2025

  • Heidgen, S., de Souza, J. G., Vargas Ruiz, J., Ardila Peña, C. Y., Fajardo Bernal, S., Moderato, M., & Madella, M. (2025, February 24-28). Assessing fire risk and land use impacts for the preservation of indigenous sacred landscapes in Santa Marta. Paper presented at the 8th European Conference of Tropical Ecology, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Fajardo Bernal, S., de Souza, J. G., Mohammadi, S., Moderato, M., Tapscott Baltar, A., Heidgen, S., Vargas Ruiz, J., Reina, C., Ardila Peña, C. Y., Montejo, F., Peripato, V., Góes Neves, E., Strauss, A., Orengo, H., & Madella, M. (2025, May 5-9). MAPHSA: Uncovering Pre-Columbian landscapes through machine learning and remote sensing in tropical South America. Paper presented at the CAA 2025, Athens, Greece.
  • Heidgen, S. D., de Souza, J. G., Vargas Ruiz, J., Ardila Peña, C. Y., Fajardo Bernal, S., Moderato, M., & Madella, M. (2025, May 5-9). Protecting heritage through fire risk assessment in sacred indigenous landscapes of Santa Marta. Paper presented at the CAA 2025, Athens, Greece.
  • Moderato, M., de Souza, J. G., Heidgen, S. D., Tapscott Baltar, A., Orengo, H., Fajardo Bernal, S., Vargas Ruiz, J., Góes Neves, E., Strauss, A., & Madella, M. (2025, May 5-9). Connecting riverscapes: A large-scale network analysis of archaeological sites in Brazil. Paper presented at the CAA 2025, Athens, Greece.
  • Peripato, V., de Souza, J. G., Fajardo Bernal, S., Heidgen, S. D., Moderato, M., Levis, C., Gamerman, D., Moreira, G., Teixeira, L., da Silva, A. M., Aragão, L., & Madella, M. (2025, May 5-9). Integrating remote sensing and computational approaches in Amazonian archaeology. Paper presented at the CAA 2025, Athens, Greece.
  • Lopes, R. A., Kater, T., Pessoa, C., Moderato, M., & Madella, M. (2025, November 24-28). Usando bancos de dados arqueológicos e modelagem preditiva para mapear estruturas de terra do Sul da Amazônia Brasileira. Paper presented at the XXIII Congresso da Sociedade de Arqueologia Brasileira, Brasília, Brazil.
  • Lopes, R. A. (2025). Mapeamento do patrimônio arqueológico do Sul da Amazônia: novas abordagens para a compreensão da sociobiodiversidade pré-colonial. Paper presented at the II Congresso de Pós-Doutorandos da USP, São Paulo, Brazil.

 

2024

  • de Souza, J. G., Heidgen, S., Moderato, M., Tapscott Baltar, A., & Madella, M. (2024, May 2-4). Cerrando brechas: Aprendizaje automático para el análisis arqueológico en Brasil y Colombia. Paper presented at the Congreso Colombiano de Arqueología, Santa Marta, Colombia.
  • Fajardo Bernal, S. (2024, May 2-4). Evolución sociopolítica y agrupación poblacional entre las primeras comunidades sedentarias en el noreste de los Andes, Colombia. Paper presented at the Congreso Colombiano de Arqueología, Santa Marta, Colombia.
  • de Souza, J. G., Madella, M., Moderato, M., Tapscott Baltar, A., Heidgen, S., Orengo, H., Fajardo Bernal, S., Vargas Ruiz, J. C., Góes Neves, E., & Strauss, A. (2024, August 28-31). New technologies for the preservation of pre-Columbian archaeological heritage in South America: The MAPHSA project. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Rome, Italy.
  • de Souza, J. G., Madella, M., Moderato, M., Tapscott Baltar, A., Heidgen, S., Orengo, H., Fajardo Bernal, S., Vargas Ruiz, J. C., Góes Neves, E., & Strauss, A. (2024, September 16-22). MAPHSA - Mapping the Archaeological Pre-Columbian Heritage in South America. Paper presented at the Encuentro Internacional de Arqueología Amazónica, San José de Guaviare, Colombia.
  • Fajardo Bernal, S., de Souza, J. G., Reina, C., Montejo, F., & Madella, M. (2024, September 16-22). Predicting past human activity areas in the Colombian Amazon through ecological niche modeling of Euphorbiaceae species. Paper presented at the Encuentro Internacional de Arqueología Amazónica, San José de Guaviare, Colombia.
  • Fajardo Bernal, S., Vargas Ruiz, J. C., Barragán, W., & López, F. (2024, September 23). Navegación utilitaria para el balance arqueológico. Seminar presented at ICANH, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • de Souza, J. G., Madella, M., Moderato, M., Tapscott Baltar, A., Heidgen, S., Orengo, H., Fajardo Bernal, S., Vargas Ruiz, J. C., Álvarez Correa, N., Peripato, V., Lopes, R. A., Oliveira, R., Góes Neves, E., & Strauss, A. (2024, October 23-24). MAPHSA: Mapping the archaeological pre-Columbian heritage of South America. Paper presented at Mapping and Preserving South American Archaeological Heritage: Insights from Colombia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.
  • Fajardo Bernal, S. (2024, October 23-24). Sociopolitical evolution, population clustering, and technology among early sedentary communities in northeastern Andes, Colombia. Paper presented at Mapping and Preserving South American Archaeological Heritage: Insights from Colombia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.
  • Heidgen, S. (2024, October 23-24). Modeling land use and fire risk for indigenous heritage in Santa Marta. Paper presented at Mapping and Preserving South American Archaeological Heritage: Insights from Colombia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.
  • Madella, M. (2024, October 23-24). Introduction to the MAPHSA Project. Paper presented at Mapping and Preserving South American Archaeological Heritage: Insights from Colombia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.
  • Moderato, M. (2024, October 23-24). Connecting riverscapes: A large-scale network analysis of archaeological sites in South America. Paper presented at Mapping and Preserving South American Archaeological Heritage: Insights from Colombia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.
  • Montejo Gaitán, F., & Ardila Peña, C. Y. (2024, October 23-24). Navegación utilitaria para el balance arqueológico. Paper presented at Mapping and Preserving South American Archaeological Heritage: Insights from Colombia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.
  • Vargas Ruiz, J. C. (2024, October 23-24). Patrimonio e interculturalidad en la arqueología del Caribe en Colombia. Paper presented at Mapping and Preserving South American Archaeological Heritage: Insights from Colombia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.
  • Fajardo Bernal, S. (2024, November 15). From above: Revealing pre-Hispanic landscapes in the mountainous tropical forests. Lecture presented at Digital Archaeology Group, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
  • Madella, M. (2024, November 25-29). Mapping the past, protecting the future: Safeguarding heritage amidst growing threats. Paper presented at the Second EUTOPIA Week 2024, Cergy Paris University, Cergy, France.
  • de Souza, J. G., Madella, M., Moderato, M., Tapscott Baltar, A., Heidgen, S., Orengo, H., Fajardo Bernal, S., Vargas Ruiz, J. C., Álvarez Correa, N., Peripato, V., Lopes, R. A., Oliveira, R., Góes Neves, E., & Strauss, A. (2024, December 11). MAPHSA: Mapping the archaeological Pre-Columbian heritage of South America. Paper presented at AMAZONIA: Its Archaeology and Paleoecology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.
  • Madella, M. (2024, December 11). South American archaeology at UPF. Paper presented at AMAZONIA: Its Archaeology and Paleoecology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.
  • Orengo, H. (2024, December 11). Exploring the potential of ML-based classification of multispectral multitemporal satellite data for the detection of archaeological sites within the Amazonian forest. Paper presented at AMAZONIA: Its Archaeology and Paleoecology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.
  • Lopes, R. A. (2024). Cosmopolícromos: comparación de las expansiones Polícroma y Tupi-Guaraní a través de la modelización espacial y cronológica. Paper presented at the Encuentro Internacional de Arqueología Amazónica, San José de Guaviare, Colombia.

 

2023

  • de Souza, J. G., & Madella, M. (2023, April 19-21). Mapping the Archaeological Pre-Columbian Heritage in South America (MAPHSA). Paper presented at the Coloquio Paisajes Americanos - 2nd European Encounter of American Archaeology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
  • Vargas Ruiz, J. C., Romero, I., Soto, L., & Galindo, R. (2023, May 23-24). Patrones de asentamiento prehispánicos y uso de modelos de idoneidad en la evaluación de la guerra en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Paper presented at the Seminario Cacicazgos en las Américas, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • de Souza, J. G., Madella, M., Moderato, M., Tapscott Baltar, A., Heidgen, S., Orengo, H., Fajardo Bernal, S., Vargas Ruiz, J. C., Góes Neves, E., & Strauss, A. (2023, October 25-27). New technologies for the preservation of pre-Columbian archaeological heritage in South America: The MAPHSA project. Paper presented at the Giornate di Studi "Archeologia e Nuove Tecnologie": Dalla teoria ai protocolli esecutivi, Siena, Italy.
  • de Souza, J. G., Madella, M., Moderato, M., Tapscott Baltar, A., Heidgen, S., Orengo, H., Fajardo Bernal, S., Vargas Ruiz, J. C., Góes Neves, E., & Strauss, A. (2023, November 22-25). Mapping the archaeological pre-Columbian heritage in South America. Paper presented at the Big Historical Data Conference, Jena, Germany.
  • Vargas Ruiz, J. C. (2023). Los paisajes de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Paper presented at Museo del Oro, Santa Marta, Colombia.