Dr. Riker Yll
Dr. Riker Yll
IPHES
Catalan Institute of Human Palaeoecology and Social Evolution
Plaça Imperial Tarraco, 1
E-43005 Tarragona
Catalonia, Spain
Palaeobiologist (palynologist), Archaeologist
Ph. D. in Biology
UNESCO codes :
241603 - 241710 - 250105
550405 - 550501
Phone: + 34 977 55 86 49 +34 687 93 80 65
E-mail: riker@prehistoria.urv.cat
Dr. Riker Yll - Areas of interest
Quaternary palaeoecology and paleoclimatology
Palaeoecology and palaeoclimatology of the Balearic Islands and the Spanish Levant
Palaeoecology and palaeoclimatology of the SW of Spain (Guadalquivir Delta and Doñana National Park)
Palaeoecology, palaeoclimatology and Landscape evolution of the arid and semi-arid Mediterranean regions
Palaeontology (Holocene animal and vegetal extinction in Mediterranean islands)
Global Climatic Change from a Palaeoclimatic perspective
Anthropic action and Climate Change
Quaternary archaeology
Middle Palaeolithic archaeology (mousterian assemblages and Neanderthal occupations)
Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology (the last hunter-gathered populations in Mediterranean Spain)
Prehistoric archaeology and Landscape evolution
Lithic assemblages in the European prehistory
Extreme climatic adaptations of Holocene fueginian populations (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina)
Bioarchaeology (Archaeological remains and Climatic Change of Holocene Iberian populations)
Actual Research Projects
Techno-cultural and landscape changes in the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in the Mediterranean zones of Iberian Peninsula. (Dr. Francesc Burjachs, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
Evolución geomorfológica de ambientes costeros como respuesta a cambios climáticos y del nivel del mar durante el Cuaternario en diferentes latitudes (Golfo de Cádiz, Archipiélagos de Canarias y Cabo Verde). (Dra. Caridad Zazo Cardeña, Departamento de Geología, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, C.S.I.C. Madrid.)
Schulte, L., Julià, R., Oliva, M., Burjachs, F., Veit, H., & Carvalho, F. 2008.
Sensitivity of Alpine fluvial environments in the Swiss Alps to climate forcing during the Late Holocene.
