Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Rita Quito Curto
Citation names
- Curto, Ana Rita Quito
- Curto, Ana
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- C210-3F99-8D26
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3568-9322
- Researcher Id
- O-6849-2015
Websites
- http://cias.uc.pt/team_member/ana-curto/ (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - History and Archaeology - Archaeology
- Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
French | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2015/09/21 - 2019/11/22
Concluded
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Biological Anthropology (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of Kent, United Kingdom
"The Impact of Diet and Health on Bone Stable Isotope Ratios: A Comparative Study
" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2018 - 2018
Concluded
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FRUITS workshop (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Arqueologia, Portugal
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2018 - 2018
Concluded
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Workshop on stable isotope and mercury analysis (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2018 - 2018
Concluded
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R software 3 days Course (Outros)
University of Kent, United Kingdom
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2018 - 2018
Concluded
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Routes into Academia & Writing Research Grant Workshop (Outros)
University of Kent, United Kingdom
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2016 - 2016
Concluded
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Fundamentals of Statistics 2 days Workshop (Outros)
University of Kent, United Kingdom
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2016 - 2016
Concluded
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Managing your Research Data Workshop (Outros)
University of Kent, United Kingdom
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2016 - 2016
Concluded
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Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe workshop (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2012 - 2012
Concluded
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Workshop on archaeozoology (Outros)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2009/09 - 2011/09
Concluded
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Human Biology and Evolution (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"[In Templar Lands. Osteological study of human remains from Santa Maria dos Olivais]
Por Terras Templárias. Estudo paleobiológico de uma amostra osteológica humana inumada em Santa Maria dos Olivais, Tomar" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2011 - 2011
Concluded
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Workshop of archaeothanatology and bioarchaeology (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2010 - 2010
Concluded
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Anthropology and Health: trends for the next decade” (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2006/09 - 2009/09
Concluded
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Biology (Bachelor)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2008 - 2008
Concluded
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Exploring all the potential of Web of Knowledge (ISI) (Outros)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
2019/06 - 2019/12 | Researcher (Research)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
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Teaching in Higher Education
2020/12/28 - 2021/06/28 | Lecturer (University Teacher)
University of Kent, United Kingdom
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2015/09/21 - 2017/07/21 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher)
University of Kent, United Kingdom
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Others
2011/10 - Current | Collaborator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
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2018/10 - 2019/06 | Osteologist
Archeo'Estudos, Portugal
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2011/05/05 - 2015/07/30 | Collaborator
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2015/04/01 - 2015/05/31 | Excavation at Tomar, Portugal (Morgado Shelter, Neolithic necropolis)
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
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2014/07/07 - 2014/08/09 | Excavation at Perdigões Enclosure, Portugal (Neolithic funerary pit with cremated bones)
ERA Arqueologia Conservacao gestao do Patrimonio, Portugal
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2014/06/02 - 2014/06/14 | Excavation at Muge, Portugal (Cabeço da Amoreira’s shellmidden, Mesolithic)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2014/05/14 - 2014/05/25 | Excavation at Torres Vedras, Portugal (Sauropod, Upper Jurassic)
Sociedade de História Natural, Portugal
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2014/03/10 - 2014/05/10 | Osteological analysis, Project LARES
Laboratório Hercules Herança Cultural Estudos e Salvaguarda, Portugal
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2013/09/15 - 2013/10/18 | Excavation at Évora, Portugal (medieval/modern necropolis)
Câmara Municipal de Évora, Portugal
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2012/08/20 - 2012/08/31 | Excavation at Mértola, Portugal (medieval necropolis)
Campo Arqueológico de Mértola, Portugal
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Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2020 - Current | Tracking changes in diet from Late Antique to High Medieval period in continental Croatia
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Researcher
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Croatia
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Croatian Foundation for Science |
2019 - 2019/12 | CIAS database
UID/ANT/00283/2013
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
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2015 - 2019/01/14 | The Impact of Diet and Health on Bone Stable Isotope Ratios: A Comparative Study
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PhD Student Fellow
University of Kent, United Kingdom
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University of Kent |
2008 - 2009/12 | BII/ICAM/07/2008
BII/ICAM/07/2008
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2015 - Current | Landscape and funerary practices: examples from Alto da Corvina
na
Researcher
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Report |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2020 | Are we what we eat? Other factors affecting stable isotope ratios | EMBIO2020: New approaches to Early Medieval funerary contexts in the Centre and North of the Iberian Peninsula
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2019 | A troubled relationship: Five cases of treponematosis from Tomar, Portugal (11th-17th centuries) | 15th Spanish Congress of Paleopathology
University of Granada (Granada, Spain)
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2019 | Can stable isotope analysis become a tool for paleopathological studies? | 15th Spanish Congress of Paleopathology
University of Granada (Granada, Spain)
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2019 | Endocranial bone lesions in non-adults: Four study cases from the church of Santa Maria do Olival, Tomar, Portugal (11th -17th centuries) | 15th Spanish Congress of Paleopathology
University of Granada (Granada, Spain)
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2019 | The mysteries of the Ark of the Founders of Saint Francis Church in Évora: comparing legend and biological anthropology | 7th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2019 | Stable isotope analysis in the study of Paleopathology | Conference cycle celebrating 25th Anniversary of CIAS
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2018 | Using stable isotope analysis as a tool for paleopathology, examples from Tomar, Portugal | 6th Portuguese Conference of Paleopathology
Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
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2018 | Intrabone stable isotope variation in skeletons with infectious diseases | Annual European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association
European Paleopathology Association (Zagreb, Croatia)
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2018 | Diet and disease in Tomar, Portugal | Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists
European Association of Archaeologists (Barcelona, Spain)
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2017 | Bone remodelling during infections | Lecture series in Human Biology and Biochemistry
Universidade de Évora (Portugal)
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2017 | Stable isotope comparison between apparently healthy and unhealthy adult individuals from medieval Tomar, Portugal | BABAO Annual Conference
University of Liverpool (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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2016 | A possible case of poliomyelitis in an adult male from medieval Tomar | 5th Portuguese Conference of Paleopathology
Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
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2015 | A possible Madura foot from medieval Estremoz, southern Portugal | 2nd BioAnthropological Meeting: life, death and in between
Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
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2014 | Talipes equinovarus: a case study from a medieval necropolis in Estremoz, Portugal | 4th Portuguese Conference of Paleopathology
Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
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2011 | A POSSIBLE CASE OF LEGG-CALVÉ-PERTHES’ DISEASE IN AN ADULT MALE FROM MEDIEVAL/MODERN TOMAR, PORTUGAL | XI Congreso Nacional de Paleopatología
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Andorra la Vella, Andorra)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2017 - 2018 | Paleobiologia de uma Amostra Populacional Antiga de Santa Maria do Olival, Datado do Século XIII-XVIII
Co-supervisor
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Project in Biological Sciences (Degree)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2017 - 2018 | Estudo de entesopatias numa amostra de população medieval/moderna de Santa Maria do Olival em Tomar.
Co-supervisor
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Project in Biological Sciences (Degree)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2014 - 2015 | Análise morfológica comparativa de lesões ósseas relacionadas com espondiloartropatias e DISH em populações humanas
Co-supervisor
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Project in Biological Sciences (Degree)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2014 - 2015 | Estudo Paleobiológico de uma amostra osteológica humana de uma necrópole medieval-moderna em Tomar
Co-supervisor
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Project in Biological Sciences (Degree)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2013 - 2014 | Estudo do perfil biológico de uma amostra osteológica medieval/moderna
Co-supervisor
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Project in Biological Sciences (Degree)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019/09/01 - Current | Organising Committee of the 7th Portuguese Conference on Paleopathology (2020/09/04 - 2020/09/05)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
2009 - 2009 | 9th European Course on Basic Aerobiology (2009 - 2009)
Workshop
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Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2019 | Normal and pathological foot bones variability in historical and modern series | Eduardo Enrique Saldías Vergara (PhD)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2019 - Current | GEEvH - Grupo de Estudos em Evolução Humana (Study Group in Human Evolution) | Fiscal council reporter |
2017 - Current | European Paleopathology Association | Member |
2017 - Current | European Association of Archaeologists | Member |
2017 - Current | Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia | Member |
2015 - Current | British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology | Member |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2009 - 2009 | XIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia | Universidade de Évora |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2015 - 2015 | Scientific advisor for the documentary “Os nossos Dinossauros”, RTP2 |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2015 - 2017 | Foundations of Biological Anthropology - Autumn and Spring term | Foundations of Biological Anthropology (Bachelor) | University of Kent, United Kingdom |
2015 - 2017 | Biology and Human Identity - Spring term | Biology and Human Identity (Bachelor) | University of Kent, United Kingdom |
2015 - 2017 | Forensic Anthropology - Spring term | Forensic Anthropology (Bachelor) | University of Kent, United Kingdom |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2017/02/06 | Interview about the skeleton I studied with a Madura foot infection: "Vivia na Idade Média em Estremoz e o fungo que tinha num pé era raro na Europa" | Público |
2016/12/21 | The skeleton I studied, and published, with a Madura foot infection was considered on of the 10 Most Intriguing Skeletons Of 2016 by Forbes | Forbes |
2016/02/23 | One of my scientific papers was featured in Forbes: "Archaeologists Find Medieval Foot Fungus In Portuguese Cemetery" | Forbes |
Distinctions
Award
2020 | 2019/2020 Scientific text - Young Anthropologists (Biological/Forensic Anthropology)
Portuguese Association of Anthropology, Portugal
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2018 | 2nd place for the 2017/2018 Scientific text - Young Anthropologists
Portuguese Association of Anthropology, Portugal
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2017 | Runner-up student poster prize
University College London Institute of Archaeology, United Kingdom
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2015 | University of Kent 50th Anniversary Research Scholarship
University of Kent, United Kingdom
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Title
2016 | Associate Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in
higher education
The Higher Education Academy (HEA), United Kingdom
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