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Overview

Marco Madella is affiliated with Pompeu Fabra University in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Social Sciences, with a significant focus on several subfields including Paleontology, Plant Science, Anthropology, Archaeology, and History.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Silicon Effects in Agriculture
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Marco Madella has contributed to a number of publications in various well-known venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Archaeological Science
  • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports
  • Land

The scientist has been involved in publishing important papers, some of which are:

  • Automated detection of archaeological mounds using machine-learning classification of multisensor and multitemporal satellite data, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Development and testing scenarios for implementing land use and land cover changes during the Holocene in Earth system model experiments, 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • Archaeological expansions in tropical South America during the late Holocene: Assessing the role of demic diffusion, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Reassessing the role of climate change in the Tupi expansion (South America, 5000-500 BP), 2021, Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Marco Madella has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Carla Lancelotti
  • Stefano Biagetti
  • Juan José García-Granero
  • Abel Ruiz-Giralt
  • Jonas Gregório de Souza

In addition to journal articles, they have also contributed to book publications. One notable publication is titled Terra Incognita: Libro blanco sobre transdisciplinariedad y nuevas formas de investigación en el Sistema Español de Ciencia y Tecnología, published by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2020.

Best Publications

  • International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature 1.0

    Marco Madella;A. Alexandre;Terry Ball

  • PALAEOECOLOGY AND THE HARAPPAN CIVILISATION OF SOUTH ASIA: A RECONSIDERATION

    Marco Madella;Dorian Q. Fuller

  • The exploitation of plant resources by Neanderthals in Amud Cave (Israel): The evidence from phytolith studies

    Marco Madella;Martin K. Jones;Paul Goldberg;Yuval Goren

  • Taphonomy and phytoliths: A user manual

    Marco Madella;Carla Lancelotti

  • Summed Probability Distribution of 14C Dates Suggests Regional Divergences in the Population Dynamics of the Jomon Period in Eastern Japan.

    Enrico R. Crema;Junko Habu;Kenichi Kobayashi;Marco Madella

  • A Simple Method of Extraction of Opal Phytoliths from Sediments Using a Non-Toxic Heavy Liquid

    M. Madella;A.H. Powers-Jones;M.K. Jones

  • Phytoliths as a tool for investigations of agricultural origins and dispersals around the world

    Terry Ball;Karol Chandler-Ezell;Ruth Dickau;Neil Duncan

  • Phytolith types and type-frequencies in subalpine-alpine plant species of the European Alps

    Adriana L Carnelli;Jean-Paul Theurillat;M Madella

  • Plant water availability and analytical microscopy of phytoliths: Implications for ancient irrigation in arid zones

    M. Madella;M.K. Jones;P. Echlin;A. Powers-Jones

  • Issues in Harappan Archaeobotany: Retrospect and Prospect

    DQ Fuller;M Madella

  • Automated detection of archaeological mounds using machine-learning classification of multisensor and multitemporal satellite data.

    Hector A Orengo;Francesc C Conesa;Arnau Garcia-Molsosa;Agustín Lobo

  • Taphonomical aspects of silica phytoliths in the loess sediments of the Argentinean Pampas

    Margarita Osterrieth;Marco Madella;Debora Zurro;M. Fernanda Alvarez;M. Fernanda Alvarez

  • The ‘invisible’ product: developing markers for identifying dung in archaeological contexts

    Carla Lancelotti;Marco Madella

  • Shell middens as archives of past environments, human dispersal and specialized resource management

    Myrian Álvarez;Ivan Briz Godino;Ivan Briz Godino;Andrea Balbo;Marco Madella

  • Microbotanical Evidence of Domestic Cereals in Africa 7000 Years Ago

    Marco Madella;Juan José García-Granero;Welmoed A. Out;Philippa Ryan

  • Millet microremains—an alternative approach to understand cultivation and use of critical crops in Prehistory

    Marco Madella;Marco Madella;Carla Lancelotti;Juan José García-Granero

  • Banana Cultivation in South Asia and East Asia: A review of the evidence from archaeology and linguistics

    Dorian Q. Fuller;Marco Madella

  • Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization.

    Kathleen D. Morrison;Emily Hammer;Oliver Boles;Marco Madella;Marco Madella

  • Aluminum in the opal silica reticule of phytoliths: a new tool in palaeoecological studies

    Adriana L. Carnelli;Marco Madella;Jean-Paul Theurillat;Brigitta Ammann

  • Anthropic activity markers and spatial variability: an ethnoarchaeological experiment in a domestic unit of Northern Gujarat (India)

    Bernardo Rondelli;Carla Lancelotti;Carla Lancelotti;Marco Madella;Marco Madella;Alessandra Pecci

  • Micromorphological perspectives on the stratigraphical excavation of shell middens: a first approximation from the ethnohistorical site Tunel VII, Tierra del Fuego (Argentina)

    Andrea L. Balbo;Marco Madella;Asumpció Vila;Jordi Estévez

  • Archaeological expansions in tropical South America during the late Holocene: Assessing the role of demic diffusion.

    Jonas Gregorio de Souza;Jonas Alcaina Mateos;Marco Madella;Marco Madella;Marco Madella

  • Experimental micromorphology in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina): building a reference collection for the study of shell middens in cold climates

    Ximena S. Villagran;Andrea L. Balbo;Marco Madella;Assumpció Vila

  • Development and testing scenarios for implementing land use and land cover changes during the Holocene in Earth system model experiments

    Sandy P. Harrison;Marie-José Gaillard;Benjamin D. Stocker;Marc Vander Linden

Frequent Co-Authors

Victoria Reyes-García
Victoria Reyes-García Autonomous University of Barcelona
Marie-José Gaillard
Marie-José Gaillard Linnaeus University
Kees Klein Goldewijk
Kees Klein Goldewijk Utrecht University
Jed O. Kaplan
Jed O. Kaplan University of Calgary
Sandy P. Harrison
Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading
Luiz Carlos Ruiz Pessenda
Luiz Carlos Ruiz Pessenda Universidade de São Paulo
Jean-Paul Theurillat
Jean-Paul Theurillat University of Geneva
Benjamin D. Stocker
Benjamin D. Stocker University of Bern
Francis E. Mayle
Francis E. Mayle University of Reading
Juan Barceló
Juan Barceló Autonomous University of Barcelona

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