Formació acadèmica

PhD, University of Lisbon (1995)

Docència

Prior to current appointment, Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology at the University of Bristol (2005-2010) and Lecturer/Professor of Prehistoric Archeology at the University of Lisbon (1984-2005). Temporary Professorship appointments at the Universities of Paris I, Bordeaux I and Toulouse Le Mirail in 1999, 2000 and 2013. Humboldt Research Awardee at the University of Cologne in 2003-04.

Línies de Recerca

Late Neandertals and Early Modern Humans

Upper Palaeolithic Art and Culture

The Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in Europe

Projectes

Paleolítico medio y superior en la vertiente mediterránea ibérica (Valencia y Murcia)
Role: Investigator
Sources: Ministerio de Economía y Competitivida (Spain) [?]
Time period covered: 2015-2017

Promoting digital solutions to rock and cave art research
Role: Investigator
Sources: British Academy (UK)
Time period covered: 2014-2016

Dating the origins and development of Palaeolithic cave painting in Europe by U-series disequilibrium
Role: Investigator
Sources: NERC (UK) [NE/K015184/1]
Time period covered: 2014-2016

Publicacions

ZILHÃO, J. — Early Food Production in Southwestern Europe, in RENFREW, C.; BAHN, P. (eds.) — «The Cambridge World Prehistory. Volume 3. West and Central Asia and Europe», Cambridge, University Press, 2014, p. 1818-1834.

ZILHÃO, J. — The Upper Palaeolithic of Europe, in RENFREW, C.; BAHN, P. (eds.) — «The Cambridge World Prehistory. Volume 3. West and Central Asia and Europe», Cambridge, University Press, 2014, p. 1753-1785.

TRINKAUS, E.; CONSTANTIN, S.; ZILHÃO, J. (eds.) — Life and Death at the Peştera cu Oase: A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013, 435 pages.

PIKE, A. W. G.; HOFFMANN, D. L.; GARCÍA-DIEZ, M.; PETTITT, P. B.; ALCOLEA, J.; de BALBÍN, R.; GONZÁLEZ-SAINZ, C.; de las HERAS, C.; LASHERAS, J. A.; MONTES, R.; ZILHÃO, J. — U-Series Dating of Paleolithic Art in 11 Caves in Spain. «Science», 336, 2012, p. 1409-1413.

ZILHÃO, J.; ANGELUCCI, D.; BADAL-GARCÍA, E.; d’ERRICO, F.; DANIEL, F.; DAYET, L.; DOUKA, K.; HIGHAM, T. F. G.; MARTÍNEZ-SÁNCHEZ, M. J.; MONTES-BERNÁRDEZ, R.; MURCIA-MASCARÓS, S.; PÉREZ-SIRVENT, C.; ROLDÁN-GARCÍA, C.; VANHAEREN, M.; VILLAVERDE, V.; WOOD, R.; ZAPATA, J. — Symbolic Use of Marine Shells and Mineral Pigments by Iberian Neandertals. «Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA», 107 (3), 2010, p. 1023-1028.