Main archaeological sites used for the Doctoral Research Projects

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The archaeological sites that Doctoral Candidates will use as a part of their IRP are well dated and excavated sites, with suitable data sets to achieve the objectives of this Doctoral Programme. The Doctoral Candidates will tackle the differences in environmental and climatic signals, as well the identification criteria for these types of small vertebrates from Prehistoric times, analysed in different European biogeographic regions, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Continental.

Locality	Country	Chronological Range	Context	References
Bramka Rockshelter	Poland	ca. 10000 yr	Early Mesolithic	Kot et al., 2022
Sąsposka Zachodnia Cave	Poland	ca. 10000-3500 yr	Final Paleolithic-Bronze age	Berto et al. 2022a
Ciasna Cave	Poland	11933-11403 cal BP	Final Paleolithic	Berto et al. 2022a
Tunel Wielki Cave	Poland	ca. 30000-14000 yr	Final Paleolithic	Berto et al. 2021a
Koziarnia Cave	Poland	45000-29000 cal BP	Middle-Upper Paleolithic Transition	Berto et al. 2021b
Łabajowa Cave	Poland	ca. 20000-18000 yr	Upper Paleolithic	Grycewska et al., 2023
Pod Oknem Cave	Poland	Late Pleistocene	Middle-Upper Paleolithic	Not published
Raj Cave	Poland	Late Pleistocene	Middle Paleolithic	Excavation in 2024
Gigny (Jura)	France	ca. >32000-12400 yr	Middle-Upper Paleolithic	Chaline et al. 1995
Blénien (Alsace)	France	Late Pleistocene	Upper Paleolithic	Not published
Pradelles (Charente)	France	ca. 80000-45000 yr	Middle Paleolithic	Royer et al. 2013
Peyrazet (Lot)	France	16600-14400 cal BP	Upper Paleolithic	Royer et al. 2021
Roc de Marsal (Dordogne)	France	Late Pleistocene	Middle Paleolithic	Not published
Amange	France	ca. 30000-20000 yr	Upper Paleolithic	Arbez et al. 2021
Grotta della Cala	Italy	Late Pleistocene	Middle-Upper Paleolithic	Under study
Grotta della Ferrovia	Italy	24600-19600 cal BP	Upper Paleolithic	Ceregatti et al. 2023
Fumane cave	Italy	49350-35041 cal BP	Middle to Upper Paleolithic	López-García et al. 2015a
Grotta del Sambuco	Italy	28000-27490 cal BP	Upper Paleolithic	Luzi et al. 2022
Grotta dei Santi	Italy	50000-40000 yr	Middle Paleolithic	Moroni et al. 2019
Pian di Landro	Italy	Late Pleistocene	Upper Paleolithic	Under study
Romito Cave	Italy	27900-12700 cal BP	Upper Paleolithic	López-García et al. 2014; Berto et al. 2022c
Caverna degli Orsi	Italy	ca. 60000-20000 yr	Middle Paleolithic	Berto & Rubinato, 2013
El Salt	Spain	47200-44700 yr	Middle Paleolithic	Fagoaga et al. 2021
Abric del Pastor	Spain	72000-43000 yr	Middle Paleolithic	Rory Conolly et al., 2019
El Mirador	Spain	ca. 24000-3500 yr	Neolithic-Bronze age	Bañuls-Cardona et al. 2017
El Portalón	Spain	30000-17000 yr	Upper Paleolithic	López-García et al. 2010
Cova del Gegant	Spain	65000-49000 yr	Middle Paleolithic	López-García et al. 2011a
Cova del Cudó	Spain	31200-13000 cal BP	Upper Paleolithic	Arjanto et al. 2022
Abric Romaní	Spain	56000-41000 yr	Middle Pal. - Neanderthal	Fagoaga et al. 2023
Teixoneres cave	Spain	60000-30000 yr	Middle Pal. - Neanderthal	Fernández-García et al. 2022
Gorham's cave	UK	32500-12600 cal BP	Middle Pal. - Neanderthal	López-García et al. 2011b
Cova de l'Arbreda	Spain	45800-22900 cal BP	Mid Pal.-Upper Pal.	López-García et al. 2015b
Cova Foradada	Spain	41000-38000 yr	Middle to Upper Paleolithic	Under study
Cova Bonica	Spain	ca. 5500-5200 yr	Neolithic	Daura et al. 2019
Cova Gran de Collbató	Spain	ca. 30000-5000	Upper Paleolithic-Neolithic	Under study
La Griera	Spain	ca. 40000-15000	Middle-Upper Paleolithic	Morales et al., 2025
Cova Colomera	Spain	ca. 5000-3500 yr	Neoltithic-Bronze age	López-García et al. 2010
Grutta da Oliveira	Portugal	93000-70000 yr	Middle Pal. - Neanderthal	Lopez-García et al. 2022b
Figueira Brava	Portugal	ca. 90000 yr	Middle Pal. - Neanderthal	Under study
Caldeiraõ	Portugal	ca. 50000-18000 yr	Middle to Upper Paleolithic	López-García et al. 2020
Lagar Velho	Portugal	28400-23800 cal BP	Gravettian burial	López-García et al. 2021