CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Eduardo Rafael Amândio Paixão Birth place
and date:
Setúbal, 14/08/1988
Nationality: Portuguese
Address: Aceiro José Camarinho CCI: 23304, fonte da vaca. Pinhal Novo. 2955 PORTUGAL Telephone: (+351) 960464052 Email: [email protected] Website: http://ualg.academia.edu/EduardoPaixão Research Interests:
Prehistory Archaeology; Hunter-gatherers; Human Evolution; Human adaptive processes; Lithic Technology, Use Wear, Residue analysis, African Archeology, Methods development
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
2012/2014 M.A. in Archaeology (final classification: 16 out of 20). University of Algarve (Portugal). DISSERTATION title: Lithic technology in the end of Mesolithic in Portuguese Estremadura: The case of layer 2 of Cabeço da Amoreira.
ADVISORS: Dr. Nuno Bicho (University of Algarve, Portugal)
2009/2012 B.A. in Archaeology – Scientific research option (final classification: 15 out of 20). University of Algarve (Portugal).
DISSERTATION title: Mousterian in Portuguese northern Extremadura, Praia de Mira Nascente : Analysis of lithic materials.
ADVISOR: Dr. Telmo Pereira (University of Algarve, Portugal). Workshops/ Trainings
2016 Training in residue analysis in lithic materials. (2 weeks of training) Liège university. Belgium. Professor: Dr. Veerle Rots
Workshop on functional analyses of Pre-historic lithic materials (7-9November 2016) CSIC –Barcelona. Spain. Organizer: IMF - Institución Milá y Fontanals - CSIC
2015 Workshop on residue analysis and hafting. (2-4 june 2015) Liège university. Belgium. Organizer: Dr. Veerle Rots
AWARDS
2012 Award from PaleoAnthropology Society, to participation in PaleoAnthropology Meeting, Memphis USA.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed papers Submitted
Paixão, E.; Marreiro, J.; Pereira, T.; Cascalheira, J.; Bicho, N. (submitted) - Technology, Use-wear analysis and Raw material sourcing in a multi approach of a c. 7500 cal BP lithic assemblage from Cabeço da Amoreira shellmidden (Muge, Portugal) Archeol. Anthropol .Sci. Springer
Published
2016 Pereira, T.; Bicho, N.;Cascalheira, J.; Infantini, L.; Marreiros, J.; Paixão, E.; Terradas, X. (2016)- Territory and abiotic resources between 33 and 15.6 ka at Vale Boi (SW Portugal) Quaternary International. 412, 124–134.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.071 Papers and chapters in edited volumes Published
2017 Pereira, T.; Paixão E.; Carvalho, V.; Carvalho, S.; Gomes, T. (2017) - Raw Material Diversity, Availability And Sourcing In The River Lis Basin, Central Portugal. The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution. Chapter 2. pp. 15-29. Cambridge Scholars Publishing
GRANTS
2016 Grant in the project: IF/01075/2013 – The impact of cognitive evolution in the use of raw materials: the cases of Iberian and southern African prehistoric hunter-gatherers/ICArEHB - Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior in University of Algarve. Coordination: Dr. Telmo Pereira. (University of Algarve)
2015 Grant in the project: IF/01075/2013 – The impact of cognitive evolution in the use of raw materials: the cases of Iberian and southern African prehistoric hunter-gatherers/ICArEHB - Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior in University of Algarve. Coordination: Dr. Telmo Pereira. (University of Algarve)
Grant in the project: Intervention in the Middle Paleolithic site: Cobrinhos (Vila Velha de Ródão). Coordination: Dr. Telmo Pereira. (University of Algarve)
2014 FCT (Portuguese Science Foundation) research grant in the Project – PTDC/HIS-ARQ/117540/2010-NEHMO-“Os últimos Neandertais e a emergência do Homem Moderno no Sudoeste da Peninsula Iberica / UNIARQ” Coordinator: Dr. Nuno Bicho
Pereira, T.; Marreiros, J.; Paixão E.; Martins, R. (2017) - Mechanical Experiments to Test Quartzite vs Chert Edge Reduction. The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution. Chapter 43. pp. 613. Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2015 Cascalheira, J.; Paixão, E.; Marreiros, J.; Pereira, T.; Bicho, N.(2015) Preliminary Techno-typological analysis of the lithic materials from the Trench area of Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge, Central Portugal). Proceedings of the international Congress MUGE150th. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge.
Marreiros, J., Gibaja, J., Paixão, E., Pereira, T., Cascalheira, J., Bicho, N. (2015). New functional evidences for human settlement organization from the Mesolithic site of Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge): preliminary lithic use-wear analysis. Proceedings of the Muge 150th meeting. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Pereira, T.; Bicho, N.; Cascalheira, J.; Marreiros, J.; Paixão, E. (2015) Raw material procurement in Cabeço da Amoreira, Muge, Portugal.). Proceedings of the international Congress MUGE150th. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge.
Paper in conference proceedings In press (accepted)
(in press) Nora, D.; Pereira J.; Monteiro, P.; Paixão, E.; Assis. S.; Évora, M.; Duarte, C.; Marreiros, J.; Carvalho, V.; Holliday, T.; Pereira, T. (in press) - Abrigo da buraca da moira, leiria: resultados preliminares do projeto ECOPLIS. Actas do II Congresso da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses
Published
2016 Paixão, E.; Caninas, J.; Carvalho, E.; Figueiredo, O.; Henriques, F.; Maio, D.; Mendes, C.; Nora, D.; Pereira, A.; Pereira, T.; Raposo, L.. (2016)- A Jazida Moustierense de Cobrinhos, Vila Velha de Ródão (Portugal). II Congresso Internacional de Arqueologia da Região de Castelo Branco. Castelo Branco. Portugal.
2013 Figueiredo, O.; Cascalheira, J.; Dias, R.; Gonçalves, C.; Marreiros, J.; Monteiro, P.; Paixão, E.; Pereira, T.; UmbeL., C. & Bicho, N. – A multidisciplinary approach to death: the study-case of Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge, Portugal). Proceedings from the IV Conference of Young researchers in Archaeology. Barcelona, 2013.
Reports and other publications
2016 Pereira, T.; Carvalho, V.; Holliday, T.; Paixão, E.; Monteiro, P.; Évora, M.; Marreiros, J.; Assis, S.; Nora, D.; Matias, R.; Simões, C. (2016)- O projeto de investigação arqueológica ecoplis – ocupação humana plistocénica nos ecótonos do rio lis: enquadramento, objetivos e primeiros resultados. Cadernos de estudos leirienses – 11.
Paixão, E; Freire, J. (2016) – Preliminar report -Escavação arqueológica Cavidade Cársica C6 “Oliveiras 1”- Report
Pereira, T.; Paixão, E.; Monteiro, P. (2016) – Final report – Abrigo da Buraca da Moira – Report.
Pereira, T.; Paixão, E.; Monteiro, P. (2016)- Final report – Gruta da Buraca da Moira – Report.
MEETINGS
Oral presentation
2017 Escárzaga, A.; Hernández, H.; Gonçalo L.; Paixão, E.; Ramos, T.; Romero, A.; Suárez Revilla, R. (2017) - Presente y Futuro de las Jornadas de Jóvenes en Investigación Arqueológica (JIA): reuniones científicas por y para jóvenes investigadoras e investigadores. JIA (Jornadas de jovens em investigação arqueologica). Burgos. Espanha 2016 Marreiros, J.; Paixão, E.; Farias,A.; Andrade; C., Nora, D., Martins, R.; Pereira, T. (2016)
- Linking Geringonça and Schmidt hammer results to infer lithic raw material quality.
Raw Materials 2016. Faro. Portugal
Pereira, T.; Paixão, E.; Farias, A.; Andrade, C., Carvalho, V.; Carvalho, S. (2016)- Raw material diversity, distribution and acquisition in the River Lis Basin, Central Portugal. Raw Materials 2016. Faro. Portugal
Pereira, T.; Carvalho, S.; Holiday, T.; Paixão, E.; Monteiro, P.; Assis, S.; Marreiros, J.; Évora, M. (2016) - EcoPLis- Ocupação humana nos ecótonos do rio Lis, resultado dos trabalhos de 2015. Apresentação por convite no Museu de Leiria.
Pereira, T., Paixão, E., Figueiredo, O. (2016) - Cobrinhos: Emergência num novo sitio Mustierense (Vila Velha de Ródão) Encontro Arqueologia em Portugal: Recuperar o passado. Museu Nacional de Arqueologia
Pereira, T., Figueiredo, O., Paixão, E., Henriques, F., Caninas, J., Nora, D., Évora, M., Maio, D., Carvalho, E., Mendes, C., Gil, C., Pereira, A., Monteiro, M., Raposo, L. 2016 Dois novos sítios Paleolíticos em Vila Velha de Ródão: Cobrinhos e Monte da Revelada, III jornadas de Arqueologia do Vale do Tejo (Vila Velha de Ródão, Portugal).
Monteiro, P.; Matias, R.; Pereira, T. ; Carvalho, V. ; Holliday, T. ; Paixão, E. ; Assis, S. ; Marreiros, J. ; Évora, M. (2016)- Through the thin mesh - bucket flotation method applied to EcoPLis Project: fieldwork from 2015 experience. EAA Annual Meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2015 Paixão, E.; Caninas, J.; Carvalho, E.; Figueiredo, O.; Henriques, F.; Maio, D.; Mendes, C.; Nora, David; Pereira, André; Pereira, T.; Raposo, L.. (2015)- The Mousterian site of Cobrinhos, Vila Velha de Ródão (Portugal). II Internacional conference of archeology of Castelo Branco region. Castelo Branco. Portugal.
Nora, D.; Paixão, E.; Figueiredo, O. (2015) - As cristas dos neandertais: o aprovisionamento de quartzito no Paleolítico Médio no sítio de Cobrinhos (Rodão, Portugal). JIA (Jornadas de Jovens em Investigação Arqueológica) Lisboa. Portugal. Cascalheira, J.; Bicho, N.; Gonçalves, C.; Marreiros, J.; Paixão, E.; T. Pereira (2015) - Internal layout and functional organization of Mesolithic shellmiddens: New insights from
Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge, Portugal). 9th International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe. Belgrade. Serbia
Monteiro, P., Cascalheira, J.; Marreiros, J.; Pereira, T.; Umbelino., C.; Dias, R.; Gonçalves, C.; Figueiredo, O.; Évora, M.; Paixão, E.; Bicho, N. and Zapata, L. (2015) - A thousand years in flames: A diachronical perspective on fuelwood use in Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge shellmiddens, Portugal) 9th International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe. Belgrade. Serbia
Cunha, C. ; UmbeL., C.; Gonçalves, C.; Figueiredo, O.; Cascalheira, J.; Marreiros, J.; T., P; Paixão, E.; Monteiro, P.; Évora, M.; Dias, R.; Bicho, N.(2015)- Cultural change or dental pathology? Dental analysis of two human burials from Cabeço da Amoreira shell mound (Muge, Portugal) 9th International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe. Belgrade. Serbia
2014 Paixão, E.; Cascalheira, J.; Marreiros, J.; Pereira, T.; Bicho, N. (2014)- Technological approaches to stone tool production: The case of layer 2 of Mesolithic Shelmidens of Cabeço da Amoreira, Muge (Portugal). 79 th meeting of the Society for American archeology. Austin, Texas. E.U.A.
Pereira, T.; Bicho, N.; Cascalheira, J.; Infantini, L.; Marreiros, J.; Paixão, E. (2014)- Territory and abiotic economy between 33 and 15,6 ka at Vale Boi (SW Portugal). UISPP.
Burgos. Espanha
Pereira, Telmo; Bicho, N.; Cascalheira, J.; Dias, R.; Paixão, E.; Figueiredo, o.; Gonçalves, C.; Marreiros, J.; Monteiro, P. (2014)- Testing the impact of coastal environments in social inequality through lithic raw materials. 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for the American Archaeology (Austin, USA).
Goncalves, Célia; Cascalheira, J.; Dias, R.; Monteiro, P.; Paixão, E. (2014)- Piece by Piece: GIS Spatial Analysis at Cabeço da Amoreira, a Mesolithic Shellmidden in Central Portugal. 79 th meeting of the Society for American archeology. Austin, Texas. E.U.A. Cascalheira, J.; Paixão, E.; Bicho, N. (2014)- On the border: The lithic assemblages from the Trench área of Cabeço da Amoreira Shellmidden (Central Portugal). 79 th meeting of the Society for American archeology. Austin, Texas. E.U.A. Marreiros, J.; Paixão, E.; Bicho, N.; Gibaja, J. (2014)- Living and hunting during the Mesolithic. Lithic funcional analysis from the Cabeço da Amoreira Shellmidden (Muge, Portugal). 79 th meeting of the Society for American archeology. Austin, Texas. E.U.A.
Poster contributions
2017 Paixão, E.; Marreiro, J., Gibaja, J.; Pereira, T.; Bicho, N. (2017) - 3D modeling to help the understand of Ground stones wear-traces: Experimental program in Quartzite and Greywacke. Ground stone artifacts and society – International conference on quarrying, production, function, and exchange of ground stone artifacts. Mainz. Germany.
Pereira, T.; Carvalho, V.; Holliday, T; Paixão, E.; Monteiro, P.; Marreiros, J.; Assis, S.; Évora, M.; Dias, R.; Duarte, C.; Matias, R.; Nora, D.; Pereira, J. (2017) - EcoPlis: Human Occupations in the Pleistocene Ecotones of River Lis (Portugal) Paleoanthropology society meeting. Vancouver. Canada
2016 Paixão, E.; Marreiro, J., Gibaja, Juan; Pereira, T.; Cascalheira, J.; Bicho, N. (2016) - Testing raw-material suitability for Ground stones: Experimental program in Quartzite and Greywacke. Raw Materials 2016. Faro. Portugal.
Assis, S.; Branco, R.; Carvalho, V.; Dias, R.; Duarte.; Évora, M.; Farias, A.; Holliday, T.; Marreiros, J.; Matias, R.; Monteiro P.; Nora, D.; Paixão, E.; Pereira, T. (2016) - Uma possível fratura de avulsão num fragmento de ulna recuperado no complexo cársico com ocupação pré-histórica, do sítio da buraca da moira (boa vista, leiria). V jornadas Portuguesas de Paleopatologia. Coimbra. Portugal
Pereira, T.; Carvalho, V.; Holliday, T.; Évora, M.; Monteiro, P.; Paixão, E.; Marreiros, J.; Assis, S.; Dias, R.; Duarte, C.; Matias, R.; Farias, A.; Nora, D.; Branco, R. (2016)- . ecoplis: characterizing the prehistoric human occupations in the lis river basin (portugal). Eaa annual meeting 2016 – vilnius, lithuania.
2015 Pereira, Telmo; Caninas, J.; Carvalho, E.; Figueiredo, O.; Henriques, Francisco; Maio, D.; Mendes, C.; Nora, D.; Paixão, E.; Pereira, A.; Raposo, L.. (2015)- Cobrinhos, A new Mousterian site in Vila Velha de Ródão (Portugal). Paleoanthropology society meeting. São Francisco. USA
Marreiros, J.; Paixão, E.; Gibaja, Juan F.; Pereira, T., Cascalheira, J. and Bicho, N. (2015)- Living and hunting during the Mesolithic in the Cabeço da Amoreira shellmidden (Muge, Portugal): Preliminary lithic use-wear analysis. 9th International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe.
2014 Paixão, E.. (2014)- Geometric tool production in the Muge Mesolithic shellmidens (Portugal): The case of layer 2 of Cabeço da Amoreira. JIA(Jornadas de jovens em investigação arqueologica). Vitoria Gaitez. Spain
2013 Paixão, E.; Marreiros, J.; Carcalheira, J.; Pereira, T.; Bicho, N. (2013) – Technological aproches on chert stone tool production in the Mesolithic of Muge (Portuguese Extremadura). 19º Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archeologists. Pilsen, Czech Republic
Carcalheira, J..; Marreiros, J.;Paixão, E.; Pereira, T.; Bicho, N.(2013) -Techno-typological analysis of the lithic materials from the Trench area of Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge, Central Portugal)
2012 Paixão, E.; Pereira, T.; Haws, J.;Benedetti, M.;Gibaja, J.; Bicho, N.( (2012) - Mira Nascente, a Late Pleistocene Site in Southwest Iberia. Paleometings 2012. USA.
Meetings organization Scientific Committee
Since 2013
JIA 2011 – IV Jornadas de Jovens em Investigação Arqueológica (Conference of Young researchers in Archaeology).
Secretariat
2016 Raw material exploitation in Prehistory: Sourcing, processing and distribution. March 2016, Faro. Portugal
2013 Muge 150th – 150th anniversary of the discovery of the Mesolithic Shellmiddens (Salvaterra de Magos, Portugal).
Volunteer
2013 Muge 150th – 150th anniversary of the discovery of the Mesolithic Shellmiddens (Salvaterra de Magos, Portugal).
2012 Use-Wear 2012: International conference on Use-Wear Analysis (University of Algarve, Portugal).
77th Meeting of the Society for the American Archaeology (Memphis, USA).
2011 JIA 2011 – IV Jornadas de Jovens em Investigação Arqueológica (University of Algarve, Portugal).
Scientific Reviewer
2017 Scientific Reviewer in publications of Temporis[ação]. Universidade Estadual de Goiás. Brazil ISSN: 2317-5516
FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE Scientific coordinator
2017 Emergence archaeology: Excavation in cave context (Portimão, Portugal)
2016/2015 Gruta da Buraca da Moira. Leiria (Portugal) Project: EcoPLis -Human Ocupations in the Pleistocene Ecotones of River Lis.
Abrigo da Buraca da Moira. Leiria (Portugal)
Project: EcoPLis -Human Ocupations in the Pleistocene Ecotones of River Lis.
Abrigo do Poço. Leiria (Portugal) Project: EcoPLis -Human Ocupations in the Pleistocene Ecotones of River Lis.
Midle Paleolithic site of “Praia do Pedrogão” (Portugal) Project: EcoPLis -Human Ocupations in the Pleistocene Ecotones of River Lis.
Emergence archeology: Middle Paleolithic site of Cobrinhos (Vila Velha de Ródão, Portugal)
2015 Archaeological work at the Paleolithic site of Gruta Nova da Columbeira. Bombarral (Portugal)
Field work – Field coordinator
2015 Abrigo do Poço. Leiria (Portugal) Project: EcoPLis -Human Ocupations in the Pleistocene Ecotones of River Lis.
2014 Excavation: Paleolithic site of Vale Boi (Portugal) (project: PTDC/HIS-ARQ/117540/2010-NEHMO-“Os últimos Neandertais e a emergência do Homem Moderno no Sudoeste da Peninsula Iberica / UNIARQ”).
Excavation: Mesolithic site of Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge, Portugal).( project : PTDC/HIS-ARQ/112156/2009– MugeOrigens - "Os últimos caçadores-recoletores de Muge (Portugal): as origens da complexidade social" na Universidade do Algarve).
Field work – volunteer
2014 Emergence archeology: Middle Paleolithic site of Cobrinhos (Vila Velha de Ródão, Portugal)
2013 Excavation of the Mesolithic site of Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge, Portugal). Coordination: Dr. Nuno Bicho (University of Algarve).
2012 Excavations of the Palaeolithic site of Vale Boi (Portugal). Coordination: Dr. Nuno Bicho (University of Algarve).
Excavations of the Palaeolithic site of Le Ferrasie (France). Coordination: Dr. Harold Dibble (University of Pennsylvania).
Excavations of the Palaeolithic site of Le Gane (France). Coordination: Dr. Harold Dibble (University of Pennsylvania).
2011 Excavation of the Calcolithic site Ribeira da Lagoa Seca (Nazaré, Portugal). Coordination: Dr. Jonathan Haws (University of Louisville).
Excavations of the Palaeolithic site of Irikaitz (Spain). Coordination: Dr. Alvaro Arrizabalaga (University of Basque Country).
Laboratorial work
2014 Laboratorial work on treatment and organizing of Paleolithic and Mesolithic archeological materials (Laboratory of Archaeology and Human Evolution, University of Algarve) Laboratorial work - Volunteer
2012 Materials recovered from the excavation of the Palaeolithic site of Vale Boi (Portugal). Coordination: Dr. Nuno Bicho (University of Algarve).
Materials recovered from the excavation of the Palaeolithic site of Le Ferrasie (France). Coordination: Dr. Harold Dibble (University of Pennsylvania).
Materials recovered from the excavation of the Palaeolithic site of Le Gane (France). Coordination: Dr. Harold Dibble (University of Pennsylvania).
2011 Materials recovered from the excavation of the Palaeolithic site of Irikaitz (Spain). Coordination: Dr. Alvaro Arrizabalaga (University of Basque Country).
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIP Leadership Position
Since 2014
President of NAP (Students archeology association of University of Algarve) Member
Since 2014
ICArEHB - Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior AIA- Archeology Institute of America
Since 2013
EAA – European Association of Archaeologists. SAA – Society for the American Archaeology. Since
2009
NAP – Students archeology association of University of Algarve.
LANGUAGE SKILLS Portuguese Native speaker
English Good
Spanish Good
