Research Group in Bioarchaeology, Paleoclimate and Social Transformations (BioPrehistory)... in Prehistory aims to understand past human societies and their relationship with the environment through the study of material remains recovered in archaeological sites, especially those of biological origin.
The group currently develops research lines in the field of hunter-gatherer archaeology, focusing on the reconstruction of the social dynamics of human groups from a diachronic perspective.
Furthermore, work on paleoclimatic and paleoecological reconstruction is carried out, with the aim of establishing the relationship between human societies and the environment, as well as the influence that climate may have had on human behavior, particularly through isotopic and elemental analysis of various materials.
In the field of Bioarchaeology, the BioPrehistory group carries out work primarily linked to the analysis of mollusks and other coastal resources, as well as the study of prehistoric shellmiddens, while also branching into other areas such as the funerary world, taphonomy, and ethnoarchaeology.
BioPrehistory (Bioarqueología, Paleoclima y Transformaciones Sociales en la Prehistoria)
From another perspective, malacological materials are also analyzed through the field of traceology or functional analysis, focusing in this case on the documentation and interpretation of the technological use of these resources.
Finally, the research group has recently begun to address a social and identity perspective on the symbolic use associated with bioarchaeological materials, primarily through the study of personal ornaments.
This line of research is being developed through an interdisciplinary approach that is fundamental to experimental archaeology, the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), or Social Network Analysis (SNA) for the study of these materials.
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