The Zooarchaeology Laboratory of the School of Archaeology is a research, teaching, and storage space of interaction for students and scholars pursuing work on faunal remains associated to archaeological sites around the world, with emphasis in Southeast Asia. Particular attention is paid to the identification and quantification of zooarchaeological materials, to various cultural and natural processes affecting animal bone preservation, peri- and post-mortem, and to the use of faunal remains for deciphering past human behavior, diets and environments. The zooarchaeology laboratory contains a modern comparative faunal collection, including skeletons, shells and taphonomical specimens useful for both research and teaching. The lab is equipped with the necessary tools and storage capacity with which to conduct faunal research.
People
Head of Zooarchaeology Lab
Juan Rofes
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large mammals and herpetofauna of the Philippines, experimental archaeology, taphonomy, subsistence, systematics & taxonomy, multiproxy paleoenvironmental reconstruction, cave archaeology, and collections management. |
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bioarchaeology, archaeomalacology, environmental archaeology, science communication |
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osteology, archaeoentomology |
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bioarchaeology, biomolecular archaeology, maritime archaeology, environmental archaeology, and experimental archaeology |
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heritage riskscapes, wildlife conservation, Sulu-Sulawesi biodiversity and cultural land/seascapes, archaeomalacology, maritime and environmental archaeology |
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environmental archaeology, palaeoecology, biocultural diversity, maritime archaeology, and science communication |
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animal and human osteology, micromammal remains, taphonomy, palaeobiogeography, faunal exploitation |
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archaeomalacology, maritime archaeology, cultural heritage management |
Current Projects
Zooarchaeology of the Galleon Trade
Head: Juan Rofes
Funded by: PANTROPOCENE
PANTROPOCENE: Finding a Pre-industrial, Pan-tropical ‘Anthropocene’
Head: Patrick Roberts
Funded by: European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant of the European Commission
Geology, geochronology and palaeobiology of the deposits of the Sierra de Atapuerca VIII
Heads: J. L. Arsuaga and J. M. Carretero
Funded by: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Spain)
Project Biodiversity, evolution and paleoecology of the late Middle Pleistocene to Middle Holocene small mammals of the Iranian Plateau
Head: Juan Rofes
Funded by: Outright Research Grant, OVCRD, University of the Philippines Diliman
The search for Homo luzonensis continues: The 2020 Archaeological Excavations at Callao Cave, Northern Luzon, Philippines
Head: Armand S. B. Mijares
Funded by: National Geographic Foundation for Science and Exploration Grant (Nº GS-KOR-63188R)
Previous Projects
Geology, geochronology and palaeobiology of the deposits of the Sierra de Atapuerca II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
Head: Juan Luis Arsuaga
Start-End Dates: (II) 2003-2005; (III) 2006-2009; (IV) 2010-2012; (V) 2013-2015; (VI) 2016-2018; (VII) 2019-2021
Funded by: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain) and Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Spain)
Sponsors and Partnerships
- Centro INAH Morelos & Seminario Relaciones Hombre-Fauna, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México
- PANTROPOCENE: Finding a Pre-industrial, Pan-tropical 'Anthropocene'