Talks & posters
29 conference papers and posters since 2012, from ESHE and the EAA to the Paleoanthropology Society and INQUA.
2024
Controlled experiments to explore decision-making processes in raw material selection and use during the Early Acheulian at Melka Wakena, Ethiopia
14th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution (ESHE)
Paixão, E., Gossa, T., Gneisinger, W., Marreiros, J., Tholen, S., Calandra, I., Hovers, E.
Hidden, submerged and obliterated contexts from the Lis basin
30th EAA Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy
Pereira, T., Monteiro, P., Paixão, E., Nora, D., Assis, S., Simões, C., Detry, C., et al.
2023
Understanding raw material variability in early percussive tools: exploring the Acheulean of Melka Wakena through laboratory mechanical experiments
XXI INQUA Congress, Rome, Italy
Paixão, E., Gneisinger, W., Marreiros, J., Gossa, T., Hovers, E.
Deciphering early hominin decision-making behavior: high-resolution analysis of percussive stone tools from the African Acheulian
Paleoanthropology Society Meeting, Portland, USA
Paixão, E., Gossa, T., Gneisinger, W., Marreiros, J., Hovers, E.
Canyons as refuge areas during the Last Glacial Maximum in Western Eurasia
EAA Annual Meeting, Belfast, UK
Pereira, T., Monteiro, P., Haws, J., Benedetti, M., Carvalho, M., Friedl, L., Paixão, E., et al.
2019
3D quantification methods to characterize ground stone tools use: application to the analyses of Unit V of Nesher Ramla (Middle Paleolithic, Central Levant)
3rd Meeting of the Association for Ground Stone Tools Research, “Ground Stone Tools and Past Foodways”
Paixão, E., Marreiros, J., Prévost, M., Dubreuil, L., Zaidner, Y.
Traceology 2.0: developing experimental programs combining material properties, variable control and use-wear quantification
25th EAA Annual Meeting, Bern, Switzerland
Marreiros, J., Calandra, I., Gneisinger, W., Pedergnana, A., Schunk, L., Paixão, E.
Looking for better answers by using improved methods? Rethinking traceological experiments, and the importance of standardization, protocols, sample preparation and mechanical apparatus
Hugo Obermaier Society Annual Meeting
Gneisinger, W., Calandra, I., Pedergnana, A., Paixão, E., Marreiros, J.
2018
Ground breaking technologies in the Middle Paleolithic of the Levant: high resolution functional analyses of ground stone tools
8th Annual ESHE Meeting
Paixão, E., Marreiros, J., Malinsky-Buller, A., Gneisinger, W.
Raw material procurement at Abrigo do Poço rockshelter (Central Portugal)
XVIII UISPP World Congress, Paris, France
Pereira, T., Paixão, E., Marreiros, J., Nora, D.
The Laboratory for Traceology and Controlled Experiments (TraCEr), MONREPOS-RGZM: rethinking experimental design, variable control and use-wear quantification
AWRANA Conference, Nice, France
Marreiros, J., Calandra, I., Pedergnana, A., Schunk, L., Paixão, E., Gneisinger, W.
Cleaning stone tool surfaces prior to microscopic scanning: toward an experimentally tested protocol
24th EAA Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain
Pedergnana, A., Gneisinger, W., Calandra, I., Paixão, E., Schunk, L., Marreiros, J.
2017
3D modeling to help the understanding of ground stone wear traces: experimental program in quartzite and greywacke
International Conference on Quarrying, Production, Function, and Exchange of Ground Stone Artifacts, Mainz, Germany
Paixão, E., Marreiros, J., Gibaja, J., Pereira, T., Bicho, N.
EcoPLis: human occupations in the Pleistocene ecotones of River Lis (Portugal), the 2015–2016 results
Annual Meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society, Vancouver, Canada
Pereira, T., Carvalho, V., Holliday, T., Paixão, E., Évora, M., Assis, S., Nora, D., et al.
Abrigo da Buraca da Moira, Leiria: resultados preliminares do projeto EcoPLis
II Congresso da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses, Lisbon, Portugal
Nora, D., Monteiro, P., Paixão, E., Assis, S., Évora, M., Duarte, C., Marreiros, J., et al.
Limitações e desafios na análise paleopatológica de vestígios ósseos humanos desarticulados: o caso do Abrigo da Buraca da Moira, Leiria, Portugal
VI Jornadas Portuguesas de Paleopatologia, Coimbra, Portugal
Assis, S., Holliday, T., Carvalho, V., Monteiro, P., Paixão, E., Nora, D., et al.
2016
Testing raw-material suitability for ground stones: experimental program in quartzite and greywacke
Raw Materials Exploitation in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution, Faro, Portugal
Paixão, E., Marreiros, J., Gibaja, J., Pereira, T., Cascalheira, J., Bicho, N.
A jazida moustierense de Cobrinhos, Vila Velha de Ródão (Portugal)
II Congresso Internacional de Arqueologia da Região de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Paixão, E., Caninas, J., Carvalho, E., Figueiredo, O., Henriques, F., Maio, D., Mendes, C., et al.
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
Pereira, T., Figueiredo, O., Paixão, E., Henriques, F., Caninas, J., Évora, M., Maio, D., et al.
EcoPLis: characterizing the prehistoric human occupations in the Lis river basin (Portugal)
22nd EAA Annual Meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania
Pereira, T., Carvalho, V., Holliday, T., Évora, M., Monteiro, P., Paixão, E., Marreiros, J., et al.
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
Assis, S., Branco, R., Carvalho, V., Dias, R., Évora, M., Farias, A., et al.
2015
Cobrinhos, a new Mousterian site in Vila Velha de Ródão (Portugal)
Paleoanthropology Society Meeting, San Francisco, USA
Pereira, T., Caninas, J., Carvalho, E., Figueiredo, O., Henriques, F., Maio, D., Mendes, C., et al.
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
Marreiros, J., Paixão, E., Gibaja, J., Pereira, T., Cascalheira, J., Bicho, N.
2014
Technological approaches to stone tool production: the case of layer 2 of the Mesolithic shellmidden of Cabeço da Amoreira, Muge (Portugal)
79th Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, USA
Paixão, E., Cascalheira, J., Marreiros, J., Pereira, T., Bicho, N.
Geometric tool production in the Muge Mesolithic shellmiddens (Portugal): the case of layer 2 of Cabeço da Amoreira
JIA — Jornadas de Jóvenes en Investigación Arqueológica, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Paixão, E.
2013
Technological approaches on chert stone tool production in the Mesolithic of Muge (Portuguese Estremadura)
EAA Annual Meeting
Paixão, E., Marreiros, J., Cascalheira, J., Pereira, T., Gibaja, J., Bicho, N.
Techno-typological analysis of the lithic materials from the Trench area of Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge, Central Portugal)
Muge 150th
Cascalheira, J., Marreiros, J., Paixão, E., Pereira, T., Bicho, N.
A multidisciplinary approach to death: the study case of Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge, Portugal)
VI Jornadas de Jóvenes en Investigación Arqueológica, Barcelona, Spain
Figueiredo, O., Cascalheira, J., Dias, R., Gonçalves, C., Marreiros, J., Monteiro, P., Paixão, E., et al.
2012
Mira Nascente, a Late Pleistocene site in Southwest Iberia
Paleoanthropology Society Meeting
Paixão, E., Pereira, T., Haws, J., Benedetti, M., Gibaja, J., Bicho, N.