Fieldwork at cemented Asturian shell-middens in the provinces of Asturias and Cantabria to study the formation of the deposits and to address the still unresolved question of the end of the Asturian culture, an issue that is a major obstacle to understanding the historical process of the transition to the Neolithic in northern Spain.

© MAFano

Study of archaeological collections in museums in order to establish the cultural attribution of some sites without domestic species but whose chronology corresponds to the Neolithic, and to understand in greater detail some early Neolithic occupations in the region.

© ASierra

© DHerrero

Sampling Mesolithic and Neolithic human remains for genetic studies and the determination of the mobility and diet of those societies.

© JOstapkowicz

Study of marine remains from Mesolithic and Neolithic sites to identify possible changes to the way in which coastal resources were used in the transition to the Neolithic.

© AGarcíaEscárzaga

Image processing: José Manuel Quesada