The Somosaguas palaeontology project: an envision of Nieves López Martínez for linking science and society

Autores/as

  • Omid Fesharaki Departamento de Paleontología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Angélica Torices Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Edmonton
  • Blanca A García-Yelo Departamento de Paleontología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Departamento de Paleobiología, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)
  • Natalia Tejedor-Navarro Escuela de Trabajo Social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Lucía de la Ossa Departamento de Paleontología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Manuel Hernández-Fernández Departamento de Paleontología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Departamento de Cambio Medioambiental, Instituto de Geociencias (UCM, CSIC)  

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.27.2.18100

Palabras clave:

Social Palaeontology, educational innovation, palaeontological excavation, scientific outreach, scientific research

Resumen

The palaeontological site of Somosaguas is located in Pozuelo de Alarcón, to the west of the city of Madrid (Spain), and contains fossils of Miocene age corresponding to 24 species of micro- and macromammals as well as other vertebrates. The Somosaguas Palaeontology Project is focused on this site and was coordinated by Nieves López Martínez between 1998 and 2010 as an example of management of a palaeontological site by university students and young researchers. This project began with field seasons for students in natural sciences grades and today is a multidisciplinary project open to students from any university degree. The significance of the investigations around this fossil site is reflected in a large number of papers published in national and international journals. Additionaly, there are numerous outreach activities in geology and palaeontology with special attention to what we call Social Palaeontology. Finally, this project has a strong commitment to educational innovation in both non-formal (during school visits, open days at the site and science fairs) and formal university education, with the establishment of an introduction to investigation group in order to prepare young researchers in different fields of geology, palaeontology and education

Descargas

Los datos de descargas todavía no están disponibles.

Descargas

Publicado

2020-10-11

Cómo citar

Fesharaki, O., Torices, A., García-Yelo, B. A., Tejedor-Navarro, N., de la Ossa, L., & Hernández-Fernández, M. (2020). The Somosaguas palaeontology project: an envision of Nieves López Martínez for linking science and society. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 27(2), 82–92. https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.27.2.18100
Metrics
Vistas/Descargas
  • Resumen
    318
  • PDF
    274

Métrica

Artículos similares

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 > >> 

También puede Iniciar una búsqueda de similitud avanzada para este artículo.