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Rosa M. Albert is affiliated with the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats in Spain. Their research work spans multiple fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Social Sciences, and Arts and Humanities, with a particular focus on the intersections between archaeology, paleontology, and environmental studies.

The main fields of study covered by Albert include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Social Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities

Within these broad areas, the key subfields of their research are:

  • Paleontology
  • Archeology
  • Anthropology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth-Surface Processes

Albert's work encompasses several main topics including:

  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and Historical Studies
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport

The list of recent papers demonstrates the scope and diversity of Albert's research contributions:

  • Ending the Cinderella status of terraces and lynchets in Europe: The geomorphology of agricultural terraces and implications for ecosystem services and climate adaptation, 2021, Geomorphology
  • Olduvai's oldest Oldowan, 2020, Journal of Human Evolution
  • High temperature pyrotechnology: A macro- and microarchaeology study of a late Byzantine-beginning of Early Islamic period (7th century CE) pottery kiln from Tel Qatra/Gedera, Israel, 2020, Journal of Archaeological Science Reports
  • Early to Middle Bronze Age agricultural terraces in north-east England: morphology, dating and cultural implications, 2023, Antiquity
  • Palaeovegetation changes recorded in Palaeolake Olduvai OGCP Core 2A (2.09-2.12 Ma) Naibor Soit Formation Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Among frequent co-authors in the research collaborations are:

  • Mónica Alonso Eguíluz
  • Elisabetta Boaretto
  • Antony G. Brown
  • Daniel Fallu
  • Kevin Walsh

Albert has published multiple articles in key academic venues that include:

  • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports
  • Quaternary International
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geomorphology
  • Journal of Human Evolution

Best Publications

  • International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature (ICPN) 2.0

    Katharina Neumann;Caroline A E Strömberg;Terry Ball

  • Mode of Occupation of Tabun Cave, Mt Carmel, Israel During the Mousterian Period: A Study of the Sediments and Phytoliths

    Rosa M Albert;Ofer Lavi;Lara Estroff;Steve Weiner

  • Study of Phytoliths in Prehistoric Ash Layers from Kebara and Tabun Caves Using a Quantitative Approach

    Steve Weiner;Rosa Albert

  • Phytolith-rich layers from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages at Tel Dor (Israel): mode of formation and archaeological significance

    Rosa Maria Albert;Ruth Shahack-Gross;Ruth Shahack-Gross;Dan Cabanes;Ayelet Gilboa

  • The phytolith archaeological record: strengths and weaknesses evaluated based on a quantitative modern reference collection from Greece

    Georgia Tsartsidou;Simcha Lev-Yadun;Rosa-Maria Albert;Arlene Miller-Rosen

  • Phytoliths in the Middle Palaeolithic Deposits of Kebara Cave, Mt Carmel, Israel: Study of the Plant Materials used for Fuel and Other Purposes

    Rosa M Albert;Steve Weiner;Ofer Bar-Yosef;Liliane Meignen

  • Ash Bones and Guano: a Study of the Minerals and Phytoliths in the Sediments of Grotte XVI, Dordogne, France

    Panagiotis Karkanas;Jean-Philippe Rigaud;Jan F. Simek;Rosa Maria Albert

  • Taphonomy of phytoliths and macroplants in different soils from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) and the application to Plio-Pleistocene palaeoanthropological samples

    Rosa Maria Albert;Marion K Bamford;Dan Cabanes

  • Phytolith analysis on dental calculus, enamel surface, and burial soil: Information about diet and paleoenvironment

    Carles Lalueza Fox;Jordi Juan;Rosa M. Albert

  • Quantitative phytolith study of hearths from the Natufian and middle palaeolithic levels of Hayonim Cave (Galilee, Israel)

    Rosa M Albert;Ofer Bar-Yosef;Liliane Meignen;Steve Weiner

  • The Early Upper Palaeolithic in Greece : The excavations in Klisoura Cave

    Margarita Koumouzelis;Boleslaw Ginter;Janusz K. Kozlowski;Maciej Pawlikowski

  • Environments and hominin activities across the FLK Peninsula during Zinjanthropus times (1.84 Ma), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Ian G. Stanistreet;Jackson K. Njau;Jackson K. Njau;Marion K. Bamford

  • Plio–Pleistocene macroplant fossil remains and phytoliths from Lowermost Bed II in the eastern palaeolake margin of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Marion K. Bamford;Rosa M. Albert;Dan Cabanes

  • Palaeoecological significance of palms at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, based on phytolith remains

    Rosa Maria Albert;Marion K. Bamford;Dan Cabanes

  • Early Neolithic household behavior at Tell Seker al-Aheimar (Upper Khabur, Syria): a comparison to ethnoarchaeological study of phytoliths and dung spherulites

    Marta Portillo;Seiji Kadowaki;Yoshihiro Nishiaki;Rosa M. Albert

  • Detection of Burning of Plant Materials in the Archaeological Record by Changes in the Refractive Indices of Siliceous Phytoliths

    Rivka Elbaum;Steve Weiner;Rosa M. Albert;Michael Elbaum

  • Insights on Neanderthal fire use at Kebara Cave (Israel) through high resolution study of prehistoric combustion features: Evidence from phytoliths and thin sections

    Rosa M. Albert;Francesco Berna;Francesco Berna;Paul Goldberg

  • 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

  • Landscape distribution of Oldowan stone artifact assemblages across the fault compartments of the eastern Olduvai Lake Basin during early lowermost Bed II times.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Fidelis T. Masao;Harald Stollhofen;Ian G. Stanistreet

  • Domestic activities and spatial distribution in Ain Abū Nukhayla (Wadi Rum, Southern Jordan): The use of phytoliths and spherulites studies

    Marta Portillo;Marta Portillo;Rosa M. Albert;Donald O. Henry

Frequent Co-Authors

Marion K. Bamford
Marion K. Bamford University of the Witwatersrand
Ian G. Stanistreet
Ian G. Stanistreet University of Liverpool
Harald Stollhofen
Harald Stollhofen University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
João Zilhão
João Zilhão University of Lisbon
Ethel Allué
Ethel Allué Rovira i Virgili University
Curtis W. Marean
Curtis W. Marean Arizona State University
Ofer Bar-Yosef
Ofer Bar-Yosef Harvard University
Robert J. Blumenschine
Robert J. Blumenschine Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Francesco Berna
Francesco Berna Simon Fraser University
Antony G. Brown
Antony G. Brown University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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