Studies
Doctoral Program in Quaternary and Prehistory
- General Aims
- Doctorate Structure
- Lines of Research
- Doctoral Thesis Directors
- Admission
- Contact
- Departament in charge of the management of the doctoral programme
- Collaborating departments
General Aims of the Doctorate
The main aim of the doctorate is to produce doctors for high quality and advanced research. To this end, the general aims of the course are the following:
- To incorporate the students into a research group.
- To broaden their skills so that they can specialize in different aspects of the lines of research set out in the programme.
- To strengthen students' initiative in developing research projects with a methodology and scientific principles appropriate to their field of research.
- To foster general individual and team working abilities, participation in research projects, bibliographical database management, etc.
- To produce a doctoral thesis.
Structure of Doctorate
The formation period of the doctorate programme is linked to the following Master's degree introduced on the University (in order to the RD 1393/2007):
Master's Degree in Quaternary Archaeology and Human Evolution
Research Lines and Directors of Doctoral Theses
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FULL NAME |
LINES OF RESEARCH IN THE DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES |
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Jesús Rodríguez Méndez |
Palaeoecology |
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Ethel Ann Allué Martí (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Palaeoecology |
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Bienvenido Martínez Navarro (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Mammal Palaeontology |
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Jan Van Der Mad |
Mammal Palaeontology |
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Jordi Agustí Ballester (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Micro-Mammal Palaeontology |
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Ana Laborde Marquez |
Restoration and Preservation of Archaelogical Material |
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Josefina Gavaldá Martínez (Dpt. of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry) |
Microscopy |
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Andreu Ollé Cañellas (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Microscopy |
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Policarp Hortolà Gómez (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Molecular Archaeology (Including Research into Lipids and Trace Elements) Human Palaeoecology Ancient DNA |
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Isabel Cáceres Cuello de Oro (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Taphonomy of Mammals and Taphonomy of Deposits |
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Jordi Rosell Ardévol (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Zooarchaeology of Mammals |
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Marina Mosquera Martínez (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Evolution of Human Behaviour Methodology of Archaeological Intervention |
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Josep M. Prats Domènech (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Palaeoeconomy Graphic Documentation of Heritage |
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Antoni Canals Salomó (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Conduct and Management of Microspace Computer Applications in Archaeology |
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José Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Evolution of Hunter-Gatherer Technology |
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Manuel Vaquero Rodríguez (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Models of Land Management |
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Marcos García Díez |
Prehistoric Art |
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Magdalena Aguiló Díaz (Dpt. of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry) |
Characterisation of Rocks Used to Make Stone Instruments |
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Ricard Boqué Martí (Dpt. of Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry) |
Analytic Chemistry in the Archaeological Record |
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Francesc Burjachs Casas (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Archaeobotany (Including the Fields of Palinology, Carpology, Anthracology and Phytolite Analysis) |
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Robert Sala Ramos (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Experimental Archaeology Deformation Due to Use of Lythic Instruments Paleoanthropolgy Traceology Socialization of Heritage |
| Rafael Sospedra Roca (Dpt. of History and History of Art) | Socialization of Heritage |
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Josep Maria Vergès Bosch (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Experimental Archaeology |
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Eudald Carbonell Roura (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Sedimentary Geology of Caves and Shelters Microfacies of Anthropic Sediments Geoarchaeology and Micromorphology |
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Josep Vallverdú Poch (Dpt. of History and History of Art) |
Sedimentary Geology of Caves and Shelters |
| Marie-Agnès Courty |
Characterisation of Rocks Used to Make Stone Instruments Geoarchaeology and Micromorphology Sedimentary Geology of Caves and Shelters Microfacies of Anthropic Sediments Restoration and Preservation of Archaelogical Material |
| Antonio Rosas González |
Ancient DNA Paleoanthropolgy Restoration and Preservation of Archaelogical Material |
| Juan Manuel López García | Micromammal paleontology |
| Carlos Lorenzo Merino (Dpt. of History and History of Art) | Paleoanthropology |
| Rosa Huguet Pàmies |
Mammal tafonomy Mammal zooarchaelogy |
| Florent Rivals (Dpt. of History and History of Art) | Mammal palaeontology |
| Jordi Clarimón Echevarría | Molecular archaeology |
| Juan Carlos Díez Fernández-Lomana | Zooarchaeology of mammals |
| José María Bermúdez de Castro | Paleoanthropology |
| Ramon Viñas Vallverdú (Dpt. of History and History of Art) | Prehistoric Art |
| Valentín Villaverde Bonilla |
Zooarchaeology of mammals Evolution of hunter-gatherer technology |
Admission
- Maximum number of students: 15
- Criteria for admission and selection:
The fulfilment of the established conditions, as a requirement of admission in the 19th article and 4th addicional order of the RD 1393/2007, is necessary to be able to entry at the Doctorate Program while its research mode.
The specific criteria of admission and selection for this official doctoral programme are the following:
- Personal motivation letter.
- Academic transcript, if the student is from another university.
 Coordinator |
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Robert Sala Ramos
Department of History, History of Art (Faculty of Arts)
977 559 730
| Department in charge of the management of the doctoral programme |
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Collaborating departments
Department of Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry
Department of History and History of Art
Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry
Further information
- Regulations for doctoral programmes
- On-line pre-registration
- Administrative procedure
- Suggestions and complaints
- Economic questions
Official Postgraduate Programme: Quaternary and Prehistory