Maria Isabel BORAO ALVAREZ

Adresse

Laboratoire TRACES – UMR 5608 Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès Maison de la Recherche 5, allée Antonio Machado 31058 TOULOUSE Cedex 9

Mail

M.Isabel.Borao@uv.es

My research work is focused on the study of osseous technology in the Ancient Prehistory, specifically in the Badegoulian and Magdalenian periods in the central Iberian Mediterranean region. My scientist contributions are centered on the characterization of Operational Schemas employed on the raw material (bone and antler) transformation to elaborate toolkits and weapons, paying special attention on palaeoecological and cultural aspects. I have contemplated in my research several Valencian archaeological sites like Cova de les Cendres (Teulada, Alicante), Cova del Parpalló (Gandía, Valencia) and, more recently, Cova del Volcán del Faro (Cullera, Valencia) and Nerja (Málaga, Andalucía).

The work program at TRACES laboratory is under the tutelage of Dr. Jean-Marc Pétillon. It is focused on the identification, study, and classification of the osseous technology of different sites. First, we are going to study the Badegoulian bone technology of Cuzoul de Vers. Next, we will study the antler and bone collection from Abri Fritsch in the Argenton-sur-Creuse museum. Finally, we will work on the Badegoulian sequence of Lachaud at Saint-Germain-en-Laye museum. We will participate with the DEX_TER and LASCo Projects too.

travaux en cours

• Pérez Herrero, C. I., Borao, M., Jordá Pardo, J. F. (en cours): Las puntas finas de hueso de Cueva de Nerja: fabricación, mantenimiento y función. En A. B. Marín, O. Moro et A. Diez Castillo (eds.): “De las cavernas profundas a las altas cumbres. Homenaje a Manuel R. González Morales”. Universidad de Cantabria.
• Borao (en cours): Bone technology in the Badegoulian and Magdalenian of Parpalló (Valencia, Spain): a diachronic vision.
• Borao (en cours): The antlerworking in the Badegoulian and Magdalenian of Parpalló: what is new, what prevails through the time.
• Pérez, L., Sanchis, A., Duarte, E., Vadillo, M., Bencomo, M., Borao, M., Aura, J. E., de la Rasilla, M. (en cours): Exploring LGM subsistence in Iberia: ungulates bone assemblages as nutritional and industrial resource among the Cantabrian and Mediterranean Solutrean groups.
• Tejero, J-M., Erostarbe-Tome, A., Borao, M. (en cours): La explotación técnica de las materias óseas a lo largo del Paleolítico superior en la Península Ibérica. En A. Meza, G. Pérez Roldán, M. Christensen, M. Blasco (eds.): “Hueso, asta, diente y marfil vistos desde sus perfiles biológicos, tipológicos y tecnológicos. Una perspectiva iberoamericana”. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
• Borao, M., Aura, J. E., Soler, B., Pérez, L. (en cours): The Solutrean antlerworking in Hort de Cortés-Volcán del Faro (Valencia, Spain): a preliminary study. 14TH Meeting of the Worked Bone Research Group, Johannesburg, September 2021.