FINAL PROGRAMME
Tuesday, May 27th, 2025
| 13:30 – 15:00 h. | Lunch |
| 15:00 – 16:00 h. | Resgistration |
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16:00 – 16:15 h.
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Opening and Welcome √ Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño Associate Professor in Prehistory, University of Alcalá. Principal Investigator of MULTIPALEOIBERIA. √ Primitiva Bueno Ramírez √ Sandra García Gallego |
| 16:15 – 17:00 h. |
Lecture: Population dynamics and cultural adaptations of the last Neandertals and first Modern Humans in inland Iberia: recent advances and new prospects in 2025 Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño University of Alcalá |
| 17:00 – 19:10 h. |
Presentations Chair: Dr. Nohemi Sala |
| 17:00 – 17:20 h. |
Ghosts in the Fog: The Upper Palaeolithic of Spanish Extremadura Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo Instituto de Arqueología-Mérida (CSIC-Junta de Extremadura) |
| 17:20 – 17:40 h. |
Chert provisioning, mobility and social networks during the Upper Palaeolithic in Southwestern Iberia: the case of Vale Boi Joana Belmiro ICArEHB (Universidade do Algarve) |
| 17:40 – 18:00 h. |
Hunter-gatherer mobility in Palaeolicit Iberia: a cellular automata simulation model |
| 18:00 – 18: 30 h. |
Coffee Break |
| 18:30 – 18:50 h. |
Limits in the reconstruction of Middle Palaeolithic human occupation dynamics at regional scale. A reflection from the Northeast of the Iberian Peninsula Francesca Romagnoli Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Dpto. Prehistoria y Arqueología |
| 18:50 – 19:10 h. |
The Final Frontier: the end of the Middle Palaeolithic in El Niño Cave (Aýna, Albacete) Alejandro García-Moreno Museo de Prehistoria y Arqueología de Cantabria |
| 19:15 – 20:15 h. |
Lecture: Neandertals, Hertoans, Cro-Magnons: How Words, Models and Narratives Impact Perspectives on the Recent Evolution of Humans. João Zilhão UNIARQ – Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa |
| 21:15 h. | Dinner |
Wednesday, May 28th, 2025
| 09:30 – 12:30 h. |
Presentations Chair: Dr. Javier Baena |
| 09:30 – 09:50 h. |
The Abrigo de la Malia site. A Window into the early Upper Paleolithic in inland Iberia Nohemi Sala Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH). Burgos, Spain. |
| 09:50 – 10:10 h. |
The rock shelters of Jarama VI (Valdesotos) and Los Enebrales (Tamajón): Neanderthals and modern humans in the southeast of the Central System (Guadalajara, Spain) Jesús F. Jordá Pardo Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología, UNED |
| 10:10 – 10:30 h. |
Research on the Last Neanderthals in the Interior of the Iberian Peninsula: The Eresma River Valley (Segovia) David Álvarez-Alonso Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| 10:30 – 10:50 h. |
On the Nature of the Arlanzian: fact or fiction? Policarpo Sánchez-Yustos Universidad de Valladolid |
| 10:50 - 11:15 h. | Coffee Break |
| 11:20 - 12:30 h. |
Presentations Chair: Prof. Dr. Gerd-Christian Weniger |
| 11:20 - 11:50 h. |
Rethinking Site Distribution and Human Mobility during the Upper Pleistocene in Central Iberia María de Andrés-Herrero Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| 11:50 – 12:10 h. |
The oldest Paleolithic cave art from the Los Casares cave (Riba de Saelices, Guadalajara) and the first Upper Paleolithic settlement in the center of the Iberian Peninsula José Javier Alcolea-González Universidad de Alcalá |
| 12:10 - 12:30 h. |
Charco Verde II: A settlement during the Last Glacial Maximum in the Coldest Region of the Iberian Peninsula Francisco Javier Aragoncillo del Río Escuela Internacional de Doctorado de la UNED (EIDUNED), Programa Historia, Historia del Arte y Territorio. UNED. |
| 12:35 – 13:35 h. |
Lecture
Beginning Palaeolithic Art.
Rodrigo de Balbín Behrmann
Universidad de Alcalá
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| 13:40 – 15:30 h. |
Lunch Break
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| 15:30 – 17:30 h. |
Presentations
Chair: Dr. Javier Alcolea-González |
| 15:30 – 15:50 h. |
Technology of Lithic Resource Exploitation in the Madrid Region: The El Humedal Site, El Cañaveral – Madrid |
| 15:50 – 16:10 h. |
New elements on the Gravettian to Solutrean transition: the production of Vale Comprido points at Portela 2 and Calvaria 2 (Central Portugal) Cristina Gameiro UNIARQ – Universidade de Lisboa |
| 16:10 – 16:30 h. |
Is there any hope left? The search for Palaolithic Cave Art in Central Iberia Ignacio Triguero Biblioteca Manu Leguineche/Universidad de Alcalá |
| 16:30 – 16:50 h. |
The cave of Peña Miel (Nieva de Cameros, La Rioja). New data from an old site.
Rafael Domingo Martínez Universidad de Zaragoza |
| 16:50 – 17:10 h. |
Speleothems from Los Casares Cave: a paleoclimatic and archaeological archive Virginia Martínez-Pillado Centro Mixto UCM-ISCIII sobre Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos |
| 17:10 – 17:30 h. |
Identification and characterization of siliceous raw materials in inland Iberia within the framework of the ERC project MULTIPALEOIBERIA Marta Sánchez de la Torre SERP-IAUB. Universitat de Barcelona |
| 17:30 - 18:00 h. | Coffee Break |
| 18:00 - 19:30 h. |
Presentations Chair: Dr. Rodrigo de Balbín Behrmann |
| 18:00 - 18:20 h. |
Retouching, recycling, and collecting... the customs and habits of the last Neanderthals in the Prado Vargas cave (Cornejo, Burgos) Marta Navazo Facultad de Humanidades y Comunicación. Universidad de Burgos |
| 18:20 - 18:40 h. |
The Past is Out There (again): case studies and practical applications in the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Álvaro Arrizabalaga Valbuena Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) |
| 18:40 – 19:00 h. |
New Palaeolithic sites in eastern Guadalajara José Manuel Maíllo-Fernández UNED |
| 19:00 – 19:20 h. |
From DNA to fiction: the image of Neanderthals in science communication |
| 19:20 – 19:40 h. |
The human occupation of Central Iberia during the Upper Paleolithic: the archaeological sequence of Peña Capón
Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño Universidad de Alcalá
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| 19:40 – 20:00 h. | Discussion |
| 21:15 h. | Dinner |
Thursday, May 29th, 2025
| 09:30 – 12:30 h. |
Presentations Chair: Dr. Álvaro Arrizabalaga Valbuena |
| 09:30 – 09:50 h. |
Unpacking lithic assemblage variability in the Early Upper Palaeolithic of Iberia Timo Canessa Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna |
| 09:50 – 10:10 h. |
Paleoenvironment and paleoclimate associated with the last Neanderthals and early modern humans of interior Iberia based on small mammal fossil assemblages Ángel C. Domínguez García Musée de l’Homme – MNHN Paris |
| 10:10 – 10:30 h. |
Zooarchaeological study of the behavior and subsistence strategies of Terminal Gravettian hunter-gatherers in inland Iberia: levels 5 and 6 of Peña Capón (Guadalajara, Spain) Rebekah Evelynn Davis Universidad de Alcalá |
| 10:30 – 10:50 h. |
Neanderthal and Anatomically Modern Human land use and social network in the Côa Valley (Portugal) Thierry Aubry Fundação Côa Parque |
| 10:50 - 11:15 h. | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 - 12:30 h. |
Presentations Chair: Dr. Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño |
| 11:20 - 11:50 h. |
Human occupation of inland Iberia during the Upper Palaeolithic in the context of regionally resolved demographic estimates from Europe Andreas Maier University of Cologne |
| 11:50 – 12:10 h. |
Late Neanderthals in Iberia - Gaps in time and space? Gerd-Christian Weniger Universidad de Colonia |
| 12:10 - 12:30 h. |
Sediment records of palaeolithic sites in Central Iberia – micromorphological perspectives Martin Kehl Department of Geography, Universität Koblenz |
| 12:35 – 13:35 h. |
Lecture Modelling interaction : Sapiens and Neanderthal in the Iberian Peninsula? Ariane Burke Universite de Montreal |
| 13:40 – 15:30 h. | Lunch Break |
| 15:30 – 17:30 h. |
Presentations Chair: Dr. Marta Sánchez de la Torre |
| 15:30 – 15:50 h. |
Neanderthal Pathways: Exploring Raw Material Selection in Igneous–Metamorphic–Sedimentary Interface Zones of Western Europe Ana Abrunhosa IPHES - CERCA |
| 15:50 - 16:10 h. |
Microcarchaeological Remains and their Use for Understanding Plant Use by Prehistoric Populations and Vegetation Landscape: Application to the Multipaleoiberia Project Rosa María Albert Cristobal ICREA / UAB |
| 16:10 – 16:30 h. |
Tracing fires: microarchaeological evidence of Solutrean combustion structures at Peña Capón (Guadalajara) during the LGM (22-26 ka calBP) David Rodríguez-Antón Department of Prehistory. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
| 16:30 – 16:50 h. |
Palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimatology in the Central Iberia during the Late Pleistocene Mónica Ruiz Alonso GI Arqueología Medioambiental, IH, CCHS, CSIC |
| 16:50 – 17:10 h. |
Use-wear analysis of chert tools from the Terminal Gravettian of Peña Capón rockshelter, levels 6 and 5 Felipe Cuartero Universidad de Alcalá |
| 17:10 – 17:30 h. |
Population dynamics in the Late Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic in Northwest Iberia Arturo de Lombera-Hermida Universidad de Oviedo |
| 17:30 – 18:00 h. | Coffee Break |
| 18:00 - 19:30 h. |
Presentations Chair: Dr. Ariane Burke |
| 18:00 – 18:20 h. |
The Upper Pleistocene archaeology of northern Cuenca, Spain |
| 18:20 – 18:40 h. |
On matters of scale and chronological resolution in Paleolithic social networks: current challenges and research prospects Javier Fernández López-de Pablo Instituto de Investigación en Arqueología y Patrimonio Histórico (INAPH). Universidad de Alicante |
| 18:40 – 19:00 h. |
The occupation of the Sierra de Atapuerca during the Upper Pleistocene. Marta Santamaría Fundación Atapuerca/ Universidad de Burgos |
| 19:00 – 19:20 h. |
A peek into the territories, economic strategy and social structure of Palaeolithic artists? Insights from the Late Pleistocene stratigraphic record of the Côa Valley in 2025 Miguel Almeida Uniarq / Dryas Octopetala |
| 19:25 – 20:00 h. |
Closing discussion Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño |
| 21:15 h. | Workshop dinner & party |
