Manuel Santonja
Biographic Data
| ID | 632196 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Manuel Santonja |
| GIVEN NAMES | Manuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Santonja |
| SIGNATURE | SANTONJA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5848-9011 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 815 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 15 |
The last Acheulean at El Sotillo complex site (Ciudad Real, Spain). Features, parallels and age
The site of El Sotillo has several distinct stratigraphic levels containing Acheulean and Mousterian lithic tools, dated to the final third of the Middle Pleistocene and the later phases of the Upper Pleistocene. It is uncommon to find open-air sites, that preserve such intensive and recurrent human occupations in stratigraphic position over an extended time range, which underscores the complex nature of the site. Excavations carried out between …
Reconstructing Skills and Strategies of Hominins During the Early Acheulean: Behavioral Flexibility in Handaxe Production at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
Technological strategies for biface manufacture adopted during the Acheulean represent a significant shift in the Lower Palaeolithic. The appearance of intentional bifacial shaping indicates the imposition of form on stone tools not seen previously. Despite this importance, there is considerable scope for research into hominin decision-making while factoring in the differential properties of varied raw materials. Here, we discuss the results of a…
The Acheulian of Western Europe
In the current state of knowledge, the European distribution ofAcheulian industries that include handaxes and cleavers appears to be centered in southwestern Europe; their maximum northward expansion reaches England and Germany. North of latitude 52° and east of Germany and Italy, handaxe industries are conspicuously absent, occurring only sporadically in southeastern Europe Elandaxe industries are again well documented in western Asia, from Geor…
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…
Luis Gerardo Vega Toscano (1956-2021). Recuerdo personal desde la amistad y la profunda admiración
Análisis Tecnotipológico De Un Conjunto Lítico Inédito Del Yacimiento Achelense De Gándaras De Budiño (O Porriño, Pontevedra)
El yacimiento de Gándaras de Budiño (O Porriño, Pontevedra) es un yacimiento historiográficamente relevante para el estudio del Paleolítico Antiguo, tanto a nivel regional como peninsular. No obstante, su controvertida interpretación geocronológica propició la asunción del carácter diacrónico y arcaico del tecnocomplejo achelense en el noroeste peninsular, así como el atipismo y escasa homologación de las industrias líticas de este momento. Los r…
The evolution of stone tool technology at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania): Contributions from the Olduvai Paleoanthropology and Paleoecology Project
Exploring the formation processes on open-air palaeolithic sites: A late Middle Pleistocene Acheulean assemblage at Arbo site (Miño River basin, Spain)
The analysis of formation processes (e.g., degree of surface alterations, size ranges, orientation patterns, fabric features, density, spatial patterns, etc.) in archaeological sites provide relevant information about the type and intensity of sedimentary disturbances. This type of analysis is particularly important in Palaeolithic sites, especially when the stratigraphic context suggests certain sedimentary disturbances. This study follows a mul…
Revisión del componente achelense de la industria lítica de Galería (Atapuerca, Burgos, España)
La industria lítica del yacimiento de Galería (complejo de Atapuerca, Burgos), datado en la segunda mitad del Pleistoceno Medio, ha sido interpretada como uno de los más notables conjuntos del tecnocomplejo achelense que se conocen en la península ibérica y en el sur de Europa. Se ha estimado que su prolongada secuencia estratigráfica permitiría observar la evolución del Achelense en la segunda mitad del Pleistoceno Medio. Esta propuesta ha sido …
Refining the chronology of Acheulean deposits at Porto Maior in the River Miño basin (Galicia, Spain) using a comparative luminescence and ESR dating approach
Insights into the relationship between luminescence and ESR dating signals from Spanish sedimentary quartz samples of different geologic origins
The Acheulean Technocomplex of the Iberian Atlantic Margin as an Example of Technology Continuity Through the Middle Pleistocene
Experimental approaches to the development of use-wear traces on volcanic rocks: Basalts
El desarrrollo de la investigación en los yacimientos Paleolíticos de Torralba y Ambrona (Soria, España) a partir de los diarios inéditos de Dolores Echaide
La arqueloga Dolores Echaide dedic gran parte de su vida profesional a las localidades achelenses de Torralba y Ambrona, integrada en los equipos dirigidos por F. C. Howell en 1961-1963 y por Howell y L. G. Freeman en 1980-1983. Echaide contribuy en cada campaa a la organizacin del trabajo e intervino de manera destacada en todos los procesos de excavacin. La documentacin elaborada por ella
A use-wear interpretation of the most common raw materials from the Olduvai Gorge: Naibor Soit quartzite
Insights into the late stages of the Acheulean technocomplex of Western Iberia from the Arbo site (Galicia, Spain)
Assessing functionality during the early Acheulean in level TKSF at Thiongo Korongo site (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
Striped hyenas as bone modifiers in dual human-to-carnivore experimental models
El yacimiento achelense de as Gándaras de Budiño: Síntesis y perspectivas después de 50 años de desencuentros
El yacimiento paleolítico de As Gándaras de Budiño es un yacimiento clave en la Prehistoria antigua de la Península Ibérica. Aunque el yacimiento ha sido excavado en diferentes ocasiones, muchos de los aspectos geológicos y arqueológicos no son bien conocidos. Entre estos problemas está la cronología, que inicialmente fue atribuida al MIS 2 -originando una fuerte controversia-, aunque en la actualidad podemos afirmar que tiene una cronología del …
Bifacial Shaping at the TK Acheulean Site (Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): New Excavations 50 Years After Mary Leakey
Ambrona revisited: The Acheulean lithic industry in the Lower Stratigraphic Complex
Large flake Acheulean in the middle of Tagus basin (Spain): Middle stretch of the river Tagus valley and lower stretches of the rivers Jarama and Manzanares valleys
The human settlement of Central Iberia during MIS 2: New technological, chronological and environmental data from the Solutrean workshop of Las Delicias (Manzanares River valley, Spain)
The larger mammal palimpsest from TK (Thiongo Korongo), Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
The coexistence of Acheulean and Ancient Middle Palaeolithic techno-complexes in the Middle Pleistocene of the Iberian Peninsula
Cut marks on the Middle Pleistocene elephant carcass of Áridos 2 (Madrid, Spain)
New data from Ambrona: Closing the hunting versus scavenging debate
The oldest handaxes in Europe: Fact or Artefact
Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean industrial complex in the Iberian Peninsula
The coexistence of Acheulean and Ancient Middle Palaeolithic techno-complexes in the Middle Pleistocene of the Iberian Peninsula
Technological strategies and the economy of raw materials in the TK (Thiongo Korongo) lower occupation, Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
The Middle Paleolithic site of Cuesta de la Bajada (Teruel, Spain): A perspective on the Acheulean and Middle Paleolithic technocomplexes in Europe
Autochthonous anisotropy of archaeological materials by the action of water: Experimental and archaeological reassessment of the orientation patterns at the Olduvai sites
Autochthony and orientation patterns in Olduvai Bed I: A re-examination of the status of post-depositional biasing of archaeological assemblages from FLK North (FLKN)
The Lower Paleolithic of Spain and Portugal
Large flake Acheulean in the middle of Tagus basin (Spain): Middle stretch of the river Tagus valley and lower stretches of the rivers Jarama and Manzanares valleys
Assessing functionality during the early Acheulean in level TKSF at Thiongo Korongo site (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
Insights into the late stages of the Acheulean technocomplex of Western Iberia from the Arbo site (Galicia, Spain)
Ambrona revisited: The Acheulean lithic industry in the Lower Stratigraphic Complex
The Lower Acheulian site of Ambrona, Soria (Spain): Ages derived from a combined ESR/U-series model
The larger mammal palimpsest from TK (Thiongo Korongo), Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Experimental approaches to the development of use-wear traces on volcanic rocks: Basalts
A use-wear interpretation of the most common raw materials from the Olduvai Gorge: Naibor Soit quartzite
Striped hyenas as bone modifiers in dual human-to-carnivore experimental models
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 Acheulean Technocomplex of the Iberian Atlantic Margin as an Example of Technology Continuity Through the Middle Pleistocene
Exploring the formation processes on open-air palaeolithic sites: A late Middle Pleistocene Acheulean assemblage at Arbo site (Miño River basin, Spain)
The analysis of formation processes (e.g., degree of surface alterations, size ranges, orientation patterns, fabric features, density, spatial patterns, etc.) in archaeological sites provide relevant information about the type and intensity of sedimentary disturbances. This type of analysis is particularly important in Palaeolithic sites, especially when the stratigraphic context suggests certain sedimentary disturbances. This study follows a mul…
The human settlement of Central Iberia during MIS 2: New technological, chronological and environmental data from the Solutrean workshop of Las Delicias (Manzanares River valley, Spain)
L'industrie lithique du gisement acheuléen de Pinedo (Tolède, Espagne)
Querol Angeles, Santonja Manuel. L'industrie lithique du gisement acheuléen de Pinedo (Tolède, Espagne). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 77, n°10-12, 1980. Études et Travaux. pp. 291-305
Revisión del componente achelense de la industria lítica de Galería (Atapuerca, Burgos, España)
La industria lítica del yacimiento de Galería (complejo de Atapuerca, Burgos), datado en la segunda mitad del Pleistoceno Medio, ha sido interpretada como uno de los más notables conjuntos del tecnocomplejo achelense que se conocen en la península ibérica y en el sur de Europa. Se ha estimado que su prolongada secuencia estratigráfica permitiría observar la evolución del Achelense en la segunda mitad del Pleistoceno Medio. Esta propuesta ha sido …
L'industrie lithique du gisement acheuléen de Pinedo (Tolède, Espagne)
Querol Angeles, Santonja Manuel. L'industrie lithique du gisement acheuléen de Pinedo (Tolède, Espagne). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 77, n°10-12, 1980. Études et Travaux. pp. 291-305
The Lower Paleolithic of Spain and Portugal
El yacimiento de la estación de las Delicias (Madrid). La investigación del Paleolítico en el Manzanares
The archaeological site of Las Delicias (Madrid) excavated by Obermaier and Wernert in 1918, it has been one of the most important classic palaeolithic sites of the Manzanares valley for years. In this paper we offer a critical review of all the data caming from ancient excavation, together with an historiographical evaluation of the different interpretations based on lithic industry of the site, and finally we want to set some objectives looking…
New data from Ambrona: Closing the hunting versus scavenging debate
The Lower Acheulian site of Ambrona, Soria (Spain): Ages derived from a combined ESR/U-series model
Cut marks on the Middle Pleistocene elephant carcass of Áridos 2 (Madrid, Spain)
Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean industrial complex in the Iberian Peninsula
The oldest handaxes in Europe: Fact or Artefact
Autochthony and orientation patterns in Olduvai Bed I: A re-examination of the status of post-depositional biasing of archaeological assemblages from FLK North (FLKN)
Nuevos Datos Sobre El Yacimiento Paleolítico De Las Delicias: Un Taller Solutrense en El Valle Del Manzanares (Madrid, España)
El yacimiento de Las Delicias (Madrid), conocido desde la excavación practicada en el sitio por H. Obermaier y P. Wernert a finales de 1917, ha sido desde entonces uno de los referentes clásicos del Paleolítico del valle del Manzanares, a pesar de las variadas interpretaciones que ha originado su problemática colección industrial. Tras un análisis historiográfico de sus interpretaciones, presentamos aquí un primer avance de los resultados obtenid…
Autochthonous anisotropy of archaeological materials by the action of water: Experimental and archaeological reassessment of the orientation patterns at the Olduvai sites
Aplicaciones SIG en la caracterización geoarqueológica del yacimiento paleolítico de Las Delicias (Madrid, España) y visualización en 3D de los resultados
The open-air Palaeolithic site of Las Delicias, located in the Manzanares river valley (Madrid, Spain), has been the object of recent archaeological excavations during 2008 and 2009. Field data gathered at the site has been processed through Geographic Information Systems software, and results have been represented in 3D. We have achieved a topographic and archaeological database which has been associated with 3D planimetries through GIS. At the …
Technological strategies and the economy of raw materials in the TK (Thiongo Korongo) lower occupation, Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
The Middle Paleolithic site of Cuesta de la Bajada (Teruel, Spain): A perspective on the Acheulean and Middle Paleolithic technocomplexes in Europe
The human settlement of Central Iberia during MIS 2: New technological, chronological and environmental data from the Solutrean workshop of Las Delicias (Manzanares River valley, Spain)
The larger mammal palimpsest from TK (Thiongo Korongo), Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
The coexistence of Acheulean and Ancient Middle Palaeolithic techno-complexes in the Middle Pleistocene of the Iberian Peninsula
Large flake Acheulean in the middle of Tagus basin (Spain): Middle stretch of the river Tagus valley and lower stretches of the rivers Jarama and Manzanares valleys
Ambrona revisited: The Acheulean lithic industry in the Lower Stratigraphic Complex
El yacimiento achelense de as Gándaras de Budiño: Síntesis y perspectivas después de 50 años de desencuentros
El yacimiento paleolítico de As Gándaras de Budiño es un yacimiento clave en la Prehistoria antigua de la Península Ibérica. Aunque el yacimiento ha sido excavado en diferentes ocasiones, muchos de los aspectos geológicos y arqueológicos no son bien conocidos. Entre estos problemas está la cronología, que inicialmente fue atribuida al MIS 2 -originando una fuerte controversia-, aunque en la actualidad podemos afirmar que tiene una cronología del …
Bifacial Shaping at the TK Acheulean Site (Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): New Excavations 50 Years After Mary Leakey
El desarrrollo de la investigación en los yacimientos Paleolíticos de Torralba y Ambrona (Soria, España) a partir de los diarios inéditos de Dolores Echaide
La arqueloga Dolores Echaide dedic gran parte de su vida profesional a las localidades achelenses de Torralba y Ambrona, integrada en los equipos dirigidos por F. C. Howell en 1961-1963 y por Howell y L. G. Freeman en 1980-1983. Echaide contribuy en cada campaa a la organizacin del trabajo e intervino de manera destacada en todos los procesos de excavacin. La documentacin elaborada por ella
A use-wear interpretation of the most common raw materials from the Olduvai Gorge: Naibor Soit quartzite
Insights into the late stages of the Acheulean technocomplex of Western Iberia from the Arbo site (Galicia, Spain)
Assessing functionality during the early Acheulean in level TKSF at Thiongo Korongo site (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
Geography (31 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (30 works) · Archaeology (29 works) · Geology (24 works) · Pleistocene (22 works) · Paleontology (20 works) · Acheulean (19 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 works) · Archaeological and Geological Studies (14 works) · Assemblage (archaeology (10 works)