Mónica Ruíz Alonso
Biographic Data
| ID | 5640933 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mónica Ruíz Alonso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mónica Ruíz |
| FAMILY NAME | Alonso |
| SIGNATURE | ALONSO M R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7794-4451 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Long term dynamics in a mediterranean mountainous landscape. Exploring land use and social strategies in Varica Virtudes (2nd-1st millennia BCE, Southeastern Iberia)
Research on Mediterranean mountain landscapes continues to be challenged by limited empirical knowledge and the persistence of traditional assumptions, such as their alleged isolation, statism and marginality. We present the results of a multiproxy and multiscale study in the Varica Virtudes mountain (Taibilla River Basin, southwestern Iberian Peninsula), integrating landscape studies and archaeological excavation, microstratigraphic techniques, …
Ancient Evidence of Plant Processing in Human Communities at the End of the European Pleistocene
Explotación y usos de madera en Santa María de Abajo (Carranque, Toledo) entre la Antigüedad Tardía y la Alta Edad Media (siglos III a X d. C.)
Se presenta el estudio de los restos de madera procedentes de contextos arqueológicos de cronología romana a altomedieval (siglos iii-x d. C.), recuperados en las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento de Santa María de Abajo de Carranque entre los años 2007 y 2010. Estas evidencias antracológicas permiten plantear una aproximación a las estrategias de explotación y usos de recursos leñosos en este enclave, en un amplio periodo cronológico…
Environmental dynamics of the western European Mediterranean landscape during the Pleistocene to Holocene transition
A strategic aim of research into climate change in the distant past is to respond to the contemporary challenges of global warming at the present. Determining the processes of adaptation by ecosystems to these challenges, evaluating the effects of environmental change on human communities and finding which regions are more or less sensitive to climate change are among the key topics of environmental research today. Throughout the past millennia, …
Advances in Morphometrics in Archaeobotany
Morphometric analysis offers an alternative or augmentation to traditional archaeobotanical methods to address differences within and between plant species and their remains, refining and enhancing taxonomic resolution. Morphometrics, the measurement of size and shape, and the multivariate statistical analysis of generated quantitative variables, have long played a major role in biological research, including plant taxonomy and systematics, altho…
Bioarchaeological Results from the House 1 at Albalat (Romangordo, Extremadura, Spain)
The multidisciplinary Albalat Project launched in 2009 aims to document a small fortified Islamic establishment, mentioned by textual sources as early as the second half of the 10th century. The site of Albalat became a strategic target for Christian troops due to its location, leading to its siege and systematic destruction in 1142. Its exceptional condition of complete abandonment offers a valuable record of daily life in the Almoravid era. The…
Los inicios del Neolítico en las tierras meridionales valencianas
El estudio del Neolítico en el Levante de la península Ibérica cuenta con una larga trayectoria investigadora, siendo bien conocido en algunos valles como el Serpis o el Clariano. La excavación de un buen número de yacimientos en cueva y al aire libre ha posibilitado que esta zona sea un referente destacado a escala peninsular y del Mediterráneo occidental. Sin embargo, otras cuencas fluviales muy cercanas como la del río Vinalopó no han contado …
El conjunto de círculos pirenaicos de Ondarre en la Sierra de Aralar (Gipuzkoa)
En este artculo se presentan tres crmlechs excavados en la Sierra de Aralar. Ondarre I tiene un dimetro de siete metros y est conformado por 35 testigos. El tmulo de tierra tiene 45 cm de altura. En su zona central haba 4 losetas de caliza, y una pequea cubeta con huesos incinerados, pertenecientes a dos individuos y abundantes carbones
Cuentas de madera magdalenienses de la cueva de Santa Catalina (Lekeitio, Bizkaia, España)
La cueva de Santa Catalina est enclavada en la costa cantbrica, al norte de la Pennsula Ibrica. Sus dos bocas se abren sobre un acantilado a 35 m sobre el nivel actual del mar (Fig. Entre los aos 1982 y 2000 se llevaron a cabo trabajos de excavacin en una de sus bocas que se extendieron a un rea mxima de 9 m
Early farmers, megalithic builders and the shaping of the cultural landscapes during the Holocene in Northern Iberian mountains. A palaeoenvironmental perspective
From glacial refugia to the current landscape configuration
Agrarian landscapes in the Iberian Iron Age
Agrarian landscapes are among the least understood features of first millennium B.C. societies in the western Mediterranean. Studies of such landscapes in the context of the Iberian Iron Age have been based essentially on the archeological record in places used for purposes other than farming, particularly settlements and areas reserved for burials and rituals, or on the identification of the possible use of fertilizers. Here we present a multipr…
La formación de un nuevo paisaje en el centro de la península ibérica en el periodo posromano
Este artículo presenta los datos de las intervenciones arqueológicas realizadas en La Genestosa (Casillas de Flores, Salamanca) en los años 2012 y 2013. Gracias al estudio de los materiales recuperados (cerámicas, vidrios, pizarras numerales), del estudio de las viviendas y de los análisis polínicos, se puede comprender la dinámica del paisaje rural en este sector del centro de la península ibérica. Se detecta la colonización de espacios de uso f…
El ritual de incineración en el crómlech tumular de Ondarre I (Sierra de Aralar -Gipuzkoa-)
Se presenta el primer crmlech tumular excavado en la Sierra de Aralar. Tiene un dimetro de 7 metros y estuvo constituido por al menos 35 testigos, la mayora de caliza. El tmulo, construido con tierra, tendra una altura de unos 40 cm
A palaeoenvironmental and palaeoeconomic approach to the Early Middle Age record from the village of Gasteiz (Basque Country, Northern Iberian Peninsula)
On the use of space at La Peña de Estebanvela (Ayllón, Segovia, Spain)
Ka BP paleoclimatic event and the Ebro Valley Mesolithic groups
Holocene environmental change and human impact in NE Morocco
The littoral site of Ifri Oudadane is one of the most important recently excavated sites in the Mediterranean Maghreb. The shelter presents Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic layers and therefore offers the possibility to investigate the Neolithic transition in the region. Besides introducing the archaeological context, this paper focuses on palaeobotanical data in order to reconstruct Holocene environmental change and human use of plant resources for…
The origins of agriculture in North-West Africa
Una fosa-vertedero de época vettona en el Cerro de la Mesa (Alcolea de Tajo, Toledo)
La existencia de fosas rellenas con tierra, cenizas, fragmentos cerámicos y fauna denominadas genéricamente como cenizales, basureros o vertederos, es un hecho bien conocido en la Meseta Norte durante la Segunda Edad del Hierro, vinculándose con los grupos Vacceos y Vettones. Sin embargo, su distribución debe ampliarse al occidente de la Meseta Sur y oriente extremeño, como se evidencia tanto en el Cerro de la Mesa como a través de indicios docum…
The origins of agriculture in North-West Africa
Holocene environmental change and human impact in NE Morocco
The littoral site of Ifri Oudadane is one of the most important recently excavated sites in the Mediterranean Maghreb. The shelter presents Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic layers and therefore offers the possibility to investigate the Neolithic transition in the region. Besides introducing the archaeological context, this paper focuses on palaeobotanical data in order to reconstruct Holocene environmental change and human use of plant resources for…
Ka BP paleoclimatic event and the Ebro Valley Mesolithic groups
Advances in Morphometrics in Archaeobotany
Morphometric analysis offers an alternative or augmentation to traditional archaeobotanical methods to address differences within and between plant species and their remains, refining and enhancing taxonomic resolution. Morphometrics, the measurement of size and shape, and the multivariate statistical analysis of generated quantitative variables, have long played a major role in biological research, including plant taxonomy and systematics, altho…
A palaeoenvironmental and palaeoeconomic approach to the Early Middle Age record from the village of Gasteiz (Basque Country, Northern Iberian Peninsula)
On the use of space at La Peña de Estebanvela (Ayllón, Segovia, Spain)
Una fosa-vertedero de época vettona en el Cerro de la Mesa (Alcolea de Tajo, Toledo)
La existencia de fosas rellenas con tierra, cenizas, fragmentos cerámicos y fauna denominadas genéricamente como cenizales, basureros o vertederos, es un hecho bien conocido en la Meseta Norte durante la Segunda Edad del Hierro, vinculándose con los grupos Vacceos y Vettones. Sin embargo, su distribución debe ampliarse al occidente de la Meseta Sur y oriente extremeño, como se evidencia tanto en el Cerro de la Mesa como a través de indicios docum…
Agrarian landscapes in the Iberian Iron Age
Agrarian landscapes are among the least understood features of first millennium B.C. societies in the western Mediterranean. Studies of such landscapes in the context of the Iberian Iron Age have been based essentially on the archeological record in places used for purposes other than farming, particularly settlements and areas reserved for burials and rituals, or on the identification of the possible use of fertilizers. Here we present a multipr…
Environmental dynamics of the western European Mediterranean landscape during the Pleistocene to Holocene transition
A strategic aim of research into climate change in the distant past is to respond to the contemporary challenges of global warming at the present. Determining the processes of adaptation by ecosystems to these challenges, evaluating the effects of environmental change on human communities and finding which regions are more or less sensitive to climate change are among the key topics of environmental research today. Throughout the past millennia, …
Early farmers, megalithic builders and the shaping of the cultural landscapes during the Holocene in Northern Iberian mountains. A palaeoenvironmental perspective
From glacial refugia to the current landscape configuration
Holocene environmental change and human impact in NE Morocco
The littoral site of Ifri Oudadane is one of the most important recently excavated sites in the Mediterranean Maghreb. The shelter presents Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic layers and therefore offers the possibility to investigate the Neolithic transition in the region. Besides introducing the archaeological context, this paper focuses on palaeobotanical data in order to reconstruct Holocene environmental change and human use of plant resources for…
The origins of agriculture in North-West Africa
Una fosa-vertedero de época vettona en el Cerro de la Mesa (Alcolea de Tajo, Toledo)
La existencia de fosas rellenas con tierra, cenizas, fragmentos cerámicos y fauna denominadas genéricamente como cenizales, basureros o vertederos, es un hecho bien conocido en la Meseta Norte durante la Segunda Edad del Hierro, vinculándose con los grupos Vacceos y Vettones. Sin embargo, su distribución debe ampliarse al occidente de la Meseta Sur y oriente extremeño, como se evidencia tanto en el Cerro de la Mesa como a través de indicios docum…
A palaeoenvironmental and palaeoeconomic approach to the Early Middle Age record from the village of Gasteiz (Basque Country, Northern Iberian Peninsula)
On the use of space at La Peña de Estebanvela (Ayllón, Segovia, Spain)
Ka BP paleoclimatic event and the Ebro Valley Mesolithic groups
El ritual de incineración en el crómlech tumular de Ondarre I (Sierra de Aralar -Gipuzkoa-)
Se presenta el primer crmlech tumular excavado en la Sierra de Aralar. Tiene un dimetro de 7 metros y estuvo constituido por al menos 35 testigos, la mayora de caliza. El tmulo, construido con tierra, tendra una altura de unos 40 cm
La formación de un nuevo paisaje en el centro de la península ibérica en el periodo posromano
Este artículo presenta los datos de las intervenciones arqueológicas realizadas en La Genestosa (Casillas de Flores, Salamanca) en los años 2012 y 2013. Gracias al estudio de los materiales recuperados (cerámicas, vidrios, pizarras numerales), del estudio de las viviendas y de los análisis polínicos, se puede comprender la dinámica del paisaje rural en este sector del centro de la península ibérica. Se detecta la colonización de espacios de uso f…
Bioarchaeological Results from the House 1 at Albalat (Romangordo, Extremadura, Spain)
The multidisciplinary Albalat Project launched in 2009 aims to document a small fortified Islamic establishment, mentioned by textual sources as early as the second half of the 10th century. The site of Albalat became a strategic target for Christian troops due to its location, leading to its siege and systematic destruction in 1142. Its exceptional condition of complete abandonment offers a valuable record of daily life in the Almoravid era. The…
Los inicios del Neolítico en las tierras meridionales valencianas
El estudio del Neolítico en el Levante de la península Ibérica cuenta con una larga trayectoria investigadora, siendo bien conocido en algunos valles como el Serpis o el Clariano. La excavación de un buen número de yacimientos en cueva y al aire libre ha posibilitado que esta zona sea un referente destacado a escala peninsular y del Mediterráneo occidental. Sin embargo, otras cuencas fluviales muy cercanas como la del río Vinalopó no han contado …
El conjunto de círculos pirenaicos de Ondarre en la Sierra de Aralar (Gipuzkoa)
En este artculo se presentan tres crmlechs excavados en la Sierra de Aralar. Ondarre I tiene un dimetro de siete metros y est conformado por 35 testigos. El tmulo de tierra tiene 45 cm de altura. En su zona central haba 4 losetas de caliza, y una pequea cubeta con huesos incinerados, pertenecientes a dos individuos y abundantes carbones
Cuentas de madera magdalenienses de la cueva de Santa Catalina (Lekeitio, Bizkaia, España)
La cueva de Santa Catalina est enclavada en la costa cantbrica, al norte de la Pennsula Ibrica. Sus dos bocas se abren sobre un acantilado a 35 m sobre el nivel actual del mar (Fig. Entre los aos 1982 y 2000 se llevaron a cabo trabajos de excavacin en una de sus bocas que se extendieron a un rea mxima de 9 m
Early farmers, megalithic builders and the shaping of the cultural landscapes during the Holocene in Northern Iberian mountains. A palaeoenvironmental perspective
From glacial refugia to the current landscape configuration
Agrarian landscapes in the Iberian Iron Age
Agrarian landscapes are among the least understood features of first millennium B.C. societies in the western Mediterranean. Studies of such landscapes in the context of the Iberian Iron Age have been based essentially on the archeological record in places used for purposes other than farming, particularly settlements and areas reserved for burials and rituals, or on the identification of the possible use of fertilizers. Here we present a multipr…
Advances in Morphometrics in Archaeobotany
Morphometric analysis offers an alternative or augmentation to traditional archaeobotanical methods to address differences within and between plant species and their remains, refining and enhancing taxonomic resolution. Morphometrics, the measurement of size and shape, and the multivariate statistical analysis of generated quantitative variables, have long played a major role in biological research, including plant taxonomy and systematics, altho…
Environmental dynamics of the western European Mediterranean landscape during the Pleistocene to Holocene transition
A strategic aim of research into climate change in the distant past is to respond to the contemporary challenges of global warming at the present. Determining the processes of adaptation by ecosystems to these challenges, evaluating the effects of environmental change on human communities and finding which regions are more or less sensitive to climate change are among the key topics of environmental research today. Throughout the past millennia, …
Explotación y usos de madera en Santa María de Abajo (Carranque, Toledo) entre la Antigüedad Tardía y la Alta Edad Media (siglos III a X d. C.)
Se presenta el estudio de los restos de madera procedentes de contextos arqueológicos de cronología romana a altomedieval (siglos iii-x d. C.), recuperados en las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento de Santa María de Abajo de Carranque entre los años 2007 y 2010. Estas evidencias antracológicas permiten plantear una aproximación a las estrategias de explotación y usos de recursos leñosos en este enclave, en un amplio periodo cronológico…
Ancient Evidence of Plant Processing in Human Communities at the End of the European Pleistocene
Long term dynamics in a mediterranean mountainous landscape. Exploring land use and social strategies in Varica Virtudes (2nd-1st millennia BCE, Southeastern Iberia)
Research on Mediterranean mountain landscapes continues to be challenged by limited empirical knowledge and the persistence of traditional assumptions, such as their alleged isolation, statism and marginality. We present the results of a multiproxy and multiscale study in the Varica Virtudes mountain (Taibilla River Basin, southwestern Iberian Peninsula), integrating landscape studies and archaeological excavation, microstratigraphic techniques, …
Geography (15 works) · Archaeological and Geological Studies (12 works) · Archaeological and Historical Studies (11 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Art (7 works) · Humanities (7 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Medieval Architecture and Archaeology (6 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 works)