M Soto
Biographic Data
| ID | 31895 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Soto |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Soto |
| SIGNATURE | SOTO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4154-5384 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 126 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Archaeological Lithotheques of Siliceous Rocks in Spain: First Diagnosis of the Lithotheque Thematic Network
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…
Homo erectus technological behaviors during the Middle Pleistocene Transition: Engaji Nanyori, Oldupai Gorge
Paleolithic cave art at Simanya Gran (Northeast of Spain): New graphic and symbolic expressions in novel territories
A newly discovered Paleolithic rock art site is presented. • Rock art represents social value and exhibits cultural links. • The study demonstrates the existence of a long-distance graphic community during the Magdalenian period (14/14,500 and 12,000 years BP). Recent years have witnessed significant advancement in the understanding of prehistoric behavior, leading to the discovery of new assemblages that challenge established knowledge within th…
Las ocupaciones tardiglaciares de la Cova de Les Borres (La Febró, Tarragona)
En este artículo se presentan los trabajos arqueológicos desarrollados entre 2012 y 2015 en la Cova de Les Borres (La Febró, Tarragona). Los nuevos datos cronoestratigráficos y los materiales arqueológicos analizados derivan de los tres niveles principales identificados hasta el momento, que datan de mediados del GI-1 (Nivel 2), finales del GI-1/inicios del GS-1 (Nivel 1.2) y presumiblemente del GS-1 (Nivel 1.1). La secuencia documentada resulta …
Intriguing Occupations at Gran Dolina (Atapuerca, Spain): The Acheulean Subunits TD10.3 and TD10.4
This paper presents the zooarchaeological, technological, use-wear, and spatial analyses of the earliest sedimentary subunits of TD10 (TD10.3 and TD10.4) of the Gran Dolina site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain), dated to c. 400 ka. Both units have yielded Acheulean technology, with occupational models characterized by the superimposition of multiple and independent events paired with short, sporadic occupations. Subunits TD10.3 and TD10.4 for…
Virtual Trip to the Abric Romaní site and its lithic procurement areas
This paper introduces the virtual field trip organised on the occasion of the 13th International Symposium on Knappable Materials in Tarragona from 4th to 6th October 2021, showing the Abric Romaní site (NE Iberian Peninsula) and the chert procurement areas located within a 30 km radius. The Abric Romaní section consists of a general presentation of the Middle Palaeolithic site, including a brief description of its 50 m stratigraphic sequence, wh…
A multi-technique approach to characterization: The Sant Martí de Tous chert as a prehistoric resource for the NE of the Iberian Peninsula
The Sant Genís Formation is located in the NE of the Iberian Peninsula (Catalonia, Spain) and is dated to the Priabonian (upper Eocene), being part of the evaporitic formations of the margin of the Ebro Basin. It is formed by a succession of sandy lutites, occasional limestone layers, marls, and local stratified gypsum and cherts, including the Sant Martí de Tous chert. The Sant Martí de Tous chert type is confirmed by its abundance at specific l…
Development of Technologies for Local Composting of Food Waste from Universities
The amount of biowaste generated by university canteens (BWUC) in the faculties of the University of A Coruña (UDC) varies between 6 and 100 kg/day. In addition, the gardening services of the campus generate even higher amounts of garden waste (GrW), including pruning, which, once crushed, serves as bulking material for composting the biowaste from the canteens. Decentralized composting has been chosen with the aim of producing high quality organ…
Systematic sampling of quartzites in sourcing analysis: Intra-outcrop variability at Naibor Soit, Tanzania (part I)
The Panadella chert (Montmaneu Formation): A high-quality raw material in the Abric Romaní sequence (NE Iberian Peninsula)
Initial assessment of bioavailable strontium at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania: Potential for early mobility studies
Petrographic Characterization of Raw Material Sources at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania
Oldupai Gorge is located within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Tanzania along the western margin of the East African Rift System. Oldupai’s sedimentary record exhibits a complex sequence of inter-stratified lithic assemblages associated with the Early, Middle, and Later Stone Age. While diachronic technological change is perceptible, the totality of locally available rocks remained largely unchanged thr…
Soil and Plant Phytoliths from the Acacia-Commiphora Mosaics at Oldupai Gorge (Tanzania)
This paper studies soil and plant phytoliths from the Eastern Serengeti Plains, specifically the Acacia-Commiphora mosaics from Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania, as present-day analogue for the environment that was contemporaneous with the emergence of the genus Homo. We investigate whether phytolith assemblages from recent soil surfaces reflect plant community structure and composition with fidelity. The materials included 35 topsoil samples and 29 plant…
La Balma de la Vall (Montblanc, Tarragona): Ocupaciones de corta duración durante el Paleolítico superior final en las Montañas de Prades
Este artículo presenta los trabajos realizados en el yacimiento de la Balma de la Vall (Montblanc, Tarragona). Las primeras excavaciones, a inicios de los 1980, identificaron distintos niveles de ocupación humana relacionados con el Paleolítico superior final. Entre los años 2011-2013 la excavación se reemprendió con los objetivos de definir la sucesión arqueo-estratigráfica, obtener dataciones absolutas, y caracterizar el tipo de ocupaciones que…
The chert abundance ratio (CAR): A new parameter for interpreting Palaeolithic raw material procurement
The form of energy-containing food alters satiety and fMRI brain responses in humans
Latvijas emigrantu kopienas: Cerību diaspora
Monogrāfija izstrādāta un izdota ar Eiropas Sociālā fonda finansiālu atbalstu projekta «Latvijas emigrantu kopienas: nacionālā identitāte, transnacionālās attiecības un diasporas politika» (vienošanās Nr. 2013/0055/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/040) ietvaros
Level TE9c of Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain): A comprehensive approach
I Knew that Spain Once Belonged to the Moors”: Langston Hughes, Race, and the Spanish Civil War
Responding to Dolan Hubbard’s proposal to enhance scholarship on “Hughes and the international stage,” this essay addresses race within the context of Hughes’s numerous writings inspired by the Spanish Civil War, which he covered as a war correspondent for the Baltimore Afro-American. Through close readings of a number of texts, I argue that the category of race provides a productive and neglected entry into reading the conflict in which the viol…
Los sistemas de producción lítica en el Paleolítico Superior Final: El caso del nivel Asup del Molí del Salt (Vimbodí i Poblet, Tarragona)
In this paper we present the results of core analysis of Asup level from Molí del Salt site (Vimbodí i Poblet, Tarragona/Spain), dated to ca. 11 ka 14C BP (c. 12700-13000 years cal BP). This analysis was carried out from the methodological proposals raised by various authors as Guilbaud (1995) and Vaquero (1997). With this study, we try to define the operative field to better understand the variability of knapping strategies and the possible cont…
Temporal nature and recycling of Upper Paleolithic artifacts: The burned tools from the Molí del Salt site (Vimbodí i Poblet, northeastern Spain)
Still the New World: American Literature in a Culture of Creative Destruction. Philip Fisher. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1999. 290 pages. $33.50 cloth; $18.95 paper
Still the New World: American Literature in a Culture of Creative Destruction. Philip Fisher. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1999. 290 pages. $33.50 cloth; $18.95 paper. Get access Still the New World: American Literature in a Culture of Creative Destruction. Philip Fishe. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1997. 290 pages. $33.50 cloth. $18.95 paper. Michael Soto Michael Soto Trinity University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Schola…
Temporal nature and recycling of Upper Paleolithic artifacts: The burned tools from the Molí del Salt site (Vimbodí i Poblet, northeastern Spain)
Level TE9c of Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain): A comprehensive approach
The chert abundance ratio (CAR): A new parameter for interpreting Palaeolithic raw material procurement
The Panadella chert (Montmaneu Formation): A high-quality raw material in the Abric Romaní sequence (NE Iberian Peninsula)
Systematic sampling of quartzites in sourcing analysis: Intra-outcrop variability at Naibor Soit, Tanzania (part I)
A multi-technique approach to characterization: The Sant Martí de Tous chert as a prehistoric resource for the NE of the Iberian Peninsula
The Sant Genís Formation is located in the NE of the Iberian Peninsula (Catalonia, Spain) and is dated to the Priabonian (upper Eocene), being part of the evaporitic formations of the margin of the Ebro Basin. It is formed by a succession of sandy lutites, occasional limestone layers, marls, and local stratified gypsum and cherts, including the Sant Martí de Tous chert. The Sant Martí de Tous chert type is confirmed by its abundance at specific l…
Intriguing Occupations at Gran Dolina (Atapuerca, Spain): The Acheulean Subunits TD10.3 and TD10.4
This paper presents the zooarchaeological, technological, use-wear, and spatial analyses of the earliest sedimentary subunits of TD10 (TD10.3 and TD10.4) of the Gran Dolina site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain), dated to c. 400 ka. Both units have yielded Acheulean technology, with occupational models characterized by the superimposition of multiple and independent events paired with short, sporadic occupations. Subunits TD10.3 and TD10.4 for…
Virtual Trip to the Abric Romaní site and its lithic procurement areas
This paper introduces the virtual field trip organised on the occasion of the 13th International Symposium on Knappable Materials in Tarragona from 4th to 6th October 2021, showing the Abric Romaní site (NE Iberian Peninsula) and the chert procurement areas located within a 30 km radius. The Abric Romaní section consists of a general presentation of the Middle Palaeolithic site, including a brief description of its 50 m stratigraphic sequence, wh…
I Knew that Spain Once Belonged to the Moors”: Langston Hughes, Race, and the Spanish Civil War
Responding to Dolan Hubbard’s proposal to enhance scholarship on “Hughes and the international stage,” this essay addresses race within the context of Hughes’s numerous writings inspired by the Spanish Civil War, which he covered as a war correspondent for the Baltimore Afro-American. Through close readings of a number of texts, I argue that the category of race provides a productive and neglected entry into reading the conflict in which the viol…
Petrographic Characterization of Raw Material Sources at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania
Oldupai Gorge is located within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Tanzania along the western margin of the East African Rift System. Oldupai’s sedimentary record exhibits a complex sequence of inter-stratified lithic assemblages associated with the Early, Middle, and Later Stone Age. While diachronic technological change is perceptible, the totality of locally available rocks remained largely unchanged thr…
Still the New World: American Literature in a Culture of Creative Destruction. Philip Fisher. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1999. 290 pages. $33.50 cloth; $18.95 paper
Still the New World: American Literature in a Culture of Creative Destruction. Philip Fisher. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1999. 290 pages. $33.50 cloth; $18.95 paper. Get access Still the New World: American Literature in a Culture of Creative Destruction. Philip Fishe. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1997. 290 pages. $33.50 cloth. $18.95 paper. Michael Soto Michael Soto Trinity University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Schola…
Temporal nature and recycling of Upper Paleolithic artifacts: The burned tools from the Molí del Salt site (Vimbodí i Poblet, northeastern Spain)
Los sistemas de producción lítica en el Paleolítico Superior Final: El caso del nivel Asup del Molí del Salt (Vimbodí i Poblet, Tarragona)
In this paper we present the results of core analysis of Asup level from Molí del Salt site (Vimbodí i Poblet, Tarragona/Spain), dated to ca. 11 ka 14C BP (c. 12700-13000 years cal BP). This analysis was carried out from the methodological proposals raised by various authors as Guilbaud (1995) and Vaquero (1997). With this study, we try to define the operative field to better understand the variability of knapping strategies and the possible cont…
I Knew that Spain Once Belonged to the Moors”: Langston Hughes, Race, and the Spanish Civil War
Responding to Dolan Hubbard’s proposal to enhance scholarship on “Hughes and the international stage,” this essay addresses race within the context of Hughes’s numerous writings inspired by the Spanish Civil War, which he covered as a war correspondent for the Baltimore Afro-American. Through close readings of a number of texts, I argue that the category of race provides a productive and neglected entry into reading the conflict in which the viol…
Latvijas emigrantu kopienas: Cerību diaspora
Monogrāfija izstrādāta un izdota ar Eiropas Sociālā fonda finansiālu atbalstu projekta «Latvijas emigrantu kopienas: nacionālā identitāte, transnacionālās attiecības un diasporas politika» (vienošanās Nr. 2013/0055/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/040) ietvaros
Level TE9c of Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain): A comprehensive approach
The form of energy-containing food alters satiety and fMRI brain responses in humans
Soil and Plant Phytoliths from the Acacia-Commiphora Mosaics at Oldupai Gorge (Tanzania)
This paper studies soil and plant phytoliths from the Eastern Serengeti Plains, specifically the Acacia-Commiphora mosaics from Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania, as present-day analogue for the environment that was contemporaneous with the emergence of the genus Homo. We investigate whether phytolith assemblages from recent soil surfaces reflect plant community structure and composition with fidelity. The materials included 35 topsoil samples and 29 plant…
La Balma de la Vall (Montblanc, Tarragona): Ocupaciones de corta duración durante el Paleolítico superior final en las Montañas de Prades
Este artículo presenta los trabajos realizados en el yacimiento de la Balma de la Vall (Montblanc, Tarragona). Las primeras excavaciones, a inicios de los 1980, identificaron distintos niveles de ocupación humana relacionados con el Paleolítico superior final. Entre los años 2011-2013 la excavación se reemprendió con los objetivos de definir la sucesión arqueo-estratigráfica, obtener dataciones absolutas, y caracterizar el tipo de ocupaciones que…
The chert abundance ratio (CAR): A new parameter for interpreting Palaeolithic raw material procurement
Initial assessment of bioavailable strontium at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania: Potential for early mobility studies
Petrographic Characterization of Raw Material Sources at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania
Oldupai Gorge is located within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Tanzania along the western margin of the East African Rift System. Oldupai’s sedimentary record exhibits a complex sequence of inter-stratified lithic assemblages associated with the Early, Middle, and Later Stone Age. While diachronic technological change is perceptible, the totality of locally available rocks remained largely unchanged thr…
Development of Technologies for Local Composting of Food Waste from Universities
The amount of biowaste generated by university canteens (BWUC) in the faculties of the University of A Coruña (UDC) varies between 6 and 100 kg/day. In addition, the gardening services of the campus generate even higher amounts of garden waste (GrW), including pruning, which, once crushed, serves as bulking material for composting the biowaste from the canteens. Decentralized composting has been chosen with the aim of producing high quality organ…
Systematic sampling of quartzites in sourcing analysis: Intra-outcrop variability at Naibor Soit, Tanzania (part I)
The Panadella chert (Montmaneu Formation): A high-quality raw material in the Abric Romaní sequence (NE Iberian Peninsula)
Virtual Trip to the Abric Romaní site and its lithic procurement areas
This paper introduces the virtual field trip organised on the occasion of the 13th International Symposium on Knappable Materials in Tarragona from 4th to 6th October 2021, showing the Abric Romaní site (NE Iberian Peninsula) and the chert procurement areas located within a 30 km radius. The Abric Romaní section consists of a general presentation of the Middle Palaeolithic site, including a brief description of its 50 m stratigraphic sequence, wh…
A multi-technique approach to characterization: The Sant Martí de Tous chert as a prehistoric resource for the NE of the Iberian Peninsula
The Sant Genís Formation is located in the NE of the Iberian Peninsula (Catalonia, Spain) and is dated to the Priabonian (upper Eocene), being part of the evaporitic formations of the margin of the Ebro Basin. It is formed by a succession of sandy lutites, occasional limestone layers, marls, and local stratified gypsum and cherts, including the Sant Martí de Tous chert. The Sant Martí de Tous chert type is confirmed by its abundance at specific l…
Paleolithic cave art at Simanya Gran (Northeast of Spain): New graphic and symbolic expressions in novel territories
A newly discovered Paleolithic rock art site is presented. • Rock art represents social value and exhibits cultural links. • The study demonstrates the existence of a long-distance graphic community during the Magdalenian period (14/14,500 and 12,000 years BP). Recent years have witnessed significant advancement in the understanding of prehistoric behavior, leading to the discovery of new assemblages that challenge established knowledge within th…
Las ocupaciones tardiglaciares de la Cova de Les Borres (La Febró, Tarragona)
En este artículo se presentan los trabajos arqueológicos desarrollados entre 2012 y 2015 en la Cova de Les Borres (La Febró, Tarragona). Los nuevos datos cronoestratigráficos y los materiales arqueológicos analizados derivan de los tres niveles principales identificados hasta el momento, que datan de mediados del GI-1 (Nivel 2), finales del GI-1/inicios del GS-1 (Nivel 1.2) y presumiblemente del GS-1 (Nivel 1.1). La secuencia documentada resulta …
Intriguing Occupations at Gran Dolina (Atapuerca, Spain): The Acheulean Subunits TD10.3 and TD10.4
This paper presents the zooarchaeological, technological, use-wear, and spatial analyses of the earliest sedimentary subunits of TD10 (TD10.3 and TD10.4) of the Gran Dolina site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain), dated to c. 400 ka. Both units have yielded Acheulean technology, with occupational models characterized by the superimposition of multiple and independent events paired with short, sporadic occupations. Subunits TD10.3 and TD10.4 for…
Archaeological Lithotheques of Siliceous Rocks in Spain: First Diagnosis of the Lithotheque Thematic Network
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…
Homo erectus technological behaviors during the Middle Pleistocene Transition: Engaji Nanyori, Oldupai Gorge
Geography (16 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (16 works) · Archaeology (14 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 works) · Geology (10 works) · Paleontology (10 works) · Archaeological and Geological Studies (7 works) · Peninsula (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Biology (4 works)