Dr. Ángel Blanco-Lapaz

Address:
Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeonvironment
Zooarchaeology and Archaeobotany Collections
Hölderlinstraße 12
72074 Tübingen

angel.blanco-lapazspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

Current Position

Since 06/2015: Collection Manager of the Zooarchaeology and Archaeobotany Collections (Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, SHEP). Coordinator of the Microvertebrate Working Group (MVWG) in ICAZ. Additional scientific editor of Journal of Palaeontological Techniques.

Research focus

  • The role of fish remains in archaeo-paleontological contexts (from the Cretaceous to the Middle Age). Taxonomy, Osteology, Palaeoecology and Palaeogeography.
  • The role of piscivorous as accumulation agents of fish in caves and archaeological contexts. Neo-taphonomy
  • Old taxidermies as a tool to study diversity
  • New techniques and Methods to prepare and restore taxidermies and skeletons in Natural History Collections
  • Natural History Collections Management