Neanderthal coastal adaptations in southern Europe and eastern Asia

Project Information

NEARCOAST

Grant agreement ID: 101064225

DOI

10.3030/101064225

Project closed

EC signature date 26 July 2022

Start date 1 September 2023

End date 31 August 2025

Funded under

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Total cost

No data

EU contribution

€ 181 152,96

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA
Spain

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Deliverables

Data Management Plan (1)

Data Management Plan

he Data Management Plan describes the data management life cycle for all data sets that will be collected, processed or generated by the action. It is a document describing what data will be collected, processed or generated and following what methodology and standards, whether and how this data will be shared and/or made open, and how it will be curated and preserved.

Documents, reports (1)

Communication, Dissemination & Outreach Plan

The plan describes the planned measures to maximize the impact of the project, including the dissemination and exploitation measures that are planned, and the target group(s) addressed. Regarding communication measures and public engagement strategy, the aim is to inform and reach out to society and show the activities performed, and the use and the benefits the project will have for citizens.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Changes in lithic raw material and technological management during the Mesolithic: a view from El Mazo (Northern Iberia)

Author(s): Diego Herrero-Alonso, Natividad Fuertes-Prieto, Antonio Tarriño, David Cuenca-Solana, Asier García-Escárzaga, Jorge Calvo-Gómez, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti
Published in: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 1866-9557
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S12520-025-02225-3

Living in the shore: changes in coastal resource intensification during the Mesolithic in northern Iberia

Author(s): Rosa Arniz-Mateos, Asier García-Escárzaga, Ricardo Fernandes, Manuel R. González-Morales, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti
Published in: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Issue 16, 2024, ISSN 1866-9557
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S12520-024-01982-X

Seasonal exploitation of intertidal resources at El Mazo (N Iberia) reveals optimized human subsistence strategies during the Mesolithic in Atlantic Europe

Author(s): Asier García-Escárzaga, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, Rosa Arniz-Mateos, David Cuenca-Solana, Manuel R. González-Morales, Jana Ilgner, Mary Lucas, André C. Colonese, Patrick Roberts
Published in: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Issue 16, 2024, ISSN 1866-9557
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S12520-024-01960-3

Shells in the Pits: Invertebrates at the Early Neolithic Site of Lapiás das Lameiras (Sintra, Portugal)

Author(s): E. Álvarez-Fernández, A. Marchán-Fernández, Mª T. Aparicio, R.-P. Carriol, M. Cubas, M. J. Fernández-Gómez, A. García-Escárzaga, F. J. Martín-Vallejo, T. Simões
Published in: Environmental Archaeology, 2025, ISSN 1461-4103
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2025.2548025

Shell sclerochronology of the limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791: Implications for growth patterns and reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures

Author(s): Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, Roberto Suárez-Revilla, Asier García-Escárzaga, Leon J. Clarke, Bernd R. Schöne, Jara Pascual-Revilla, José Carlos García-Gómez, João Zilhão, Josefina Zapata, Arnaldo Marín
Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Issue 670, 2025, ISSN 0031-0182
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.PALAEO.2025.112954

Where the Shells Come From? A New Methodology for Establishing Collection Areas Applied to Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Shell Middens From Northern Iberia

Author(s): Gabriel Gómez, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, Asier García-Escárzaga, Juan Manuel Muñoz, Jara Pascual-Revilla, Francisco Ruiz
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Issue 32, 2025, ISSN 1072-5369
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S10816-025-09723-7

Short communication: Estimating radiocarbon reservoir effects in Bolivian Amazon freshwater lakes

Author(s): Asier García-Escárzaga; Umberto Lombardo; Patricia M. Bello-Alonso; José M. Capriles; André Colonese; Kate Dudgeon; Carlos D. Duarte; Ricardo Fernandes
Published in: Geochronology, Issue In press, 2025, ISSN 2628-3719
Publisher: Copernicus
DOI: 10.5194/EGUSPHERE-2025-1960

Mobility and the use of littoral resources in the Late Mesolithic of Northern Spain: the case of La Chora cave (Voto, Cantabria, N Spain)

Author(s): Alejandro León-Cristóbal, Asier García-Escárzaga, Miguel Ángel Fano, Rosa Arniz-Mateos, José Manuel Quesada, Jon Abril-Orzaiz, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti
Published in: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Issue 16, 2024, ISSN 1866-9557
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S12520-024-02044-Y

New Evidence for Late Glacial Shellfishing Seasonality and Coastal Environments in Atlantic Europe from Shell δ ¹⁸ O values

Author(s): A. Marchán-Fernández, A. García-Escárzaga, C. M. Martínez Varea, A. Aguirre-Uribesalgo, J. F. Jordá Pardo, A. Martínez-Villa, D. A. Fa, E. Álvarez-Fernández
Published in: Environmental Archaeology, 2025, ISSN 1461-4103
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2025.2535759

Marine resource exploitation and human settlement patterns during the Neolithic in SW Europe: stable oxygen isotope analyses (δ18O) on Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778) from Campo de Hockey (San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain)

Author(s): Asier García-Escárzaga, Juan J. Cantillo-Duarte, Stefania Milano, Rosa Arniz-Mateos, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, Enrique González-Ortegón, Jose M. Corona-Borrego, José Ramos-Muñoz, André C. Colonese, Eduardo Vijande-Vila
Published in: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Issue 16, 2024, ISSN 1866-9557
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S12520-024-01939-0

Strengthening the evidence for seasonal intertidal exploitation in Mesolithic Europe and new insights into Early Holocene environmental conditions in the Bay of Biscay from the oxygen isotope composition of Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778) shells

Author(s): Asier García-Escárzaga, Alejandro León-Cristóbal, Esteban Álvarez-Fernández, André C. Colonese, Alvaro Arrizabalaga, María José Iriarte-Chiapusso, Eneko Iriarte, Miguel Ángel Fano
Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Issue 659, 2025, ISSN 0031-0182
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.PALAEO.2024.112624

A comparative analysis of elemental imaging of marine mollusc shells using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Author(s): Jesús Mirapeix; Rosa Arniz-Mateos; Danai Theodoraki; Asier García-Escárzaga; Víctor Piñon; Igor Gutierrez-Zugasti; Niklas Hausmann; Adolfo Cobo
Published in: Microchemical Journal, Issue 213, 2025, ISSN 1095-9149
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.MICROC.2025.113756

Comparison of light capturing approaches in Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for multichannel spectrometers

Author(s): María Gabriela Fernández-Manteca, Marina Martínez-Minchero, Asier García-Escárzaga, Alain A. Ocampo-Sosa, Jesús Mirapeix, José J. Valdiande, José Miguel López-Higuera, Luis Rodríguez-Cobo, Adolfo Cobo
Published in: Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, Issue 201, 2023, ISSN 0584-8547
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SAB.2023.106617

Virtual sampling: Archaeological implications of a new technique for elemental mapping of Mg/Ca ratios in marine mollusc shells

Author(s): Jesús Mirapeix, Rosa Arniz-Mateos, Asier García-Escárzaga, Igor Gutierrez-Zugasti, José Miguel López-Higuera, Adolfo Cobo
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 173, 2024, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JAS.2024.106123

Predicting the Color of Archaeological Littorina obtusata/fabalis Shells Using Raman Spectroscopy and Clustering Algorithms

Author(s): Andrea Perez-Asensio, María Gabriela Fernández-Manteca, David Cuenca-Solana, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, Asier García-Escárzaga, Jesús Mirapeix, José Miguel López-Higuera, Luis Rodríguez-Cobo, Adolfo Cobo
Published in: Chemosensors, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2227-9040
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/CHEMOSENSORS13070232

Comparison of Mg/Ca concentration series from Patella depressa limpet shells using CF-LIBS and LA-ICP-MS

Author(s): Marina Martínez-Minchero, Adolfo Cobo, Ana Méndez-Vicente, Jorge Pisonero, Nerea Bordel, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, Patrick Roberts, Álvaro Arrizabalaga, José Valdiande, Jesús Mirapeix, José Miguel López-Higuera, Asier García-Escárzaga
Published in: Talanta, Issue 251, 2025, ISSN 0039-9140
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.TALANTA.2022.123757

Structural Pattern Analysis in Patella vulgata Shells Using Raman Imaging

Author(s): María Gabriela Fernández-Manteca; Borja García García; Celia Gómez-Galdós; Jesús Mirapeix; Rosa Arniz-Mateos; Asier García-Escárzaga; Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti; José Francisco Algorri; José Miguel López-Higuera; Alain A. Ocampo-Sosa; Luis Rodríguez-Cobo; Adolfo Cobo
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 15(9), 2025, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/APP15095180

Manufacturing and decorating cardial pottery: shell tools at the Neolithic site of Cabecicos Negros (Vera, Almeria, Spain)

Author(s): Elena Lastra-Alonso, David Cuenca-Solana, Asier García-Escárzaga, Javier Rodríguez-Santos, Xavier Clop-García, María Dolores Camalich-Massieu, Dimas Martín-Socas
Published in: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 1866-9557
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S12520-024-02122-1