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Menga 8 - REVISTA DE PREHISTORIA DE ANDALUCÍA REVISTA DE PREHISTORIA DE ANDALUCÍA · JOURNAL OF ANDALUSIAN PREHISTORY, 2017

Tomb 2 belongs to the tholoi type tomb necropolis built in the eastern side of Perdigões Enclosur... more Tomb 2 belongs to the tholoi type tomb necropolis built in the eastern side of Perdigões Enclosure during the Chalcolithic period. The exhaustive analysis of the human remains allowed to obtaine various insights about the way this tomb was used during the third millennium BC and who were the individuals found here, their final resting place.
In the present study, the samples exhumed from the Atrium and the Chamber of this tomb were considered separately. Both bone assemblages, were recovered commingled, very disturbed and with high levels of fragmentation. The bones were found sprinkled with red pigments, including ochre and cinnabar. A minimal number of, respectively, 26 and 30 individuals were identified in the Atrium and Chamber, including both sexes and all age groups, although an under-representation of non-adults younger than 5 years was identified. A good dental health is suggested by the low prevalence oral pathologies. Childhood physiological stress experience, measuresd by the presence of enamel hypoplasia defects, seems not to be relevant.
To understand the mortuary practices occurred in this sepulchre, several approacheds were used. These reveal that Tomb 2 corresponds to a deeply revolved and manipulated funerary context, with several evidences of the co-existence of different mortuary practices. Primary burials, secondary deposits of body parts and removal of bones are all plausible funerary practices that may have occurred in this tomb.

Tomb 2 belongs to a tholos-type necropolis built in the eastern side of Perdigões enclosure durin... more Tomb 2 belongs to a tholos-type necropolis built in the eastern side of Perdigões enclosure during the
Chalcolithic period. The exhaustive analysis of the human remains allowed to obtained various insights
about the way this tomb was used during the third millennium BC and data about the individuals found
here. In the present study, the samples exhumed from the Atrium and the Chamber of this tomb were
considered separately. Both bone assemblages, were recovered commingled, very disturbed and with high
levels of fragmentation. The bones were found sprinkled with red pigments, including ochre and cinnabar. A
minimal number of, respectively, 26 and 30 individuals were identified in the Atrium and Chamber, including
both sexes and all age groups, although an under-representation of non-adults younger than 5 years was
identified. A good dental health is suggested by the low prevalence of oral pathologies. Tomb 2 corresponds
to a deeply revolved and manipulated funerary context, with several evidences of the co-existence of
different mortuary practices. Primary burials, secondary deposition of body parts, and removal of bones are
all plausible funerary practices.

Menga 8 - REVISTA DE PREHISTORIA DE ANDALUCÍA REVISTA DE PREHISTORIA DE ANDALUCÍA · JOURNAL OF ANDALUSIAN PREHISTORY, 2017

Tomb 2 belongs to the tholoi type tomb necropolis built in the eastern side of Perdigões Enclosur... more Tomb 2 belongs to the tholoi type tomb necropolis built in the eastern side of Perdigões Enclosure during the Chalcolithic period. The exhaustive analysis of the human remains allowed to obtaine various insights about the way this tomb was used during the third millennium BC and who were the individuals found here, their final resting place.
In the present study, the samples exhumed from the Atrium and the Chamber of this tomb were considered separately. Both bone assemblages, were recovered commingled, very disturbed and with high levels of fragmentation. The bones were found sprinkled with red pigments, including ochre and cinnabar. A minimal number of, respectively, 26 and 30 individuals were identified in the Atrium and Chamber, including both sexes and all age groups, although an under-representation of non-adults younger than 5 years was identified. A good dental health is suggested by the low prevalence oral pathologies. Childhood physiological stress experience, measuresd by the presence of enamel hypoplasia defects, seems not to be relevant.
To understand the mortuary practices occurred in this sepulchre, several approacheds were used. These reveal that Tomb 2 corresponds to a deeply revolved and manipulated funerary context, with several evidences of the co-existence of different mortuary practices. Primary burials, secondary deposits of body parts and removal of bones are all plausible funerary practices that may have occurred in this tomb.

Tomb 2 belongs to a tholos-type necropolis built in the eastern side of Perdigões enclosure durin... more Tomb 2 belongs to a tholos-type necropolis built in the eastern side of Perdigões enclosure during the
Chalcolithic period. The exhaustive analysis of the human remains allowed to obtained various insights
about the way this tomb was used during the third millennium BC and data about the individuals found
here. In the present study, the samples exhumed from the Atrium and the Chamber of this tomb were
considered separately. Both bone assemblages, were recovered commingled, very disturbed and with high
levels of fragmentation. The bones were found sprinkled with red pigments, including ochre and cinnabar. A
minimal number of, respectively, 26 and 30 individuals were identified in the Atrium and Chamber, including
both sexes and all age groups, although an under-representation of non-adults younger than 5 years was
identified. A good dental health is suggested by the low prevalence of oral pathologies. Tomb 2 corresponds
to a deeply revolved and manipulated funerary context, with several evidences of the co-existence of
different mortuary practices. Primary burials, secondary deposition of body parts, and removal of bones are
all plausible funerary practices.