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O modelo sobre o qual a arqueologia cresceu, em Portugal e em alguns outros países, nas últimas duas décadas, foi alimentado por um afluxo de verbas essencialmente orientado para a preservação e valorização patrimonial, com crescente... more
O modelo sobre o qual a arqueologia cresceu, em Portugal e em alguns outros países, nas últimas duas décadas, foi alimentado por um afluxo de verbas essencialmente orientado para a preservação e valorização patrimonial, com crescente desinteresse pela pesquisa. O ocaso da arqueologia comercial cruza‑se com o estrangulamento das bases institucionais da pesquisa: ensino superior, museus, centros de pesquisa e associações. Propõe‑se uma agenda para repensar e relembrar para que pode servir a arqueologia, para além do apoio à gestão patrimonial: a dimensão temporal, os métodos de reconstrução espacial, a integração entre geociências e humanidades, a orientação para a cultura material, a inserção de jovens na praxis da ciência.
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Bos Taurus - Uma estatueta encontrada nas águas do rio Arade (Portimão-Portugal) O achado mais relevante do Projecto IPSIIS, objeto de uma comunicação no I Congresso Internacional o Cavalo e o Touro na Pré-História e na História –... more
Bos Taurus - Uma estatueta encontrada nas águas do rio Arade (Portimão-Portugal)
O achado mais relevante do Projecto IPSIIS, objeto de uma comunicação no I Congresso Internacional o Cavalo e o Touro na Pré-História e na História – Chamusca, 17 de Maio de 2013 – Davide Delfino, Ana Cruz e José de Sousa
O achado mais relevante do Projecto IPSIIS, objeto de uma comunicação no I Congresso Internacional o Cavalo e o Touro na Pré-História e na História – Chamusca, 17 de Maio de 2013 – Davide Delfino, Ana Cruz e José de Sousa
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In this paper we are presenting the use-wear traces study of some Lithic artefacts from a cinerary funerary context of Colos. This funerary monument is an hypogea dug in a hillock of a pour quality granite. Culturally it is part of the... more
In this paper we are presenting the use-wear traces study of some Lithic artefacts from a cinerary funerary context of Colos. This funerary monument is an hypogea dug in a hillock of a pour quality granite. Culturally it is part of the Megalithic period, chronologically covering the Final Neolithic and the Chalcolithic. The lithic assemblage found in Colos has a very important symbolic value; in the hoard there are big lithic artefacts made in exotic raw material. Which means they were produced by specialized artisans and the exotic character of the raw-material used induce to hypothesize the presence of long-range commerce. The study of the use-wear traces of this lithic assemblage could clarify the funerary rituals and practices. The main queston of this paper is: these artefacts were prepared only to offer the deceased, or they were used on daily life tasks? In our opinion the use-wear analysis of the lithic assemblage allow to deduce that the lithic assemblage were made and in some cases used in order to celebrate funerary cultural processes.
Research Interests: Aegean Prehistory. Anatolian Prehistory. Cypriot Prehistory. Archaeology of the Near East. Chalcolithic. Early Bronze Age. Inter- and intra-site organization in Prehistory. Policy, economy and society in Prehistory., Hypogeum, and Perinatal. Ritual. Sacrificad animals. First and Late Iron Age. First millennium BC. Middle Tagus Basin. Cerrocuquillo.
In this paper we are presenting the use-wear traces study of some Lithic artefacts from a cinerary funerary context of Colos. This funerary monument is an hypogea dug in a hillock of a pour quality granite. Culturally it is part of the... more
In this paper we are presenting the use-wear traces study of some Lithic artefacts from a cinerary funerary context of Colos. This funerary monument is an hypogea dug in a hillock of a pour quality granite. Culturally it is part of the Megalithic period, chronologically covering the Final Neolithic and the Chalcolithic. The lithic assemblage found in Colos has a very important symbolic value; in the hoard there are big lithic artefacts made in exotic raw material. Which means they were produced by specialized artisans and the exotic character of the raw-material used induce to hypothesize the presence of long-range commerce. The study of the use-wear traces of this lithic assemblage could clarify the funerary rituals and practices. The main queston of this paper is: these artefacts were prepared only to offer the deceased, or they were used on daily life tasks? In our opinion the use-wear analysis of the lithic assemblage allow to deduce that the lithic assemblage were made and in some cases used in order to celebrate funerary cultural processes.
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Significant evidences of alluvial gold mining, associated with their exploitation in Roman times and also probably in Proto-history, are scattered are scattered thoughout the territories of Vila de Rei Abrantes and Mação Municipalities.... more
Significant evidences of alluvial gold mining, associated with their exploitation in Roman times and also probably in Proto-history, are scattered are
scattered thoughout the territories of Vila de Rei Abrantes and Mação Municipalities. This geological, mining and archaeological heritage, not renewable,
of scientific, educational and touristic interest is directly related to the topic of gold research, exploration and exploitation, but cannot be dissociated from the
network of human occupation, which has managed the extraction and practiced their trade. Recently many gold traces have been discovered in the Ocreza, Tagus
and Zêzere rivers. This reality, marked by the binomial gold exploration and human occupation of the territory, should be studied in-depth since it is essential
for a real touristic profitability of these sites and places, within a Cultural Heritage logical network in the Middle Tagus, dedicated to the exploration of the gold
from Proto-history to the Roman Period
scattered thoughout the territories of Vila de Rei Abrantes and Mação Municipalities. This geological, mining and archaeological heritage, not renewable,
of scientific, educational and touristic interest is directly related to the topic of gold research, exploration and exploitation, but cannot be dissociated from the
network of human occupation, which has managed the extraction and practiced their trade. Recently many gold traces have been discovered in the Ocreza, Tagus
and Zêzere rivers. This reality, marked by the binomial gold exploration and human occupation of the territory, should be studied in-depth since it is essential
for a real touristic profitability of these sites and places, within a Cultural Heritage logical network in the Middle Tagus, dedicated to the exploration of the gold
from Proto-history to the Roman Period
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Investigating the main issues about continuities or discontinuities dynamics in the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea area may provide a particular optic to value the Second Iron Age human landscapes. In the Eastern Liguria, the Second Iron Age... more
Investigating the main issues about continuities or discontinuities dynamics in the Northern
Tyrrhenian Sea area may provide a particular optic to value the Second Iron Age human landscapes. In the
Eastern Liguria, the Second Iron Age sites often occupy places already inhabited in the Late Bronze Age; in
Central and Western Liguria they choose places of human settlements ex novo. All the main settlements live
between the end of the V and III century BC. The Corsican landscape, better known for the Bronze Age and
progressively considered also for the human presence in the Second Iron Age, reveals some more detailed
trends, although in many case also here relying upon survey evidence. Here one remarks peculiarity in
settlements distribution along the main tracks, as well as it is sometimes revealed by the building
techniques of the walls. The main occupation of these sites is set between III and the I century BC: the
increasing of the occupied high‐places usually provided of artificial fortifications during these centuries
might attest a climate of social tension due to internal and external factors. Linking these archaeological
evidences with the historic happenings during the Punic Wars, especially the Second one, and the Roman
campaigns against the Liguri tribes, we can draw some connections between historical events and
archaeological data.
Tyrrhenian Sea area may provide a particular optic to value the Second Iron Age human landscapes. In the
Eastern Liguria, the Second Iron Age sites often occupy places already inhabited in the Late Bronze Age; in
Central and Western Liguria they choose places of human settlements ex novo. All the main settlements live
between the end of the V and III century BC. The Corsican landscape, better known for the Bronze Age and
progressively considered also for the human presence in the Second Iron Age, reveals some more detailed
trends, although in many case also here relying upon survey evidence. Here one remarks peculiarity in
settlements distribution along the main tracks, as well as it is sometimes revealed by the building
techniques of the walls. The main occupation of these sites is set between III and the I century BC: the
increasing of the occupied high‐places usually provided of artificial fortifications during these centuries
might attest a climate of social tension due to internal and external factors. Linking these archaeological
evidences with the historic happenings during the Punic Wars, especially the Second one, and the Roman
campaigns against the Liguri tribes, we can draw some connections between historical events and
archaeological data.
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The Archaeology of production has explored the theme of the life cycle of archaeological materials, highlighting some stages after the use, of which recycling is a part: in this phase are of particular interest metals, particularly... more
The Archaeology of production has explored the theme of the life cycle of archaeological
materials, highlighting some stages after the use, of which recycling is a part:
in this phase are of particular interest metals, particularly ancient copper alloys.
The discovery of copper metallurgy revolutionized material production and other
aspects of social life. The time and expertise required for its reduction to ore along
with the possibility of being recast, led to the habit, and somehow at convenience,
to recycle probably at Chalcolithic. In the ‘Bronze Age the art of metal alloy assumed
even greater value: more knowledge and rare metals, as tin, are needed in the
preparation of the alloy, metal recycling became even more solid.
Archaeology, and above all the named “Archaeology of production” can count on
several evidences to reconstruct and understand techniques, dynamics and intentionality
of the recycling of a precious material and loaded with symbolism by the
human community in the “ages of metals”: founder’s hoards, production sites,
archaeometallurgical data.
The study of recycling of bronze can help to understand social and economic dynamics
and resources management by the communities of the European Bronze Age.
materials, highlighting some stages after the use, of which recycling is a part:
in this phase are of particular interest metals, particularly ancient copper alloys.
The discovery of copper metallurgy revolutionized material production and other
aspects of social life. The time and expertise required for its reduction to ore along
with the possibility of being recast, led to the habit, and somehow at convenience,
to recycle probably at Chalcolithic. In the ‘Bronze Age the art of metal alloy assumed
even greater value: more knowledge and rare metals, as tin, are needed in the
preparation of the alloy, metal recycling became even more solid.
Archaeology, and above all the named “Archaeology of production” can count on
several evidences to reconstruct and understand techniques, dynamics and intentionality
of the recycling of a precious material and loaded with symbolism by the
human community in the “ages of metals”: founder’s hoards, production sites,
archaeometallurgical data.
The study of recycling of bronze can help to understand social and economic dynamics
and resources management by the communities of the European Bronze Age.
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The present paper will discuss the project Time Maps-Virtual Worlds-Real Communities-Experimented Pasts (www.timemaps.net), whose purpose is to put into evidence “invisible” cultural sites and communities, by identifying, preserving,... more
The present paper will discuss the project Time Maps-Virtual Worlds-Real
Communities-Experimented Pasts (www.timemaps.net), whose purpose is to put
into evidence “invisible” cultural sites and communities, by identifying, preserving,
and transferring into the future their material and immaterial heritage, creating a
cultural map of European heritage. Two study cases will be discussed, Vădastra village
(Romania) and Mação Landscape and Hillforts (Portugal), showing the identities and
differences between two approaches designed for two communities with specific
cultural problems.
Communities-Experimented Pasts (www.timemaps.net), whose purpose is to put
into evidence “invisible” cultural sites and communities, by identifying, preserving,
and transferring into the future their material and immaterial heritage, creating a
cultural map of European heritage. Two study cases will be discussed, Vădastra village
(Romania) and Mação Landscape and Hillforts (Portugal), showing the identities and
differences between two approaches designed for two communities with specific
cultural problems.
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Estratégia significa usar os meios à disposição para obter objetivos de acordo com as necessidades e os acontecimentos ocorrentes. O pensamento estratégico é o fator comum imutado que acompanha o homem ao longo da sua História,... more
Estratégia significa usar os meios à disposição para obter objetivos de acordo com as necessidades e os acontecimentos ocorrentes. O pensamento estratégico é o fator comum imutado que acompanha o homem ao longo da sua História, diretamente á capacidade do homem de se adaptar ao meio ambiente para alguns lados e, para outros, de adaptar o meio ambiente as suas necessidades: só há diferencias nas diversas aplicações ao longo do tempo, de acordo com diferentes necessidades e acontecimentos. Escolhas estratégicas foram feitas em respeito ao território de Abrantes desde do Neolítico até a Idade Moderna, em respeito ao uso do território, a exploração das matérias-primas, as exigências de defesa, aos eixos de comunicação, a produção de bens, ao simbolismo da posse da terra. A exposição permite uma viagem na construção da paisagem abrantina seguindo as estratégias dos antepassados, por meio da rica coleção do Museu Lopo de Almeida e de novas tecnologias ligadas a fotografia.
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Liguria, North-West Italy, is a region sited between the Mediterranean and the Alps. Between XVI and XIII c. BC the region experienced continuity and discontinuity in material culture and land occupation strategy. That chronological... more
Liguria, North-West Italy, is a region sited between the Mediterranean and the Alps. Between XVI and XIII c. BC the region experienced continuity and discontinuity in material culture and land occupation strategy. That chronological period, known as Middle and Late Bronze Age, coincided with movements throughout the Central Mediterranean (Aegean Sea to Sardinia-Sicily-Southern Italy) and in Central Europe (Danube Valley until Eastern France and Eastern Italy). Indirect consequences of this movement can be seen in a marginal region like Liguria. A regional panorama of settlements and material culture is presented. Pottery continuity and discontinuity is analyzed and granted new perspectives by applying a techno-typological analytical model.
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In large parts of Europe, walls, fences, berms or ditches around settlements or ritual places became increasingly significant from the Chalcolithic to the Iron Age. Examples include fortified Chalcolithic sites such as Los Millares and... more
In large parts of Europe, walls, fences, berms or ditches around settlements or ritual places became increasingly significant from the Chalcolithic to the Iron Age. Examples include fortified Chalcolithic sites such as Los Millares and Zambujal, the Bronze Age Sardinian Nuraghi, and Iron Age hillforts and oppida such as Bibracte, Maiden Castle and Monte Bernorio. Several works have dealt with the nature (symbolic and/or defensive) of these fortifications, their architecture and the impact on the ancient landscape, including the question of hierarchy between different fortified sites and the use of their visual impact to symbolize the power of the communities. The aim of this international conference is to discuss different interpretive proposals around this kind of structures of large constructive investment, present new case studies, and enable comparative analysis between different regions and chronological periods. The colloquium will be structured in three main themes: 1) warfare and fortifications; 2) symbolic spaces; and 3) landscape impact and territorial distribution.
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In this paper we are presenting the use-wear traces study of some Lithic artefacts from a cinerary funerary context of Colos. This funerary monument is an hypogea dug in a hillock of a pour quality granite. Culturally it is part of the... more
In this paper we are presenting the use-wear traces study of some Lithic artefacts from a cinerary funerary context of Colos. This funerary monument is an hypogea dug in a hillock of a pour quality granite. Culturally it is part of the Megalithic period, chronologically covering the Final Neolithic and the Chalcolithic. The lithic assemblage found in Colos has a very important symbolic value; in the hoard there are big lithic artefacts made in exotic raw material. Which means they were produced by specialized artisans and the exotic character of the raw-material used induce to hypothesize the presence of long-range commerce. The study of the use-wear traces of this lithic assemblage could clarify the funerary rituals and practices. The main queston of this paper is: these artefacts were prepared only to offer the deceased, or they were used on daily life tasks? In our opinion the use-wear analysis of the lithic assemblage allow to deduce that the lithic assemblage were made and in some cases used in order to celebrate funerary cultural processes.