Short biography

I have been an ICREA Research Professor in Archaeology at the University of Barcelona since 2012, having moved from Durham Univ. (1996-2011). I am the author of about 200+ publications, including 23 authored and edited books. My work has been published by OUP, Routledge, CUP, Cotsen Institute (UCLA), Springer and Marcial Pons, among other prestigious publishers. Some of my articles have been included in readers and others have been translated into five different languages. I have supervised 12 PhD students through to completion and I am currently supervising 7 others. I have had or have 10 postdoctoral students. In 2018 I was the main organiser of the European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting 2018 which attracted 3000 archaeologists to Barcelona and great media attention. My ERC Artsoundcapes project started in October 2018

Research interests

The three main research areas in which I have been active and led research groups in the last few years are still in place: prehistoric art with an emphasis in archaeoacoustics (ERC Artsoundscapes project, Palarq project), the history of archaeology (interarqweb.wordpress.com) and heritage (gapp.cat). My work in archaeoacoustics is trully global: in addition to working in the Mediterranean, I undertook fieldwork in Baja California (Mexico) in Spring 2018 and Siberia in summer 2019. In the history of archaeology the high points have been the publication of an article on the relationship between imperialism and archaeology (Cotsen Institute Press, UCLA), and my book on the history of archaeological tourism. An article in Routledge about archaeological heritage and migration highlights the role archaeological heritage can play in social cohesion. In all these areas I am leading groups of academics and students (GAPP, Artsoundscapes) supported by research projects

Key words

History of Archaeology, Prehistoric Art, Rock Art, Prehistory, Identity, Archaeoacoustics, Archaeological Heritage

ORCID

0000-0003-1043-2336

RESEARCHER ID

B-6146-2014