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.