I am Associate Professor with Aggregation in Faculty of Arts and Humanities-University of Porto since January 2006, where I have worked since 1984.My pioneering degree in History - Art and Archaeology and my training at the Aboboreira Archaeological Field laid the foundations for my subsequent scientific and professional trajectory. Research on Prehistory from the perspective of settlement/territorial sudies has defined my entire scientific career, which has spanned more than four decades. From an early stage my research into Prehistory turned to the inland territories, particularly Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (the region where I was born and grew up), and I began an archaeological investigation there that didn't exist before me. Thus, both my "Public Examinations of Pedagogical Aptitude and Scientific Ability" (defended in 1988) - with which I became an Assistant Professor - and my PhD in Prehistory and Archaeology (1995) - with which I became an Auxiliar Professor - focused on the Late Prehistory of that region (in the context of the North and Centre of Portugal) and it was this fresh research into different types of archaeological sites that launched me into international circles, especially in Spain. I have been involved in the creation and restructuring of courses such as master's and doctoral programmes. Having been C. Director of the PhD in Archaeology from its creation (2010) until its extinction (2018), I was C. Director of the Master's programme at its start and from 2018 to date. As I had said before, territorial studies that recover all the archaeological sites that could potentially provide (pre)historical information on the regional settlement during the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages, with a particular focus on prehistoric rock art and ecosystems/palaeoclimates, are central to all of my CV, which is why I have studied settlements simultaneously, rock art sites (paintings and/or engravings), burial mounds, megalithic monuments, monumentalized hills . In these same areas of Prehistory I tutored, and continue to supervise, several Master's and PhD theses. In 1998, I was honored with the Gulbenkian Archaeology Prize-97 for my book "1997-Late Prehistory of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro" (2 vols.), a publication of my 1995 PhD thesis. Recognizing my significant contribution to prehistoric knowledge in Trás-os-Montes, especially in Mirandela, I received the Gold Medal of the Municipality of Mirandela in 2000. Throughout my career, promoting public involvement and pride in one's cultural heritage has been my guiding principle. Working predominantly in the N of Portugal, I endeavour to make archaeological remains appreciated with main initiatives covering inland regions: in situ museums and tourist routes in response to changing public preferences. Nuclear dissemination activity began in 1988 with the creation of museums (Mogadouro and, after, Murça, this one never constructed). In Crasto de Palheiros-Murça, the opening of the Interpretation Centre in 2009 demonstrated the community's involvement and pride. I would highlight the Initiatives relating to the Serra de Passos-Santa Comba-Garraia rock art heritage, starting in 2014, but from 2022 centred on defending it against a wind farm. Conferences, public interventions and heritage education -e.g. EscarpArte project- emphasised the importance of the region, attracting public and media attention. More recent publications of overviews of Mesolithic-Neolithic, Bell Beaker, Late Prehistory rock art bear witness to my maturity as a researcher and my openness to new methodologies and renewed theoretical challenges.