Maria del Pilar Escriba Ruiz

Maria del Pilar Escriba Ruiz is a Researcher at the University of Valencia's Department of Prehistory, Archaeology and History and an active member of the PREMEDOC Research Group focused on Western Mediterranean prehistory.

Her educational background includes:

• Doctorate in Prehistory, University of Valencia, 2021. Thesis: "La geometría en las decoraciones cerámicas durante el Neolítico Antiguo del VI-V milenio cal BC (VIII-VII cal BP) entre el Xúquer y el Ebre" (Geometry in Ceramic Decorations during the Early Neolithic of the 6th-5th millennium cal BC between the Xúquer and Ebre rivers), supervised by Dr. Joan Bernabeu Aubán and Dr. Salvador Pardo Gordó.

Her research specializes in Prehistory and Archaeology with concentrated expertise in Neolithic Period material culture, ceramic decorative analysis, and Western Mediterranean settlement patterns. Her doctoral work established methodological frameworks for interpreting geometric motifs in Early Neolithic pottery as cultural transmission indicators across Mediterranean farming communities.

She holds the PROMETEO Junior Researcher Fellowship awarded by the Generalitat Valenciana, recognizing her potential in advancing regional prehistoric studies.

Within the PREMEDOC group, Dr. Escriba Ruiz contributes to collaborative excavations and material analyses of Neolithic sites, though current advisory roles and grant portfolios remain unspecified in available documentation.