Our current knowledge about human evolution is biased toward terrestrial data whereas some crucial information is stored in sites that are now submerged since the terminal Pleistocene. In dry-land archaeology, the combination of micro-evidences (through paleobotanical, geoarchaeological, and experimental data) has revealed new information. My project aims to explore the applicability of these approaches for the investigation of submerged Paleolithic sites by tackling two main questions:1) What kind of microarchaeological materials are preserved in submerged Paleolithic sites? 2) Why do anthropogenic micro-remains (e.g., phytoliths, ash pseudomorphs) preserve in submerged sites? With the new set of techniques (phytolith morphotype and taphonomy, mineralogical and elemental analysis on thin sections) and knowledge (experimental archaeology, Paleolithic period) to be learned as a Global Fellow at Rutgers University (USA) and in the Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour at the University of Algarve (Portugal), I will provide a new methodological background needed to investigate submerged Paleolithic sites. The combination of micro-geoarchaeology to detect submerged Paleolithic sites and experimentation to explain their preservation will yield highly relevant results. The exploitation of new evidence off the continental shelf will open unique ways for the scientific community while providing the base to protect our cultural heritage from sea-level rising and the exploitation of the seabed. This project will turn me into a unique transdisciplinary and versatile underwater archaeologist at the forefront of archaeological science advances, with a breadth of expertise. I will share practices with marine scientists, paleobotanists, geoarchaeologists, and underwater archaeologists in multiple periods and regions, hence preparing for my employment in tenure positions in the fields of archaeology and marine science.