Dr. Julio Mercader Florín
Positions
Research Associate
Max Planck Institute for Science of Human History
Research Associate
The Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Science, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment
Contact information
Location
Julio Mercader's Office: ES836
Background
Educational Background
B.A. Archaeology, University of Madrid, 1989
Doctor of Philosophy Archaeology, University of Madrid, 1997
Biography
Julio Mercader Florín is a professor at the University of Calgary and the principal investigator of the SSHRC-funded project Stone Tools, Diet and Sociality. His current research focuses on human evolution, with specific regard to dietary and climatic change and how this impacted human evolution, with an emphasis on tropical ecosystems during the African Stone age. Dr. Mercader's research methods entail a multidisciplinary assessment of subsistence, diet, technology stability and change, as well as paleoenvironments. His current research is conducted at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. Over the years, he has also studied a diversity of archaeological sites in Central, West, and Southern Africa. Dr. Mercader has overseen field and laboratory work in multiple contexts, ranging from undergraduate field schools to highly technical laboratory set-ups. Dr. Mercader is also a research associate with the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany, The Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES) in Spain, and the Department of Geoscience at the University of Calgary. In addition to this, he is a former Canada Research Chair in Tropical Archaeology.
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| ARKY 335 | African Stone Age | Fall 2022 |
| ARKY 515 | Paleoethnobotany | Fall 2022 |
Awards
- Research Associate Anthropology George Washington University, USA, 2005
- Research Associate Human Origins Program Smithsonian Institution, USA, 2005
- University of Calgary, Young Innovator Award, 2004
Publications
- Microbotanical Proxies in Palaeoanthropology: The Stone Tools, Diet, and Sociality reference collection at the University of Calgary as an underutilized resource for Canadian Bioanthropologists. Neduvoto Mollel; Robert Patalano; S. Craig Gerlach; Laura Tucker; Matthew Abtosway; Maria Soto; Fergus Larter; Julio Mercader Florin; Vinay Rajdev; Pastory Bushozi; Jamie Inwood; Robert Bird; Patrick Lee; Ramaswami Sammynaiken; Stephen R Larter; Julien Favreau; Makarius Itambu; Mariam Bundala; Siobhan Clarke; Jason Malley; Dale Walde. (2017)
- Identifying and characterizing a bio-molecular indicator of malaria in West African archaeological skeletal remains. Matthew Abtosway; Laura Tucker; Patrick Lee; Fergus Larter; Mariam Bundala; Jamie Inwood; Robert Bird; Neduvoto Mollel; Stephen R Larter; Julien Favreau; Siobhan Clarke; Makarius Itambu; Aloyce Mwambwiga; Pastory Bushozi; Maria Soto; Vinay Rajdev; Robert Patalano; Julio Mercader Florin. (2018)
- Hominin Ecology of the Early Oldowan 2 Ma. . Nicole Boivin; Lucas Olesilau; Arturo Cueva-Temprana; Jamie Inwood; Jonathan Umbsaar; Michael Petraglia; Aloyce Mwambwiga; Gunnar Siljedal; Robert Patalano; Abdallah Mohammed; Julien Favreau; Simon Haberle; Pam Akuku; Samson Koromo; Pastory Bushozi; Stephen Hubbard; Makarius Itambu; Paul Durkin; Julio Mercader Florin; Palmira Saladie; Tristan Carter; Siobhan Clarke; Patrick Roberts; Susan Rule; Alfredo Camacho; Revocatus Bugumba; Kelvin Fella; Maria Soto; Patrick Lee. (2020)
- Modern soil phytoliths from Arusha ecoregion. Siobhan Clarke; Jamie Inwood; Fergus Larter; Matthew Abtosway; Robert Bird; Aloyce Mwambwiga; Patrick Lee; Julio Mercader Florin; Mariam Bundala; Maria Soto; Pastory Bushozi; Laura Tucker; Robert Patalano; Neduvoto Mollel; Julien Favreau; Makarius Itambu. (2018)
- New Work at Ewass Oldupa and Engaji Nanyori (Beds I-IV, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania). Patrick Lee; Julio Mercader Florin; Jamie Inwood; Paul Durkin; Julien Favreau; Makarius Itambu; Aloyce Mwambwiga; Robert Patalano; Maria Soto; Abdallah Mohammed; Fergus Larter; Kelvin Fella; Stephen Hubbard; Siobhan Clarke; Pastory Bushozi. (2019)
- Challenges with biomarker analysis of Hominin paleohabitats. Patrick Lee; Siobhan Clarke; Julio Mercader Florin; Neduvoto Mollel; Aloyce Mwambwiga; Makarius Itambu; Pastory Bushozi; Matthew Abtosway; Laura Tucker; Robert Bird; Fergus Larter; Vinay Rajdev; Julien Favreau; Mariam Bundala; Robert Patalano; Jamie Inwood; Maria Soto. (2018)
- Revisiting Panda 100: Reanalysis of the first archaeological chimpanzee nut cracking lithic assemblage and its relevance to understanding the emergence of hominin technology. Tomos Proffitt; Christophe Boesch; Julio Mercader Florin; Michael Haslam; Lydia Luncz. (2018)
- Microbotanical proxies: The ‘Stone Tools, Diet, and Sociality’ reference collection at the University of Calgary. Aloyce Mwambwiga; Maria Soto; Vinay Rajdev; Julio Mercader Florin; Neduvoto Mollel; Fergus Larter; Mariam Bundala; Pastory Bushozi; Laura Tucker; Siobhan Clarke; Matthew Abtosway; Jamie Inwood; Julien Favreau; Makarius Itambu; Robert Bird; Patrick Lee; Robert Patalano. (2018)
- Fossilized starch shows Acheulean harvesting of yams 1.7 million years ago at Olduvai Gorge. Audax Mabulla; Dale Walde; Matthew Abtosway; Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo; Chris DeBuhr; Fernando Diez Martin; David Uribelarrea; Julien Favreau; Makarius Itambu; Robert Patalano; Siobhan Clarke; Federico Krause; Julio Mercader Florin; Patrick Lee; Laura Tucker. (2017)
- Phytoliths production in modern plants from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Jamie Inwood; Laura Tucker; Julien Favreau; Fergus Larter; Julio Mercader Florin; Siobhan Clarke; Makarius Itambu; Mariam Bundala; Patrick Lee; Maria Soto; Matthew Abtosway. (2018)
- Sourcing lithic raw materials through petrography in the Greater Serengeti region. Patrick Lee; Robert Patalano; Maria Soto; Pastory Bushozi; Siobhan Clarke; Matthew Abtosway; Laura Tucker; Mariam Bundala; Fergus Larter; Neduvoto Mollel; Vinay Rajdev; Julio Mercader Florin; Aloyce Mwambwiga; Makarius Itambu; Robert Bird; Julien Favreau; Jamie Inwood. (2018)
- Experimental protocol for decontaminating Sub-Saharan dental calculus. Matthew Abtosway; Aloyce Mwambwiga; Pastory Bushozi; Fergus Larter; Robert Patalano; Patrick Lee; Siobhan Clarke; Maria Soto; Neduvoto Mollel; Julien Favreau; Makarius Itambu; Mariam Bundala; Robert Bird; Jamie Inwood; Laura Tucker; Vinay Rajdev; Julio Mercader Florin. (2018)
- Decontaminating Archaeological Dental Calculus: A Protocol for Reliable Extractions. Maria Soto; Julio Mercader Florin; Siobhan Clarke; Jamie Inwood; Patrick Roberts. (2019)
- Molecular Starch Degradation and Their Fingerprints: Insights from Modern African Taxa. Maria Soto; Jamie Inwood; Thomas Oldenburg; Stephen Larter; Julio Mercader Florin. (2019)
- Bioavailable strontium and diagenesis of teeth in Northern Tanzania. Fergus Larter; Laura Tucker; Julien Favreau; Mariam Bundala; Neduvoto Mollel; Patrick Lee; Aloyce Mwambwiga; Siobhan Clarke; Matthew Abtosway; Makarius Itambu; Vinay Rajdev; Robert Bird; Julio Mercader Florin; Robert Patalano; Maria Soto; Pastory Bushozi; Jamie Inwood. (2018)
- Microremains on Stone (Tools): Discriminating Function-Related from Natural Residues. Julien Favreau; Jamie Inwood; Maria Soto; Fergus Larter; Julio Mercader Florin. (2019)
- Quantitatively and Qualitatively Evaluating the Impact that Palaeoanthropology Makes on the Lives of the Maasai People of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Lucas Olesilau; Samson Koromo; Julio Mercader Florin; Patrick Lee; Jamie Inwood. (2019)
- Exploring the landscape legacy of human activity through phytoliths. Julio Mercader Florin. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. (2019)
- Raman and EDX explore authenticity, fossilization, and preservation of archaeological starch granules. Julio Mercader Florin. (2018)
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