As faunas do final da Idade do Bronze no Sul de Portugal: leituras desde o Outeiro do Circo (Beja).

We present the results obtained from the analysis of unpublished faunal remains from the Bronze Age settlement of Outeiro do Circo (Beja). The materials provenance is diverse, corresponding mainly to one pit/silo from trench 3 and the areas near the defensive systems designated trench 7 and 8. Hunting strategies are complementary in the assemblage, with a predominance of sheep and goat remains, followed by cattle and swine. Kill-off patterns with the presence of young and adult individuals are suggestive of a mixed economy with the exploitation of primary and secondary resources. Although highly fragmented and affected by postdepositional processes it was possible to record several anthropization indicators related to the butchering process and thermo-alteration of remains by fire.

Casal do Outeiro (Encarnação, Mafra): novos contributos para o conhecimento do povoamento do Neolítico final na Península de Lisboa.

Casal do Outeiro site (Encarnação, Mafra) was identified in 2020. It is located on a gentle slope, with sandy soils, a few meters from a water line subsidiary of the Safarujo River. The artefactual evidence seems to indicate the presence of a small neolithic settlement possibly from the second half of the 4th millenium, including evidence of local flint debitage, polished stone and manual ceramics, including a fragment of a denticulated rim. The surveys carried out allowed to identify other sites associated with Casal do Outeiro as caves and rockshelters with coeval materials. This site is analysed regarding the neolithic patterns settlements of the Lisbon Peninsular, mostly located in the southern part.

Equídeos gravados no curso inferior do Rio Mouro, Monção (NW Portugal). Análise preliminar

This paper focuses on the representation of horses graved on rocks in the Mouro River basin (NW Portugal), an afluent in the south margin of the Minho River. The objectives are the study of its distribution in space, in relation to physical characteristics; the specificity of types of graved horses; the characteristics of the rocks graved by group of horses; the orientation of horses by type and their disposition in the rock compared to other graved motifs.

O uso de madeira como combustível no sítio da Quinta de Crestelos (Baixo Sabor): da Idade do Ferro à Romanização

A large set of archaeobotanical samples were recovered during the excavation of Quinta de Crestelos (Mogadouro), several of which have already been published. This paper focusses on the charcoal analysis still unpublished from two sectors of this site. The first, located in the lower platform, relates to a habitation area comprised of huts and fireplaces from the 4th to the 2nd centuries BC. The second is a functional area with three ovens of different typologies dating to the 1st – 2nd centuries AD. Results revealed a diverse set of taxa, dominated by evergreen and deciduous oak, heath, pine and ash. This data allowed to access uses of wood in the site, namely their relation to the function and type of structures where they have been found.

Castro de Nossa Senhora das Necessidades (Sernancelhe): uma primeira análise artefactual

The Nossa Senhora das Necessidades settlement is to date the only archaeological site in the county of Sernancelhe (Viseu district) to be discussed in the archaeological literature. Referred to as a settlement from the Late Bronze Age, the site has been continually destroyed and has only superficial findings that have never been studied so that we know all of its occupations. This first study, made through ceramic, lithic and metallic artefacts that result from prospections at the hill, aims to reveal the other chronologies of this site, seeking to contribute to the comprehension of the material culture and settlement network of the Beira Alta region in some of its prehistoric and medieval times.

Colónias para homens novos: arqueologia da colonização agrária fascista no noroeste ibérico

From a comparative approach, we propose in this communication an Archaeology of some of the agrarian colonies implanted in the northwest of the Iberian peninsula: Lamas (Paredes de Coura), the colonization project of the wastelands of Montalegre and Boticas (Barroso) and the Plan de Colónización de la Tierra Llana (Lugo, Galicia). Despite being an area that shares common characteristics (same climate, small landowners, marginality), the solutions adopted have generated different materialities. From the Archaeology of the Recent Past, recently developed in Portugal, we raised theoretical and methodological questions for the study of this type of contemporary domestic space. This research is carried out within the scope of the Archaeology of Contemporary Past and Heritage Socialization project, funded by FCT (CEECIND / 04218/2017).

Cerâmicas e Vidros da Antiguidade Tardia do Edifício sob a Igreja do Bom Jesus (Vila Nova de Gaia)

At the end of the XX century, the archaeological survey carried out at the Bom Jesus de Gaia church, gave rise to another point of history in the city of Vila Nova de Gaia , with the survey of a wide archaeological collection dating back since the V/VI century, to the modern times. Until now, the collected materials were only superficially studied, just to provide the first results of the excavations. As such a study a little more in depth was needed. In that sense we present here a study on the late roman pottery, the late grey ceramics, that is, the manufactures of late utilitarian ceramics from the church of Bom Jesus de Gaia, also enclosing the study of late glass, an equally versatile material and still a lot less studied.

Dados para a História das Mulheres na Arqueologia portuguesa, dos finais do século XIX aos inícios do século XX: números, nomes e tabelas

The present article focuses on the presence of women in the field of Portuguese archaeology. Based on a bibliometric analysis of two archaeology magazines – O Arqueólogo Português and Trabalhos de Antropologia e Etnologia – as well as data gathering from Endovélico, regarding archaeological excavations directed by women. Both magazines reveal a minority presence. In which it can be seen a number that starts below 1 %, in the first decades of the 20th century, to reach almost even numbers in the second decade of the 21st century. In addition, collection of data from Endovélico demonstrates the effective growth of women in the second half of the 20th century. In a path, sometimes more abrupt than gradual, due to a set of political, social, and ideological factors.

Mediação cultural: peixe que puxa carroça nas Ruínas Romanas de Troia

The enhancement project of the Roman fish-salting production centre of Troia began in 2006 with a strong component of cultural mediation answering the demand of the public. This mediation continued as a natural development of the investigation and valorization of the site, opened to the public in 2011, and became a proposal of cultural activities and a strong investment in heritage education. Several “carts” have been pulling this cultural mediation, such as the visit of the site, and specially the guided tour, but also school programs and thematic animations for children and adults through small and large events. The main goal is the knowledge and the recognition of the monument as cultural inheritance to be respected and preserved.

Os inventários de arte rupestre em Portugal

This paper presents a history of the lists and inventories of rock art sites in Portuguese territory. It starts with the first references in the XVII century followed by notes published by scholars such as Francisco Martins Sarmento, José Leite de Vasconcelos and Francisco Manuel Alves. Inventories include the first ones by Rui Serpa Pinto and Joaquim Rodrigues Santos Júnior until the project “Gravado no Tempo”(Etched in time) – a total inventory of Portuguese rock art that started in 1991, and the creation of the “Corpus” of rock engravings and paintings in the first decade of the century XXI and some of its conclusions.