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New Publication: 'The shrews (Soricidae, Mammalia) of the Early and Middle Pleistocene of Gran Dolina (Atapuerca, Spain): reassessing their paleontological record in the Iberian Peninsula' by Raquel Moya-Costa, Gloria Cuenca-Bescós, and Juan Rofes

May 8, 2023

This paper accepted in QSR, systematically reports, and describes ALL the different shrew species (9) from the entire stratigraphic sequence of Gran Dolina (Atapuerca, Spain): Early to Middle Pleistocene. It also discusses the main biochronologic and biogeographic implications of those taxa for Eurasian archaeo-palaeontology.

Co-author Juan Rofes is an Associate Professor of the UP School of Archaeology and head of its Zooarchaeological Laboratory.

The paper is open access and can be downloaded...

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We are now officially the School of Archaeology!

November 25, 2022

It's official! We are now officially University of the Philippines - School of Archaeology!

The UP Diliman Board of Regency recently approved the elevation of the Archaeological Studies Program to the status of School of Archaeology. Wait for more announcements regarding the changes soon!

Congratulations to UPSA winners of IPPA 2022 Poster Competition

November 15, 2022

Two posters made by students and faculty of the Archaeological Studies Program received awards from the IPPA 2022 Poster Prize as best posters.

Igal Jada San Andres for her poster entitled "Threading Connections: A Preliminary, Multi-Level Analysis of Beads From the Agusan River Valley". Jada is doing her Masters in Archaeology, and she is interested in studying beads....

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Dr. Armand Mijares 2021 UPAA Awards

Dr. Armand Mijares receives the 2021 UPAA Distinguished Alumni Award

February 21, 2022

Dr. Armand Salvador Mijares receives the 2021 UPAA Distinguished Alumni Award in Science and Technology (Archaeology)!

The University of the Philippines Alumni Awards granted ASP's very own Dr. Armand Mijares an award for his contribution to the advancement of science and technology. Dr. Mijares is the head of the Callao Cave Project where a new species of Homo was found. He is currently working in Bulacan and Cagayan Valley to build a deeper understanding of the human past.