{"id":7332,"date":"2023-12-06T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=7332"},"modified":"2025-01-16T16:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:10:58","slug":"research-portrait-marina-igreja-early-modern-humans-tracking-diversity-of-behavioural-strategies-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/research-portrait-marina-igreja-early-modern-humans-tracking-diversity-of-behavioural-strategies-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Portrait \u2013 Marina Igreja, &#8220;Early Modern Humans: Tracking diversity of behavioural strategies in South Africa&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voici le \u00ab Portrait de recherche \u00bb de Marina Igreja, publi\u00e9 sur\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ifas_research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notre compte Instagram<\/a> en d\u00e9cembre 2023. Chercheuse en arch\u00e9ologie et coordinatrice du Laboratoire d\u2019Arch\u00e9osciences \u00e0 la <em>Dire\u00e7\u00e3o Geral do Patrim\u00f3nio Cultural<\/em> (Portugal), Marina est sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e dans l&#8217;analyse de l&#8217;usure des outils en pierre, notamment pour les p\u00e9riodes du <em>Middle Stone Age<\/em> en Afrique du Sud et du Pal\u00e9olithique sup\u00e9rieur en Europe occidentale. Les recherches de Marina, soutenues par l&#8217;IFAS-Recherche en 2021 et 2023, explorent les interactions complexes entre l&#8217;adaptation culturelle et l&#8217;environnement, \u00e9clairant les comportements humains pass\u00e9s et les strat\u00e9gies de subsistance.<br><br>Here is the \u201cResearch Portrait\u201d of Marina Igreja, published on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ifas_research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our Instagram account<\/a> in December 2023. Researcher in archaeology and coordinator of the Archaeosciences Laboratory at <em>Dire\u00e7\u00e3o Geral do Patrim\u00f3nio Cultural<\/em> (Portugal), Marina is specializing in stone tools use-wear analysis. Her work spans Middle Stone Age contexts in South Africa and Upper Paleolithic sites in western Europe. 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