Toggle menu
Pasar al contenido principal
  • Home
  • About us
    • Who we are
    • Annual reports
    • Human Resources Strategy for Researchers
  • People
    • Intro
    • ICREA Research Professors
    • The director
    • Executive team
    • Board
  • Selection process
    • ICREA Selection
    • Evaluators
    • Calls
  • ICREA Community
    • The ICREAs
    • New ICREAs
    • Host institutions
    • Scientific contribution
    • Scientific highlights
    • ICREA Academia awardees
  • Events
    • Upcoming events
    • Past events
  • Technology transfer
    • Bringing ideas to market
    • Spin off companies
    • Industrial Property
  • News
    • Latest news
    • News archive
    • Videos
  • Corporate
    • Intranet
    • External reports
    • Brand image
    • Contact
    • Transparency
  • Social
    • Linkedin
    • Twitter
    • Vimeo
    • Slideshare
Toggle menu icrea
INTRANET
  • ENG
  • CAT
  • ESP
ICREA Community
icrea
  • The ICREAs
  • New ICREAs
  • Host institutions
  • Scientific contribution
  • Scientific highlights
  • ICREA Academia awardees

Albert Cristóbal, Rosa María

ICREA Research Professor at Universitat de Barcelona (UB).
Humanities

Short biography

I am an archaeologist working in Microarchaeology, the study of the invisible record, to understand the relationship between humans and plants from a long-term perspective. I obtained my PhD in Archaeology from the UB in 1999 after 3 years at the Weizmann Inst of Science working with Prof. S.Weiner. I pioneered in applying quantitative and morphological phytolith analyses to Prehistoric sites aiming to shed new light on the use of fire by past populations. From 2005/13 I founded and directed GEPEG recognized as Quality Research Group by Catalan Government. At pesent, I amb responsible for the Paleoenvironment and Paleovegetation (PALEO) research area within ERAAUB (UB). In 2011 I created PhytCore, the most extensive online phytolith database to date. I have directed more than 20 research projects and written more than 100 papers (80 SCI). Since 2018 I co-direct the European Advanced research grant TerrACE to study the use of cultivated plants. 

Research interests

My research interest aims at better understanding the relationship between humans and plants from a long-term perspective. To this end, I focus my research on the reconstruction of the vegetation of human occupied landscapes, the human use of plant resources, which includes the study of fire, agricultural and herding practices and their impact on the landscape. To do this, I use a multi-proxi approach based on mineralogical analyses of archaeological and closely related sediments and preserved archaeological tools, and analyze their microscopic components, to identify plant remains (phytoliths, starches, calcium oxalates) and other biological microremains (diatoms, sponge spicules, chrysophytes, spherulites). In later years, I have also devoted part of my time to develop digital platforms to exchange databases to improve dissemination of microarchaeological research ( www.PhytCore.org).

Key words

Prehistory, Archaeology, Paleolandscape reconstruction, Vegetal resources, Phytoliths, geoarchaeology, first hominins

ORCID

orcid.org/0000-0003-1722-9445

RESEARCHER ID

ID=7202686146
  • Short biography
  • Email
  • Contact Info
  • Lines of Research
  • Full CV
  • Ongoing Grants
  • Selected Publications
  • Publications
  • Patents
  • Spin-offs
  • Highlights
  • Conferences & Workshops
  • Honours & Awards
  • Courses & Seminars
  • PhDs, Masters & TFGs
  • Dissemination
  • More...