13 Feb. 2026 · Spain

UJI, ICREA & UB researchers unveil a high-precision methodology to redefine the study of Late Paleolithic portable art

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Domingo Sanz, Inés (UB)

A multidisciplinary research team from Universitat Jaume I (UJI), the University of Barcelona, and the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) has developed an innovative high-precision analytical methodology that significantly improves how prehistoric portable art is documented and interpreted. The results were published in the peer-reviewed journal Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105530).

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Press release Universitat Jaume I

Press release to disseminate new interdisciplinary method to detect and record prehistoric engravings, tested in portable art samples of a key Iberian Mediterranean Palaeolithic site: Cova Matutano.

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Las provincias, reposted the press release

La UJI desarrolla nueva metodología que permite revisar con mayor precisión el arte mueble del paleolítico tardío

La novedosa herramienta con impronta castellonense mejoraría la investigación prehistórica.

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ruvid (red de universidades valencianas para el fomento de la investigación) reposted the press release

Una nueva metodología mejora el estudio del arte mueble paleolítico

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La Plana al dia reposted the press release

Nueva metodología revisa el arte móvil del Paleolítico final y confirma que solo dos piezas de la Cova Matutano pertenecen a este periodo

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el periodic.com reposted the press release

La Universitat Jaume I desenvolupa un mètode pioner per analitzar amb precisió l’art moble del Paleolític tardà

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Castellón información reposted the press release

Un equip de l'UJI desenvolupa una nova metodologia que permet revisar amb més precisió l'art moble del paleolític

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Eureka alert! reposted the press release

News Release 4-Feb-2026

A new methodology allows for a more precise review of Late Paleolithic portable art and improves the reliability of archaeological interpretations

The study has reinterpreted three pieces from the Matutano Cave in Vilafamés (Spain) and confirmed that only two of them belong to the Late Paleolithic

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Scienmag, science magazine, reposted the press release

New Methodology Enhances Precision in Late Paleolithic Portable Art Analysis, Boosting Archaeological Interpretation Accuracy

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Archaeology News online magazine reposted the press release

New 3D method maps Paleolithic engravings at Cova Matutano

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