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Palmira Saladié is affiliated with the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution in Spain. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the archaeological and paleoanthropological sciences. Saladié's work notably covers areas related to Pleistocene-era hominins, archaeology, forensic anthropology, and bioarchaeology, among other interconnected fields.

Their primary fields of study include Arts and Humanities, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Social Sciences. The research emphasis lies particularly in the subfields of archaeology, anthropology, and paleontology, with additional contributions to ecology and social psychology.

Saladié's research topics engage extensively with:

  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Archaeological and Geological Studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Paleopathology and ancient diseases
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology

Frequent collaborators in their publications include Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Josep Vallverdú, Andreu Ollé, Eudald Carbonell, and Juan Marín.

Saladié has contributed research articles to various academic journals, with multiple publications appearing in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Quaternary Science Reviews, Journal of Human Evolution, Historical Biology, and Scientific Reports.

Selected papers authored or co-authored by Palmira Saladié include:

  • "Earliest Olduvai hominins exploited unstable environments ~ 2 million years ago," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "The dawn of the Middle Paleolithic in Atapuerca: the lithic assemblage of TD10.1 from Gran Dolina," 2020, Journal of Human Evolution
  • "Neanderthal faunal exploitation and settlement dynamics at the Abri du Maras, level 5 (south-eastern France)," 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "The earliest European Acheulean: new insights into the large shaped tools from the late Early Pleistocene site of Barranc de la Boella (Tarragona, Spain)," 2023, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Making skull cups: Butchering traces on cannibalised human skulls from five European archaeological sites," 2020, Journal of Archaeological Science

This body of work reflects a focus on early human behavior, technological development during the Paleolithic, and the forensic examination of archaeological human remains.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Age and Date for Early Arrival of the Acheulian in Europe (Barranc de la Boella, la Canonja, Spain)

    Josep Vallverdú;Palmira Saladié;Antonio Rosas;Rosa Huguet;Rosa Huguet

  • Carcass transport decisions in Homo antecessor subsistence strategies

    Palmira Saladié;Rosa Huguet;Carlos Díez;Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo

  • 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

  • Evidence for bronze age cannibalism in El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain).

    Isabel Cáceres;Marina Lozano;Palmira Saladié

  • Cultural Cannibalism as a Paleoeconomic System in the European Lower Pleistocene

    Eudald Carbonell;Isabel Cáceres;Marina Lozano;Palmira Saladié

  • 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

  • Range of bone modifications by human chewing

    Palmira Saladié;Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo;Carlos Díez;Patricia Martín-Rodríguez

  • A zooarchaeological contribution to establish occupational patterns at Level J of Abric Romaní (Barcelona, Spain)

    Jordi Rosell;Isabel Cáceres;Ruth Blasco;María Bennàsar

  • Upper Palaeolithic ritualistic cannibalism at Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK): The human remains from head to toe.

    Silvia M. Bello;Palmira Saladié;Isabel Cáceres;Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo

  • Successful subsistence strategies of the first humans in south-western Europe

    Rosa Huguet;Rosa Huguet;Palmira Saladié;Palmira Saladié;Isabel Cáceres;Isabel Cáceres;Carlos Díez

  • The Early Acheulean technology of Barranc de la Boella (Catalonia, Spain)

    M. Mosquera;A. Ollé;P. Saladié;I. Cáceres

  • Human predatory behavior and the social implications of communal hunting based on evidence from the TD10.2 bison bone bed at Gran Dolina (Atapuerca, Spain)

    Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo;Palmira Saladié;Andreu Ollé;Juan Luis Arsuaga

  • The role of carnivores and their relationship to hominin settlements in the TD6-2 level from Gran Dolina (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

    Palmira Saladié;Palmira Saladié;Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo;Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo;Rosa Huguet;Rosa Huguet;Isabel Cáceres;Isabel Cáceres

  • Use and abuse of cut mark analyses: The Rorschach effect

    Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo;Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo;Palmira Saladié;Isabel Cáceres;Rosa Huguet;Rosa Huguet

  • Barranc de la Boella (Catalonia, Spain): an Acheulean elephant butchering site from the European late Early Pleistocene

    M. Mosquera;P. Saladié;A. Ollé;I. Cáceres

  • The Châtelperronian Neanderthals of Cova Foradada (Calafell, Spain) used imperial eagle phalanges for symbolic purposes

    Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo;Juan Ignacio Morales;Artur Cebriá;Lloyd A. Courtenay;Lloyd A. Courtenay

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

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

  • From small bone fragments to Neanderthal activity areas: The case of Level O of the Abric Romaní (Capellades, Barcelona, Spain)

    Maria Joana Gabucio;Isabel Cáceres;Jordi Rosell;Palmira Saladié

  • Hominin subsistence and site function of TD10.1 bone bed level at Gran Dolina site (Atapuerca) during the late Acheulean

    Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo;Palmira Saladié;Andreu Ollé;Eudald Carbonell

  • Trampling versus cut marks on chemically altered surfaces: An experimental approach and archaeological application at the Barranc de la Boella site (la Canonja, Tarragona, Spain)

    Antonio Pineda;Palmira Saladié;Josep Maria Vergès;Rosa Huguet;Rosa Huguet

  • 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

Rosa Huguet
Rosa Huguet Spanish National Research Council
Isabel Cáceres
Isabel Cáceres Rovira i Virgili University
Eudald Carbonell
Eudald Carbonell Rovira i Virgili University
Andreu Ollé
Andreu Ollé Rovira i Virgili University
Jordi Rosell
Jordi Rosell Rovira i Virgili University
Antonio Rosas
Antonio Rosas Spanish National Research Council
Ethel Allué
Ethel Allué Rovira i Virgili University
Florent Rivals
Florent Rivals Rovira i Virgili University
Francesc Burjachs
Francesc Burjachs Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Marina Mosquera
Marina Mosquera Rovira i Virgili University

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