Sara Liliana Magalhaes Barbosa Garces

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Adjunct Professor - ACRP - Archaeology, Conservation, Restoration, and Heritage
Polytechnic University of Tomar

Sara Liliana Magalhaes Barbosa Garces


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Archaeologist and rock art researcher, coordinator of Rock Art Archaeology Chair (Instituto Politécnico de Tomar). Directs FIRST-ART (Europe's oldest rock art chronology and archaemetry studies) and RA3I AI-rock art consortium (Techframe/IPT/ITM). Tagus Basin PhD pioneer of superimposition analysis. Leads or co-leads multidisciplinary projects across Iberian Peninsula, UK, South Africa, Turkey, Colombia, Brazil, bridging fieldwork and computational innovation for prehistoric symbolic systems.

EDUCATION

Degree in Archaeology from Minho University (2007)
International Erasmus Mundus Master in Quaternary and Prehistory from Università di Ferrara (Italy), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (France), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain), Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro University (Portugal) and Instituto Politecnico de Tomar (Portugal) (2009)
PhD in Quaternary, Cultures and Materials (Portugal) (2017)
Master in Virtual Heritage from Alicante University (2024)

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Archeology, Arts and Humanities, Museology
23

Scopus Publications

302

Scholar Citations

9

Scholar h-index

9

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • A Multi-Stage Deep Learning Framework for Automatic Pigment Classification and Filter Prediction in Rock Art Paintings
    B Ribeiro, D Danelatos, S Garcês, S Jardim
    IEEE Access , 2026
    2026
  • The Tagus Valley Rock Complex, Portugal: A chronological proposal
    S Garcês
    L'Anthropologie 130 (1), 103455 , 2026
    2026
  • Early stages of Palaeolithic rock art in southern Iberia. Malaga area
    PC Duarte, LEF Rodríguez, HC Giraldo, GC Weniger, ...
    Complutum 36 (2), 371-401 , 2025
    2025
  • From Pixels to Patterns: Artificial Intelligence and Digital Imaging for Rock Art Interpretation
    S Jardim, S Garcês, HC Giraldo
    2025 5th International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications … , 2025
    2025
  • Exploring Artificial Intelligence Capabilities in the Detection and Classification of Prehistoric Rock Art Paintings
    B Macieira, H Pereira, H Nogueira, J Pomba, S Garcês, S Jardim
    Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference, 530-546 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Comparative Analysis of Intestinal Morphometry in Mugil cephalus Reared in Biofloc and Water Exchange System
    S Garcés, VF Pedrosa, LA Romano, PADP Dos Santos, LB Giesta, G Lara
    Fishes 10 (10), 507 , 2025
    2025
  • Art in red: New dates for paintings in the Cave of Altamira, Santillana del Mar, Spain
    Q Shao, C de las Heras, A Prada, P Fatás, LM Díaz-González, D Ordás, ...
    Journal of Archaeological Science 179, 106235 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • La Cueva del Toro de Benalmádena (Málaga, España). Nuevo proyecto científico para la recuperación de un enclave decorado excepcional en el Cerro del Calamorro
    DS Fernández Sánchez, HA Mira Perales, H Collado Giraldo, S Garces, ...
    Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Teba y Editorial La Serranía , 2025
    2025
  • New Upper Palaeolithic Rock Art Complex in the Tejo Valley, Central Portugal
    T Pereira, S Garcês, D Danelatos, H Collado Giraldo, GH Nash, ...
    Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 8 (1), 11 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Exploring the Application of a Co-Creation Model in Archaeological Tourism: Two Case Studies developed under TURARQ's project within the frame of Link Me Up-1000 ideas project
    S Garcês, H Gomes, M Martins, A Trindade, C Costa, A Manso, ...
    RPER, 125-141 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • The RA3I project: Rock Art and Artificial Intelligence
    S Garcês, L Oosterbeek, H Collado, H Gomes, S Jardim, C Mora, ...
    ASIAN PREHISTORY TODAY: Bridging Science, Heritage and Development, 98-98 , 2025
    2025
  • Las primeras etapas del arte rupestre paleolítico en el sur de Iberia. Región de Málaga
    P Cantalejo Duartea, LE Fernández Rodríguez, H Collado Giraldo, ...
    Complutum 36 (2), 371-402 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • La Cueva del Toro de Benalmádena (Málaga, España): nuevo proyecto científico para la recuperación de un enclave decorado excepcional en el cerro del Calamorro
    DF Sánchez, HM Perales, HC Giraldo, S Garcês, H Gomes, V Lattao, ...
    Las sociedades neandertales del sur de la Península Ibérica y Sima de las … , 2025
    2025
  • Explorando a Aplicação de um Modelo de Cocriação no Turismo Arqueológico: Dois Estudos de Caso Desenvolvidos no Âmbito do Projeto TURARQ Sob a Égide do Projeto Link Me Up-1000 …
    S Garcês, H Gomes, M Martins, A Trindade, C Costa, A Manso, ...
    Revista portuguesa de estudos regionais, 125-141 , 2025
    2025
  • Autochthonous or Allochthonous, the Prehistoric Pottery of Cueva de Los Postes
    V Lattao, S Garcês, H Gomes, P Rosina, H Collado
    Applied Sciences 14 (11), 4706 , 2024
    2024
  • Ancient diseases in vertebrates: tumours through the ages
    A Garcês, I Pires, S Garcês
    Animals 14 (10), 1474 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Archeometrical Characterization of Rock Art Pigments from Puerto Roque Open-Air Rock Art Shelter (Valencia De Alcantara, Extremadura, Spain)
    H Gomes, H Collado, S Garcês, V Lattao, M Nicoli, N Eftekhari, ...
    Heritage 7 (3), 1123-1139 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • New Palaeolithic evidence from the Ocreza Valley
    D Danelatos, T Pereira, S Garcês, HC Giraldo, G Nash, O Adewumi, ...
    Arte, simbolismo y sociedad en la Prehistoria. Nuevos descubrimientos … , 2024
    2024
  • NEW ROCK ART DISCOVERIES IN KING ARTHUR’S CAVE, HEREFORDSHIRE, GANAREW
    GH NASH, JA NASH, V LATTAO, S GARCÊS, H GOMES, P ROSINA, ...
    Proc. Univ. Bristol Spelaeol. Soc 29 (3), 251-262 , 2024
    2024
  • Building Archaeotourism Brands–A Literature Review and an Analysis of an Ongoing Project in Rural Areas
    M Martins, S Garcês, H Gomes, A Trindade, DO Cardoso, E Ferraz, ...
    Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 25 (4-6), 179-194 , 2023
    2023

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Benquerencia (La Serena-Spain) rock art: An integrated spectroscopy analysis with FTIR and Raman
    P Rosina, H Collado, S Garcês, H Gomes, N Eftekhari, M Nicoli, ...
    Heliyon 5 (10) , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 29
  • Cervídeos na Arte Rupestre do Vale do Tejo: contributo para o estudo da Pré-História Recente
    S Garcês, L Oosterbeek
    Zahara 14, 90-94 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 23
  • Cervídeos: Símbolos e Sociedade nos primórdios da agricultura no Vale do Tejo
    SLMB Garcês
    PQDT-Global , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 21
  • Between tools and engravings: technology and experimental archaeology to the study of Cachão do Algarve Rock Art
    N Santos da Rosa, S Cura, S Garcês, P Cura
    Technology and experimentation in archaeology, 87-96 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 19
  • The relevance of watery soundscapes in a ritual context
    S Garcês, G Nash
    Time and Mind 10 (1), 69-80 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 15
  • Pré-História do Alto Ribatejo-breve panorâmica
    L Oosterbeek, S Cura, J Carrondo, S Garcês, H Gomes, T Tomé
    Zahara 15, 77-88 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 12
  • Identification of organic binders in pre-historic pigments through multiproxy archaeometric analyses from the Toca do Paraguaio and Boqueirão da Pedra Furada shelters (Serra da …
    H Gomes, P Rosina, N Guidon, C Buco, T Santos, L Volpe, C Vaccaro, ...
    Rock Art Research: The Journal of the Australian Rock Art Research … , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 11
  • In search of the ATR-FTIR signatures of experimentally mixed ingredients presumably used in pre-historic rock art
    S Garces, H Gomes, L Haddab, P Cura, P Rosina
    Rock Art Research: The Journal of the Australian Rock Art Research … , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 11
  • Arqueologia rupestre da bacia do Tejo: RUPTEJO
    L Oosterbeek, HC Giraldo, S Garcês
    Arkeos: perspectivas em diálogo, 133-173 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 10
  • A multi-analytical evaluation of the depositional pattern on open-air rock art panels at “Abrigo del Lince”(Badajoz, Spain)
    M Nicoli, N Eftekhari, C Vaccaro, H Collado Giraldo, S Garcês, H Gomes, ...
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research 30 (9), 24344-24360 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 7
  • Corpus do Complexo de Arte Rupestre do Vale do Tejo
    S Garcês
    Suplemento especial da série Area Domeniu. Instituto Terra é Memoria , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 7
  • Os cervídeos na arte rupestre em Território Português-do Côa ao Tejo
    MS ABREU, S GARCÊS
    GUÌDON, Niéde; BUCO, Crís; ABREU, Mila Simões, coord., Fumdhamentos IX … , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 7
  • Para uma revisão do estudo da arte rupestre do Vale do Tejo-O uso dos moldes de látex como instrumento de estudo
    MS ABREU, L OOSTERBEEK, S GARCÊS, F COIMBRA, G MUÑOZ, ...
    GUÌDON, Niéde; BUCO, Crís; ABREU, Mila Simões, coord., Fumdhamentos IX … , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 7
  • Ancient diseases in vertebrates: tumours through the ages
    A Garcês, I Pires, S Garcês
    Animals 14 (10), 1474 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • The rock art of Caraculo, Namibe province, Angola
    B Fernandes, S Garcês, L Oosterbeek
    L'Anthropologie 127 (5), 103212 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Pigment spectroscopy analyses in Maltravieso cave, Spain
    P Rosina, H Collado, S Garcês, H Gomes, V Lattao, M Nicoli, N Eftekhari, ...
    L'Anthropologie 127 (1), 103116 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Dating pre-historic painted figures from the Serra da Capivara national park, Piaui, Brazil
    P Rosina, S Garcês, H Gomes, GH Nash, N Guidon, T dos Santos, C Buco, ...
    Rock Art Research: The Journal of the Australian Rock Art Research … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 6
  • O projeto FIRSTART–conservação, documentação e gestão das primeiras manifestações de arte rupestre no Sudoeste da Península Ibérica: as grutas do Escoural e Maltravieso
    S Garcês, H Collado Giraldo, JJ García Arranz, L Oosterbeek, AC Silva, ...
    Morais Arnaud, J., César Neves, C., Andrea Martins, A.(Coords.): Arqueologia … , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 6
  • Filiform and ‘polissoir’rock art between the Tagus and Mondego rivers (Portugal): inventory, typology, parallels and chronology
    FA Coimbra, S Garcês, F Mailland, FA Coimbra, C Prestipino
    Quaderni del Mediterraneo 2 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 6
  • The Tagus valley rock art complex: research, methodology and results
    S Garcês, L Oosterbeek
    Sobre rocas y huesos: las sociedades prehistóricas y sus manifestaciones … , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 6