This afternoon, the archaeologist Joseba Rios has presented the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) as a new associate member of “Ice Age Europe”, a network dedicated to the study and dissemination of European Paleolithic, during its first meeting this year, which is taking place, from 28th to 31st January, in Torquay (UK).
The main goal of this network, comprising museums, sites, research centers, etc. from Croatia France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK, is to promote conservation, dissemination and research of Paleolithic archaeological heritage by fostering the development of joint activities and initiatives.
As a referral center in studies of human evolution, the CENIEH can contribute ideas, resources and knowledge in the field of research of this heritage, to this select club, whose members include: the Neanderthal Museum in Germany, The Museum National Prehistory of Les Eyzies de Tayac, France, and the Museum of Human Evolution and the Museum of Altamira in Spain.
For this purpose, the CENIEH has a large group of scientists in different fields like Geoarchaeology, Geochronology, Lithic Technology, Palaeoanthropology or Paleolithic Art, as well as unique facilities that may be used by the members of the network in order to develop their research, such as the laboratory of Restoration and Conservation, and the Comparative Anatomy Osteological Collection.
Además el CENIEH participa, ya sea directamente o en colaboración, en los proyectos de excavación de algunos de los principales yacimientos paleolíticos europeos, como por ejemplo Atapuerca, Orce o Ambrona, y ha participado en algunos de los recientes hallazgos de arte rupestre y de arte mueble paleolíticos realizados en yacimientos del norte de España como Askondo, Aitzbtarte o Arlanpe.
Besides the CENIEH is involved, either directly or in collaboration, in projects excavation of some of the major European Paleolithic sites, such as Atapuerca (Burgos), Orce (Granada) or Ambrona (Soria), and has participated in some of the recent findings of cave art and furniture art in Paleolithic sites in the north of Spain as Askondo, Aitzbtarte or Arlanpe
