Pablo Atoche Peña

Pablo Atoche Peña is a University Professor at the Department of Historical Sciences, affiliated with the Faculty of Geography and History at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC). He has taught since 1989, covering

• Archaeology
• Prehistory
• Ancient History

in undergraduate and doctoral programs.

His research focuses on

• Island Colonization Patterns
• Phoenician-Punic/Roman Influence
• Funerary Practices
• Bioarchaeology
• Geoarchaeology

with interdisciplinary projects analyzing cultural and environmental transformations in the Canary Islands.

Key projects include

• HAR2017-82792-P: Human Colonization in Canary Protohistory
• HAR2013-40899-P: Cultural Adaptation and Environmental Change
• HAR2009-08519: Human Colonization and Bioadaptation

funded by Spanish national agencies.

He has directed systematic excavations at sites like El Bebedero, Buenavista, and Caldereta de Tinache in Lanzarote, producing extensive chronologies for island settlement. His advising includes doctoral theses on

• Canarian Bioanthropology
• Archaeological Heritage Management
• Stone Technology

Email: pablo.atoche@ulpgc.es | patoche@dch.ulpgc.es