Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Milena Carvalho
Citation names
- Carvalho, Milena
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 771F-06E1-CF5B
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-9642-9239
Email addresses
- milena.8.carvalho@gmail.com (Professional)
- mcarvalho@unm.edu (Professional)
- mmcarvalho@ualg.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- (+1) 2488951915 (Personal)
Addresses
- Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour, FCHS, Campus de Gambelas, Universidade do Algarve 8005-139 Faro, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://unm.academia.edu/MilenaCarvalho (Professional)
- https://anthropology.unm.edu/people/grad-students/profile/milena-carvalho.html (Professional)
- https://www.icarehb.com/mcarvalho/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - History and Archaeology - Archaeology
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geochemistry
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English (Mother tongue) | |||||
Spanish; Castilian | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
French | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2017 - 2021/11/05
Concluded
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Anthropology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Archaeology
The University of New Mexico, United States
"Neanderthal Ecology in Western Iberia: The Case from Lapa Do Picareiro" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2015 - 2017
Concluded
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Anthropology (Master)
Major in Archaeology
The University of New Mexico, United States
"Rabbit Exploitation in the Middle Paleolithic at Gruta Nova da Columbeira (Portugal)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2010 - 2014
Concluded
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Anthropology (Bachelor)
University of Louisville, United States
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/08 - Current | Researcher (Research) | The Earth Archive, United States |
Colorado State University, United States |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2023/04/01 - Current | Integrated Junior Researcher | Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal |
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal | ||
2015 - 2023/04/01 | Associated Researcher | Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal |
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal | ||
2022/01/01 - 2023 | Adjunct Faculty | Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, United States |
The University of New Mexico, United States | ||
2015/08 - 2021/12 | PhD Student | The University of New Mexico, United States |
The University of New Mexico, United States | ||
2014 - 2015 | Field Technician | Corn Island Archaeology, LLC, United States |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2020/09/01 - Current | Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans in the Escoural Cave
9729
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal |
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
Ongoing
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2018 - Current | The origins and evolution of human cognition and the impact of Southwestern European coastal ecology
PTDC/HAR-ARQ/27833/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2017 - Current | Stone Age Vilankulos: Modern Human origins research south of the Rio Save, Mozambique
PTDC/EPH-ARQ/4168/2014
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2017 - Current | Collaborative Research: Inquiry into the Origins of Modern Human Distributions
1724997
Researcher
University of Louisville, United States
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Ongoing
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2021 - 2024/09/14 | DIASPORA - Early Human migrations in the Nile Valley: the Kerma region during the MSA
PTDC/HAR-ARQ/0131/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2019 - 2019 | University of New Mexico - Moore Research Grant
n/a
Researcher
The University of New Mexico, United States
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The University of New Mexico
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2018/07/01 - 2022/04/30 | Origens e Evolução da Coginção Humana e o imapcto da ecologia costeira no SW Ibérico
PTDC/HAR-ARQ/27833/2017
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2021 - 2021 | American Dissertation Fellowship - American Association for University Women
N/A
Research Fellow
American Association of University Women, United States
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American Association of University Women
Cancelled
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2019 - 2021 | Ph.D Fellowship
n/a
Research Fellow
University of New Mexico - Latin American and Iberian Institute , United States
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Concluded
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2020 - 2020 | Alternate recipient - Archaeological Institute of America - Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship
n/a
Research Fellow
Archaeological Institute of America, United States
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Cancelled
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2016/06/01 - 2019/11/30 | Vilankulos no Idade de Pedra: Pesquisa dos Origines dos Humanos Modernos no sul do Rio Save, Moçambique
PTDC/EPH-ARQ/4168/2014
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2016/06 - 2019/06 | National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
2016223837)
Research Fellow
USA National Science Foundation, United States
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USA National Science Foundation
Concluded
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2016 - 2016 | Archaeological Institute of America - Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship
n/a
Research Fellow
Archaeological Institute of America, United States
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Archaeological Institute of America
Concluded
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2020/08 - Current | The Earth Archive
n/a
Researcher
Colorado State University, United States
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2021 | Stone Age Archaeology in the Lower Save River Valley, Southern Mozambique | Society for American Archaeology |
2019 | A Stable Isotope Analysis of Ungulate Remains from Lapa do Picareiro: An Assessment of Refugia Concepts During the Middle Paleolithic and Transition to Upper Paleolithic. | Society for American Archaeology
(Albuquerque, NM, United States)
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2019 | Human adaptive responses to abrupt climate change in western Iberia during MIS 3 and 2. | INQUA
(Dublin, Ireland)
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2019 | Modern human dispersal into western Iberia: the Early Aurignacian of Lapa do Picareiro | European Society for the study of Human Evolution
(Liège, Belgium)
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2018/09 | Rabbits as paleoenvironmental proxies: A stable isotopes analysis of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) tissues from Lapa do Picareiro (Portugal) | European Society for the study of Human Evolution
(Barcelona, Spain)
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2018/06 | Rabbits in Iberia: A paleobiogeographic approach to Neanderthal leporid condumption. | International Union of the Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences
(Paris, France)
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2018/06 | Inferring Neanderthal Behavior and economical patterns in Gruta Nova da Columbeira. | International Union of the Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences
(Paris, France)
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2018/06 | Understanding human adaptive responses to abrupt climate change in Western Iberia during MIS 3 and 2 using multi-scale archaeological, paleoenvironmental, and paleoclimate records. | International Union of the Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences
(Paris, France)
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2018/06 | Seeing short-term occupations in the palimpsests of deeply stratified caves: an example from Lapa do Picareiro | International Union of the Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences
(Paris, France)
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2017/04 | Gruta Nova da Columbeira: AN assessment of rabbit exploitation during the Middle Paleolithic in Portugal |
(Faro, Portugal)
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2017/03 | Assessing Rabbit Exploitation in the Middle Paleolithic of Gruta Nova da Columbeira, Estremadura, Portugal | Society for American Archaeology
(Vancouver, Canada)
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2016 | Taphonomy and site formation processes in the Late Pleistocene deposits of Lapa do Picareiro (Estremadura, Portugal) | IV ICAZ Taphonomy Working Group
(Paris, France)
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2017 - Current | European Association for the Study of Human Evolution | |
2017 - Current | European Association of Archaeologists | |
2014 - Current | Society for American Archaeology |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019 - 2020 | 2020 Annual SAA Meeting Program Committee Chair Assistant
Member
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Society for American Archaeology, United States |
Distinctions
Award
2016 | Historically Underrepresented Groups Scholarship
Society for American Archaeology, United States
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2014 | Department of Anthropology Award of Merit
University of Louisville, United States
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