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Olivia Munoz

UMR 8215 "Trajectoires" · CNRS

https://researchid.co/oliviamunoz
@cnrs.fr
1139Google Scholar Citations
16Google Scholar h-index
20Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Archaeology, Biological anthropology, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Arabian peninsula

Biography

I am an archaeo-anthropologist, specializing in the recent prehistory and protohistory of Arabia. I hold a PhD in Archaeology-Ethnology-Prehistory from the University of Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne and a PhD in Animal Biology from the Università di Roma La Sapienza, obtained in 2014, and I have been a CNRS research fellow since 2018. My research focuses on the evolution of ancient populations in constrained environments, through the reconstruction of their lifestyles and the study of their burial practices. I am particularly interested in the mechanisms of adaptations of coastal populations between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age (6000-2000 BCE), and in the biocultural changes that accompany the development of oasis agriculture in Arabia (food, sanitary status, demography, sedentariness, social complexification,...).

Education

2014 PhD Anthropologie-Ethnologie-Préhistoire – Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne 2014 PhD Biologie Animale – Università di Roma La Sapienza PhD Thesis: « Pratiques funéraires et paramètres biologiques dans la péninsule d’Oman du Néolithique à la fin de l’âge du Bronze ancien (V-IIIe millénaires avant notre ère) » │ supervisors: Serge Cleuziou, Jean-Paul Demoule, Alfredo Coppa

Recent Google Scholar Publications

  1. Mortuary landscape during protohistory in the Arabian Peninsula
    CAA53rd It’s all about people , 2026, 2026
  2. Dhabtiyah in context: Protohistoric Occupation and Monumentality in Northeastern Arabia (6th mill BC-1st mill. AD)
    Seminar for Arabian Studies , 2025, 2025
  3. Modelling of the mid–late Holocene coastline variations of the Ras al-Jinz site (Sultanate of Oman) using UAV technology photogrammetry, electromagnetic survey, and sedimentary …
    Journal of Archaeological Science 184, 106408 , 2025, 2025 | Citations: 1.0
  4. Explorer les liens sociaux à travers les pratiques mortuaires
    Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris. BMSAP 37 (37 (2)) , 2025, 2025
  5. Perles en coquille sur le site funéraire de Ra's al-Hadd HD-7. 3 à la période Hafit (sultanat d'Oman, ca. 3200-2700 av. n. è.): Approches malacologique, tracéologique et morpho …
    Parures de la mer. Table ronde de la Société Préhistorique Française , 2025, 2025

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