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Ruth Blasco is affiliated with the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution in Spain. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on social sciences, earth and planetary sciences, and arts and humanities. Within these broad areas, Blasco concentrates on subfields such as anthropology, paleontology, archaeology, ecology, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's work largely addresses topics related to Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, evolution and paleontology, wildlife ecology and conservation, geology and paleoclimatology, and primate behavior and ecology.

Blasco has contributed extensively to a variety of publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports
  • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Peer Community In Archaeology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

A selection of recent papers includes:

  • Towards an understanding of hominin marrow extraction strategies: a proposal for a percussion mark terminology (2020, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences)
  • Shaped stone balls were used for bone marrow extraction at Lower Paleolithic Qesem Cave, Israel (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Examining Neanderthal and carnivore occupations of Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain) using archaeostratigraphic and intra-site spatial analysis (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Neanderthals in a highly diverse, mediterranean-Eurosiberian forest ecotone: The pleistocene pollen record of Teixoneres Cave, northeastern Spain (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Neanderthal mobile toolkit in short-term occupations at Teixoneres Cave (Moia, Spain) (2020, Journal of Archaeological Science Reports)

Collaboration plays a significant role in Blasco's research. Frequent co-authors include Jordi Rosell, Florent Rivals, Anna Rufà, Andrea Picin, and Maite Arilla. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse body of work exploring various aspects of prehistoric human behavior, site formation processes, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions.

Best Publications

  • A rock engraving made by Neanderthals in Gibraltar.

    Joaquín Rodríguez-Vidal;Francesco d’Errico;Francesco d’Errico;Francisco Giles Pacheco;Ruth Blasco

  • Birds of a Feather: Neanderthal Exploitation of Raptors and Corvids

    Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;Kimberly Brown;Ruth Blasco;Jordi Rosell

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

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

  • A uniquely broad spectrum diet during the Middle Pleistocene at Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain)

    Ruth Blasco;Josep Fernández Peris

  • Environmental availability, behavioural diversity and diet: a zooarchaeological approach from the TD10-1 sublevel of Gran Dolina (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain) and Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain)

    Ruth Blasco;Jordi Rosell;Josep Fernández Peris;Juan Luis Arsuaga

  • Middle Pleistocene bird consumption at Level XI of Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain)

    Ruth Blasco;Josep Fernández Peris

  • Human consumption of tortoises at Level IV of Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain)

    Ruth Blasco

  • Using Bones to Shape Stones: MIS 9 Bone Retouchers at Both Edges of the Mediterranean Sea

    Ruth Blasco;Jordi Rosell;Felipe Cuartero;Josep Fernández Peris

  • Fire for a Reason: Barbecue at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel

    Ran Barkai;Jordi Rosell;Ruth Blasco;Avi Gopher

  • A new element of trampling: an experimental application on the Level XII faunal record of Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain)

    Ruth Blasco;Jordi Rosell;Josep Fernández Peris;Isabel Cáceres

  • To meat or not to meat? New perspectives on Neanderthal ecology.

    Luca Fiorenza;Stefano Benazzi;Amanda G. Henry;Domingo C. Salazar-García

  • The earliest pigeon fanciers

    Ruth Blasco;Clive Finlayson;Jordi Rosell;Antonio Sánchez Marco

  • Bone as a technological raw material at the Gran Dolina site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain).

    Jordi Rosell;Ruth Blasco;Gerard Campeny;J. Carlos Díez

  • Small and large game: Human use of diverse faunal resources at Level IV of Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain)

    Ruth Blasco;Josep Fernández Peris

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

    Jordi Rosell;Isabel Cáceres;Ruth Blasco;María Bennàsar

  • Learning by heart: cultural patterns in the faunal processing sequence during the middle pleistocene.

    Ruth Blasco;Ruth Blasco;Jordi Rosell;Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo;Sergi Lozano

  • 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 hunted hunter: the capture of a lion (Panthera leo fossilis) at the Gran Dolina site, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain

    Ruth Blasco;Jordi Rosell;Juan Luis Arsuaga;José María Bermúdez de Castro

  • What happens around a fire: Faunal processing sequences and spatial distribution at Qesem Cave (300 ka), Israel

    Ruth Blasco;Jordi Rosell;Pablo Sañudo;Avi Gopher

  • Recycling bones in the Middle Pleistocene: Some reflections from Gran Dolina TD10-1 (Spain), Bolomor Cave (Spain) and Qesem Cave (Israel)

    Jordi Rosell;Ruth Blasco;Josep Fernández Peris;Eudald Carbonell

  • Earliest evidence for human consumption of tortoises in the European Early Pleistocene from Sima del Elefante, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain

    Ruth Blasco;Hugues-Alexandre Blain;Jordi Rosell;J. Carlos Díez

Frequent Co-Authors

Jordi Rosell
Jordi Rosell Rovira i Virgili University
Florent Rivals
Florent Rivals Rovira i Virgili University
Eudald Carbonell
Eudald Carbonell Rovira i Virgili University
Clive Finlayson
Clive Finlayson Gibraltar Museum
Avi Gopher
Avi Gopher Tel Aviv University
José María Bermúdez de Castro
José María Bermúdez de Castro University College London
Isabel Cáceres
Isabel Cáceres Rovira i Virgili University
Ran Barkai
Ran Barkai Tel Aviv University
Juan Luis Arsuaga
Juan Luis Arsuaga Complutense University of Madrid
Palmira Saladié
Palmira Saladié Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution

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