My research bridges Landscape Archaeology and Medieval and Early Modern History. My thesis focuses on analyzing the impact of late medieval crises on settlement patterns and landscape configuration in the Community of Villages of Daroca (Aragon) between the 14th and 17th centuries.

A core theme of my study is the refutation of the traditional narrative directly linking the arrival of the Black Death to the mass abandonment of villages. To demonstrate the complexity of these processes, I have employed an interdisciplinary methodology combining rigorous analysis of written sources with multiscalar and multimodal surveys, with a particular focus on fieldwork conducted in the deserted settlement of Mercadal and its surroundings.

Additionally, my research incorporates a dimension of climate history, using archival documentation to examine how extreme weather events in the 15th century affected the economy and society of the region. This provides a comprehensive view of the resilience and adaptation of medieval rural communities.

My role in the EUROPEST project will involve searching for information regarding the presence of epidemics in various Spanish archives—specifically in the Montes Universales and Catalonia regions—in order to cross-reference this data with existing palynological records.