la alimentación de predadores actuales (Bubo bubo y Vulpes vulpes) para caracterizar sus tafocenosis y comprender los procesos tafonómicos que se desarrollan en los registros faunísticos arqueológicos.This article is focused in the study of lagomorphs remains corresponding to nowadays predator feeding, in order to characterise its taphocenosis.This allows a better understanding of taphonomic pro…
Towards the identification of a new taphonomic agent: An analysis of bone accumulations obtained from modern Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) nests
Neanderthal diets in central and southeastern Mediterranean Iberia
Diachronic variation in the Middle Paleolithic settlement of Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Spain)
Hearths and bones: An experimental study to explore temporality in archaeological contexts based on taphonomical changes in burnt bones
Abrigo de la Quebrada Level IV (Valencia, Spain): Interpreting a Middle Palaeolithic Palimpsest from a Zooarchaeological and Lithic Perspective
Neanderthal subsistence and short-term human occupation patterns during MIS 5. New data from Abrigo de la Quebrada (Valencia, Spain)
Nuevos datos procedentes del yacimiento del Paleolítico medio del Puntal del Gat (Benirredrà, Valencia)
The Llonin Cave (Peñamellera Alta, Asturias, Spain), level III (Galería): Techno-typological characterisation of the Badegoulian lithic and bone assemblages
Llonin cave is located in the Cares river valley, between the sea and the Cantabrian Cordillera. In level III, hunted fauna comes from a rocky and mountainous biotope with chamois predominance over red deer and Spanish ibex. On top of this level there is an Upper Magdalenian level (II) and underneath an Upper Solutrean one (IV). Level III is formed by materials linked to fire, with a specific functionality, and there is an extraordinary associati…
Estudio de la fauna del nivel IV del Abrigo de la Quebrada y su aportación al conocimiento de la economía y el comportamiento humano en el Paleolítico Medio de la vertiente mediterránea ibérica
El Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Valencia) es un yacimiento con varios niveles de ocupacin del Paleoltico medio. El nivel IV, con dos dataciones de 43.930 750 BP (Beta-244002) y >51,6 ka BP (OxA-24855), se caracteriza por su estructura de palimpsesto y la elevada densidad de restos arqueolgicos (industria ltica, fauna, carbones y estructuras de combustin). El conjunto seo se compone de 100.907 restos, con una mayor presencia de las familias Bovi…
A High Temporal Resolution Zooarchaeological Approach to Neanderthal Subsistence Strategies on the Southeastern Iberian Peninsula: El Salt Stratigraphic Unit Xa (Alicante, Spain)
The Koskobilo (Olazti, Navarre, Northern Iberian Peninsula) paleontological collection: New insights for the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Western Pyrenees
Environment and subsistence strategies at La Viña rock shelter and Llonin cave (Asturias, Spain) during MIS3
Neanderthal Spatial Patterns and Occupation Dynamics: A Focus on the Central Region in Mediterranean Iberia
Cova de les Malladetes (Valencia, Spain): New Insights About the Early Upper Palaeolithic in the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian Peninsula
New excavations carried out at Cova de les Malladetes confirm and improve previous information on the archaeological sequence of this site. A total of 29 new dates allow to specify the chronology of the Aurignacian (levels XIVA–XII) and Gravettian (levels XI–VII). Furthermore, concerning the results obtained during the 1970 excavation, three new levels were identified: level XIVB, which represents a short temporal human occupation hiatus, and lev…
To catch a goat: Explotación de la cabra montés en el Pleistoceno superior (MIS 3) de la Cova de les Malladetes (Barx, Valencia)
El estudio arqueozoológico y tafonómico de los conjuntos de fauna recuperados en la Cova de les Malladetes aporta información destacada sobre el origen de las acumulaciones. La localización de esta cueva y las características del entorno permiten el desarrollo de prácticas de predación centradas mayoritariamente en la cabra montés, la especie mejor representada en la secuencia estratigráfica descubierta durante las excavaciones en este yacimiento…
Archaeozoological studies: New database and method based on alphanumeric codes
The database is an important tool to collect all the necessary information by any archaeozoologist. However, the specialists do not use a recurring methodology to describe the bone remains, and that complicates the possibility to compare the results from different sites. For these reasons, first, it is necessary to provide a complete and versatile database structure and secondly, employ a fast and objective methodology. In this case, we propose s…
Solutrean macrofauna from Cova de les Cendres (Alicante, Spain): Zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis
Zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis were performed on the macrofaunal remains from Solutrean levels XIII and XIV (ca. 17 and 20 ka cal BP) of Cova de les Cendres. The faunal assemblage shows predominance of red deer, followed by Spanish ibex and equids, among which wild ass (Equus hydruntinus) was identified. Carnivores are well represented in level XIII, especially the lynx, whereas they are very rare in level XIV. Different activities of …
Animal exploitation by the last hunter-gatherers in the Mediterranean Iberia. New data from the Mesolithic groups from Cocina cave (Valencia, Eastern Iberia)
Mesolithic groups in Mediterranean Iberia lived during a period of bioclimatic and cultural changes. Thus, their economic behaviour and the availability of plant and animal resources show some interesting variation compared to previous periods that indicate changes in mobility patterns and social connectivity networks. This paper presents information on patterns of animal exploitation of the last hunter-gatherers in this region through zooarchaeo…
Cuon Versus Canis: A Comparative Guide to the Morphological Distinction of Postcranial Bones and Its Archaeo‐Paleontological Implications
The genera Cuon and Canis are part of the carnivore guild during the late Middle and Late Pleistocene in Europe. However, most identifications in archaeo‐palaeontological contexts are made on cranial and dental elements as these are taxonomically the most diagnostic anatomical regions. In contrast, taxonomical identifications of postcranial remains are scarce and often based on metric criteria because of their morphological similarity between the…
Freshwater turtles and mesolithic human subsistence: Taxonomic and taphonomic study of the assemblages from El Collado (Oliva, Eastern Iberian Peninsula)
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