Publications/Conference Presentations

Want to learn more? The following is a list of publications and presentations that emerged from the projects mentioned on this website. All the journal articles are available here: https://uiowa.academia.edu/KatinaLillios.

Publications

2016 Drake, B.L., Blanco-González, A., and Lillios, K.T. Regional population dynamics in the Neolithic transition in Iberia: Results from summed calibrated date probability distributions. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory.

2016 Mack, J., Waterman, A.J., Racila, A.-M., Artz, J.A., and Lillios, K.T. Applying zooarchaeological methods to interpret mortuary behavior and taphonomy in commingled burials: The case study of the Late Neolithic site of Bolores, Portugal. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 26(3): 524-536.

2016 Lillios, K.T., Blanco-González, A., Drake, B.L., and López-Sáez, J.A. Mid-late Holocene climate, demography, and cultural dynamics in Iberia: A multi-proxy approach. Quaternary Science Reviews 135:138-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.01.011.

2016 Waterman, A.J., Lillios, K.T., Tykot, R.H., and Kunst, M. Ecological change and economic practices between the third and second millennia BC using isotope analyses of ovicaprid remains from the archaeological site of Zambujal (Torres Vedras), Portugal. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 5:181-189. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.11.017.

2015 Lillios, K.T., Mack, J., Waterman, A.J., Artz, J.A, and Nilsson-Stutz, L. In Praise of Small Things: Excavations at the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age Burial of Bolores (Torres Vedras), Portugal. British Archaeological Reports, International Series. Oxford.

2015 Lillios, K.T. Practice, process, and social change in third millennium BC Europe: A view from the Sizandro Valley, Portugal. European Journal of Archaeology 77(2): 245-258.

2014 Horwath, B., Waterman, A.J., Lillios, K.T., and Irish, J. Assessing change in diet and biological affinity between the 4th and 3rd millennia cal BCE in the Portuguese Estremadura: A preliminary dental comparison of Feteira II and Bolores. HOMO: Journal of Human Comparative Biology 65(2):87-100.

2014 Lillios, K.T., Artz, J.A., Waterman, A.J., Mack, J., Thomas, J.T., Trindade, L., and Luna, I. The rock-cut tomb of Bolores (Torres Vedras): An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the social landscape of the Late Neolithic/Copper Age of the Iberian Peninsula. Trabajos de Prehistoria 71(2): 282-304.

2010 Lillios, K.T., Waterman, A.J., Artz, J.A., and Josephs, R.L. The Neolithic-Early Bronze Age mortuary rockshelter of Bolores, Torres Vedras, Portugal: Results from the 2007 and 2008 excavations. Journal of Field Archaeology 35(1):16-36.

2008 Waterman, A.J., Willman, J., and K.T. Lillios. The Late Neolithic collective burial of Bolores (Torres Vedras), Portugal: Preliminary results. Abstract published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology 218.

Conference Presentations

2016 Lillios, K.T., J.D. Irish, A.J. Waterman, and A.M. Silva. Regional and Extra-regional Dental Affinities of Populations Between the Late Neolithic and Copper Age in the Portuguese Estremadura. 85th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Atlanta, GA.

2016 Lillios, K.T., J.D. Irish, A.J. Waterman, and A.M. Silva. Demographic and Cultural Dynamics of the Portuguese Estremadura in the 4th-3rd Millennia BC: A Multi-Proxy Approach. 81st Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, FL.

2015 Lillios, K.T., A. Blanco-González, B.L. Drake, and A. López-Sáez. Assessing the 4.2 kya event in the Iberian Peninsula and its Relationship to Culture Change Using a Large Dataset of Radiocarbon Dates and Associated Delta 13C Values. 21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Glasgow, Scotland.

2015 Blanco-González, A., B.L. Drake, and K.T. Lillios. The Onset of Agriculture in Early Neolithic Iberia (5500-3500 cal BC). Fresh Research lines from Summed Probability Radiocarbon Distributions. 21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Glasgow, Scotland.

2014 Mack, J., J.A. Artz, and K.T. Lillios. Landmark Quantification and the Taphonomy of the Late Neolithic Rock-Cut Tomb of Bolores, Portugal. 79th Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, TX.

2014 Waterman, A.J., R.H. Tykot, J.T. Thomas, D.W. Peate, and K.T. Lillios. An Investigation of Human Dietary and Mobility Patterns at the Late Neolithic Burials of Bolores Using Isotopic Analyses. 79th Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, TX.

2014 Lillios, K.T. Practice, Process, and Social Change in Third Millennium BC Europe: The Role of Collective and Commingled Burials. 79th Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, TX.

2014 Artz, J.A., J. Mack, and K.T. Lillios. Seeking Individuals in Commingled Human Remains Using GIS and Osteological Landmarks: Collective Burials from Bolores, a Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age Mortuary Site in Torres Vedras, Portugal. Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

2014 Lillios, K.T., J. Mack, J.A. Artz, A.J. Waterman, B. Horwath, and L.N. Stutz. Biographies, Practices, and Social Change: Multiscalar Research at the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age Collective Burial of Bolores, Portugal. 20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Istanbul, Turkey.

2013 Lillios, K.T. Practice, Process, and the End of Collective Burials in the European Neolithic. Theoretical Archaeology Group, Chicago, IL.

2012 Lillios, K.T., and E. Weiss-Krejci. Strangers on a Train: Individuals, Collective Burials, and Temporality. 77th Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Memphis, TN.

2011 Lillios, K.T. Interpreting Variability in Late Neolithic Burials in the Sizandro-Alcabrichel River Valleys. 76th Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, CA.

2009 Lillios, K.T. Excavations at the Neolithic-Bronze Age Burial of Bolóres (Torres Vedras, Portugal): A Contribution Toward the Study and Analysis of Collective Tombs. 74th Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta, GA.

2008 Waterman, A.J., J. Willman, and K.T. Lillios. Health Status and Diet of the Human Population at the Late Neolithic Collective Burial of Bolóres (Torres Vedras), Portugal: Preliminary Results. Poster. 73rd Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, BC.

Excavation Reports

2013 Lillios, K.T., Artz, J.A., Waterman, A.J. Mack, J., and Racila, A.-M. Archaeological Excavations at the Artificial Cave of Bolores (Torres Vedras, Portugal), 2012 Season. Report submitted to the Ministério de Cultura, Portugal (summary in Portuguese). 200+ pages.

2011 Lillios, K.T., Artz, J.A., and Waterman, A.J. Archaeological Excavations at the Artificial Cave of Bolores (Torres Vedras, Portugal), 2010 Season. Report submitted to the Ministério de Cultura, Portugal (summary in Portuguese). 200+ pages.

2009 Lillios, K.T., Trindade, L., Willman, J., and Waterman, A. Neolithic-Bronze Age Funerary Sites Between the Alcabrichel and Sizandro Rivers: Survey and Testing. Report submitted to the Ministério de Cultura, Portugal (summary in Portuguese). 20 pages.

2009 Lillios, K.T., Artz, J.A., Waterman, A.J., and Willman, J. Bolóres (Torres Vedras) rockshelter: Preliminary report of the 2008 excavations. Report submitted to the Ministério de Cultura, Portugal (summary in Portuguese). 53 pages.

2008 Lillios, K.T., Artz, J.A., Kendall, B., Waterman, A.J., and Willman, J. Bolóres (Torres Vedras) rockshelter: Preliminary report of the 2007 excavations. Report submitted to the Ministério de Cultura, Portugal (summary in Portuguese). 91 pages.