Gonzalo Linares Matás
POSITION
Stipendiary Lecturer in Archaeology & Anthropology, St. Hugh’s College; DPhil Candidate in Archaeology
gonzalo.linaresmatas@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk
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INTRODUCTION
Gonzalo J. Linares Matás is a DPhil student at the School of Archaeology. His doctoral project employs remote sensing and high-resolution satellite imagery to explore how prehistoric societies dealt with the opportunities and constraints of climate change and cultural interactions in the southern Sahara, by tracking changes in the morphology and distribution of settlements and funerary monuments in the arid landscapes of the southern Mauritanian highlands.
He also has extensive satellite survey experience exploring the extant archaeological record of other areas of the Sahara, with a particular interest on the Tassili’n’Ajjer (southeastern Algeria), the Ennedi highlands (northeastern Chad) and North Darfur (Sudan).
AREAS OF INTEREST
Earth Observation, Funerary Landscapes, Settlement Patterns, Mediterranean Basin, Sahara, Palaeolithic Archaeology
RESEARCH GROUPS AND COLLABORATIONS
I have presented my research to the EAMENA team, with whom I look forward to collaborating more closely in the future.
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