Alfredo Cortell-Nicolau
Biographic Data
| ID | 668614 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfredo Cortell-Nicolau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfredo |
| FAMILY NAME | Cortell-Nicolau |
| SIGNATURE | CORTELL-NICOLAU A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de València |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1982-6403 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bridging morphometrics and Archaeogenetics
The petrous part of the temporal bone is a target for ancient DNA research due to its biomolecular preservation, yet destructive sampling risks losing valuable morphological information. Bony labyrinth morphology, captured by high-resolution 3D imaging, carries strong taxonomic and evolutionary signals, but its bioarchaeological application remains limited. We assessed the potential of bony labyrinth geometric morphometrics (GMM) for species iden…
Evolution of Harvesting Technology
Pioneer farming groups arrived in the Iberian Peninsula in the first half of the eighth-millennium cal. BP. Since then, the spread of new populations continued, and the highly diverse material culture of the Neolithic has been interpreted as a reflection of multiple origins and as the regionalisation that followed. In the past few decades, the study of different lithic tools has served to explore cultural Neolithic patterns. In particular, change…
Assessing quantitative methods in archaeology via simulated datasets
Compared to what is found in many other scientific disciplines, archaeological data are typically scarce, biased and fragmented. This, coupled with the fact that archaeologists can rarely test their hypotheses using experimental design, makes archaeological inference and our ability to assess the robustness of quantitative methods used to make such inferences challenging. Archaeoriddle is a project that was born as an attempt to compare archaeolo…
Mixture models and seasonal mobility
The problem of accurately and reliably estimating the annual distribution of seasonally-varying human settlement and subsistence practices is a classic concern among archaeologists, which has only become more relevant with the increasing importance of holistic studies of social and ecological systems aimed at establishing deep historical baselines to ground current practical work in socioenvironmental management. In this paper, we present a novel…
Modelizaciones computacionales para la comprensión de fenómenos históricos y sociales
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Falta de concienciación o desconocimiento? La transparencia y la reproducibilidad en la Arqueología Computacional
La aplicación de la computación en Humanidades en la última década se ha consolidado como una disciplina clave para el estudio de los procesos históricos desde numerosas vertientes siendo necesaria la utilización de diferentes softwares y lenguajes para la elaboración de dichas aproximaciones y el posterior tratamiento de los resultados. No obstante, son muchos los trabajos que carecen de transparencia (acceso a los datos y código) por lo que se …
A multi-stage Bayesian modelling for building the chronocultural sequence of the Late Mesolithic at Cueva de la Cocina (Valencia, Eastern Iberia)
A multi-method approach with machine learning to evaluating the distribution and intensity of prehistoric land use in Eastern Iberia
The present study seeks to better understand the coupling of social and biophysical systems during the late Pleistocene and Holocene, a period characterized by changing interglacial conditions as well as human population expansion and intensified ecosystem management. The approach consists of a combination of patch-based archaeological survey methods, sediment column sampling for paleoenvironmental data, geospatial analysis, and machine learning …
The geometric microliths of cueva de la cocina and their significance in the mesolithic of Eastern Iberia
This work presents the analysis of the geometric microliths of Cueva de la Cocina (València, Spain). It does so considering the hypothesis that, given the size of the cave's assemblage and its distinctive cultural markers, it could have acted as an aggregation site for the Late Mesolithic in the Mediterranean Iberia. The work presented here uses the cultural similarity of the geometric microliths of different sites to test this hypothesis, relyin…
Identifying accurate artefact morphological ranges using optimal linear estimation
A fundamental goal of archaeologists is to infer the behaviour of past humans from the attributes of the artefacts they left behind. The archaeological record is, however, fragmented and often provides a partial record of the total artefacts produced by a given population. In turn, there is potential for population-level morphometric data, and therefore behavioural inferences, to be biased relative to the trends realised in the past. This include…
Moving to the land
The present work represents the first attempt using an archaeometric approach to characterize the potential chert outcrops and retrace the provenance of the chert raw materials in the Mesolithic and Neolithic contexts of the Eastern Iberia central site of Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia). Therefore, a research project aimed at identifying and characterizing potential sources in the surroundings of the site was carried out, as a first step…
Cultural continuities and discontinuities at the Neolithic transition in Eastern Iberia
Geomeasure
This paper presents Geomeasure, a methodological tool developed to recover typometric information with a twofold objective. First, to speed up the process of gathering data by automatizing the way in which it is recovered. Second, it adds higher accuracy and the possibility of re-measuring archeological items without further directly interacting with the piece. Based on a combination of R scripting with GIS features, Geomeasure is at the time abl…
Wandering through the Mesolithic. An archaeostatistical approach to explore the mobility patterns in eastern Iberia
Segunda campaña de prospección en el territorio inmediato a Cueva de la Cocina
Actuación arqueológica en los depósitos mesolíticos de Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia)
Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia) 2016
Prospección arqueológica sistemática en la Canal de Dos Aguas (València). El territorio inmediato a Cueva de la Cocina
Entorno 3D para el análisis y la recreación virtual de las actuaciones arqueológicas en Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia, España)
In this paper we present our procedure for digitising fieldwork information on the fly (data management), and its combination with the virtual reconstruction of the stratigraphy (virtualisation), of the Cueva de la Cocina site in Dos Aguas (Valencia, Spain). The main tool for the Geographic Information System (GIS) implementation has been OpenJUMP, whilst for the three-dimensional (3D) recreation of the cave virtual environment MeshLab, ParaView,…
Ocre, hematites y óxido de hierro
Los óxidos de hierro son prácticamente omnipresentes al analizar contextos, no solo referentes al arte rupestre, sino también en relación con toda una serie de actividades que podríamos considerar cotidianas en ambientes prehistóricos. Sin embargo, su estudio sistemático no ha comenzado hasta tiempos muy recientes. Fruto de ello, podría decirse que una parte de la literatura arqueológica no especializada en el campo de la pigmentología muestra, e…
Cultural continuities and discontinuities at the Neolithic transition in Eastern Iberia
Wandering through the Mesolithic. An archaeostatistical approach to explore the mobility patterns in eastern Iberia
The geometric microliths of cueva de la cocina and their significance in the mesolithic of Eastern Iberia
This work presents the analysis of the geometric microliths of Cueva de la Cocina (València, Spain). It does so considering the hypothesis that, given the size of the cave's assemblage and its distinctive cultural markers, it could have acted as an aggregation site for the Late Mesolithic in the Mediterranean Iberia. The work presented here uses the cultural similarity of the geometric microliths of different sites to test this hypothesis, relyin…
Identifying accurate artefact morphological ranges using optimal linear estimation
A fundamental goal of archaeologists is to infer the behaviour of past humans from the attributes of the artefacts they left behind. The archaeological record is, however, fragmented and often provides a partial record of the total artefacts produced by a given population. In turn, there is potential for population-level morphometric data, and therefore behavioural inferences, to be biased relative to the trends realised in the past. This include…
Moving to the land
The present work represents the first attempt using an archaeometric approach to characterize the potential chert outcrops and retrace the provenance of the chert raw materials in the Mesolithic and Neolithic contexts of the Eastern Iberia central site of Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia). Therefore, a research project aimed at identifying and characterizing potential sources in the surroundings of the site was carried out, as a first step…
Assessing quantitative methods in archaeology via simulated datasets
Compared to what is found in many other scientific disciplines, archaeological data are typically scarce, biased and fragmented. This, coupled with the fact that archaeologists can rarely test their hypotheses using experimental design, makes archaeological inference and our ability to assess the robustness of quantitative methods used to make such inferences challenging. Archaeoriddle is a project that was born as an attempt to compare archaeolo…
Geomeasure
This paper presents Geomeasure, a methodological tool developed to recover typometric information with a twofold objective. First, to speed up the process of gathering data by automatizing the way in which it is recovered. Second, it adds higher accuracy and the possibility of re-measuring archeological items without further directly interacting with the piece. Based on a combination of R scripting with GIS features, Geomeasure is at the time abl…
Ocre, hematites y óxido de hierro
Los óxidos de hierro son prácticamente omnipresentes al analizar contextos, no solo referentes al arte rupestre, sino también en relación con toda una serie de actividades que podríamos considerar cotidianas en ambientes prehistóricos. Sin embargo, su estudio sistemático no ha comenzado hasta tiempos muy recientes. Fruto de ello, podría decirse que una parte de la literatura arqueológica no especializada en el campo de la pigmentología muestra, e…
Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia) 2016
Prospección arqueológica sistemática en la Canal de Dos Aguas (València). El territorio inmediato a Cueva de la Cocina
Entorno 3D para el análisis y la recreación virtual de las actuaciones arqueológicas en Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia, España)
In this paper we present our procedure for digitising fieldwork information on the fly (data management), and its combination with the virtual reconstruction of the stratigraphy (virtualisation), of the Cueva de la Cocina site in Dos Aguas (Valencia, Spain). The main tool for the Geographic Information System (GIS) implementation has been OpenJUMP, whilst for the three-dimensional (3D) recreation of the cave virtual environment MeshLab, ParaView,…
Segunda campaña de prospección en el territorio inmediato a Cueva de la Cocina
Actuación arqueológica en los depósitos mesolíticos de Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia)
Geomeasure
This paper presents Geomeasure, a methodological tool developed to recover typometric information with a twofold objective. First, to speed up the process of gathering data by automatizing the way in which it is recovered. Second, it adds higher accuracy and the possibility of re-measuring archeological items without further directly interacting with the piece. Based on a combination of R scripting with GIS features, Geomeasure is at the time abl…
Wandering through the Mesolithic. An archaeostatistical approach to explore the mobility patterns in eastern Iberia
Cultural continuities and discontinuities at the Neolithic transition in Eastern Iberia
Moving to the land
The present work represents the first attempt using an archaeometric approach to characterize the potential chert outcrops and retrace the provenance of the chert raw materials in the Mesolithic and Neolithic contexts of the Eastern Iberia central site of Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia). Therefore, a research project aimed at identifying and characterizing potential sources in the surroundings of the site was carried out, as a first step…
Modelizaciones computacionales para la comprensión de fenómenos históricos y sociales
No tiene
Falta de concienciación o desconocimiento? La transparencia y la reproducibilidad en la Arqueología Computacional
La aplicación de la computación en Humanidades en la última década se ha consolidado como una disciplina clave para el estudio de los procesos históricos desde numerosas vertientes siendo necesaria la utilización de diferentes softwares y lenguajes para la elaboración de dichas aproximaciones y el posterior tratamiento de los resultados. No obstante, son muchos los trabajos que carecen de transparencia (acceso a los datos y código) por lo que se …
A multi-stage Bayesian modelling for building the chronocultural sequence of the Late Mesolithic at Cueva de la Cocina (Valencia, Eastern Iberia)
A multi-method approach with machine learning to evaluating the distribution and intensity of prehistoric land use in Eastern Iberia
The present study seeks to better understand the coupling of social and biophysical systems during the late Pleistocene and Holocene, a period characterized by changing interglacial conditions as well as human population expansion and intensified ecosystem management. The approach consists of a combination of patch-based archaeological survey methods, sediment column sampling for paleoenvironmental data, geospatial analysis, and machine learning …
The geometric microliths of cueva de la cocina and their significance in the mesolithic of Eastern Iberia
This work presents the analysis of the geometric microliths of Cueva de la Cocina (València, Spain). It does so considering the hypothesis that, given the size of the cave's assemblage and its distinctive cultural markers, it could have acted as an aggregation site for the Late Mesolithic in the Mediterranean Iberia. The work presented here uses the cultural similarity of the geometric microliths of different sites to test this hypothesis, relyin…
Identifying accurate artefact morphological ranges using optimal linear estimation
A fundamental goal of archaeologists is to infer the behaviour of past humans from the attributes of the artefacts they left behind. The archaeological record is, however, fragmented and often provides a partial record of the total artefacts produced by a given population. In turn, there is potential for population-level morphometric data, and therefore behavioural inferences, to be biased relative to the trends realised in the past. This include…
Mixture models and seasonal mobility
The problem of accurately and reliably estimating the annual distribution of seasonally-varying human settlement and subsistence practices is a classic concern among archaeologists, which has only become more relevant with the increasing importance of holistic studies of social and ecological systems aimed at establishing deep historical baselines to ground current practical work in socioenvironmental management. In this paper, we present a novel…
Evolution of Harvesting Technology
Pioneer farming groups arrived in the Iberian Peninsula in the first half of the eighth-millennium cal. BP. Since then, the spread of new populations continued, and the highly diverse material culture of the Neolithic has been interpreted as a reflection of multiple origins and as the regionalisation that followed. In the past few decades, the study of different lithic tools has served to explore cultural Neolithic patterns. In particular, change…
Assessing quantitative methods in archaeology via simulated datasets
Compared to what is found in many other scientific disciplines, archaeological data are typically scarce, biased and fragmented. This, coupled with the fact that archaeologists can rarely test their hypotheses using experimental design, makes archaeological inference and our ability to assess the robustness of quantitative methods used to make such inferences challenging. Archaeoriddle is a project that was born as an attempt to compare archaeolo…
Bridging morphometrics and Archaeogenetics
The petrous part of the temporal bone is a target for ancient DNA research due to its biomolecular preservation, yet destructive sampling risks losing valuable morphological information. Bony labyrinth morphology, captured by high-resolution 3D imaging, carries strong taxonomic and evolutionary signals, but its bioarchaeological application remains limited. We assessed the potential of bony labyrinth geometric morphometrics (GMM) for species iden…
Geography (14 works) · Archaeology (11 works) · Archaeological and Geological Studies (9 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (9 works) · Archaeological and Historical Studies (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Art (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Humanities (6 works) · Geology (5 works)