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Ethel Allué is affiliated with Rovira i Virgili University in Spain. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Social Sciences, and Arts and Humanities. The main subfields of their work include Paleontology, Archeology, Anthropology, Atmospheric Science, and Geography, Planning and Development.

Allué's research interests cover a diverse range of topics, notably:

  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeological and Geological Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Archaeological and Historical Studies

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on archaeological science with a strong emphasis on palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, Neanderthal behavior, and archaeological site formation processes. Selected recent papers include:

  • Late Neanderthal short-term and specialized occupations at the Abri du Maras (South-East France, level 4.1, MIS 3), 2021, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
  • Forming mechanisms of vitrified charcoals in archaeological firing-assemblages, 2020, Journal of Archaeological Science Reports
  • Pen management and livestock activities based on phytoliths, dung spherulites, and minerals from Cova Gran de Santa Linya (Southeastern pre-Pyrenees), 2020, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
  • Site formation processes, human activities and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions from archaeobotanical records in cave and rock-shelter sites in NE Iberia, 2022, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
  • Neanderthal plant use and stone tool function investigated through non-pollen palynomorphs analyses and pollen washes in the Abri du Maras, South-East France, 2020, Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

Allué frequently publishes in several venues, with a notable number of contributions in:

  • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports
  • Quaternary International
  • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
  • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
  • Nature

Their collaborative network includes repeated partnerships with coauthors such as Isabel Expósito, Aitor Burguet-Coca, Bàrbara Mas, M. Gema Chacón, and Alfonso Benito-Calvo, reflecting interdisciplinary cooperation in archaeological and environmental research.

Best Publications

  • The first hominin of Europe

    Eudald Carbonell;Jose M. Bermudez de Castro;Josep M. Pares;Alfredo Perez-Gonzalez

  • Late survival of Neanderthals at the southernmost extreme of Europe

    Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;Francisco Giles Pacheco;Joaquín Rodríguez-Vidal;Darren A. Fa

  • One million years of cultural evolution in a stable environment at Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain)

    J. Rodríguez;F. Burjachs;G. Cuenca-Bescós;N. García

  • A coastal reservoir of biodiversity for Upper Pleistocene human populations: palaeoecological investigations in Gorham's Cave (Gibraltar) in the context of the Iberian Peninsula

    J. S. Carrión;C. Finlayson;S. Fernández;G. Finlayson

  • An Early Pleistocene hominin mandible from Atapuerca-TD6, Spain

    E. Carbonell;J. M. Bermúdez de Castro;J. L. Arsuaga;E. Allue

  • Short human occupations in the Middle Palaeolithic level I of the Abric Romani rock-shelter (Capellades, Barcelona, Spain).

    J. Vallverdú;E. Allué;J.L. Bischoff;I. Cáceres

  • Sleeping Activity Area within the Site Structure of Archaic Human Groups: Evidence from Abric Romaní Level N Combustion Activity Areas

    Josep Vallverdú;Manuel Vaquero;Isabel Cáceres;Ethel Allué

  • Palaeoecology of Neanderthals during Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles in northeastern Iberia (Abric Romaní): From regional to global scale

    Francesc Burjachs;Juan Manuel López-García;Ethel Allué;Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  • Neandertal Behavior at the Middle Palaeolithic Site of Abric Romaní, Capellades, Spain

    Manuel Vaquero;Josep Vallverdú;Jordi Rosell;Ignasi Pastó

  • La sierra de Atapuerca durante el Holoceno: datos preliminares sobre las ocupaciones de la Edad del Bronce en la Cueva de El Mirador (Ibeas de Juarros, Burgos)

    Josep María Vergès;Ethel Allué;Diego E. Angelucci;Arthur Cebrià

  • Terrasses de la Riera dels Canyars (Gavà, Barcelona): the landscape of Heinrich Stadial 4 north of the “Ebro frontier” and implications for modern human dispersal into Iberia

    Joan Daura;Montserrat Sanz;N. García;E. Allué

  • Paleoflora y Paleovegetación de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares: Plioceno-Cuaternario

    W. Fletcher;J.S. Carrión;S. Fernández;P. González-Sampériz

  • Formation processes through archaeobotanical remains: The case of the Bronze Age levels in El Mirador cave, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain

    Dan Cabanes;Francesc Burjachs;Isabel Expósito;Ana Rodríguez

  • The "Sima del Elefante" cave site at Atapuerca (Spain)

    A. Rosas;R. Huguet;A. Pérez-González;E. Carbonell

  • A multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing the chronology and environment of southwestern European Neanderthals: the contribution of Teixoneres cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain)

    Juan Manuel López-García;Hugues-Alexandre Blain;Francesc Burjachs;Francesc Burjachs;Anna Ballesteros

  • Late Mesolithic lifeways and deathways at Vlasac (Serbia)

    Dusan Boric;Charles A. I. French;Sofija Stefanovic;Vesna Dimitrijevic

  • First fossil evidence of an "interglacial refugium" in the Pyrenean region.

    Juan Manuel López-García;Hugues-Alexandre Blain;Ethel Allué;Sandra Bañuls

  • Fuel exploitation among Neanderthals based on the anthracological record from Abric Romaní (Capellades, NE Spain)

    Ethel Allué;Alex Solé;Aitor Burguet-Coca

  • Environmental, depositional and cultural changes in the Upper Pleistocene and early Holocene: the Cinglera del Capelló sequence (Capellades, Spain)

    Manuel Vaquero;Ethel Allué;James L. Bischoff;Francesc Burjachs

  • Level TE9c of Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain): A comprehensive approach

    R. Huguet;R. Huguet;J. Vallverdú;J. Vallverdú;X.P. Rodríguez-Álvarez;M. Terradillos-Bernal

  • Small preys and plant exploitation by late pleistocene hunter–gatherers. A case study from the Northeast of the Iberian Peninsula

    Ethel Allué;Núria Ibáñez;Palmira Saladié;Manuel Vaquero

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesc Burjachs
Francesc Burjachs Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Isabel Cáceres
Isabel Cáceres Rovira i Virgili University
Eudald Carbonell
Eudald Carbonell Rovira i Virgili University
Hugues-Alexandre Blain
Hugues-Alexandre Blain Rovira i Virgili University
Juan Manuel López-García
Juan Manuel López-García Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution
Palmira Saladié
Palmira Saladié Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution
Andreu Ollé
Andreu Ollé Rovira i Virgili University
Jordi Rosell
Jordi Rosell Rovira i Virgili University
Rosa M. Albert
Rosa M. Albert Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Florent Rivals
Florent Rivals Rovira i Virgili University

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