PALEOCHAR: Insights into the Neanderthals and their demise from the study of microscopic and molecular charred matter in Middle Palaeolithic sediments

Project Information

PALEOCHAR

Grant agreement ID: 648871

DOI 10.3030/648871

Project closed

EC signature date 18 May 2015

Start date 1 September 2015

End date 31 August 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 996 750,00

EU contribution € 1 996 750,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA
Spain

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (14)

Evaluating different methods for calculating the Carbon Preference Index (CPI): Implications for palaeoecological and archaeological research

Author(s): Herrera-Herrera, Antonio V., Lucia Leierer, Margarita Jambrina-Enríquez, Rory Connolly, Carolina Mallol.
Published in: Organic Geochemistry, 2020, ISSN 0146-6380
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104056

Fire and brief human occupations in Iberia during MIS 4: Evidence from Abric del Pastor (Alcoy, Spain).

Author(s): Mallol, Carolina; Hernández, Cristo; Mercier, Norbert; Falguères, Christophe; Carrancho, Ángel; Cabanes, Dan; Vidal-Matutano, Paloma; Connolly, Rory; Pérez, Leopoldo; Mayor, Alejandro; Ben Arous, Eslem; Galván, Bertila
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 2, 2019, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54305-9

Insights into the timing, intensity and natural setting of Neanderthal occupation from the geoarchaeological study of combustion structures: A micromorphological and biomarker investigation of El Salt, unit Xb, Alcoy, Spain

Author(s): Leierer L, Jambrina-Enríquez M, Herrera-Herrera AV, Connolly, R, Hernández CM, Galván B, Mallol C
Published in: PlosOne, Issue 14(4), 2019, Page(s) e0214955, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214955

Experimentally Derived Sedimentary, Molecular, and Isotopic Characteristics of Bone-Fueled Hearths

Author(s): Tammy Buonasera, Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera, Carolina Mallol
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2019, ISSN 1072-5369
Publisher: Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-019-09411-3

Characterisation of charred organic matter in micromorphological thin sections by means of Raman spectroscopy.

Author(s): Glenn Lambrecht; Caterina R. de Vera; Margarita Jambrina-Enríquez; Isabelle Crevecoeur; Jesús González-Urquijo; Talía Lazuén; Gilliane F. Monnier; Goran Pajović; Gilbert B Tostevin; Carolina Mallol
Published in: "Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Springer, 2021, 13 (1), ⟨10.1007/s12520-020-01263-3⟩", Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 1866-9557
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-020-01263-3

Development of a QuEChERS-based method combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the analysis of alkanes in sediments

Author(s): Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera; Naima Mohamed-Rodríguez; Bárbara Socas-Rodríguez; Carolina Mallol
Published in: Microchemical Journal, Issue 2, 2020, ISSN 0026-265X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.104774

It's getting hot in here – Microcontextual study of a potential pit hearth at the Middle Paleolithic site of El Salt, Spain

Author(s): Leierer, Lucia, Ángel Carrancho Alonso, Leopoldo Pérez, Ángela Herrejón Lagunilla, Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera, Rory Connolly, Margarita Jambrina-Enríquez, Cristo M. Hernández Gómez, Bertila Galván, and Carolina Mallol
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, 2020, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105237

Autofluorescence of experimentally heated bone: Potential archaeological applications and relevance for estimating degree of burning

Author(s): Lambrecht Glenn, Mallol Carolina
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2020, ISSN 2352-409X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102333

Micro-contextual identification of archaeological lipid biomarkers using resin-impregnated sediment slabs.

Author(s): Caterina R. de Vera; Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera; Margarita Jambrina-Enríquez; Santiago Sossa-Ríos; Jesús González-Urquijo; Talía Lazuén; Marine Vanlandeghem; Claire Alix; Gilliane F. Monnier; Goran Pajović; Gilbert B Tostevin; Carolina Mallol
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 2, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77257-x

Wax lipids in fresh and charred anatomical parts of the Celtis australis tree: Insights on paleofire interpretation

Author(s): Margarita Jambrina-Enríquez, Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera, Carolina Mallol
Published in: Organic Geochemistry, Issue 122, 2018, Page(s) 147-160, ISSN 0146-6380
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.05.017

Quantification of lipid biomarkers in sedimentary contexts: Comparing different calibration methods

Author(s): Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera, Carolina Mallol
Published in: Organic Geochemistry, Issue 125, 2018, Page(s) 152-160, ISSN 0146-6380
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.07.009

A multiproxy record of palaeoenvironmental conditions at the Middle Palaeolithic site of Abric del Pastor (Eastern Iberia)

Author(s): Rory Connolly; Margarita Jambrina-Enríquez; Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera; Paloma Vidal-Matutano; Ana Fagoaga; Rafael Marquina-Blasco; Maria Dolores Marin-Monfort; Francisco Javier Ruiz-Sánchez; César Laplana; Salvador Bailon; Leopoldo Pérez; Lucia Leierer; Cristo M. Hernández; Bertila Galván; Carolina Mallol
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews, Issue 3, 2019, ISSN 0277-3791
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106023

n-Alkyl nitriles and compound-specific carbon isotope analysis of lipid combustion residues from Neanderthal and experimental hearths: Identifying sources of organic compounds and combustion temperatures

Author(s): Margarita Jambrina-Enríquez; Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera; Caterina R. de Vera; Lucia Leierer; Rory Connolly; Carolina Mallol
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews, Issue 1, 2019, ISSN 0277-3791
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105899

Investigating Hydrogen Isotope Variation during Heating of n-Alkanes under Limited Oxygen Conditions: Implications for Palaeoclimate Reconstruction in Archaeological Settings

Author(s): Rory Connolly; Margarita Jambrina-Enríquez; Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera; Carolina Mallol
Published in: Molecules, Vol 26, Iss 1830, p 1830 (2021), Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 1420-3049
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26071830