Directors
Ph.D. Mirian Carbonera
Ph.D. Daniel Loponte
Ph.D. in Archaeology at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Professor at the Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (UNOCHAPECÓ). Her research focuses on the study of pre-Columbian hunter-gatherers and horticulturists of the Uruguai and Paraná river basins.
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He obtained his BA in Anthropology from the University of Buenos Aires and his Ph.D. at the University of La Plata. He is a researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET). His research focuses on the study of pre-Columbian hunter-gatherers and horticulturists of the La Plata Basin and coastal adaptations.
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Ph.D. Neli Galarce Machado
Ph.D. Stefano Benazzi
Ph.D. Gisele Leite de Lima Primam
Is a Full Professor in Physical Anthropology, with special interest in Paleoanthropology and Osteoarchaeology. Since 2017 he coordinates an ERC consolidator grant (n. 724046 – SUCCESS), which aims to understand when modern humans arrived in Southern Europe, the biocultural processes that favoured their successful adaptation and the final cause of Neandertal extinction. He is the director of the Laboratory of Osteoarchaeology and Paleoanthropology - BONES Lab.
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Doctor in Archaeology at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Professor at the Universidade do Vale do Taquari (UNIVATES). Research Productivity Scholarship/CNPq (PQ2). Her research focuses on the study of pre-Columbian horticulturists of the Taquari/Antas river basins.
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She obtained his Ph.D. in Geography at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). She is a professor at the Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul. Her research focuses on Quaternary palynological studies.
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Ph.D. Candidate Andrés Gascue
Ph.D. Alejandro Acosta
Ph.D. Alessandra Modi
Is an Archaeologist and Professor of the Department of Agrarian Systems and Cultural Landscapes of the Eastern Regional University Center (Republic of Uruguay University). He is currently developing researches of the pre-Columbian societies that inhabited the region of the lower Uruguay river and heritage management.
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Obtained his BA in Anthropology at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and his Ph.D. from the University of La Plata. He is a researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET). His research covers the study of hunter-gatherers and horticulturalists of the La Plata Basin.
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Is an experienced laboratory technician in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) apply to ancient DNA studies. In the team of Molecular Anthropology and Palaeogenetic at the University of Florence, she performs the analytical laboratory work for NGS and is involved in development and optimization of molecular methods for the analysis of ancient DNA to reconstruct evolution and history of the past human populations.
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Ph.D. Alessia Nava
Ph.D. Candidate Aline Bertoncello
MSc. Ademar Graeff
Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at the School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. Her project entitled 'Weaning Practices in Ancient Italy (WEAN-IT)' investigates weaning age during recent human evolution using histological and chemical signals from archaeological and modern samples of bones and teeth.
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Ph.D candidate in Environmental Sciences from the Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (UNOCHAPECÓ). Her research is focused on the analysis of technology and ceramic morphology of the Guarani of Upper Uruguay River, and heritage education.
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Ph.D candidate in Environmental Sciences from the Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (UNOCHAPECÓ). He develops research related to paleoenvironmental changes based on the palynological record.
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Ph.D. Candidate Ana Lucía Guarido
Ph.D. Bárbara Mazza
B.A. Brendha Luana Spricigo
Is an archaeologist from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) and Ph.D. candidate at the same institution. She is a scholarship holder of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET). Her research interests include human taphonomy and mortuary practices among hunter-gatherer societies.
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Is an archaeologist from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), assistant researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), and professor of Biological Anthropology at the Universidad of Buenos Aires (FFyL – UBA). She specializes in human bone remains, focusing on bone morphology to study lifestyles in the past.
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Graduate in History at the Federal University of Fronteira Sul (UFFS) - Campus Chapecó. Her research is focused on the analysis of Guarani pottery.
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Ph.D. David Caramelli
Ph.D. Candidate Bruna Schneider
Ph.D. Cristina Gouvêa Redin
Ph.D. candidate and Master’s degree holder in Environmental Sciences from the Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (UNOCHAPECÓ). Researcher at Arqueoeste Consultoria, specializing in archaeology, history, and cultural heritage, particularly within the context of environmental licensing. Her interests include stable isotope analysis related to past and present landscapes.
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PhD in Forestry (Ecology, Soils and Forest Nutrition) by the Graduate Program in Forestry at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). Her research includes quantitative ecology, environmental licensing, phytosociology, and environmental consulting.
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Is a molecular anthropologist, Full Professor and Head of the Department of Biology at University of Florence, named in the Top Italian Scientists list (Natural & Environmental Sciences). His research activities mainly concern molecular studies on the evolution of genus Homo, prehistoric and historic human samples for tracing past population dynamics, and prehistoric and historic animal samples for investigating domestication processes.
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Ph.D. Federico Lugli
Ph.D. Fernanda Schneider
Ph.D. Candidate Francesca Seghi
Is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Bologna. His research focuses on the use of isotope and elemental geochemistry to unravel the life-histories of human and animals in the past. He is also interested in applying proteomics to archaeological and fossil skeletal materials.
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Is an archaeologist and PhD in Science from the University of Vale do Taquari. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) at the University of Vale do Taquari. Her current research focuses on the Household Archaeology approaches and Archaeobotany analyzes applied to the Guarani and Jê do Sul contexts of the subtropical forests of southern Brazil.
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Is a PhD student in Biological Anthropology at the University of Bologna (Italy). She got a Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Sciences and a Master’s Degree in Paleoanthropology. Her current research focuses on the analysis of burned human remains (bones and teeth) using geochemical, histological and molecular techniques.
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Ph.D. Giulia Marciani
Is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Cultural Heritage in the ERC- FIRSTSTEPS project (previously ERC-SUCCESS), University of Bologna and a collaborator at the Research Unit of Prehistory and Anthropology, University of Siena. Her primary research interest is disentangling the role of technology -especially lithic- in the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in southern Europe and the first peopling of Brazil.
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MSc. Angélica Ruggeri
Ph.D. Candidate Vittoria Bianchi
She obtained her Ba in Cultural Heritage from the University of Bologna (UNIBO) and her Master's degree in Archaeology and Ancient World Cultures also at the University of Bologna (UNIBO). Her reasearch focuses on pre-colombian Guaranì burials.
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IIs currently carrying out her Ph.D at the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Bologna. She got her Master’s Degree at University of Ferrara and MSc at University of Pisa focusing on osteology and paleopathology. She collaborated with Bioarchaeology Service of the Museum of Civilisations (Rome.
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Ph. D. Candidate Jefferson Nunes Radaeski
Ph.D. Julio Cesar Paisani
B.A. Leonardo Mucciolo
Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Sciences at the Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (UNOCHAPECÓ). Master’s degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Pampa (Unipampa). His research focuses on environmental analysis based on palynological records, pollen morphology, and palynofloras.
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Ph.D. in Physical Geography at the federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil (UFSC). Professor of Geomorphology at the State University of Western Paraná, Brazil (UNIOESTE). He is a researcher at Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). His main lines of research are the micromorphology of sediments and paleosols, erosive pro cesses, superficial formations, planed surfaces, and geomorphology of the Quaternary.
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He obtained his degree in Anthropology at the University of Buenos Aires. He is currently a Ph.D candidate at the University of Buenos Aires. His area of interest focuses on taphonomic studies and analysis of subsistence patterns, especially on the exploitation of mammals among the pre-Columbian societies of the La Plata Basin.
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Ph.D. Luca Bondioli
Ph.D. Candidate Maicon Telles Szczygel
Ph.D. Marcos César Pereira Santos
Is the former director of the Bioarchaeology Service of the Museum of Civilisations (Rome), he teaches Bioarchaeology at the University of Padua and carries out research activities in bioarchaeology at the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Bologna. He currently focuses on developmental changes, mobility and dietary patterns across the biocultural transitions that characterised the evolutionary history of Homo.
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Ph.D. candidate and Master’s degree holder in Environmental Sciences at the Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (UNOCHAPECÓ). Graduate in Biological Sciences from the same institution. His interests include Biogeography and Pre-Columbian archaeology.
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Is an Associate Professor in Archaeology at the Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (Brazil) and Researcher at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (France). Holds a Ph.D. from the Università degli Studi di Ferrara (Italy) and MNHN (France). Research focuses on geoarchaeology in tropical and subtropical environments, integrating stratigraphic, micromorphological, and lithic studies. Coordinates the POPARU project, part of international collaborations in South America and Europe. ​
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Ph.D. Marga Eliz Pontelli
Ph.D. María Jose Corriale
Ph.D. Maricel Pérez
Ph.D in Geography at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Professor at the State University of Western Paraná (UNIOESTE) – Francisco Beltrão Campus. Research Productivity Scholarship/CNPq (PQ2). Her research focuses on Quaternary Geomorphology, with an emphasis on paedomorphostratigraphy and environmental variations of the Late Quaternary in southern Brazil.
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Is a biologist and researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET). She obtained her BA and Ph.D from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. She specializes in animal behaviour, ecology and environmental studies.
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Obtained her BA and Ph.D. in Anthropology from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. She is a researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano and Universidad de Misiones. Her main area of research covers archaeometry and pottery technology of pre-Columbian hunter-gatherers and horticulturists of the La Plata Basin.​
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Ph.D. Martina Lari
Associate Professor in Anthropology at the Department of Biology of the University of Florence, is a molecular anthropologist with consolidated expertise in the application and development of molecular methods for the analysis of degraded DNA extracted from human, animal and plant ancient remains. The topic of his research activity mainly concerns the study of human evolution, the genetic history and lifestyles of past human populations, as well as the investigation of the domestication processes of animals and plants.
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Ph.D. Natacha Buc
B.A. Noelia Bortolotto
Is archaeologist, form the Univiersity of Buenos Aires, researcher at CONICET and profesor at University of Buenos Aires. Her research is focused on hunter-gatherer technology made on faunal raw material, mainly bone and antler, but the use of shells, as well. Specially she does microwear, design and raw material studies.
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Is a Museologist with a BA in Anthropology from the Universidad de la República (Uruguay). She is professor of the Department of Agrarian Systems and Cultural Landscapes of the Eastern Regional University Center (Uruguay) and scholarship holder at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires. Her research is focuses in geoarchaeology in the Lowlands of Uruguay and Argentina, and heritage management.
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Ph.D. Owen Alexander Higgins
Ph.D. Candidate Lucía T. Rombolá
Is currently carrying out his PostDoc at the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Bologna. His research interest is in dental histology and high-resolution trace element and isotope analyses for the reconstruction of the bio-chronology and early life history of past populations.
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She is a Ph.D. student in Archaeology at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), with a scholarship from the National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET). She earned her degree in Anthropological Sciences from the same university and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in History at the Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (Chapecó, Brazil), with a scholarship of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Her research focuses on the bone technology of hunter-gatherers and the analysis of colonial-period Spanish written sources.​
Ph.D. Pedro Murara
Ph.D. in Geography at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Professor at the Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (UFFS). His investigations are focused on Climatology and Biogeography, especially paleoclimatology, paleobotany, paleoenvironment, and paleontology.
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Ph.D. Romina Silvestre
Ph.D. Sara Silvestrini
B.A. Sheila Ali
Is an archaeologist with a BA and a PhD from University of Buenos Aires. She is a researcher at the Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNaM) and the Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano (INAPL). Her research focuses on lithic technological strategies among pre-Columbian hunter-gatherers and horticulturalist of the La Plata Basin.​
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Studied Archaeology at the University of Bologna. During her master thesis she developed a strong interest for ancient biomolecules. In November 2018 she started as a doctoral candidate in the ERC-724046-SUCCESS project at the University of Bologna (Ravenna Campus). Her PhD project had the aim to integrate and combine the traditional archaeozoological analysis with the proteomic approach, particularly ZooMS and to understand the relationship between human groups and their interaction with fauna in Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition contexts.​
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Is an archaeologist who obtained her Ba from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. She is a Ph.D. candidate at the same institution, with a scholarship of National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET). Her research focuses on pottery analysis and stylistic studies of pre-Columbian hunter-gatherers and horticulturalists of the La Plata Basin.
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Ph.D. Soraia Girardi Bauermann
Ph.D. Candidate Micaela Ciervo
Ph.D. Tommaso Giovanardi
Is a PhD student in Molecular Anthropology and Palaeogenomic. She got a Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Science and a Master’s Degree in Palaeogenomic. Her research focuses on the analysis of ancient DNA using NGS (Next Generation Sequencing) molecular techniques to reconstruct the genetic history of past human populations.​
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She is a Ph.D. in Geosciences from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. She works with pollen morphology and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Quaternary.​
Petrologist specialized in geochemistry. His focus of work is the evolution of the continental lithosphere and the elemental cycles from the mantle to the surface. He is currently an RTD-B at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy), where he started working on archaeological and anthropological projects related to isotopic landscape analysis.​
Ph.D. Eugenio Bortolini
Senior Assistant Professor in Archaeological Methods and Theory at the University of Bologna (Italy). Archaeologist with a strong interest in the mechanisms of adoption and transmission of culture in both archaeological and contemporary contexts, focused on the application and development of quantitative methods for analysing biocultural change and its relationship with human interaction and environmental instability.​
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Ph.D. Antonino Vazzana
Ph.D. in Physical Anthropology at the University of Bologna. Technician specialized in Physical Anthropology at the University of Bologna. His activity focuses on the excavation, restoration and analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts. He is an expert in traditional and virtual restoration of osteological material.​
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Jaqueline Borger
Master’s student in Environmental Sciences and graduate in Biological Sciences at the Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (UNOCHAPECÓ). Her research focuses on environmental analysis based on palynological records, pollen morphology, and palynofloras.​
