CRC 806 - Project Affiliation:

Project C1
Settlement Patterns and Climate Change in the Late Pleistocene of the Western Mediterranean - A Synthesis

Scientific Interests:

• Palaeopalynology
• Palaeoenvironment
• Adaptive hominin behaviour
• Quaternary Research

Ph.D. Research Topic:

Palaeoenvironmental evolution in SW Iberia during the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene: a multi-proxy approach.

Supervisor: Prof.Dr. Klaus Reicherter and Prof.Dr. José Antonio López-Sáez

Curriculum Vitae:

Education:

Since 2019: Ph.D. position at the Institute of Neotectonics and Natural Hazards, RWTH Aachen University.

2015: M.A. in Quaternary and Prehistory, Polytechnic Institute of Tomar and University of Trás-os-Montes Alto Douro (Portugal). Master thesis: "Ocupação pré-histórica e mudanças paleoambientais na planície costeira sul-catarinense: abordagem integrada com base em dados palinológicos".

2012: B.A. in History, orientation: Prehistory and Archaeology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain).

Publications:

Val-Peón, C., Expósito, I., Soto, M., Burjachs, F. (2019). A taphonomic approach to the pollen assemblage from layer Mof the Abric Romaní archaeological site (NE Iberian Peninsula). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 270:19-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.07.004

Val-Peón, C., Cancelli, R., Santos, L., Soares, A. (2019). Prehistoric occupation and palaeoenvironmental changes along Santa Catarina's Coastal Plain, Brazil: An integrated approach based on palynological data. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 23:983-992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.11.017.

Conference Contributions/Workshops:

2019:

Eichner, D., Feist, L., Val-Peón, C., Bellanova, P., Costa, P.J.M., Brückner, H., Reicherter, K., Santisteban, J.I. The offshore footprint of the 1755 Lisbon tsunami – micropaleontological and palynological analyses. 37^th Annual Conference of the Working Group “Geography of Seas and Coasts”, 9^th-10^th May 2019 - University of Cologne (Germany).

2018:

Val-Peón, C., Expósito, I., Burjachs, F., Vallverdú, J., Carbonell, E. What happens with pollen grains in hearths? Taphonomic approach to the pollen record from Abric Romaní level M (NE Iberian Peninsula). 24^thAnnual Meeting European Association of Archaeologists, 5^th- 8^th September 2018 -Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain).

Val-Peón, C., Cancelli, R.R., Novasco, R. V., Cerezer, J. F., Schwengber,V. L. Landscapes & Archaeology: settlement patterns in the South-Central Coast of Santa Catarina (Brazil) in front of palaeoenvironmental changes. XVIII UISPP Congress, 4^th-9^th June 2018- Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (France).

Chacón, M.G., Marín, J., Saladié, P., Vallverdú, J., Gómez de Soler, B., Romagnoli, F., Bargalló, A., Gabucio, M. J., Soto Campeny, G., Pineda, T., Tellez, E. M., Burguet-Coca, A., Expósito, I., Val-Peón, C., Burjachs, F., Allué, E., Férnandez-García, M., López-García, J., Rodríguez-Hidalgo, A., Vaquero, M., Carbonell, E. What happened at the Abric Romaní site (Capellades, Barcelona) during the Middle Paleolithic? 60^th Hugo Obermaier Annual Meeting, 3^rd -7^th April 2018- University Rovira i Virgili (Spain).

Val-Peón, C., Expósito, I., Burguet-Coca, A., Burjachs, F. Multiproxy approach to the study of pollen taphonomy: the corroded pollen grains from Abric Romaní level M (NE Iberian Peninsula). Integrated Microscopy Approaches in Archaeobotany, 24^th -25^th February 2018 - University of Reading (England).

2017:

Val-Peón, C. Neanderthal Landscapes: palaeoenvironmental evolution during MIS 5, 4 and 3 in Western Mediterranean based on the palynological record from Abric Romaní and El Salt sites. Archaeobotany Seminar, 2^nd November 2017- Catalan Institute of Human Palaeoecology and Social Evolution/IPHES (Spain).

Val-Peón, C., Morales-Hidalgo, J.I., Cebrià, A., Expósito, I., Albalat, D., Gómez, M., Burjachs, F. Environmental evolution between Late Neolithic and Late Bronze Age in the NE Iberian Peninsula. Les Madrigueres: a case study. Mediterranean Palynology Symposium, 4^th -6^th September 2017-Asociación de Palinólogos de Lengua Española (Spain) / Gruppo di Palinologia e Paleobotanica della Società Botanica Italiana (Italy) / Association des Palynologues de Langue Française (France).

2015:

Cancellli, R. R., Barboza, E. G., Campos, J. B., Santos, M. C. P., Val-Peón, C.., Zocche, J. J. Paleoambientes, Geomorfologia e Arqueologia da Região Sul de Santa Catarina. XV Congresso da Associação Brasileira de Estudos do Quaternário (ABEQUA), 18^th -23^rd October 2015 - Associação Brasileira de Estudos do Quaternário (Brazil).

Field Work:

2018:

La Guinardera (St. Martí de Tous, Spain).

Abric Romaní (Capellades, Spain).

Cova Eirós (Triacastela, Spain).

El Mirador-Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain).

2017:

Abric Romaní (Capellades, Spain).

El Salt (Alcoi, Spain).

Hohle Fels (Blaubeuren, Germany).

Pego (Valencia, Spain).

2016:

Abric Romaní (Capellades, Spain).

2015:

Araranguá (Santa Catarina, Brazil).

2014:

Buruanga Peninsula (Panay Island, Philippines).

Sablayan (Occidental Mindoro, Philippines).

2013:

Valle Giumentina (Abbateggio, Italy).

Isserts dolmen (Saint-Jean de la Blaquière, France).

2009:

Cova Eirós (Triacastela, Spain).

2008:

Valdavara (Becerreá, Spain).