Eudald Carbonell i Roura (born 17 February 1953, Ribes de Freser, Girona) is a Spanish archaeologist, anthropologist and paleontologist.

Eudald Carbonell
Eudald Carbonell at Atapuerca
Eudald Carbonell at Atapuerca
Born(1953-02-17)February 17, 1953
NationalitySpanish
CitizenshipSpain
EducationPhD in Geology of the Quaternary from Pierre and Marie Curie University (1986)
PhD in History from University of Barcelona (1988)
Scientific career
Fieldsarchaeology, anthropology, paleontology

Educated in Girona, Barcelona and Paris, he holds a PhD in geology of the Quaternary from Pierre and Marie Curie University (1986), and one in history from the University of Barcelona (1988).

In June 2015, he left the direction of the Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social[1] to be professor at the University of Rovira and Virgili in Tarragona.[2] He also serves as co-director of the excavations at the archaeological site of Atapuerca, together with José María Bermúdez de Castro and Juan Luis Arsuaga.[3]

His findings include the discovery of Homo antecessor,[4][5] and well-preserved remains of Homo heidelbergensis.[6]

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Scientific journals edit

  • Carbonell, E., M. Mosquera, A. Ollé, X. P. Rodríguez Álvarez, M. Sahnouni, R. Sala, and J. M. Vergès. 2001. Structure morphotechnique de l'industrie lithique du Pléistocène inférieur et moyen d'Atapuerca (Burgos, Espagne). L'Anthropologie 105:259-280
  • Aguirre, E. and E. Carbonell (2001). "Early human expansions on Eurasia: The Atapuerca evidence." Quaternary International 75: 11–8.
  • Bermúdez de Castro, J.M., Carbonell, E & Arsuaga, J.L. (ed) (1999). Gran Dolina Site: TD6 Aurora Stratum (Burgos, Spain). J. of Human Evolution, 37: 309-700
  • Arsuaga, J.L., Lorenzo, C., Carretero, J.M., Gracia, A., Martínez, I., García, N., Bermúdez de Castro, J.M. & Carbonell, E. (1999). A complete human pelvis from the Middle Pleistocene of Spain. Nature 399, 255–258.
  • Carbonell, E., M. Mosquera, et al. (1999). "Out of Africa: The Dispersal of the Earliest Technical Systems Reconsidered." J. of Anthropol. Archaeol. 18: 119–136.
  • Carbonell, E. & Vaquero, M. (1998). Behavioral Complexity and Biocultural Change in Europe Around Forty Thousand Years Ago. J. of Anthropol. Res. 54, 373–397.
  • Bermúdez de Castro, J.M., Arsuaga, J.L., Carbonell, E., Rosas, A., Martínez, I. & Mosquera, M. (1997). A Hominid from the Lower Pleistocene of Atapuerca, Spain: Possible Ancestor to Neandertals and Modern Humans. Science 276, 1392–5.
  • Carbonell, E. & Vaquero, M., eds. (1996). The Last Neandertals - The First Anatomically Modern Humans. Cultural Change and Human Evolution: The Crisis at 40 Ka BP: Ed. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Tarragona.
  • Carbonell, E., Bermúdez de Castro, J.M., Arsuaga, J.L., Díez, J.C., Rosas, A., Cuenca-Bescos, G., Sala, R., Mosquera, M. & Rodriguez, X.P. (1995). Lower Pleistocene Hominids and Artifacts from Atapuerca-TD6 (Spain). Science 269, 826–832.
  • Castro-Curel, Z. & Carbonell, E. (1995). Wood Pseudomorphs From Level I at Abric Romaní, Barcelona, Spain. J. of Field Archaeol. 22, 376–84.
  • Carbonell, E., Giralt, S. & Vaquero, M. (1994). Abric Romani (Capellades, Barcelone, Espagne): Une importante séquence anthropisée du Pléistocene Supérieur. Bull. de la Soc. Préhist. Franç. 91, 47–55.
  • Carbonell, E. & Rodriguez, X.P. (1994). Early Middle Pleistocene deposits and artefacts in the Gran Dolina site (TD4) of the 'Sierra de Atapuerca' (Burgos, Spain). J. of Human Evol. 26, 291–311.
  • Carbonell, E. Guilbaud, M. & Mora R. (1984), “Élaboration d’un système d’analyse pour l’étude des éclats bruts de débitage,” Dialektikê. Cahiers de typologie analytique, 10, pp. 22–31.

References edit

  1. ^ "Eudald Carbonell deja la dirección del Institut de Paleoecología Humana de Tarragona". El Periódico (in Spanish). Grupo Zeta. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Eudald Carbonell deja la dirección del IPHES y vuelve a la docencia en la URV". Diari Digital de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili (in Spanish). Universitat Rovira i Virgili. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. ^ Miranda, Roberto (24 November 2004). "Eudald Carbonell CODIRECTOR DE LA EXCAVACION DE ATAPUERCA : "La técnica es la adquisición que nos hace humanos"". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Zaragoza: Grupo Zeta. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Hallados en Atapuerca dos nuevos restos del Homo antecesor". El País (in Spanish). Burgos: Prisa. 21 July 2003. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  5. ^ EFE (22 July 2003). "Descubren en Atapuerca dos nuevos restos de la especie "Homo antecesor"". Diario de León. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Descubiertos en Atapuerca restos del Heidelbergensis de hace 400000 años". La Razón (in Spanish). 20 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

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