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The Western European Acheulean Project (WEAP) continues to advance our understanding of human technological evolution and the earliest occupations of Western Europe through the study of Acheulean stone tool industries.

Today, the project builds on the extensive research carried out by Dr. Paula García-Medrano, Senior Researcher in Cognitive Archaeology at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH, Spain). Her research focuses on lithic technology, geometric morphometrics, 3D analyses, and the cognitive processes underlying technological behaviours during the Pleistocene.

As an active member of the Atapuerca Research Team since 1999, Dr. García-Medrano currently shares the coordination of excavations at the Middle Pleistocene site of Galería and collaborates in the research project of Barranc de la Boella, contributing to the study of some of the earliest technological expressions in Western Europe.

WEAP has pioneered the integration of traditional technological analysis with innovative methodologies including 3D modelling, geometric morphometrics, and computational approaches, facilitating large-scale comparisons between archaeological sites across Spain, France, and the United Kingdom.

The project continues to strengthen international collaboration networks and promote open scientific resources, contributing new data and analytical tools for understanding the diversity, transmission, and evolution of Acheulean technologies throughout Western Europe.

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