Claudia Manso

| african arts WINTER 2020 VOL. 53, NO.4 This paper studies a group of nine AfroPortuguese ivory objects found in early modern archaeological contexts in southern Portugal. This is the first time ivory artifacts encountered in archaeological excavations have been studied in a way that allows for new conclusions to be made about their social, economic, cultural, and symbolic uses. The archaeological evidence permits us to conclude that, contrary to what has been known till now about these objects, they were not exclusively for display but were actively used and consumed in different Portuguese environments, in contrast to the rest of Europe.

During more than one year (2016-2017) public works at Campo das Cebolas, in downtown Lisbon, have exposed archaeological complexes related with his waterfront. This central node of the city and harbor was essential since the Portuguese maritime expansion which spans a period of 500 years, gathering mercantile and daily life activities, buildings, small shipyards, and ships connecting water and land. This paper presents a summary of the finds and a comment of the interest of this excavation, carried out by the municipality of Lisbon (EMEL), due to the construction of an underground parking area and urban rehabilitation, with a big team of more than 50 archaeologists, conservative restorers and technicians of 3D digital records.

Um armazém de período romano, datado de século 5 d.C. foi encontrado durante escavações que ocorreram
em Lisboa no Verão de 2011. Um conjunto de ânforas para armazenamento de produtos piscícolas, dos tipos
Almagro 51C e 50, foram encontradas juntamente com terra sigillata clara africana. Esta unidade está localizada
no cruzamento da Rua da Madalena com a Rua de S. Julião, na Baixa de Lisboa.