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Eating in silence: isotopic approaches to nuns' diet at the convent of Santa Catalina de Siena (Belmonte, Spain) from the sixteenth to the twentieth century
(Springer Nature, 2019-08)[Abstract] Advances in geochemical and physical anthropological studies have provided new tools to reconstruct ancient lifestyles, especially of those minorities not commonly mentioned in historical texts. In comparison ... -
Effects of Water on Natural Stone in the Built Environment—A Review
(MDPI, 2021-11-07)[Abstract] The present work reviews studies with information on the effects of water by itself on stones of the built environment both to assess the impact of this substance and to discuss possible implications for ... -
Equine diet during protohistoric times in the Northeast of the Iberian Peninsula: Stable isotope data (C, N) from bone collagen
(Elsevier, 2021-09-16)[Abstract] The analysis of stable isotopes in bone collagen allows us to infer the diet of the animals studied. This dataset consists of isotopic signatures (δ13C and δ15N) obtained by isotope ratio mass spectrometry from ... -
Estimating the Radioactive Heat Production of a Granitic Rock in the University of A Coruña (Galicia, Northwest Spain) by Gamma-ray Spectrometry
(MDPI, 2022-11-23)[Abstract] Geothermal energy is a form of renewable energy with a long tradition in European countries, although it is scarcely used in Spain. One of the reasons for this is the poorly studied geothermal potential of the ... -
Geological Materials as Cultural Markers of Water Resources
(MDPI, 2020-12-01)[Abstract] Water has always been a critical resource for humans and climate change could aggravate supply problems. In this context, groundwater could be an important reservoir of water, especially given the dispersion of ... -
Geomorphology, Geoarchaeology, and Geochronology of the Upper Pleistocene Archaeological Site of El Olivo Cave (Llanera, Asturias, Northern Spain)
(MDPI, 2023)[Abstract] El Olivo Cave (Pruvia de Arriba, Llanera, Asturias, Spain) is a small karst cave located in the Aboño River basin and formed in the Cretaceous limestone of the Mesozoic cover of the Cantabrian Mountains (north ... -
Geoscience of the Built Environment: Pollutants and Materials Surfaces
(Molecular Diversity Preservation International, 2011)An overview of issues with environmental relevance that arise from the interaction between pollutants and surfaces of the built environment is presented in this paper. Two broad perspectives are considered: decay of materials ... -
Hacia una reinterpretación de la secuencia de ocupación del yacimiento de A Cidadela (A Coruña)
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2020-02-27)[Resumen] Se presentan los resultados de un amplio trabajo interdisciplinar de revisión, análisis, datación y excavación del conocido yacimiento de A Cidadela (A Coruña). Tradicionalmente los esfuerzos investigadores en ... -
Insight into the introduction of domestic cattle and the process of Neolithization to the Spanish region Galicia by genetic evidence
(PLOS, 2021-04-28)[Abstract] Domestic cattle were brought to Spain by early settlers and agricultural societies. Due to missing Neolithic sites in the Spanish region of Galicia, very little is known about this process in this region. We ... -
Islas Cíes: una trampa eólica en la Ría de Vigo (Galicia, España) al final del último glaciar
(Sociedad Geológica de España, 2021)[Resumen] Las Islas Cíes han constituido un obstáculo para los intensos vientos costeros del Atlántico Norte, especialmente durante las fases glaciares del Cuaternario. Al final del último glaciar el mar descendió más ... -
Isotopic Signature in Isolated South-Western Populations of European Brown Bear (Ursus Arctos)
(Springer Link, 2022-10-21)[Abstract] Stable isotope analysis of animal tissue samples is increasingly used to study the trophic ecology of target species. The isotopic signatures respond to the type of diet, but also to the environmental conditions ... -
Morphological, Isotopic and Proteomic Study of the Pleistocene and Holocene Fauna of Cova Dos Santos (Abadín, Lugo, NW Spain)
(Sociedad Española de Paleontología, 2021-12-03)[Abstract] Cova dos Santos is a karstic cavity in Abadín (Lugo), in a hitherto unexplored area that may have been the natural route between the well-known Quaternary faunas of the Cantabrian Mountain Range and those located ... -
Multi-Isotopic Study of the Earliest Mediaeval Inhabitants of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain)
(Springer Link, 2022-10-12)[Abstract] Santiago de Compostela is, together with Rome and Jerusalem, one of the three main pilgrimage and religious centres for Catholicism. The belief that the remains of St James the Great, one of the twelve apostles ... -
Neanderthal Use of Animal Bones as Retouchers at the Level XV of the Sopeña Rock Shelter (Asturias, Northern Spain)
(Wiley, 2023-12-14)[Abstract] Bone retouchers are a technological appliance used to perfect lithic tools efficiently. They are most frequently found in Middle Palaeolithic contexts. In this paper, we present a group of bone retouchers from ... -
New Model of Coastal Evolution in the Ria de Vigo (NW Spain) from MIS2 to Present Day Based on the Aeolian Sedimentary Record
(MDPI, 2022)[Abstract] Galician Rias are fluvial valleys that were flooded during the last marine transgression in the Atlantic margin. The study of fossil dunes in the Cies Islands, a small archipelago in the mouth of the one of the ... -
Nota sobre la última transgresión marina en la costa de Galicia
(2018)[Resumen] Desde el final del Pleistoceno hace 12.700 años hasta el día de hoy se están produciendo efectos dramáticos en toda la orla litoral de la costa de Galicia debidos esencialmente al ascenso del nivel del mar en ... -
On the Genesis of Aluminum-Rich Speleothems in a Granite Cave of NW Spain
(Union Internationale de Spéléologie, 2021-02-22)[Abstract] Granite massifs often contain caves, with dimensions ranging from a few meters up to 1,000 m, also referred to as pseudokarst. The speleothems in such caves are mostly composed of either Si-rich (commonly opal-A) ... -
Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) Mortar Dating Inter-Comparison Study. The Second Round of Modis, Mortar Dating Inter-Comparison Study
(Cambridge University Press, 2024)[Abstract] After an intercomparison age experiment carried out in the framework of the first MODIS (MOrtar Dating Inter-comparison Study) project, the results showed general agreement both between optically stimulated ... -
OSL dating of mortars from constructive phases of the old chapel San Breixo de Ouvigo (NW Spain)
(IOP Publishing, 2022-04-28)[Abstract] The use of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating on ancient mortars have provided increasing knowledge of the history of buildings in the last years. In this work, we apply OSL dating on mortars of a ... -
Paleogenomic evidence for multi-generational mixing between Neolithic farmers and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in the lower Danube basin
(Cell, 2017-05-25)[Abstract] The transition from hunting and gathering to farming involved profound cultural and technological changes. In Western and Central Europe, these changes occurred rapidly and synchronously after the arrival of ...
