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SONIA MACHAUSE LOPEZ
PDI-Prof. Permanent Laboral Ppl
Knowledge area: ARCHEOLOGY
Department: Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History
Facultat de Geografia i Història (Edifici Departamental. 1ª i 2ª planta). Despatx 108. Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 28 46010 València
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Biography

BA History in Universitat de València (2010), MA Archaeology (2012) and MA in Teaching Training (2013). International PhD in Mediterranean Prehistory and Archaeology with the dissertation: Caves as ritual spaces in Iberian Iron Ages: the cases of Kelin, Edeta and Arse (2017).

She has also developed her research abroad: Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes (UMR5140) (Montpellier, France) (2010-2011), Department of Archaeology (Durham University, UK) (2015, 2019-2020), School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (Merced, UC, USA) (2016), as well as a yearly postdoctoral research stay in Durham University (POSTD-Generalitat Valenciana-European Social Fund Fellow, 2019-2020).

Her research is focused on the Iberian ritual caves (6th c.- 1st c. BC.). She analyzes not only the artefacts, the context and the sacred landscape, but also the sensorial and emotional experiences personalized on these natural scenarios, considering their importance across time, their memories and the ancestors related to them. From 2018, she codirects the archaeological excavations in Cueva del Sapo (Chiva, València).

Research Interests:

  • Cave archaeology
  • Iberian Iron Age
  • Landscape Archaeology
  • Iberian Material Culture
  • Rituals
  • Sensorial archaeology

*Coordinator of the Teaching Innovation Project: METARQ (from 2020) 

Subjects taught and teaching methods
Tutorials
Anual
Tuesday de 12:00 a 14:00. DESPATX 106. ANNEX DEPARTAMENTAL. FAC. GEOGRAFIA I HISTÒRIA
Anual
Tuesday de 15:00 a 16:00. DESPATX 106. ANNEX DEPARTAMENTAL. FAC. GEOGRAFIA I HISTÒRIA
Observations
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