PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
 
Tuesday, May 27th, 2025
 
13:30 – 15:00 h.  Lunch
15:00 – 16:00 h. Resgistration

16:00 – 16:15 h.





 

Opening and Welcome
  √   Manuel Alcaraz Castaño
          Reader in Prehistory, University of Alcalá. Principal Investigator of MULTIPALEOIBERIA.

  √   Primitiva Bueno Ramírez
       Professor in Prehistory, Chair of the Prehistory Area, University of Alcalá.

  √   Sandra García Gallego
       Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry & Director for Research and its Internationalization, University of Alcalá.

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.



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
18:00 – 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. 


La última frontera: el final del Paleolítico Medio en la Cueva del Niño (Ayna, 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 Pablo
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.


Is there any hope left? The search for Palaolithic Cave Art in Central Iberia
Ignacio Triguero
Biblioteca Manu Leguineche/Universidad de Alcalá
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
13:40 – 15:30 h. 
Lunch Break
15:30 – 17:30 h. 

Presentations
Chair: Dr. Javier Alcolea-González
15:30 – 15:50 h.


La explotación de los recursos líticos en la región de Madrid
Javier Baena Preysler
Universidad Autónoma de Madcrid Dep. Prehistoria y Arqueología
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.

 
Rethinking Site Distribution and Human Mobility during the Upper Pleistocene in Central Iberia
María de Andrés-Herrero
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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. 



Identificación y caracterización 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. 


Hunter-gatherer mobility in Palaeolithic Iberia: a cellular automata simulation model
Richard J. Hewitt
Instituto de Economía, Geografía y Demografía (IEGD), CSIC
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. 


Del ADN a la ficción: La imagen de los neandertales en la divulgación científica
Ignacio Martín Lerma
Universidad de Murcia
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
19:40 – 20:00 h.  Discussion
21:15 h. Dinner
 

Thursday, May 29th, 2025

09:30 – 12:30 h.

Presentations
Chair: Dr. Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño
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.



Neanderthal Pathways: exploring raw material selection in igneous-Metamorphic?Sedimentary Interface Zones of Western Europe
Ana Cordeiro de Sousa Gomes Abrunhosa
IPHES - CERCA
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.


Human occupation of inland Iberia during the Upper Palaeolithic in the context of regionally resolved demographic estimates from Europe
Andreas Maier
University of Cologne
10:50 - 11:15 h.  Coffee Break
11:20 - 11:50 h.


Neanderthal and Anatomically Modern Human land use and social network in the Côa Valley (Portugal)
Thierry Aubry
Fundação Côa Parque
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. 


Paleoecological contexte of the last Neandertals and first modern humans in inland Iberia using small mammal record
Ángel C. Domínguez García
Musée de l’Homme – MNHN Paris
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.


Paleoambiente y paleoclimatología en el centro de la península ibérica en el Pleistoceno final
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 Monteagudo
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
Ignacio de la Torre
Instituto de Historia-CSIC

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

 

Organized by:



Universidad de Alcalá Área Prehistoria



Funded by:

 

MULTIPALEOIBERIA is an Starting Grant funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 805478). 


Horizon Europe 2020