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Narciso Sabão Domingos @ IUPPS History of archaeology

Since October 2024 – Doctoral student in Archaeology and Prehistory at Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France. Research topic: Contributions of Henri Breuil to the montages of prehistoric chrono-cultural sequences in Sub-Saharan Africa (1929–1952). Supervisors: François Bon and Isis Mesfin.

June 2024 – Master’s degree in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, specializing in Quaternary, Prehistory and Bioarchaeology, at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France. Research topic: Reconstruction of the prehistoric and historical origins of the Congolese lithic collection of Abbé Breuil preserved at the Musée de l’Homme, Paris, France. Supervisors: Stéphanie BONILAURI and Isis MESFIN.

December 2017 – Bachelor’s degree in Educational Sciences, History Teaching option, at the Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação do Sumbe, Angola.

Professional experience

  • 2021–present – Collaborator, National Museum of Archaeology of Angola
  • 2025–present – Lecturer in Archaeological Practices, Introduction to Archaeology, Pedagogical Practices, and History and Sociology Teaching Internships, ISCED Sumbe

Oral presentations

  • Contributions of Henri Breuil to the assemblies of prehistoric chrono-cultural sequences in Sub-Saharan Africa (1929–1952) – CNRS ATOL 2024, DIGARQ Workshop 2024, presentation of DIGARQ 1 results (2025, Ebo, Angola)

Laboratory work and research

  • 2025 – Participation in UISPP 2025 (International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences), presentation: “From Colonial Exploitation to the European Museum: The Circulation of African Prehistoric Collections in Henri Breuil’s Expedition (1929)”
  • 2025 – Study of archives of Breuil, Goodwin, Van Riet Lowe, and Dart at the Universities of Wits and Cape Town, South Africa
  • 2025 – Study of collections at the National Museum of Lubumbashi, DRC
  • 2024 – Participation in CNRS ATOL thematic school: technical-functional approach to lithic tools
  • 2024 – Study of Henri Breuil’s archaeological collections from South Africa, preserved at the Institute of Human Paleontology, France
  • 2024 – Study of lithic collection 53.7 from DRC, preserved at the Musée de l’Homme, Paris
  • 2024 – Seminar in Experimental Archaeology, Hungary (QPB 7)
  • 2024 – Quaternary Archaeology Training Seminar, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Field experience in archaeology

  • 2025, 2024 and 2023 – Co-supervision of field courses at Ndalambiri Cave, Ebo Municipality, Angola (dir. Maria Helena Benjamim, Isis Mesfin, Jacob Lussento Cupata)
  • 2024 and 2022 – Mormolo and Dungo, Angola (Paleolithic)
  • 2023 – Montmaurin, Haute-Garonne, France (Paleolithic)
  • 2023 – Prés-de-Laure, middle valley of the Jabron, France (Paleolithic)
  • 2022 – Seal Rocks Shelter, Erongo Massif, Namibia

Publications

MESFIN, I., BENJAMIM, M.-H., CUPATE, J. L., BENJAMIM, E. P., COUTROS, P. R., HAMMOU, Y., DOMINGOS, N. S., HANON, R., RAUL, C. M., VIE, J.-T. (2025). A New Multidisciplinary Approach to the Ndalambiri Rockshelter, Cuanza Sul Province, Angola. 

Professional links

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