Concepción Torres Navas
Biographic Data
| ID | 2740774 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Concepción Torres Navas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Concepción Torres |
| FAMILY NAME | Navas |
| SIGNATURE | NAVAS C T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5543-2271 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Arqueología Experimental o lo tedioso del proceso de investigación experimental
La Arqueología Experimental (AE) permite reconstruir procesos tecnológicos antiguos a través de la reproducción de técnicas y herramientas. Sin embargo, su comprensión suele estar teñida de un enfoque lúdico, donde las actividades replicativas se perciben más como una demostración de destrezas personales que como una investigación rigurosa. Aunque este enfoque tiene un valor pedagógico y de difusión indudable, corre el riesgo de desviar la atenci…
Early Middle Palaeolithic Occupations Dated to MIS 7 at the Abri du Maras (Ardèche, Southeast France)
New excavations at the Abri du Maras have yielded remains of hitherto unknown deposits (layer 6) from the base of the sequence, with a small lithic and faunal series dated to MIS 7. In this paper, we investigate this occupation, undoubtedly in a cave context, before the cave gradually gave way to a shelter where the last occupations took place. The faunal assemblage accumulated through anthropic activities, and cervids are the dominant species. T…
Archaeological Lithotheques of Siliceous Rocks in Spain
The use of lithotheques, libraries or collections of rocks is relatively recent in archaeological research in Spain. These collections have mostly been formed through isolated initiatives in different institutions, without any scientific strategy to guide their development and growth. The perspective in the last few years has changed substantially as these infrastructures are now regarded as a scientific resource of great interest and potential i…
Technological Reconstruction of Lower Paleolithic Shaped Stone Balls
The use of shaped stone balls to extract marrow
Technological skills associated with the Paleolithic culture have been explored extensively in recent years, with regard to the production of stone tools. Aspects of skill related to the use of these tools, however, have yet to be comprehensively explored. In this paper, we use a combined experimental-traceological approach to explore aspects of skill in the use of Lower Paleolithic (LP) shaped stone balls (SSBs) as percussion tools for marrow ex…
There’s no smoke without fire
The use and control of fire is arguably one of the most important technological advancements of the Homo genus. Prehistoric populations exploit the combustion properties of fires (light, heat and smoke) for daily tasks such as food preparation, insect repellent, extension of daylight hours and modification of technology. The habitual use of fire can however lead to significant health implications through sustained exposure to smoke which can affe…
La Arqueología Experimental en Las Cuevas De La Araña (Málaga, España)
The following paper addresses a series of Experimental Archeology activities performed at the Archeological Site of La Araña. They cover the most significant aspects of Archeology and its protocols -including field and laboratory work- as well as the replication of technological processes prehistoric groups had to face for their survival, from the Lower Paleolithic to the Chalcolithic. With the reenactment of the various technologies more immedia…
Experts Also Fail
Good and Bad Knappers Among Neanderthals
Explaining links from the past
Mousterian inside the upper Paleolithic? The last interval of El Esquilleu (Cantabria, Spain) sequence
Experimental study on flint hammerstone use in Discoid-Levallois technologies
The basins of the Manzanares and Jarama rivers have been connected to human activity since the early Palaeolithic. At the boundary between these rivers the abundance of flint has given place to exploitation and mining activities even in historical times. In recent years, projects related to urban expansion in the southeast of Madrid have brought to light various Palaeolithic deposits associated with workshops and tool production. These sites do n…
Acheulian flint quarries in the Madrid Tertiary basin, central Iberian Peninsula
Aprendiendo a Excavar
Durante los últimos años y gracias a la estrecha colaboración del Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología, la empresa Argea S.L y la Dirección General de Patrimonio de la Comunidad de Madrid, se viene desarrollando un modelo mixto de formación e investigación en el yacimiento paleolítico de Los Ahijones (Vicávaro-Madrid) en el que los alumnos de prácticas de campo del Máster de Arqueología y Patrimonio de nuestra Universidad participan activame…
Recycling in abundance
Un Enclave Solutrense en Las Cordilleras Béticas Occidentales
En el verano de 2011 se iniciaron trabajos de sondeo en la cueva del Higueral-Guardia (Málaga, España). Los sondeos han determinado la existencia de una importante secuencia con niveles del Paleolítico Superior y Medio todavía en estudio. No obstante, la actividad perpetrada por los clandestinos en la cueva, ha limitado significativamente las posibilidades de interpretación de los niveles solutrenses. En este trabajo pretendemos, además de realiz…
Ana de Jesus, cartas (1590-1621)
Acheulian flint quarries in the Madrid Tertiary basin, central Iberian Peninsula
Experts Also Fail
Recycling in abundance
Explaining links from the past
Mousterian inside the upper Paleolithic? The last interval of El Esquilleu (Cantabria, Spain) sequence
The use of shaped stone balls to extract marrow
Technological skills associated with the Paleolithic culture have been explored extensively in recent years, with regard to the production of stone tools. Aspects of skill related to the use of these tools, however, have yet to be comprehensively explored. In this paper, we use a combined experimental-traceological approach to explore aspects of skill in the use of Lower Paleolithic (LP) shaped stone balls (SSBs) as percussion tools for marrow ex…
There’s no smoke without fire
The use and control of fire is arguably one of the most important technological advancements of the Homo genus. Prehistoric populations exploit the combustion properties of fires (light, heat and smoke) for daily tasks such as food preparation, insect repellent, extension of daylight hours and modification of technology. The habitual use of fire can however lead to significant health implications through sustained exposure to smoke which can affe…
Ana de Jesus, cartas (1590-1621)
Un Enclave Solutrense en Las Cordilleras Béticas Occidentales
En el verano de 2011 se iniciaron trabajos de sondeo en la cueva del Higueral-Guardia (Málaga, España). Los sondeos han determinado la existencia de una importante secuencia con niveles del Paleolítico Superior y Medio todavía en estudio. No obstante, la actividad perpetrada por los clandestinos en la cueva, ha limitado significativamente las posibilidades de interpretación de los niveles solutrenses. En este trabajo pretendemos, además de realiz…
Recycling in abundance
Aprendiendo a Excavar
Durante los últimos años y gracias a la estrecha colaboración del Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología, la empresa Argea S.L y la Dirección General de Patrimonio de la Comunidad de Madrid, se viene desarrollando un modelo mixto de formación e investigación en el yacimiento paleolítico de Los Ahijones (Vicávaro-Madrid) en el que los alumnos de prácticas de campo del Máster de Arqueología y Patrimonio de nuestra Universidad participan activame…
Experimental study on flint hammerstone use in Discoid-Levallois technologies
The basins of the Manzanares and Jarama rivers have been connected to human activity since the early Palaeolithic. At the boundary between these rivers the abundance of flint has given place to exploitation and mining activities even in historical times. In recent years, projects related to urban expansion in the southeast of Madrid have brought to light various Palaeolithic deposits associated with workshops and tool production. These sites do n…
Acheulian flint quarries in the Madrid Tertiary basin, central Iberian Peninsula
Mousterian inside the upper Paleolithic? The last interval of El Esquilleu (Cantabria, Spain) sequence
Good and Bad Knappers Among Neanderthals
Explaining links from the past
Experts Also Fail
La Arqueología Experimental en Las Cuevas De La Araña (Málaga, España)
The following paper addresses a series of Experimental Archeology activities performed at the Archeological Site of La Araña. They cover the most significant aspects of Archeology and its protocols -including field and laboratory work- as well as the replication of technological processes prehistoric groups had to face for their survival, from the Lower Paleolithic to the Chalcolithic. With the reenactment of the various technologies more immedia…
There’s no smoke without fire
The use and control of fire is arguably one of the most important technological advancements of the Homo genus. Prehistoric populations exploit the combustion properties of fires (light, heat and smoke) for daily tasks such as food preparation, insect repellent, extension of daylight hours and modification of technology. The habitual use of fire can however lead to significant health implications through sustained exposure to smoke which can affe…
Arqueología Experimental o lo tedioso del proceso de investigación experimental
La Arqueología Experimental (AE) permite reconstruir procesos tecnológicos antiguos a través de la reproducción de técnicas y herramientas. Sin embargo, su comprensión suele estar teñida de un enfoque lúdico, donde las actividades replicativas se perciben más como una demostración de destrezas personales que como una investigación rigurosa. Aunque este enfoque tiene un valor pedagógico y de difusión indudable, corre el riesgo de desviar la atenci…
Early Middle Palaeolithic Occupations Dated to MIS 7 at the Abri du Maras (Ardèche, Southeast France)
New excavations at the Abri du Maras have yielded remains of hitherto unknown deposits (layer 6) from the base of the sequence, with a small lithic and faunal series dated to MIS 7. In this paper, we investigate this occupation, undoubtedly in a cave context, before the cave gradually gave way to a shelter where the last occupations took place. The faunal assemblage accumulated through anthropic activities, and cervids are the dominant species. T…
Archaeological Lithotheques of Siliceous Rocks in Spain
The use of lithotheques, libraries or collections of rocks is relatively recent in archaeological research in Spain. These collections have mostly been formed through isolated initiatives in different institutions, without any scientific strategy to guide their development and growth. The perspective in the last few years has changed substantially as these infrastructures are now regarded as a scientific resource of great interest and potential i…
Technological Reconstruction of Lower Paleolithic Shaped Stone Balls
The use of shaped stone balls to extract marrow
Technological skills associated with the Paleolithic culture have been explored extensively in recent years, with regard to the production of stone tools. Aspects of skill related to the use of these tools, however, have yet to be comprehensively explored. In this paper, we use a combined experimental-traceological approach to explore aspects of skill in the use of Lower Paleolithic (LP) shaped stone balls (SSBs) as percussion tools for marrow ex…
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · Archaeological and Geological Studies (9 works) · Geology (7 works) · Middle Paleolithic (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (5 works) · Paleontology (5 works) · Archaeological and Historical Studies (4 works)