Overview

João is a landscape archaeologist specialising in remote sensing and GIS. His research focuses on the study of the Iron Age-Roman transition in Northwest Iberia from an integrated landscape archaeology perspective, combining archaeology, remote sensing and GIS, archaeometry and palaeoenvironment; and from a comparative perspective, dealing with similar archaeological contexts in Southwest England (in collaboration with Dr Christopher Smart) and Dacia (Romania) (in collaboration with Dr Ioana Oltean).

He is member of the Romanarmy.eu research collective and honorary fellow at the Institute of Heritage Sciences (Incipit), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

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Research

Negotiating and contesting marginal landscapes on the western fringes of the Roman Empire (Finisterrae), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (2019-2022): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/794048

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Publications

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| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2010 | 2008 |

2024

• Sá R, Gonçalves LJ, Medina J, Neves A, Marsh F, Al-Rawi M, Canedo D, Dias R, Pereiro T, Hipólito J. (2024) Odyssey: A Spatial Data Infrastructure for Archaeology, Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, volume 7, no. 1, pages 225-236, DOI:10.5334/jcaa.115. [PDF]
• Fonte J, Tereso JP, Costa Vaz F, Rodrigues AL, Dias MI, Marques R, Russo D, Monteiro P, Costa Rodrigues M, Pereiro T. (2024) Roman-indigenous interaction in the Salas River valley (Northwest Iberia): the Roman camp of Alto da Raia and its archaeological landscape, SPAL. Revista de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Sevilla, volume 1, no. 33, pages 137-163, DOI:10.12795/spal.2024.i33.06. [PDF]

2023

• Meunier E, Fonte J, do Pereiro T, Rodrigues AL. (2023) Mine d’étain et atelier métallurgique d’As Muradellas (Baltar, Espagne), Bulletin archéologique des Écoles françaises à l’étranger, DOI:10.4000/baefe.9505. [PDF]
• Monge Soares R, Nabais M, Pereiro TD, Dias R, Hipólito J, Fonte J, Gonçalves Seco L, Menéndez-Marsh F, Neves A. (2023) NOVA PLANTA DO CASTELO VELHO DE SAFARA: INTEGRAÇÃO DE DADOS ARQUEOLÓGICOS COM TOPOGRAFIA DE ALTA RESOLUÇÃO DERIVADA DE LEVANTAMENTO DRONE-LIDAR, Estudos do Quaternário / Quaternary Studies, no. 23, pages 66-75, DOI:10.30893/eq.v0i23.217. [PDF]
• Menéndez Blanco A, Vicente García V, Fonte J. (2023) De las fuentes escritas a las técnicas de teledetección, Studia Historica. Historia Antigua, volume 41, pages e31235-e31235, DOI:10.14201/shha31235. [PDF]
• Parcero-Oubina C, Smart C, Fonte J. (2023) Remote Sensing and GIS Modelling of Roman Roads in South West Britain, Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, volume 6, no. 1, pages 62-78, DOI:10.5334/jcaa.109. [PDF]
• Canedo D, Fonte J, Seco LG, Vázquez M, Dias R, Pereiro TD, Hipólito J, Menéndez-Marsh F, Georgieva P, Neves AJR. (2023) Uncovering Archaeological Sites in Airborne LiDAR Data With Data-Centric Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Access, volume 11, pages 65608-65619, DOI:10.1109/access.2023.3290305. [PDF]
• Menéndez-Marsh F, Al-Rawi M, Fonte J, Dias R, Gonçalves LJ, Seco LG, Hipólito J, Machado JP, Medina J, Moreira J. (2023) Geographic Information Systems in Archaeology: A Systematic Review, Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, volume 6, no. 1, DOI:10.5334/jcaa.104. [PDF]
• Fonte J, Rodrigues AL, Dias MI, Russo D, Pereiro TD, Carvalho J, Amorim S, Jorge C, Monteiro P, Ferro-Vázquez C. (2023) Reassessing Roman military activity through an interdisciplinary approach: Myth and archaeology in Laboreiro Mountain (Northwestern Iberia), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, volume 49, pages 103993-103993, article no. 103993, DOI:10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103993. [PDF]
• Meunier E, Dias F, Fonte J, Lima A, Rodrigues A, Bottaini C, Silva RJC, Veiga JP, Pereira MFC, Figueiredo E. (2023) Later prehistoric tin mining in the Ervedosa mine (Vinhais, Portugal): evidence and context, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, volume 15, no. 4, article no. 43, DOI:10.1007/s12520-023-01748-x. [PDF]
• Costa-García JM, Vicente García V, Alonso Toucido F, Fonte J, Otero Vilariño C, Díaz Jiménez S. (2023) FACER FALAR A ESPAZOS MUDOS: METODOLOXÍA ARQUEOLÓXICA PARA O ESTUDO DO CASO DO CASTELO DO FARO (COVELO, PONTEVEDRA), Sémata: Ciencias Sociais e Humanidades, no. 34, DOI:10.15304/semata.34.8837. [PDF]

2022

• Sánchez JG, Costa-García JM, Fonte J, González-Álvarez D. (2022) Exploring Ephemeral Features with Ground-Penetrating Radar: An Approach to Roman Military Camps, Remote Sensing, volume 14, no. 19, pages 4884-4884, DOI:10.3390/rs14194884. [PDF]
• Figueiredo E, Rodrigues A, Fonte J, Meunier E, Dias F, Lima A, Gonçalves JA, Gonçalves-Seco L, Gonçalves F, Pereira MFC. (2022) Tin and Bronze Production at the Outeiro de Baltar Hillfort (NW Iberia), Minerals, volume 12, no. 6, pages 758-758, DOI:10.3390/min12060758. [PDF]
• Fonte J, Costa-García JM, Gago M. (2022) O Penedo dos Lobos: Roman military activity in the uplands of the Galician Massif (Northwest Iberia), Journal of Conflict Archaeology, volume 17, no. 1, pages 5-29, DOI:10.1080/15740773.2021.1980757.

2021

• Duarte L, Sanchez JG, Fonte J, Teodoro AC. (2021) A GIS open-source application to enhance the identification of archaeological crop marks using remote sensing data, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 11863, DOI:10.1117/12.2599743.
• Berganzo-Besga I, Orengo HA, Lumbreras F, Carrero-Pazos M, Fonte J, Vilas-Estévez B. (2021) Hybrid MSRM-Based Deep Learning and Multitemporal Sentinel 2-Based Machine Learning Algorithm Detects Near 10k Archaeological Tumuli in North-Western Iberia, Remote Sensing, volume 13, no. 20, pages 4181-4181, DOI:10.3390/rs13204181. [PDF]
• Fonte J, Meunier E, Gonçalves JA, Dias F, Lima A, Gonçalves-Seco L, Figueiredo E. (2021) An Integrated Remote-Sensing and GIS Approach for Mapping Past Tin Mining Landscapes in Northwest Iberia, Remote Sensing, volume 13, no. 17, pages 3434-3434, DOI:10.3390/rs13173434. [PDF]

2020

• Oltean IA, Fonte J. (2020) GIS Analysis and Spatial Networking Patterns in Upland Ancient Warfare: The Roman Conquest of Dacia, Geosciences, volume 11, no. 1, pages 17-17, DOI:10.3390/geosciences11010017. [PDF]
• Fonte J, Pimenta J, Pereira C, Margarida Arruda A. (2020) Revisitando os Chões de Alpompé com técnicas de deteção remota: novas evidências sobre os sistemas defensivos Romano-Republicanos, Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología, no. 46, pages 215-238, DOI:10.15366/cupauam2020.46.008. [PDF]
• Menéndez Blanco A, García Sánchez J, Costa-García JM, Fonte J, González-Álvarez D, Vicente García V. (2020) Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools, Geosciences, volume 10, no. 12, pages 485-485, DOI:10.3390/geosciences10120485. [PDF]
• Costa-García JM, Menéndez Blanco A, Fonte J, Alonso Toucido F. (2020) A Penaparda (A Fonsagrada, Lugo - Santalla, Asturias): intervención arqueológica en un recinto campamental romano en el Occidente de la Cordillera Cantábrica, Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, volume 67, no. 133, pages 45-45, DOI:10.3989/ceg.2020.133.02. [PDF]

2019

• Parcero-Oubiña C, Güimil-Fariña A, Fonte J, Costa-García JM. (2019) Footprints and Cartwheels on a Pixel Road: On the Applicability of GIS for the Modelling of Ancient (Roman) Routes, Computational Social Sciences, Springer International Publishing, 291-311, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-04576-0_14. [PDF]
• Oltean I, Fonte J. (2019) Microtopographies of Dacian upland settlement strategies and community aggregation trends in the Orăştie Mountains, Romania, Rural Settlement Relating Buildings, Landscape, and People in the European Iron Age, Sidestone Press, 251-261. [PDF]
• Costa-García JM, Fonte J, Gago M. (2019) The reassessment of the roman military presence in Galicia and northern Portugal through digital tools: Archaeological diversity and historical problems, Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, volume 19, no. 3, pages 17-49, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.3457524.

2018

• Oltean IA, Fonte J. (2018) The road to be taken: a GIS-based analysis of the spatial and networking patterns pertaining to the Roman conquest of Sarmizegetusa Regia, Dacia, LIMES XXIIII. 24th International Limes Congress, Serbia,, Viminacium, 1st - 10th Sep 2018, PROCEEDINGS OF THE XXIIII LIMES CONGRESS, pages xxx-xxx.
• Figueiredo E, Fonte J, Lima A, Veiga JP, Silva RJC, Mirao J. (2018) Ancient tin production: Slags from the Iron Age Carvalhelhos hillfort (NW Iberian Peninsula), JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, volume 93, pages 1-16, DOI:10.1016/j.jas.2018.02.007. [PDF]
• Holata L, Plzák J, Světlík R, Fonte J. (2018) Integration of low-resolution ALS and ground-based SfM photogrammetry data. A cost-effective approach providing an 'Enhanced 3D Model' of the Hound Tor archaeological landscapes (Dartmoor, South-West England), Remote Sensing, volume 10, no. 9, DOI:10.3390/rs10091357.

2017

• Costa-García JM, Fonte J, Gago M, Menéndez Blanco A, Álvarez Martínez V. (2017) Hallazgos arqueológicos recientes para el estudio de la presencia militar romana en el oriente gallego, Gallaecia: revista de arqueoloxía e antigüidade, volume 35, DOI:10.15304/gall.35.4086. [PDF]
• Fonte J, Lima A, Matías Rodríguez R, Gonçalves JA, Leal S. (2017) New evidence of Roman gold and tin mining in the upper Tâmega valley (Montalegre and Boticas, Northern Portugal), Estudos do Quaternario, volume 2017, no. 17, pages 45-55, DOI:10.30893/eq.v0i17.160.
• Fonte J, Parcero-Oubiña C, Costa-García JM. (2017) A GIS-based analysis of the rationale behind roman roads. The case of the so-called VIA XVII (NW Iberian Peninsula), Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, volume 17, no. 3, pages 163-189, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.1005562.

2016

• Blanco-Rotea R, Fonte J, Guimil-Fariña A, Mañana-Borrazás P. (2016) Using airborne laser scanning and historical aerial photos to identify modern age fortifications in the Minho Valley, Northwest Iberian Peninsula, The Three Dimensions of Archaeology: Proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1-7 September, Burgos, Spain). Volume 7/Sessions A4b and A12, 111-120.
• Fonte J, Costa-García JM. (2016) Alto da cerca (Valpaços, Portugal): A roman military settlement in the padrela mountain and its relation to the mining district of Tresminas, Estudos do Quaternario, volume 2016, no. 15, pages 39-58, DOI:10.30893/eq.v0i15.132.
• Loureiro J, Figueiredo E, Silva RJC, Araújo MF, Fonte J, Bettencourt AMS. (2016) Metal alloys, matrix inclusions and manufacturing techniques of Moinhos de Golas collection (North Portugal): a study by micro-EDXRF, SEM–EDS, optical microscopy and X-ray radiography, Applied Physics A, volume 122, no. 9, article no. 820, DOI:10.1007/s00339-016-0354-7. [PDF]
• Blanco-Rotea R, Costa-García JM, Fonte J, Gago M, Gonçalves JA. (2016) A Modern Age redoubt in a possible Roman camp. The relationship between two defensive models in Campos (Vila Nova de Cerveira, Minho Valley, Portugal), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, volume 10, pages 293-308, DOI:10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.10.008. [PDF]

2015

• Teodoro A, Duarte L, Sillero N, Gonçalves JA, Fonte J, Gonçalves-Seco L, Pinheiro da Luz LM, dos Santos Beja NMR. (2015) An integrated and open source GIS environmental management system for a protected area in the south of Portugal, SPIE Remote Sensing, SPIE Proceedings, DOI:10.1117/12.2193578. [PDF]

2014

• Loureiro J, Figueiredo E, J.C. Silva R, Araújo MF, Fonte J, M.S. Bettencourt A. (2014) Estudo arqueometalúrgico do conjunto metálico do sítio arqueológico de Moinhos de Golas (Montalegre, Norte de Portugal): primeiros resultados, Estudos do Quaternário / Quaternary Studies, no. 11, pages 59-66, DOI:10.30893/eq.v0i11.91.
• Lima A, Rodríguez RM, Fonte J, Pires H. (2014) The historic gold mining in the high terva river basin (Northern Portugal), Comunicacoes Geologicas, volume 101, no. Special Issue 3, pages 1289-1293.

2013

• Fonte J, M. S. Bettencourt A, Figueiredo E. (2013) Deposições metálicas do Bronze Final no vale do Assureira. O caso do sítio de Moinhos de Golas (Solveira, Montalegre, Norte de Portugal), Estudos do Quaternário / Quaternary Studies, no. 9, pages 23-32, DOI:10.30893/eq.v0i9.153.

2012

• Lemos FS, Cruz G, Fonte J, Valdez J. (2012) Landscape in the Late Iron Age of Northwest Portugal, Atlantic Europe in the First Millennium BC, Oxford University Press, 187-204, DOI:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199567959.003.0007. [PDF]
• Fábrega-Álvarez P, Fonte J, González García FJ. (2012) Las sendas de la memoria. Sentido, espacio y reutilización de las estatuas-menhir en el noroeste de la Península Ibérica, Trabajos de Prehistoria, volume 68, no. 2, pages 313-330, DOI:10.3989/tp.2011.11072. [PDF]

2010

• Fonte J, Santos Estévez M, Bacelar Alves L, López Noia R. (2010) La Pedra da Póvoa (Trás-os-Montes, Portugal). Una pieza escultórica de la Edad del Hierro, Trabajos de Prehistoria, volume 66, no. 2, pages 161-170, DOI:10.3989/tp.2009.09022. [PDF]

2008

• Martins da Fonte JM. (2008) Sistemas defensivos proto-históricos de Tras-Os-Montes Ocidental (Norte de Portugal), Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, volume 55, no. 121, pages 9-29, DOI:10.3989/ceg.2008.v55.i121.36. [PDF]

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