Cristina Real Margalef

Cristina Real Margalef is a faculty member at the Universitat de València, affiliated with the Faculty of Geography and History, Department of Prehistory. She is an active researcher in the field of prehistoric archaeology, particularly focusing on the Western Mediterranean region.

Her research interests include:

• Zooarchaeology
• Taphonomy
• Paleolithic and Magdalenian archaeology
• Prehistoric human-animal interactions
• Site formation processes in archaeological contexts

She is a member of the PREMEDOC research group, dedicated to the prehistory of the Western Mediterranean, which underscores her regional and thematic specialization.

Dr. Real Margalef completed her doctoral studies at the Universitat de València with a thesis on the zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of the Magdalenian levels at Cova de les Cendres in Alicante, Spain. She was supervised by Dr. Valentín Villaverde Bonilla, Dr. Alfred Sanchis Serra, and Dr. Manuel Pérez Ripoll.

She advises students and contributes to research projects within her expertise, though specific advisees and funded grants are not listed in the current information. Her work supports broader understanding of Late Pleistocene human subsistence and site occupation dynamics.