Joaquín Jiménez-Puerto

Dr. Joaquín Jiménez-Puerto

Departament de Prehistoria, Arqueología e Historia Antigua, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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Biography

I am a prehistoric archaeologist working on the social dynamics of the Iberian Copper Age and the Bell Beaker phenomenon (c. 2800–1900 cal BC). My research tests explanations of how cultural practices spread between prehistoric communities by combining archaeological data with network science, Bayesian chronology and machine learning. This combination draws on a dual background: a degree in Computer Systems Engineering (UPV, 2004) and ten years in software development, followed by a degree in History, a Master's in Archaeology (Extraordinary Award) and a European Doctorate (Universitat de València, 2022, cum laude), which received the National Almuzara Award for the best doctoral thesis in archaeology (2023). My work follows open-science and FAIR principles: data, code and teaching materials are deposited in Zenodo and institutional repositories. I currently hold an Atracció de Talent postdoctoral contract at the Universitat de València (2026–27) and teach data analysis at the Universitat Politècnica de València. I am Deputy Editor of the Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology and have carried out research stays at the University of Washington, NCSR Demokritos (Athens) and the Department of Applied Statistics of the UPV. I also have fieldwork experience in Neolithic and Chalcolithic sites of eastern Iberia (Cova de les Cendres, Mas

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University of Valencia

Valencia, Spain

Departament de Prehistoria, Arqueología e Historia Antigua

Universitat Politècnica de València

Valencia, Spain

Departamento de Estadística, Investigación Operativa Aplicada y Calidad

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