Professor of Archeology at the University of Huelva and Head researcher of the Vrbanitas, Arqueologia e Patrimonio Research Group. His main lines of research are the Roman city, especially in Baetica, and the Roman and medieval ports, especially the relations of the Atlantic settlements with the imperial ports of Rome. He has directed 30 research projects in Europe, America and Africa, resulting more than 300 publications and 19 doctoral theses.