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THE EXCAVATION OF THE PREHISTORIC FUNERARY CAVE > Staff

Fernando ContrerasFernando Contreras Rodrigo. (Lleida, 1967). Director of the excavations at Sanitja and of the Ecomuseum de Cap de Cavalleria since 1997. President of the association “Sa Nitja. Gestión del Patrimonio Mediterráneo” founded in 1993. He obtained the Prize Fundació “la Caixa” in 1992: “Revalorització Ciutats Romanes de Catalunya i Illes Balears”. FPI U.A.B. Internship 1991-95. His research fields are: Romanization in Minorca; Archaeological software; Cultural management; Museum development for the heritage of Sanitja and the Cap de Cavalleria. Director of the excavations in Mago (Pla Mirall, 2000-2002), Iamo (Correos, 1999), and Sanisera (Prospection 1993-1995, Excavation 1996-1998). His projects involving Minorca’s cultural heritage include: Defense Tower in Fornells (CIM – 1996), Ecomuseum de Cap de Cavalleria (Leader II – 1997), Cavalleria Lighthouse (Futures – 1998).

Regina MüllerMaría Isidro de la Cruz (Madrid, Spain, 1985). Co-director of the excavation of the talaiotic cave organized by the Cape of Cavalleria Ecomuseum. BA in History (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2003-2008) specialized in Prehistory and Archaeology. Erasmus grant in Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” (Italy) (2007-2008). MA in Physical Anthropology (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2008-2010). Master thesis prepared at the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies (University of Cambridge), related to the biomechanics in the making of prehistoric stone tools. She has participated in several excavations in Italy, France and Jordan.

JO.JPGCarmen Olivares (Badajoz, Spain, 1977). Co-director of the excavation of the talaiotic cave organized by the Cape of Cavalleria Ecomuseum. She is a biologist specialized in Biodemography of Human Populations. Carmen graduated from the University of Barcelona and in 2001 received a scholarship to collaborate with the department of Palaeontology of the University of Extremadura. Since then, she has participated, as a palaeontologist, in numerous archaeological and paleontological excavations for different private companies. Carmen has worked in Myocene and Pleistocene locations and in several Palaeolithic cave sites; she has directed several salvage excavations and has carried out evaluations of paleontological impact for construction projects.

Lana JohnsonLana Johnson. (Red Bluff, California, USA, 1980). Secretary and Treasurer of the association “Sa Nitja. Gestión del Patrimonio Mediterráneo” and of the Ecomuseum of the Cape of Cavalleria. B.A. in psychology (Phi Beta Kappa), University of California Santa Cruz, 2004. Course coordinator, student adviser and translator for the archaeological field school.

 

 

 
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