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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mafalda Costa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B01D-A767-9FD0
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8764-2310
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eEa3gFUAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
AAD-3840-2019
Scopus Author Id
57013986300

Addresses

  • Laboratório HERCULES, Universidade de Évora. Palácio do Vimioso, Largo Marquês de Marialva, 8 , 7000-809 , Évora, Évora, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - History and Archaeology - Archaeology
  • Humanities - History and Archaeology - History
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geology
Education
Degree Classification
2017 - 2021
Concluded
 Earth and Space Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Geological Processes
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
"A geochemical approach to the study of archaeological glassy materials" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Unanimously approved with high distinction
2016 - 2021
Concluded
 Archaeology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universiteit Gent Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Belgium
"A geochemical approach to the study of archaeological glassy materials" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Unanimously approved with high distinction
2013 - 2015
Concluded
 Science and Technology for Conservation and Restoration (Laurea Magistrale)
Major in Scienze e tecnologie per la Conservazione e il Restauro - Scienza dei Materiali Archeologici
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche Fisiche e Naturali, Italy
"Lithic Arrowheads: siliceous raw material sources and technology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 110 cum laude/110
2013 - 2015
Concluded
 Archaeology and Environment (Mestrado)
Major in Archaeological Material Science (Erasmus Mundus)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
"Lithic Arrowheads: Siliceous raw material sources and technology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19/20
2009 - 2013
Concluded
 Geology (Licenciatura)
Major in Geology and Natural Resources
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Precipitados minerais em vesículas e frentes de alteração: caracterização mineralógica e textural de fenómenos sin e pós eruptivos em basaltos submarinos do rifte da Terceira, Açores" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021 - Current Researcher (Research) IN2PAST - Laboratório Associado para a Investigação e Inovação em Património, Artes, Sustentabilidade e Território, Portugal
2015/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Laboratório Hercules Herança Cultural Estudos e Salvaguarda, Portugal
2016/01 - 2021/02 Researcher (Research) Universiteit Gent Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Belgium
Universiteit Gent - Archaeometry Research Group, Belgium
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Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/12 - 2022/02 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/01 - 2024/01 PP-nGLASS - An interdisciplinary study of the impact of the Phoenician-Punic natron glass trade in Iberian communities
EXPL/HAR-ARQ/0381/2021
Principal investigator
Laboratório Hercules Herança Cultural Estudos e Salvaguarda, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. L. Soberl; M. Dreshaj; Costa, Mafalda; José Mirão; Cristina Maria Barrocas Dias; T. Nunes; A.C. Valera. "Multi-Analytical Investigation of Red Pigments Recovered from Human Burials of Vale de Barrancas 1 Hypogea". In Vale de Barrancas 1. A necrópole de hipogeus do Neolítico (Mombeja, Bela), 91-102. Lisboa, Portugal: Núcleo de Investigação Arqueológica – NIA, 2020.
    Published
  2. Vandenabeele, Peter; Rousaki, Anastasia; Costa, Mafalda; Moens, Luc; Edwards, Howell G. M.. Corresponding author: Vandenabeele, Peter. "CHAPTER 5. Pigments and Colourants". In Raman Spectroscopy in Archaeology and Art History, 61-67. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018.
    10.1039/9781788013475-00061
Conference paper
  1. Costa, Mafalda; Pedro Barrulas; Luís Dias; Jorge Oliveira; Leonor Rocha; José Mirão. "Chemical and Mineralogical Composition of Neolithic and Chalcolithic Arrowheads: A Methodological Approach". Paper presented in 5th Workshop in Earth Sciences, Atmosphere and Space (WCTAE 2019), Évora, 2019.
    Published
  2. S. R. M. Pereira; Mª A. Antunes; A.M. Cardoso; Costa, Mafalda; J. Delgado Rodrigues; L. Esteves; José Mirão; António Candeias; J. M. Mimoso. "Influence of the production technology on the morphological characteristics of azulejos". Paper presented in International Conference Glazed Ceramics in Cultural Heritage (GlazeArt2018), Lisboa, 2018.
    Published
  3. Manhita, Ana; Dias, Cristina; Martins, Sérgio; Costa, Joana; Teixeira, Dora; Costa, Mafalda; Beltrame, Massimo; et al. "A new look into the archaeological materials from the Museum of Évora, Portugal - the case study of the Zambujeiro Dolmen". Paper presented in XIII Conferencia Internacional Antropologia 2016, Havana, 2016.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Loncaric, Valentina; Arruda, Ana Margarida; Barrulas, Pedro; Costa, Mafalda. Corresponding author: Costa, Mafalda. "An Archaeometric Analysis of Black-Appearing Iron Age Glass Beads from Vinha das Caliças 4 (Portugal)". Heritage 7 3 (2024): 1265-1297. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage7030061.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/heritage7030061
  2. Armal, Forough; Dias, Luís; Mirão, José; Pires, Vera; Sitzia, Fabio; Martins, Sérgio; Costa, Mafalda; Barrulas, Pedro. Corresponding author: Barrulas, Pedro. "Chemical Composition of Hydrophobic Coating Solutions and Its Impact on Carbonate Stones Protection and Preservation". Sustainability 15 22 (2023): 16135. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su152216135.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/su152216135
  3. Dias, Luís; Nunes, Ricardo; Costa, Mafalda; Caldeira, Ana Teresa; Mirão, José; Barrulas, Pedro. Corresponding author: Barrulas, Pedro. "Unveiling the Effectiveness of Innovative Commercial Coatings Used for the Preservation of Natural Stone - A Contribution". Heritage 6 9 (2023): 6328-6342. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage6090331.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/heritage6090331
  4. Acevedo-Mejia, Andrea; Costa, Mafalda; Vandenabeele, Peter; Dias, Luís; Frade, José Carlos; Gil, Milene. Corresponding author: Gil, Milene. "An Insight into the Green Deteriorated Paint Layers at the Maritime Station of Alcântara (Lisbon): an Archeometric Study". International Journal of Conservation Science 14 3 (2023): 1185-1204. https://ijcs.ro/public/IJCS-23-78_Acevedo-Mejia.pdf.
    Open access • 10.36868/IJCS.2023.03.27
  5. Loncaric, Valentina; Costa, Mafalda. Corresponding author: Costa, Mafalda. "Known Glass Compositions in Iron Age Europe—Current Synthesis and Emerging Questions". Heritage 6 5 (2023): 3835-3863. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage6050204.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/heritage6050204
  6. Costa, Mafalda; Barrulas, Pedro; Lopes, Maria da Conceição; Barreira, João; de Jesus, Maria da Piedade; da Silva Domingos, Sónia; Vandenabeele, Peter; Mirão, José. Corresponding author: Costa, Mafalda. "Personal adornments in West-Central Africa - the case study of a talc bead from the Kongo Kingdom (Mbanza Kongo, Angola)". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 15 3 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01723-6.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s12520-023-01723-6
  7. Costa, Mafalda; Barrulas, Pedro; Arruda, Ana Margarida; Barbosa, Rui; Vandenabeele, Peter; Mirão, José. Corresponding author: Costa, Mafalda. "New approaches for the study of faience using beads from Southern Portugal". Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 46 (2022): 103703. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103703.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103703
  8. Rubio, Laura; Barrulas, Pedro; Costa, Mafalda; Garcia-Jares, Carmen; Lores, Marta; Barrocas Dias, Cristina. Corresponding author: Barrulas, Pedro. "The chemistry behind the body art: unveiling the elemental profile and heavy metal content of natural tattoos and dyes by ICP-MS". RSC Advances 12 53 (2022): 34414-34424. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2ra06126k.
    Open access • 10.1039/d2ra06126k
  9. Gaspar, Miguel; Grácio, Nuno; Salgueiro, Rute; Costa, Mafalda. Corresponding author: Gaspar, Miguel. "Trace Element Geochemistry of Alluvial TiO2 Polymorphs as a Proxy for Sn and W Deposits". Minerals 12 10 (2022): 1248. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min12101248.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/min12101248
  10. Medeghini, Laura; Botticelli, Michela; Cadena-Irizar, Ana C.; Lepri, Barbara; Ferrandes, Antonio F.; Costa, Mafalda; Barrulas, Pedro. Corresponding author: Barrulas, Pedro. "Blue shadows of Roman glass artefacts". Microchemical Journal 179 (2022): 107526. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2022.107526.
    10.1016/j.microc.2022.107526
  11. Rubio, Laura; Costa, Mafalda; Barrulas, Pedro; Lores, Marta; Garcia-Jares, Carmen; Barrocas Dias, Cristina. Corresponding author: Costa, Mafalda. "Understanding the chemical and mineralogical composition of commercial henna and jagua tattoos and dyes - a multi-analytical approach". Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-022-04194-1.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s00216-022-04194-1
  12. Costa, Mafalda; Dias, Luís; Rocha, Leonor; Oliveira, Jorge; Barrulas, Pedro; Mirão, José. Corresponding author: Mirão, José. "Lithic arrowheads: Siliceous raw material sources and technology in Southern Portugal". Geoarchaeology 37 3 (2022): 560-573. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21891.
    10.1002/gea.21891
  13. Fundurulic, Ana; Valenti, Ilenia; Celant, Alessandra; Barbaro, Barbara; Costa, Mafalda; Manhita, Ana; Severi, Egidio; Dias, Cristina Barrocas; Magri, Donatella. Corresponding author: Fundurulic, Ana. "Millets and Cereal Meals from the Early Iron Age Underwater Settlement of "Gran Carro" (Bolsena Lake, Central Italy)". Sustainability 14 7 (2022): 3941. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14073941.
    Open access • 10.3390/su14073941
  14. Gil, Milene; Costa, Mafalda; Cardoso, Ana; Valadas, Sara; Helvaci, Yigit; Bhattacharya, Sriradha; Moita, Patricia; Candeias, Antonio. Corresponding author: Gil, Milene. "On the Two Working Palettes of Almada Negreiros at DN Building in Lisbon (1939-1940): First Analytical Approach and Insight on the Use of Cd Based Pigments". Heritage 4 4 (2021): 4578-4595. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage4040252.
    Open access • 10.3390/heritage4040252
  15. Gil, Milene; Costa, Mafalda; Cvetkovic, Mila; Bottaini, Carlo; Cardoso, Ana Margarida; Manhita, Ana; Barrocas Dias, Cristina; Candeias, António. Corresponding author: Gil, Milene. "Unveiling the mural painting art of Almada Negreiros at the Maritime Stations of Alcântara (Lisbon): diagnosis research of paint layers as a guide for its future conservation". Ge-conservacion 20 (2021): 105-117. http://dx.doi.org/10.37558/gec.v20i1.1027.
    Open access • 10.37558/gec.v20i1.1027
  16. Costa, Mafalda; Barrulas, Pedro; Arruda, Ana Margarida; Dias, Luís; Barbosa, Rui; Vandenabeele, Peter; Mirão, José. Corresponding author: Mirão, José. "An insight into the provenance of the Phoenician-Punic glass beads of the necropolis of Vinha das Caliças (Beja, Portugal)". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 13 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-021-01390-5.
    10.1007/s12520-021-01390-5
  17. Sánchez, Alberto; Tuñón, José; Montejo, Manuel; Amate, Pilar; Ceprián, Bautista; Rousaki, Anastasia; Costa, Mafalda; et al. Corresponding author: Sánchez, Alberto. "Correction to: First insights into the archaeometric analysis of the Los Amores Mosaic in Cástulo (Linares, Spain): the Judgement of Paris". Heritage Science 9 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-021-00491-7.
    Open access • 10.1186/s40494-021-00491-7
  18. Sánchez, Alberto; Tuñón, José; Montejo, Manuel; Amate, Pilar; Ceprián, Bautista; Rousaki, Anatasia; Costa, Mafalda; et al. Corresponding author: Sánchez, Alberto. "First insights into the archaeometric analysis of the Los Amores Mosaic in Cástulo (Linares, Spain): the Judgement of Paris". Heritage Science 9 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-021-00483-7.
    Open access • 10.1186/s40494-021-00483-7
  19. Costa, Mafalda; Rousaki, Anastasia; Lycke, Sylvia; Saelens, Delphine; Tack, Pieter; Sánchez, Alberto; Tuñón, José; et al. Corresponding author: Vandenabeele, Peter. "Comparison of the performance of two handheld XRF instruments in the study of Roman tesserae from Cástulo (Linares, Spain)". The European Physical Journal Plus 135 8 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00635-x.
    Published • 10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00635-x
  20. Costa, Mafalda; Barrulas, Pedro; Dias, Luís; Lopes, Maria da Conceição; Barreira, João; Clist, Bernard; Karklins, Karlis; et al. Corresponding author: Mirão, José. "Determining the provenance of the European glass beads of Lumbu (Mbanza Kongo, Angola)". Microchemical Journal 154 (2020): 104531. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2019.104531.
    10.1016/j.microc.2019.104531
  21. Rousaki, Anastasia; Costa, Mafalda; Saelens, Delphine; Lycke, Sylvia; Sánchez, Alberto; Tuñón, José; Ceprián, Bautista; et al. Corresponding author: Vandenabeele, Peter. "A comparative mobile Raman study for the on field analysis of the Mosaico de los Amores of the Cástulo Archaeological Site (Linares, Spain)". Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 51 9 (2020): 1913-1923. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jrs.5624.
    10.1002/jrs.5624
  22. Kovalev, Ilia; Costa, Mafalda; Valadas, Sara; Cardoso, Ana; Candeias, António; Gil, Milene. Corresponding author: Gil, Milene. "Exploratory analytical study of a 20th century Portuguese mural painting by Julio Resende (1917-2011)". International Journal of Conservation Science 11 3 (2020): 627-638. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85092222502&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access
  23. Costa, Mafalda; Barrulas, Pedro; Dias, Luís; da Conceição Lopes, Maria; Barreira, João; Clist, Bernard; Karklins, Karlis; et al. Corresponding author: Mirão, José. "Multi-analytical approach to the study of the European glass beads found in the tombs of Kulumbimbi (Mbanza Kongo, Angola)". Microchemical Journal 149 (2019): 103990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2019.103990.
    10.1016/j.microc.2019.103990
  24. Costa, Mafalda; Arruda, Ana Margarida; Dias, Luís; Barbosa, Rui; Mirão, José; Vandenabeele, Peter. Corresponding author: Vandenabeele, Peter. "The combined use of Raman and micro-X-ray diffraction analysis in the study of archaeological glass beads". Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 50 2 (2019): 250-261. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/25189.
    10.1002/jrs.5446
  25. Costa, Mafalda; Arruda, Ana Margarida; Barbosa, Rui; Barrulas, Pedro; Vandenabeele, Peter; Mirão, José. Corresponding author: Mirão, José. "A Micro-Analytical Study of the Scarabs of the Necropolis of Vinha das Caliças (Portugal)". Microscopy and Microanalysis 25 (2019): 214-220. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/25191.
    10.1017/S143192761801560X
  26. Coccato, Alessia; Costa, Mafalda; Rousaki, Anastasia; Clist, Bernard-Olivier; Karklins, Karlis; Bostoen, Koen; Manhita, Ana; et al. Corresponding author: Coccato, Alessia. "Micro-Raman spectroscopy and complementary techniques (hXRF, VP-SEM-EDS,µ-FTIR and Py-GC/MS) applied to the study of beads from the Kongo Kingdom (Democratic Republic of the Congo)". Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 48 11 (2017): 1468-1478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jrs.5106.
    10.1002/jrs.5106
  27. Pereira, Telmo; Andrade, Catarina; Costa, Mafalda; Farias, Anne; Mirao, Jose. Corresponding author: Pereira, Telmo. "Lithic economy and territory of Epipaleolithic hunter-gatherers in the Middle Tagus: The case of Pena d'Água (Portugal)". Quaternary International (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.081.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.081
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Costa, Mafalda. "A geochemical approach to the study of archaeological glassy materials". PhD, Universiteit Gent, 2021.
  2. Costa, Mafalda. "Lithic Arrowheads: siliceous raw material sources and technology". Master, Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, 2015.