Some publications

QUATERNARY

Introduction to the Prehistory of Alto Ribatejo

Cadre géochronologique et stratégies de gestion du territoire des cultures du Pléistocène Inférieur et Moyen dans la vallée du Tage (Portugal)

Luminescence dating of a fluvial deposit sequence: Ribeira da Ponte da Pedra – Middle Tagus Valley, Portugal.

As Indústrias Macrolíticas do Alto Ribatejo: O Caso do Sítio da Amoreira


TRANSITION INTO FARMING

Continuidade e descontinuidade na Pré-História. Estatuto epistemológico da Arqueologia e da Pré-História

Is there a “Natural” space?

Elementos para o estudo da estratigrafia da Gruta do Cadaval (Tomar)


PREHISTORIC ART

Problems and perspectives of Rock Art in Portugal: a view from the Tagus valley

El Arte del Tejo (Portugal) en el marco de los estudios de arte rupestre en Portugal

Water and Symbols in Western Iberia Later Prehistory


HERITAGE MANAGEMENT

A Insustentável Ligeireza do Desenvolvimento

A arqueologia de um ponto de vista social: recursos, identidades e riscos num contexto de mudança

Meio ambiente, Património cultural e Consciência – uma perspectiva Arqueológica

Pensar Local…Agir Global. O Museu de Arte Pré-Histórica de Mação: memória, intuição e expectiva

Dominant vs. undermined values? A perspective from the most western seaboard of Europe

Gestão da arqueologia: mudar o paradigma!

Minimização de Impactes Ambientais e Investigação Arqueológica

Espaços de Memória e Cultura em Mação. Breve Exposição

A Educação Patrimonial no Museu de Arte Pré-Histórica de Mação

Formação, Conhecimento e Profissionalização: perspectivas para a próxima década

Main on-going projects

ILQAR – Lithic industries of the Middle Tagus Quaternary in their chrono-stratigraphi context (approved by the Portuguese IGESPAR/Ministry of Culture, 2009-2012)

RUPTEJO – Rock art of the Tagus basin (approved by the Portuguese IGESPAR/Ministry of Culture, 2009-2012)

Transition Landscapes: settlement, technology and chrono-stratigraphy of the transition to farming in Central Portugal (approved by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, 2007-2010)

Archaeology, Territory and Landscape in Southern Brazil (approved by the Brazilian IPHAN/Ministry of Culture, 2008 onwards)

SAFE HARBOUR: performing cultural dialogues across the Atlantic. Archaeology and Heritage co-operation between Europe and Brazil (approved by the European Commission, 2009-2011)

EBO – Rock Art from Centre-West Angola: mapping and recording (being launched)

Global Quality Heritage Management, intensive teaching programme (approved by the European Commission, 2007-2010)

Research interests

Human adaptations to environmental changes during the Pleistocene.
Transition into farming in the Mediterranean and in Southern America.
Rock Art and Landscape Archaeology.
Archaeological Heritage Management. Museology as a tool for knowledge building

Contacts

Email – loost@ipt.pt
Tel. – (+351) 249346363
Fax. – (+351) 249346366
URL 1 – www.ipt.pt
URL 2 – www.ciarte.eu
URL 3 – www.arqueomacao.tv
URL 4 – www.europreart.net
URL 5 – www.uc.pt/fctuc/ID/Geo
URL 6 - www.uispp.homedns.org
URL 7 – www.herity.pt

Bio-sketch

Graduate in History (Lisbon, 1982), PhD in Archaeology (London 1994, Oporto 1995), Professor at the Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT), Guest lecturer in several universities in Europe and Brazil, Director of IPT’s International Relations Bureau, Secretary General of the International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (CIPSH/UNESCO), Vice-President of HERITY International, member of the Science and Society Committee of CYTED, Co-ordinator of research, teaching and Heritage management projects in Portugal, Brazil, Colombia, Senegal and Angola. Museum Director. Co-ordinator of Master and PhD programmes and of several EU projects in the fields of prehistory, archaeology, landscape and heritage manangement. Responsible of the “Quaternary and Prehistory group of the Geosciences Centre” (R&D unit 73 of the Portuguese National Scientific System). Author of circa 20 books and 200 papers.