Joaquín Lomba Maurandi

Dr. Joaquín Lomba Maurandi is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Universidad de Murcia, specializing in Prehistory and Archaeology. His research focuses on Chalcolithic Iberia, bioarchaeology, ancient DNA analysis, and rock art studies. He is affiliated with research groups such as Historical Archaeology and Heritage of the Western Mediterranean and Digital Humanities: History and Video Games.

• Email: jlomba@um.es
• Doctorate: Universidad de Murcia (1995), thesis on Lithic Industries of the Eneolithic in Murcia

Research Interests:
His work spans European Prehistory, funerary rituals, settlement patterns, and biological profiles of ancient populations, with a focus on the Copper Age in SE Spain. He employs linear discriminant analysis, machine learning, and stratigraphic studies to explore social complexity and environmental interactions.

Key Contributions:
He is renowned for analyzing the Camino del Molino collective tomb (1348 individuals, 3rd millennium BC), developing sex estimation models using long bones, and studying prehistoric livestock and rock art in Murcia. His methodologies have redefined approaches to multi-individual burials and ancient DNA datasets.