Welcome! I’m an archaeologist, currently working at the Laboratory for Traceology and Controlled Experiments (TraCEr) at MONREPOS (www.tracermonrepos-blog.com), Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution, LEIZA (https://www.leiza.de/) in Neuwied, Germany. I’m also an Associated Researcher at the ICArEHB, Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior, University of Algarve (http://www.icarehb.com/). I’m interested on unraveling early hominin technological evolution, with special fascination on understanding how stone tools were designed, produced, and used in the past. My main interests are focused on the study of why, how, and what for humans transform their technological system and what can those changes tell us about past human behavioral dynamics.

I found intriguing how technological choices made in the past guided us to what we are today. So, to investigate this topic, I focus on three main lines of study: 1) understanding when and where the design and production of stone tools change over time (artefact analysis and field work), 2) the association between tool design (different forms) and tool used, and ultimately, 3) why humans changed the way they design and used their tools, and what does this tell us about changes on the evolution of human behavior (mainly via lab experimentation).

To address these questions my methodological approach combines different discipline such as, techno-typological analysis, raw material characterization and use-wear analysis (i.e. traceology) and experimental replication.

This website is about my research on Pleistocene Archaeology! The main aim of this personal and independent webpage is to disseminate my research, share data and details about my projects in the lab and field. Feel free to contact me if you have any ideas and/or inputs! They’re all very welcome!

I’ll be regularly updating this site with news on my projects, brief intros to my most recente published papers and other research material. Additionally, you can also find me online on Twitter, GitHub and ResearchGate.