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Stable isotopes
Neolithic
Animal domestication
Paleoecology
Seasonal animal behaviors
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Associate Professor.
Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES)
Zona Educacional 4 Campus Sescelades URV (Edifici W3)
43007 – Tarragona
Phone: (+34) 607 982 151
Lines of research
Over the last 15 years my research career was focused on how Animal Domestication Processes (ADP) were carried out for the first time in Southwest Asia (SWA), and what human societies did to develop husbandry practices to the most western European and Mediterranean regions. In this research field, I developed pioneering works through the integration of biogeochemical analyses in the traditional Zooarchaeological studies. I led studies in Syria, SE Turkey, Jordan and Israel looking for evidences of the early steps of Animal domestication. In Europe (Danube basin, SE Romania; NE Spain and SE France) and North Africa (E of Morocco) I developed this research looking for evidences of diffusion and adaptation of domesticates into new western scenarios providing data beyond the state of the art. I built new suitable Stable Isotopes Analysis methods and techniques in my field, providing tools to investigate historical life-traits of past animals with a high-resolution time analysis (i.e. seasonal, annual) performed on archaeological teeth and bones. Besides my i) Biogeochemical specialization, I led my scientific activity in two other research axes: ii) Zooarchaeological analyses through a data-driven approach; and iii) Direction of Archaeological fieldwork-led research.
Works on faunal assemblages from…
Spain
- Cova Sant Llorenç (Sitges, Catalonia) – Early Neolithic
- Abric Romani (Middle Pleistocene) – Neanderthal occupations
Abroad
- Tell Halula (Arab Republic of Syria) – PPNB
Research projects
(IP) BP-2016-00346. Investigating early evidence of transhumance sheep movements in the Central Pyrenees (i-EETS). Beatriu de Pinós (BP) AGAUR, Government of Catalonia (ES). 2018-2019.
(IP) CLT009-18-00048. Arrels prehistòriques de la transhumància a l’Alt Ripollès: projecte Arqueològic 2018-2021 (Projecte ARRELS). AGAUR-DGPC Dept. Cultura. Government of Catalonia (ES) 2018-2021
(IP) SUMA-R3-Projects-003 Integrated analysis on transhumance activities in the Eastern Pyrenees: enhancing mountain Cultural Landscapes. CERCA-SUMA(R3) 2017.
PGC2018-093925-B-C32. Comportamiento Eco-Social de los homínidos de la Sierra de Atapuerca durante el Cuaternario. V. IP: M.Mosquera/E.Carbonell. Researcher in Chief (RCh), Line 6.5: Isotopy, skeleton-chronology, ADN, FTIR & TC.
Featured publications
Ramírez, I.; Tornero, C.; Pappa, S. et al. (2019) Microwear and isotopic analyses on cave bear remains from Toll Cave reveal both short-term and long-term dietary habits. Scientific Reports, 5716. (SCI: 4.011)
Tornero, C.; Aguilera, M; Ferrio, et al. (2018) Vertical movement of modern sheep specimens by stable isotope analyses in bioapatite tooth molars,meteoric water and pastures along the altitudinal gradient: a reference for Ebro valley to the Central Pyrenees. Quaternary International, 484:94-106. (SCI: 2.128)
González, E.; Petermann, A.; Tornero, C. et al. (2018) Multiproxy evidence for leaf-browsing and closed habitats in extinct proboscideans (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from Central Chile. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) USA 11, 115 (37) 9258-9263. (SCI: 9.580)
Tornero, C.; Balasse, M., Balasescu, A., et al. (2016) The altitudinal mobility of wild sheep at the Epigravettian site of Kalavan 1 (Lesser Caucasus, Armenia): evidence from sequential isotopic analysis in tooth enamel. Journal of Human Evolution, 97:27-36. (SCI: 4.229)
Tornero, C.; Balasescu, A. et al. (2013) Seasonality and season of birth in early Eneolithic sheep from Cheia (Romania): methodological advances and implications for animal economy., Journal of Archaeological Science 40:11:4039-4055. (SCI: 3.030)