The Interdisciplinary Center for Archeology and Evolution of Human Behavior (ICArEHB), at the University of Algarve, will receive funding from the Earthwatch Institute for an unprecedented research project, which will allow the continuation of archaeological work in the Mesolithic complex of the shells of Muge.
This Earthwatch Institute is a non-profit environmental organization that supports the development of dozens of projects related to “Wildlife and Ecosystems”, “Climate Change” and “Archaeology and Culture”, in more than 40 countries around the world.
Earthwatch programs operate on the volunteerism of non-specialist citizens, who contribute financially to the project through the registration fee, which in turn provides access to active participation in the field work.
In the specific case of the Muge project, volunteers will collaborate with a team of specialists from the University of Algarve in the excavation and processing of archaeological materials from one of the largest Mesolithic shells in Europe.
This is the first time that the Earthwatch organization is committed to a project in Portugal that will allow us to better understand a fundamental point in the history of human evolution in the region – the emergence of the first farming communities and the disappearance of the last hunter-gatherer societies.
The project is led by researchers Nuno Bicho, Célia Gonçalves, João Cascalheira and Lino André and will start in the summer of 2018, extending until 2020.
Registration is now open here
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