CENIEH: A relevant source of digital paleoanthropological datasets for ARIADNEplus
Channel: Recording Archaeology
Date: 10/09/2020

CENIEH is an acronym for National Research Center on Human Evolution, based in Burgos, Spain. Its mission is twofold: 1) Conducting world-class multidisciplinary research in Paleo-anthropology and Quaternary Sciences, focusing on human biological and cultural evolution worldwide; and 2) Providing services to the field of Social and Quaternary Sciences, as well as to the technological and Industrial communities at large. The research is carried out through hree main programs: Geology and Geochronology; Hominid Paleobiology, and Archaeology. To fulfill its mission, the center is equipped with State-of-the-Art laboratories, including: Digital Mapping and remote sensing, sediment analysis, Archaeomagnetism, Cosmogenic, U-Series, Luminescence, Electron Spin Resonance (ESR), Archaeometry, Microscopy, Micro-Computed Tomography, Experimental Archaeology, Use-wear, referential and archaeological lithic collec-tions, and hominid and animal fossil bone collections. As part of ARIADNEplus digital infra-structure, CENIEH has the potential of providing a full range of datasets in Paleoanthropology generated through its research. As examples, these include in situ Gamma dose spectrometry measurement  pertaining  to  ESR  and  Luminescence  dating,  data  generated  from  automated  analysis  of  sediment  and  rock  cores  such  as  magnetic  susceptibility  and  quantified  color  of  sediments, micro-computed tomography data, and 3-D scan images and datasets of lithic and fossil bone collections. Thus, as an ARIADNEplus partner, CENIEH will enhance the European digital archaeological infrastructure with valuable paleoanthropological and geochronological datasets covering the prehistoric periods, as well as disciplines and regions that were lacking datasets in the previous ARIADNE.


Mohamed Sahnouni, Maria Isabel Sarro Moreno, Cecilia Calvo Simal