I am an archaeologist interested in prehistoric hunter-gatherer adaptations, specifically in how these are related to processes of climate and environmental change. I focus on the study of lithic technological organization and its correlation with various aspects of ecological dynamics and human behavior. I currently direct fieldwork in several sites within the context of my ERC Consolidator Grant - FINISTERRA: Population trajectories and cultural dynamics of the late Neanderthals in Far Western Eurasia. I am also a collaborator in different projects on the Middle and Later Stone Age in Mozambique and Sudan. Currently I am also the Director of ICArEHB, a research center for Archaeology at the University of Algarve.
Habilitation in Archaeology, 2024
Universidade do Algarve
PhD in Archaeology, 2013
Universidade do Algarve
MA in Archaeology, 2009
Universidade do Algarve
Licenciatura in Cutural Heritage, 2007
Universidade do Algarve