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A plataforma litoral é relativamente estreita e delimitada por uma Arriba Fóssil com vertentes de... more A plataforma litoral é relativamente estreita e delimitada por uma Arriba Fóssil com vertentes de pendor acentuado, sensivelmente paralela ao mar, sendo interrompida apenas no promontório de Montedor. Todas estas características provocam um efeito cénico e visual de profundo isolamento em relação ao relevo interior, apenas quebrado pelas fozes dos rios Minho, Âncora e Lima. Foi neste cenário com características impressivas entre o mar – a oeste (desconhecido e perigoso), a arriba fóssil – a este (de difícil acessibilidade e nos limites da terra e do céu) e o estuário dos rios (porta de entrada ou de saída para mundos insuspeitados) que as comunidades pré-históricas desenvolveram uma série de acções que culminaram na gravação de afloramentos com motivos de carácter zoomórfico ou circulares, designadas por “arte atlântica”, entre outras. A partir do inventário dessas gravuras, se bem que preliminar, da sua contextualização física e ambiental, assim como da maior ou menor complexidade ...

Gravar afloramentos no Noroeste português é uma realidade desde, pelo menos, os finais do 5.o, ... more Gravar afloramentos no Noroeste português é uma realidade desde, pelo menos, os finais do 5.o, inícios do 4.o milénios a.C., tendo persistido até épocas históricas. Os motivos mais antigos inserem-se na Arte Atlântica e caracterizam-se por uma gramática abstracta com inúmeras composições circulares ligadas por sulcos ondulantes, provavelmente associados a uma cosmogonia onde importam as propriedades de diversas orografias, nascentes, cursos de água e ciclos solares e lunares. Esta estrutura simbólica perdura durante cerca de dois mil anos, sendo substituída, durante os finais do 3.o e os inícios do 2.o milénios a.C., por um universo simbólico distinto que se materializa por novas grafias. Referimo-nos a uma arte figurativa que se inicia pela representação de armas, mas que continuará, durante o 2.o e inícios do 1.o milénios a.C., com a gravação de armas, embarcações, podomorfos, símbolos solares e equídeos sub-naturalistas. Alguns destes equídeos, quer ...

Artigo bilingue, em português e inglêsNotice and reflection about the rock engravings of Chã da R... more Artigo bilingue, em português e inglêsNotice and reflection about the rock engravings of Chã da Rapada, Northwest Portugal.This work was develloped in the scope of the project Espaços naturais, arquiteturas, arte rupestre e deposições na pré-história recente da fachada ocidental do centro-norte português: das acções aos significados – ENARDAS / Natural spaces, architecture, rock art and depositions from the Late Prehistory of the Western front of Central and Northern Portugal: from actions to meanings (reference PTDC/HIS-ARQ/112983/2009) financed by the Operational Programme “Thematic Factors of Competitiveness” (COMPETE) and by the European Regional Development Fund (Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional - FEDER).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

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This work intends to update the knowledge related to the human occupation of “Castro do Muro” fro... more This work intends to update the knowledge related to the human occupation of “Castro do Muro” from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. This place has a significant tradition in archaeological literature due to the presence of an imposing walled circuit, whose width oscillates between 3.5 to 4 meters and a perimeter of 3.927 meters, within which was built an important settlement that emerged during the Late Bronze Age and extends to the Old Iron Age. There was also a Roman occupation, a probable rock castle and a medieval monastery, as attested by the ceramic, lithic and metallic materials collected in archaeological works and surface findings.

Manuel Santos-Estevez agradece a FCT a bolsa de pos-doutoramento com a referencia SFRH/BPD/93700/... more Manuel Santos-Estevez agradece a FCT a bolsa de pos-doutoramento com a referencia SFRH/BPD/93700/2013 no âmbito da qual se insere este trabalho. Ana M. S. Bettencourt agradece a FCT a bolsa de licenca sabatica com a referencia SFRH/BSAB/114296/2016 - Rock Art of the Northwest Iberia. Liminality and Heterothopy, no contexto da qual realiza este texto. Ambos os autores agradecem a Junta de Freguesia de Âncora e a Câmara Municipal de Caminha todo o apoio prestado durante a realizacao dos trabalhos de campo.

A propósito da publicação de dois afloramentos gravados com suásticas de braços retos ou pra... more A propósito da publicação de dois afloramentos gravados com suásticas de braços retos ou praticamente retos, encontrados recentemente no Norte de Portugal, nomeadamente no Alto do Castro, no concelho de Vila Nova de Cerveira e no Monte de Novais, no concelho de Caminha (ambos inéditos), os autores fazem uma revisão sobre os lugares gravados com esta imagética no norte de Portugal e sul da Galiza. Esta revisão tem como objetivos propor balizas cronológicas para este fenómeno; equacionar a sua origem nestes territórios setentrionais e interpretar este tipo de lugares, no quadro das dinâmicas de povoamento da proto-história.With regard to the publication of two outcrops recorded with swastikas with straight or practically straight arms, recently found in Northern Portugal, namely Alto do Castro, Vila Nova de Cerveira, and Monte de Novais, in the municipality of Caminha (both unpublished), the authors make a review on the places recorded with this imagery in the north of P...

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The first signs of salt production on the northern coast of Portugal are usually attributed to th... more The first signs of salt production on the northern coast of Portugal are usually attributed to the Iron Age. However, there is evidence that this activity took place in the region at least between the late 3rd millennium, early 2nd millennium BCE. Data from two archaeological sites are presented and the so-called removable sinks and the sinks excavated in the rock are re-evaluated. Their execution techniques are also discussed. The data set was articulated with the natural and topographic conditions of the coast and the known climatic conditions for the time. They were also articulated with the occupation strategies during the Bronze Age

Com este texto efetua-se o primeiro estado da arte sobre o Neolítico da bacia hidrográfica do rio... more Com este texto efetua-se o primeiro estado da arte sobre o Neolítico da bacia hidrográfica do rio Ave, no Noroeste de Portugal. Trata-se de um período cronológico para o qual se desconhecem contextos de povoado, motivo pelo qual a síntese se centra no estudo do que se conhece sobre os monumentos funerários, nomeadamente os monumentos megalíticos, a par de parcas evidências de outro tipo de contextos. É realizada, igualmente, uma análise sobre o papel simbólico e social deste tipo de cenários na longa diacronia, reusados desde o Calcolítico até, provavelmente, a Idade do Ferro.

The settlement of São João de Rei (Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal) has provided new archaeobot... more The settlement of São João de Rei (Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal) has provided new archaeobotanical data to reconstruct diverse aspects related to wood resources management by Iron Age communities in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. This site has several phases of occupation from 6th-5th BCE to the Roman Period, with several chronological hiatuses. Data provided by charcoal analysis have attested the existence of a diversi ed exploitation of different taxa from the mixed deciduous woodlands (Quercus spp.) and the riverine forests (Salix/Populus, Fraxinus sp.) as well as shrubby (Arbutus unedo) and scrubland (Fabaceae) formations for rewood procurement. The register of several dendrological attributes has allowed us to identify alterations in the growth of annual tree-rings that might be related to the existence of silvicultural practices.

Rock art of Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age of Northern Portugal (Paredes de Coura) Abstract:... more Rock art of Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age of Northern Portugal (Paredes de Coura)

Abstract:
About 7 km north of the town of Paredes de Coura, in the district of Viana do Castelo, in Northwest Portugal, Monte de Porreiras is located in the Union of Parishes of Porreiras and Insalde, in the upper section of the basin of the Coura river, a tributary of the river Minho, flowing into its southern bank. The area is dominated by large granite outcrops, many of which are large and rounded blocks, from fine to medium grain, light-coloured granite. There is an important complex of outcrops engraved with rock art, including the one identified as rock 6 in this paper.
It is a profusely decorated rock with a long diachrony of carving. The initial phase includes abstract circular motifs, which can be categorised as Classical Atlantic Art, chronologically integrated in the regional Neo-Chalcolithic period. The second phase includes representation of several types of equids, horsemen, and antenna-hilted daggers, which indicates the extensive diachrony of use of this space. Based on parallels for such weapons, it is possible to identify a probable chronology from between the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the Northwest Iberian Peninsula.
In relation to the engraved motifs, it is possible to observe a shift from an abstract grammar, during the first phase, to a figurative grammar, in which we can identify a narrative related to human and animal sacrifices, associated with the use of antenna-hilted daggers. These depictions recall a symbolism reminiscent of Strabo's writings, including bronze objects containing sacrificial scenes. The final phase of engraving indicates new symbolic changes, with valorisation of isolated actions perpetrated by horsemen, carrying throwing weapons, which may be a representation of a deity or hero.

Keywords: rock art; Protohistory; religion; antenna-hilted daggers; sacrificial actions; deities or heroes?

Ocupação do Bronze Final do povoado de Santo António e sua eventual relação com as atividades de ... more Ocupação do Bronze Final do povoado de Santo António e sua eventual relação com as atividades de extração de sal.

Presentation of the Penedos da Portela menhir (Vila Verde, Braga), mentioned since the end of the... more Presentation of the Penedos da Portela menhir (Vila Verde, Braga), mentioned since the end of the 19th century and re-located in 1994 and 2007 by two of the authors, after archaeological survey work carried out for the archaeological inventory of the Vila Verde municipality. The menhir is probably in situ and marks one of the natural entrances to the Megalithic necropolis of the Montes do Borrelho and Moinho Velho. It appears to have been partially smoothed on the west and south sides, from top to bottom, giving it the appearance it has today.
KEYWORDS: Neolithic; Megalithism; Menhir; Minho province.

O presente artigo surge na sequência das ações de acompanhamento arqueológico efetuadas no â... more O presente artigo surge na sequência das ações de acompanhamento arqueológico efetuadas no âmbito do projeto de execução do Interface Logístico do Parque de Negócio de Escariz, pela empresa Araducta Arqueologia Unipessoal, Lda. Os trabalhos realizados possibilitaram a descoberta de um afloramento ostentando uma gravura rupestre, designada por Gravura Rupestre do Coruto. A descoberta deste sítio arqueológico determinou, numa primeira fase, a limpeza do afloramento gravado e a escavação da sua área envolvente. Posteriormente, foram realizadas ações de registo e de estudo, bem como de corte, remoção e transporte para outro local, acompanhada de um placard explicativo. Palavras-chave: Idade do Bronze, Gravura rupestre, Levantamento, Escavação, Modelo Residual Morfológico, Valorização.

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Rock art of Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age of Northern Portugal (Paredes de Coura) Abstract:... more Rock art of Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age of Northern Portugal (Paredes de Coura)

Keywords: rock art; Protohistory; religion; antenna-hilted daggers; sacrificial actions; deities or heroes?

Este livro resulta do trabalho de investigação realizado no conjunto de onze sítios gravados n... more Este livro resulta do trabalho de investigação realizado no conjunto de onze sítios gravados nas vertentes este e este-sudeste do Monte de São Silvestre, concelho de Viana do Castelo.
A partir do inventário das gravuras rupestres tecem-se considerações sobre aos lugares gravados no espaço e no tempo e fazem-se interpretações sobre o valor social e simbólico das diferentes imagéticas (Arte Atlântica e Arte Figurativa) no contexto cronológico-cultural em que se inserem.
Defende-se a hipótese de que este monte terá funcionado como lugar de significação ancestral na longa duração, com início na Pré-história Recente e com manifestações na Proto-história, materializando diferentes cosmogonias. A sua importância simbólica terá perdurada na imagética popular que o cristianiza de modos distintos e em diferentes momentos, sendo ainda hoje, lugar de manifestações religiosas onde humanos e animais são alvo de proteção divina.

Middle Bronze Age; Litoral Settlement Northwest of Portugal

Estudos monográficos sobre povoados ou outros tipos de sítios destes períodos cronológico-culturais.

Monografia sobre as ocupações da Idade do Bronze Final do povoado de S. Julião, em Vila Verde, No... more Monografia sobre as ocupações da Idade do Bronze Final do povoado de S. Julião, em Vila Verde, Noroeste de Portugal.

The book is divided into 14 chapters, resulting from the presentations made in a session at the 2... more The book is divided into 14 chapters, resulting from the presentations made in a session at the 20th International Rock Art Congress – IFRAO 2018, entitled Representations of Weapons and Tools in Prehistoric, Protohistoric and Traditional Communities: an Approach by Archaeology and Anthropology, held on 29 August 2018, in Darfo Boario Terme, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy, and also invitations addressed to researchers from various parts of the world – from Europe to Australia, including Africa and North and South America.
This book is divided into three main parts, concerning the key methodological and general research lines of each group of contributions. Some texts clearly combine several approaches.

This book springs from the compilation of papers and posters presented in 2013 and 2014 at the 2... more This book springs from the compilation of papers and posters
presented in 2013 and 2014 at the 2nd and 3rd Enardas Colloquia,
entitled ‘Living Places, Experienced Places’. The first part, in two
chapters, is entitled ‘Concepts and tools to study rock art’. The
second part, ‘From sub-naturalistic to Schematic rock art tradition’,
discusses various expressions of recorded art in the hinterland
area of northwest Iberia, as well as expressions of the schematic
art tradition from north-central Portugal. The third part, ‘Atlantic
tradition rock art’ comprises four chapters. The fourth part, ‘Other
styles’, includes five chapters focusing on depictions that the book
editors consider distinct from the best-known regional styles.

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ÍNDICE / CONTENTS Editorial MARÍA MARTÍN-SEIJO & ANA M.S. BETTENCOURT Discursos e práticas à vo... more ÍNDICE / CONTENTS

Editorial
MARÍA MARTÍN-SEIJO & ANA M.S. BETTENCOURT

Discursos e práticas à volta das árvores e suas utilidades
ÁLVARO CAMPELO

Estudio antracológico de A Devesa de Abaixo (Pontevedra): un espacio funerario atípico de la Prehistoria del NW de Iberia
MARÍA MARTÍN-SEIJO, PABLO VÁZQUEZ LIZ & M. PILAR PRIETO MARTÍNEZ

Tierra, madera y piedra. Arquitecturas, mobiliario y diacronías de la II Edad del Hierro enTrás-os-Montes Oriental: Quinta de Crestelos (Mogadouro)
JAVIER LARRAZABAL GALARZA

Use, management and spatial analysis of wood resources in the iberian oppidum of Puente de Tables (Jaén, Spain)
MARÍA OLIVA RODRÍGUEZ-ARIZA

O uso da madeira na mineração e metalurgia do ouro durante a época romana em Portugal
CARLA MARIA BRAZ MARTINS

Fires in the dark. Wood and charcoal analysis of the Early Medieval funerary deposits in the cave of Riocueva (Cantabria, Spain)
JOSÉ ÁNGEL HIERRO GÁRATE, ENRIQUE GUTIÉRREZ CUENCA · INES L. LOPEZ-DORIGA · MARÍA MARTÍN-SEIJO

Wood and building construction in the Convent of Vilar de Frades (Barcelos, Portugal): the beam systems of the 16th century
ANTÓNIO PEREIRA

Os oleiros e a gestão da lenha nas cozeduras redutoras: aproximações etnoarqueológicas em Portugal
ALINE DURAND

Ancient and Modern Use of Pine at the Site of Chinikihá, Chiapas, México
FELIPE TRABANINO & AURORA MURIENTE PASTRANA

O CVARN – Corpus Virtual de Arte Rupestre do Noroeste Português é uma ferramenta ao serviço da co... more O CVARN – Corpus Virtual de Arte Rupestre do Noroeste Português é uma ferramenta ao serviço da comunidade com informação sistematizada e cientificamente validada. É também uma ferramenta de investigação que contribui para o estudo da arte rupestre pós-paleolítica de ar livre do Centro e Norte português.

A área geográfica da sua incidência corresponde a uma área considerável da fachada atlântica do Centro e Norte de Portugal, concretamente ao território entre a bacia do rio Minho, a Norte e, a bacio do rio Mondego, a Sul.

O CVARN resulta da tarefa 6 do projeto Espaços Naturais, Arquiteturas, Arte Rupestre e Deposições na Pré-história Recente da Fachada Ocidental do Centro e Norte Português: das Ações aos Significados - ENARDAS (PTDC/HIS-ARQ/112983/2009), aprovado e financiado pela FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, no âmbito do Programa Operacional Temático Factores de Competitividade COMPETE, e comparticipado pelo Fundo Comunitário Europeu (FEDER).

Em termos sociais trata-se de um instrumento ao serviço do desenvolvimento do território porque compila, sistematiza e torna acessível o conhecimento científico sobre a arte rupestre da fachada ocidental do centro e norte de Portugal. Trata-se de um importante passo para a integração deste património nos programas de gestão do território por parte das entidades gestoras, nomeadamente Câmaras Municipais, Juntas de Freguesia, Associações de Desenvolvimento Local, entre outras. A arte rupestre tem valor identitário, social e económico na medida em que preserva a memória e a identidade de uma região, gera oportunidades de negócios e pode converte-se, através do desenvolvimento de projetos de valorização e divulgação, num produto turístico capaz de gerar desenvolvimento local e regional e contribuir para melhorar a qualidade de vida das populações.

Em termos científicos o CVARN efetua a primeira compilação sobre arte rupestre, reunindo numa base de dados toda a informação que existia de forma dispersa, tentando, sempre que possível, a disponibilização de cada sítio segundo os mesmos descritores. Divulga, ainda, um número significativo de sítios inéditos. Tal visa potenciar o desenvolvimento da investigação sobre a arte rupestre desta área geográfica, através de diferentes tipos de abordagens.

O CVARN assenta numa base de dados relacional e georreferenciada que possibilitará, a quem solicitar a permissão para fins que o justifiquem, obter informação mais diversificada do que a que está disponível em linha, podendo ser usado por diferentes programas que manuseiam a informação geográfica.

As fontes usadas para a sua alimentação foram: a consulta bibliográfica; a consulta da base de dados Endovélico da Direção Geral do Património Cultural - DGPC; a prospeção arqueológica direcionada para relocalizar lugares já conhecidos e descobrir lugares inéditos e os achados ocasionais.

O CVARN é um projeto aberto, dinâmico, que incentiva à participação de diversos investigadores ou instituições e que se pretende em constante atualização.

É gerido por Ana M. S. Bettencourt, do Departamento de História da Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal, e por Emilio Abad Vidal do Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Espanha.

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EDITORIAL: O estudo das contextos e das práticas funerárias da Idade do Bronze do Noroeste da I... more EDITORIAL:
O estudo das contextos e das práticas funerárias da Idade do Bronze do Noroeste da Ibéria é um tema extremamente atual no estado da investigação, quer pelo facto da última síntese se ter efetuado em 2010 (Bettencourt 2010) quer porque o estudo da morte e dos mortos traduz o universo de crenças, a forma como as populações interagem com o espaço onde estão incorporadas e o seu modo de vida.
Este volume, se bem que não apresente trabalhos de síntese, contribui com um número importante de novos achados, bem diversificados entre si, e traduzindo práticas inéditas ou pouco conhecidas no Noroeste ibérico, o que faz dele uma referência importante para trabalhos futuros neste domínio.
Para as zonas de altitude destacamos a divulgação de mais três monumentos sob tumuli: Senhor dos Aflitos, Vale de Chão 1 e Laceiras do Côvo 3. O primeiro, possivelmente construído no Bronze Inicial e reutilizado posteriormente, apresenta características construtivas interessantes como, por exemplo, uma espécie de “estela-menir” na base da câmara funerária e uma grande quantidade de quartzo leitoso em áreas “escondidas” dos vivos a revelar a importância simbólica desta matéria construtiva. Referimo-nos ao artigo de Gabriel Rocha Pereira. O segundo monumento, do Bronze Inicial, tem a particularidade de também ter sido reutilizado em fase posterior, embora ainda na Idade do Bronze, e de no interior da reutilização se terem praticados ritos de fogo. Trata-se do trabalho de Luciano Vilas Boas. O terceiro, referente a Laceiras do Côvo 3, da autoria de Edite Sá e colaboradores, terá sido construído nos finais do Bronze Médio ou no Bronze Final. Apesar de pequeno e de muito baixo, foi edificado com matérias que o tornam bem visível, materializando uma morte para ser recordada e vivenciada nas dinâmi- cas do quotidiano.
Para as áreas vinculadas com vales agrícolas litorais destacamos a publicação de dois lugares com sepulturas planas do Bronze Médio: o da Quinta do Amorim e o do Pego, ambos de Hugo Sampaio e colaboradores. O segundo, é especialmente relevante por dar a conhecer de forma exaustiva uma necrópole e por ter sido possível perceber o tipo de inumação realizada, através das condições estratigráficas.
Por fim há que salientar a publicação de uma necrópole em fossas, de contorno circular, na confluência de dois rios, onde ainda se conservavam os esqueletos o que é raríssimo nesta região e permitiu considerações importantes sobre paleopatologias e dados demográficos. Referimo-nos ao artigo de Rita Gaspar e colaboradores.

The study of the funerary contexts and prac- tices from the Portuguese North-west Bronze Age is extremely current within the investigation’s condi- tion. In addition to the fact that the last synthesis dates back from 2010 (Bettencourt 2010), it is well known that death’s and deceased’s study reflects the universe of beliefs, the manner how communities interacted with the space within they were immersed and their ways of life.
Although this volume doesn’t exhibit any kind of systematization work, it contributes with an im- portant set of new findings, well diversified within them. As so, it presents unpublished practices, some of which scarcely known in the Iberian North-west, potentially becoming an important reference to fur- ther works in this area.
To the upper altitude zones one can detach the publishing of three tombs under tumuli: Senhor dos Aflitos, Vale de Chão 1 and Laceiras do Côvo 3. The first one, probably constructed in the Early Bronze Age and latter reused, has interesting con- structive features, such as a kind of “statue-menhir” in the base of the funerary chamber and a large amount of milky quartzes “hidden” from the living ones, revealing the symbolic importance of this constructive matter. We refer to the article of Gabriel Rocha Pereira. The second monument dates back from the Early Bronze Age and has the par- ticularity of also reveal reuse in latter phase, yet during the Bronze Age. Within this reuse some rites were performed involving fire. This work regards to Luciano Vilas Boas. The third one, which refers to Laceiras do Côvo 3, authored by Edite Sá and col- laborators, may have been built during the end of the Middle Bronze Age or in the Late Bronze Age. Although small and extremely low, it was erected with materials, which made it quite visible, materi- alizing a death to be remembered and experienced in the daily life.
To the areas linked with coastal agricultural valleys we highlight the publication of two places of flat graves dating from the Middle Bronze Age: Quinta do Amorim 2 and Pego, both from Hugo Sampaio and collaborators. The second one is espe- cially relevant, since it allowed the exhaustive knowledge of a necropolis where was possible to understand the kind of inhumation performed using the local stratigraphic circumstances.
Finally, one can stress out the publication of a circular pit necropolis positioned in the confluence of two rivers. The human remains’ preservation, a rare case in this region, permitted important considerations about demographic and paleopathologic data. We are referring the article of Rita Gaspar and collaborators.

BETTENCOURT, A.M.S. 2010. La Edad del Bronce en el Noroeste de la Península Ibérica: un análisis a partir de las prácticas funerárias. Trabajos de Prehistoria, 67 (1): 139-173.

This book includes papers from Sessions C41: "The creation of significant places and landscapes i... more This book includes papers from Sessions C41: "The creation of significant places and landscapes in the Northwestern half of the Iberia, during Pre and Proto-historic times" and C72: "Space, Memory and Identity in the European Bronze Age", from the XV UISPP World Congress(Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006).

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JORGE, V.O.; BETTENCOURT, A.M.S.; BERROCAL-RANGEL, L.; CORREIA, V.H.; FERNÁNDEZ-POSSE, M.D.; JAVIER SÁNCHEZ-PALENCIA, F. (eds.) (2000). Proto-História da Península Ibérica. [Actas do III Congresso de Arqueologia Peninsular, Vila Real, Setembro de 1999], Porto: ADECAP,

This chapter aims to analyse the adoption of halberds by the populations of the Northwest Iberian... more This chapter aims to analyse the adoption of halberds by the populations of the Northwest Iberian Peninsula (which includes Galicia and the North of Portugal), and its materialisation in rock art, as well as its social and symbolic role in the context of societies in the early Bronze Age (EBA).
The exercise of dating halberds and daggers from the early Bronze Age by drawing parallels with copper weapons has already been made (Peña Santos and Vázquez Varela 1979), whereas the accuracy of this chronology has been confirmed using C14 dating, according to the respective contexts of the halberds. The classification of these weapons in this period is based on radiocarbon dating available for halberds from Great Britain, considered to be predecessors to the Irish and Carrapatas-type halberds, wherein the latter are typical of the Northwest Iberian Peninsula. According to Needman et al. (2015), the halberds in Great Britain date from the third quarter of the third millennium BCE, but were only adopted in Ireland and on the Atlantic seaboard of the European continent, in the last quarter of the third millennium BCE, between 2294-1921 BCE. In fact this is the chronological interval used for their dating in the Northwest Iberian Peninsula.
Theoretically speaking and in relation to the Anthropology of Art and Symbolism (Layton 1990, Gell 1998) this paper defends the premise that “rock art” both results from symbolic thinking and also actively contributes to the symbolic conception of the world, the maintenance of collective memory and the creation and negotiation of identities.
Landscape Archaeology places emphasis on the notions of “natural” space, landscape and place. The first is understood as an active element, meaningful and animated, rather than a simple container of human action (Thomas 1993). The landscape is perceived as a place impregnated with meaning and not a mere economic resource (Ingold 2000).
Also vital is the assumption that communities have created the building blocks of the past by using and re-using the same places over time, reinterpreting them according to their commitments and interests (Bradley 2002). The notion of “place” will be used as a synonym for “special space” - celebrated through emotions and senses, and related to histories, allowing the creation of a “sense/experience” of place, which is relevant to the construction and maintenance of individual and collective memories (Thomas 1996). A place can be a natural element (a mount, outcrop and its features (Ingold 2000, Bradley 2000). This point of view eliminates the dichotomy between depictions and sites and focuses on interaction. It is also important to emphasise the skyscape (Henty 2016) and the importance of special areas where celestial phenomena may be observed.

Ce texte fournit les premières preuves de l'exploitation de sel marin dans le Nord-Ouest de la pé... more Ce texte fournit les premières preuves de l'exploitation de sel marin dans le Nord-Ouest de la péninsule Ibérique à l'âge du Bronze. La production du sel s'opérait sur le site archéologique de la plage de Carreço, à Viana do Castelo entre la fi n du III e et le début du II e millénaire avant J.-C. et montre l'utilisation d'éviers amovibles creusés dans le schiste et chauff és pour renforcer le processus d'évaporation de l'eau salée. Ce type de puits est très courant sur la côte nord. D'autres preuves de l'exploitation du sel marin se trouvent sur le site archéologique d'Areias Altas à Porto pendant la première moitié du II e millénaire avant J.-C. Sur ce site, des récipients en céramique, morphologiquement similaires à ceux utilisés pour l'évaporation de l'eau salée par le processus de saumure ou comme moules pour le sel, dans d'autres contextes préhistoriques d'extraction du sel en Europe occidentale et orientale, ont été trouvés. Sur la côte nord-ouest de l'Ibérie, on trouve également d'innombrables puits creusés dans la roche, morphologiquement semblables aux puits de schiste amovibles. Une observation de leurs conditions de fabrication a révélé qu'ils étaient fabriqués par percussion, probablement avec des marteaux en pierre, et polis avec des galets roulés, ce qui leur donne une forme de coins arrondis. Ainsi, l'absence de preuves d'artéfacts métalliques dans leur fabrication indique qu'ils seraient antérieurs à l'âge du Fer, bien qu'ils aient pu être utilisés durant cette période. Les diff érentes méthodes d'extraction peuvent être liées aux changements climatiques qui se sont produits au cours des III e et II e millénaires avant J.-C. Mots-clés Nord-Ouest ibérique, âge du Bronze, production de sel marin.

The Northwest Iberian Peninsula is not a uniform region. Geographers have divided it into two mai... more The Northwest Iberian Peninsula is not a uniform region. Geographers have divided it into two main biogeographic sub-regions: Atlantic and Mediterranean, each with its own characteristics, in terms of geomorphology and climate. The perception that these two sub-regions have distinct identities since, at least, the first half of the 3rd millennium BCE, i.e. since the Chalcolithic period, has led us to analyse separately developments in the last quarter of the 3rd millennium BCE, which is viewed as a key period for understanding the emergence of the Bronze Age. During the Early Bronze Age new settlement strategies emerged in the Atlantic sub-region, associated with the appearance of innovative pottery shapes and decorations, resettlement of high-altitude areas for burial in small cairns, circulation of new prestigious metallic icons, the emergence of new styles of rock art, such as engravings of dozens of halberds, the emergence of the phenomenon of structured depositions of metallic objects, such as the deposits of halberds, or halberds and daggers, and, consequently, new social relationships, new power structures and new places for negotiating social relations, which revealed significant structural changes compared to Chalcolithic communities. In the Mediterranean sub-region, despite new locations for certain settlements, changes seem to have occurred across a broader timeframe, including the abandonment of several community and ceremonial spaces-such as walled enclosures or shelters with collective depositions-, the emergence of metallic deposits, consisting of halberds, and the timid adoption of new iconographies in rock art. These are characterised by phenomena of continuity or social resistance, and reveal that, in this region, social changes and new scenarios of power or social aggregation occurred in a manner that differed from the Atlantic sub-region. On the basis of the analysed data it seems possible to hypothesise that, during the last quarter of the 3rd millennium BCE, together with the phenomena of social resistance and permeability to new developments, the Northwest Iberian Peninsula was subjected to multiple and distinct influences that spawned the development of a mosaic of societies, apparently united and standardised by generalised phenomena. The factors that contributed to this change were multiple and distinct in each of the two sub-regions. This includes important external factors, such as the climate conditions in the middle of the 3rd millennium BCE and events that occurred during the second half of this millennium, that had distinct repercussions on the two sub-regions; greater or lesser permeability to Atlantic contacts; 'dismantling' of supra-regional exchange networks with southern regions, as a result of social upheavals in the Southern Mediterranean. In terms of internal factors, it is worth highlighting the capacity for resilience and adaptation to changes. Phenomena such as the migration of populations of Pontic-Caspian origin during the second half of the 3rd millennium BCE, revealed by DNA studies of human remains from the South, Southeast, and Southwest Iberian Peninsula, are not proven for this region, and therefore will not be taken into account.
Keywords: Northwest Iberian Peninsula, sub-regions, transition from the 3rd to the 2nd millennium BCE, continuity or change?

Although commonly recorded in Northwest Portugal, footprints and shoeprints are among the least s... more Although commonly recorded in Northwest Portugal, footprints and shoeprints are among the least studied engraved motifs from the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in this region. This paper presents the results of a study of over 30 rock art sites, where more than 200 footprints and shoeprints have been recorded. Spatial analysis of the data reveals that these motifs were often linked with natural circulation paths between valleys and low-lying slopes, easily accessible and with easy movement, beneath steeper zones. They were also interconnected with sites that were well irrigated by watercourses flowing from the mountaintops or with easy access to water sources. At a more detailed level, it has been possible to verify that the rocky outcrops with more footprints and shoeprints, i.e. those that were more frequently used, had engravings on inclined surfaces. On the basis of this data, several hypotheses can be drawn: these findings seem to be related to pilgrimages to elevated sites and/or well-irrigated sites; the majority of pilgrims were children or young adults (due to the dimensions of the engraved motifs), probably as part of rites of passage; the orientation of the majority of the engravings suggests that these rites were performed in conjunction with celestial cults, in particular during the summer solstice.

1. Megalitismo: características gerais Os monumentos megalíticos com câmaras e corredores constru... more 1. Megalitismo: características gerais Os monumentos megalíticos com câmaras e corredores construídos com grandes esteios e, por vezes, com inúmeros blocos usados nos contrafortes e couraças pétreas de cobertura, correspondem às primeiras manifestações arquitectónicas que marcaram de forma definitiva o espaço de vivência das comunidades pré-históricas, dando origem à criação de cenários artificiais e impressivos. Correspondem a monumentos de grande complexidade interpretativa, de carácter por vezes funerário e cerimonial ou apenas cerimonial. Trata-se de um fenómeno atlântico que emerge e se desenvolve entre o 5º e o 4º milénios a.C., ou seja, no Neolítico, tendo perdurado nalgumas regiões para o 3º milénio a.C.. Resulta de uma ideologia que circula pelo mundo atlântico litoral, tendo sido adotada, de forma específica, por diferentes comunidades de agricultores e/ou pastores, motivo pelo qual se detetam, em cada região, particularidades, também percebidas a nível intrarregional. No Noroeste Ibérico conhecem-se dois grandes grupos de monumentos megalíticos: os menires e os monumentos ditos funerários. Os primeiros correspondem a monólitos verticais, mais ou menos afeiçoados, de diferentes dimensões que distinguem, marcam ou celebram lugares de importância coletiva, certamente com multiplicidade de significações mágico-rituais: simbologia astral; cultos de fertilidade; marcação física e simbólica de territórios de grande significação coletiva; representação de divindades ou de ancestrais, entre outros. Os segundos, popularmente designados por mamoas ou eruditamente por antas, antelas ou dólmenes, são compostos por câmaras cobertas por acumulações de blocos pétreos e de sedimentos ou só de sedimentos compactados, provavelmente pela ação do fogo de que resultam montículos artificiais. As áreas fronteiras aos corredores

The collection of the megalithic monument of Cabeço dos Moinhos, excavated by Santos Rocha in t... more The collection of the megalithic monument of Cabeço dos Moinhos, excavated by Santos Rocha in the 80s of 19th century, was originally published in the late 19th century. As part of the ENARDAS Project, developed between 2011 and 2015, part of this collection, as well as the available information on constructive aspects, has been reviewed. At the same time, interdisciplinary studies on human and faunal remains were performed, some artefacts on animal bone were reviewed and radiocarbon dating was made. is paper discloses the results of this study in order to clarify the funerary practices performed in this megalithic monument.
In the review of published bone artefacts, a perforated bud and a fragment of an eventual Almerian idol were identified. Faunal remains made it possible to identify five species of mammals, probably resulting from later intrusions. the human remains analysed belong to a minimum of ten individuals, eight adults (of both sexes) and two non-adults. Of these, a set displays several changes related to fire exposure. this collection also reveals some of the diseases that a ected the deposited individuals. the radiocarbon dating performed points to a Neolithic occupation in the first half of the 4th millennium BCE associated with inhumations; a reuse in the transition from the 4th to the 3rd millennia BCE, during the Late Neolithic or Early Chalcolithic, connected with cremated bones, and new reuses in the rst half of the 3rd millennium BCE, i.e. in Chalcolithic, associated with bone artefacts. Some ceramic artefacts indicate reuse for later periods.
It was also possible to realize that, at least, from the Early Chalcolithic, the populations that were buried in this monument are inserted in a cosmogony similar to those found in Portuguese Extremadura and South-western Iberian.
Keywords: Neolithic; Chalcolithic; Inhumations; Cremations; Southern cultural a nities.

Resumo: O presente artigo pretende dar a conhecer alguns achados cerâmicos e líticos de superf... more Resumo:
O presente artigo pretende dar a conhecer alguns achados cerâmicos e líticos de superfície, recolhidos no sítio arqueológico do Arneiro, questionando possíveis interpretações sobre a ocupação do local e a sua importância na compreensão da Pré-história e Proto-história do Baixo Mondego. É apresentada uma datação por radiocarbono que precisa uma das ocupações do local.
Palavras-chave: Neolítico Final/Calcolítico Inicial; Bronze Final; Povoamento; Baixo Mondego.
Abstract: This article intends to make known some ceramic and lithic surface findings, collected at the archaeological site of Arneiro, also questioning possible interpretations about the occupation of the site and its importance in understanding the pre-history and proto-history of Baixo Mondego. It is also presented an absolute radiocarbon dating that species one of the occupations of the place.
Keywords: Late Neolithic/Early Chalcolithic; Late Bronze Age; Settlement strategies; Lower Mondego river basin.

Abstract: The settlement of Santo António is located on a small hill in the Afife River, near a... more Abstract:
The settlement of Santo António is located on a small hill in the Afife River, near a bay that corresponds to a natural port. This site is located in the parish of Afife, Viana do Castelo municipality, in the northwestern Portugal. Martins Sarmento makes the first reference to the place in nineteen century, which reports the appearance of walls. In the twenty century the place was excavated but the results of those works were never published. Of note is the publication of a metal cauldron (sítula) and of some ceramics vessels found there (Silva, 1986) and the information of Bettencourt (2013) that the place had an occupation of the Late Bronze Age. Although this archaeological site is heavily destroyed, there is a significant collection from the old excavations at the Amateur Archaeological Research Center of Afife-NAIAA (Núcleo Amador de Investigação Arqueológica de Afife-NAIAA).
The purpose of this work is to make known the results of the study of this collection, namely the ceramic, and from it, draw chronological, economic and social information on the populations that lived in the settlement of Santo António.

Resumo:
O povoado de Santo António está localizado numa pequena colina na planície do rio de Afife, nas proximidades de uma baía que corresponde a um porto natural. Insere-se na freguesia de Afife, concelho de Viana do Castelo, no noroeste de Portugal. As primeiras referências ao local são feitas no séc. XIX, por Martins Sarmento que refere o aparecimento de muralhas. No séc. XX é alvo de várias campanhas de escavação cujos resultados não se conhecem. De salientar a publicação de um molde de sítula e de várias cerâmicas aí encontradas (Silva, 1986) e a informação de Bettencourt (2013) que diz ter observado cerâmicas do Bronze Final provenientes do local. Apesar do sítio arqueológico estar bastante destruído existe espólio significativo, proveniente das antigas escavações, no Núcleo Amador de Investigação Arqueológica de Afife (NAIAA).
Este trabalho tem assim, como objetivo, dar a conhecer os resultados do estudo desse espólio, nomeadamente o cerâmico, e a partir dele, tirar ilações de ordem cronológica, económica e social sobre as populações que viveram no povoado de Santo António.

ABSTRACT: Recording outcrops in the Portuguese Northwest has been a reality since at least the ... more ABSTRACT:
Recording outcrops in the Portuguese Northwest has been a reality since at least the end of the 5th , beginning of the 4th millennia BCE, and has persisted to historical epochs. The first motifs are part of the Atlantic Art and are characterized by an abstract grammar with numerous circular compositions linked by grooves, probably associated with a cosmogony where they import the properties of several orographies, springs, water courses and solar and lunar cycles. This symbolic structure lasts for about two thousand years, being replaced, during the end of the 3rd and the beginning of the 2nd millennia BCE, by a distinct symbolic universe that is materialized by new iconographies. We refer to a Figurative Art that begins with the representation of weapons, but which will continue during the 2nd and beginning of the 1st millennia BCE, with the recording of weapons, boats, footprints and shoeprints, solar symbols and sub-naturalist equines. Some of these equines, either because they are associated with solar depictions or because they are oriented toward determining moments of solar cycles, were interpreted as representations that materialize myths related to the solar horse. During the 1 st millennium BCE, representations of equidae are stylized. However, the compositions gain movement and occur narrative scenes representative of a new ideological universe.

RESUMO: Gravar afloramentos no Noroeste português é uma realidade desde, pelo menos, os finais do 5º, inícios do 4º milénios a.C., tendo persistido até épocas históricas. Os motivos mais antigos inserem-se na Arte Atlântica e caracterizam-se por uma gramática abstracta com inúmeras composições circulares ligadas por sulcos ondulantes, provavelmente associados a uma cosmogonia onde importam as propriedades de diversas orografias, nascentes, cursos de água e ciclos solares e lunares. Esta estrutura simbólica perdura durante cerca de dois mil anos, sendo substituída, durante os finais do 3º e os inícios do 2º milénios a.C., por um universo simbólico distinto que se materializa por novas grafias. Referimo-nos a uma arte figurativa que se inicia pela representação de armas, mas que continuará, durante o 2º e inícios do 1º milénios a.C., com a gravação de armas, embarcações, podomorfos, símbolos solares e equídeos sub-naturalistas. Alguns destes equídeos, quer porque se associam a imagens solares, quer porque se orientam para momentos determinantes dos ciclos solares, foram interpretados como representações que materializam mitos relacionados com o cavalo solar. Durante o 1º milénio a.C. as representações de equídeos estilizam-se. No entanto, as composições ganham movimento e aparecem cenas narrativas representativas de um novo universo ideológico.

Palavras-chave: Arte rupestre, Equídeos, Mitologias solares.

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The aim of this work is to present a synthesis on the Middle Bronze Age and the origins of the La... more The aim of this work is to present a synthesis on the Middle Bronze Age and the origins of the Late Bronze Age in the Northwest of Iberia. The Middle Bronze Age will be considered to be the time period between 1700/1600 and 1100/1000 BC (Bettencourt 2005). Geographically and geomorphologically speaking, the Northwest of Iberia is extremely mountainous and polygenic. The main reliefs form a kind of natural amphitheatre facing west and are interspersed by river valleys that create real connection passages between the coast and the inland (Ribeiro et al. 1987). We should acknowledge that the current western Atlantic platform of Galicia (Spain) includes a lagoon system where the sea penetrates the land, allowing for its easy navigation.

Resumo Partindo da premissa de que a Arte Atlântica do Noroeste se caracteriza, apenas, por compo... more Resumo
Partindo da premissa de que a Arte Atlântica do Noroeste se caracteriza, apenas, por composições circulares e se desenvolveu durante o Neolítico-Calcolítico, e de que a Arte Esquemática de ar livre se individualiza, ainda que embrionariamente, em duas fases, sendo a primeira do Neolítico e Calcolítico e a segunda proto-histórica, foi possível isolar um grupo significativo de motivos gravados que se afastam de ambos os estilos e que serão alvo de estudo neste trabalho. Trata-se de um grupo, que por paralelos com objetos metálicos e motivos gravados nas estelas do Sudoeste ibérico, se pode inserir na Idade do Bronze, materializando, no Noroeste, novas cosmogonias de matriz mediterrânica e atlântica e aumentando a rede de lugares de significação colectiva experienciados pelas comunidades.

Palavras‑chave:
Noroeste de Portugal, Arte proto-histórica, Novas cosmogonias, Rede de lugares.

Abstract
Considering the assumption that North-western Iberian Atlantic Rock Art includes only cups and rings representations
and was developed back to the Neolithic-Chalcolithic, and that open-air Schematic Rock Art can
be individualised in two main phases, the first one dating back to Neolithic and Chalcolithic, and the second
developed during protohistoric period, it was possible to isolate a significant group of recorded motifs in outcrops
that differ from both these styles. These would be scrutinized in this work. Based on parallels established
with metallic objects and recorded depictions identified in Iberian Southwest steales, it is possible to situate
chronologically this group in the Bronze Age. From an interpretative point of view, they may materialise new
cosmogonies based on Mediterranean and Atlantic origins, enlarging a network of places of collective meaning experienced by Northwest Bronze Age inhabitants.
Keywords: Northwest of Portugal, Protohistoric Rock Art, New cosmogonies, Network of places.

The settlement of Santo António is located on a small hill in the Afife River, near a bay that c... more The settlement of Santo António is located on a small hill in the Afife River, near a bay that corresponds to a natural port. This site is located in the parish of Afife, Viana do Castelo municipality, in the northwestern Portugal.
Martins Sarmento makes the first reference to the place in nineteen century, which reports the appearance of walls. In the twenty century the place was excavated but the results of those works were never published. Of note is the publication of a metal cauldron (sítula) and of some ceramics vessels found there (Silva, 1986) and the information of Bettencourt (2013) that the place had an occupation of the Late Bronze Age. Although this archaeological site is heavily destroyed, there is a significant collection from the old excavations at the Amateur Archaeological Research Center of Afife-NAIAA (Núcleo Amador de Investigação Arqueológica de Afife-NAIAA).
The purpose of this work is to make known the results of the study of this collection, namely the ceramic, and from it, draw chronological, economic and social information on the populations that lived in the settlement of Santo António.
KEYWORDS: Minho Coast; Proto-historic settlement; Chronology; Economy and Society.

Iron Age, Portugal, contruction materials, pavments, plasters, archaeometric study

Resumo: O Monte do Côto de Sabroso situa-se no topo de um esporão montanhoso sobranceiro ao vale ... more Resumo: O Monte do Côto de Sabroso situa-se no topo de um esporão montanhoso sobranceiro ao vale do Ave. Os primeiros estudos arqueológicos neste monte reportam-se a Sarmento, que aí realiza escavações mencionando a existência de arte rupestre. No séc. XXI algumas desses afloramentos gravados foram relocalizados. São compostos principalmente por motivos inseríveis na Arte Atlântica, gravados entre o 4º e o 3º milénios a.C., mas também por podomorfos e equídeos, considerados mais recentes. Nesse sentido, o Côto de Sabroso pode ser considerado um lugar com uma longa biografia, materializada através da gravação de novos símbolos que lhe incorporam novas narrativas, num processo de reordenação e reinterpretação do mundo.

Palavras-Chave: Monte do Côto de Sabroso; arte rupestre; Monte sacro?

Abstract: Monte do Côto de Sabroso is located at the top of a mountainous spur overlooking the Ave valley. This hill’s first archaeological studies were conducted by Sarmento, which carried out excavations on this site, acknowledging the existence of rock art. In the 21st century some of these engraved outcrops were relocated. They are composed mainly of motifs inserted in the Atlantic Art, recorded between the 4th and 3rd millennium BC, but also composed of later depictions, such as footprints and horses. In this sense, Côto de Sabroso can be considered a place with a long biography, materialized through the recording of new symbols that incorporate new narratives, in a process of reordering and reinterpreting the world.

Key Words: Monte do Côto de Sabroso; rock art; Sacro Mount?

The aim of this paper is to focus the importance of dialog between outcrops morphology and prehis... more The aim of this paper is to focus the importance of dialog between outcrops morphology and prehistoric motifs engraved or inscribed in them. Altogether, these elements form a well-adapted methodology that contributes to interpretation of rock art and prehistoric landscapes. The theoretical framework was based in the landscape assumptions proposed by C. Tilley (2002): " physical " world is not simply made of inert things, but full of significant properties that matter to its inhabitants. In this sense, outcrops and their forms were not simple surfaces to carve, but acting agents that added meanings to these rock art places and stories to tell for posterity. The rock engravings of Crastoeiro (Mondim de Bastos) and Lage dos Sinais/Monte do Olheiro (Barcelos) form the first and second case studies. In both cases there appears to be an inter and deep relationship between the topography of the engraved outcrops and the topography where they are located. By the arrangement of the motifs in the outcrops, both cases evidence intentional will to influence how to look to the slopes and ridges of both hills, probably of great symbolism during the past. The third case study is Santo Adrião, in the parish of Âncora (Caminha). In this case, either the orientation of the slope of the outcrop and the engraved weapons indicate a narrative of blind and passive deposition of weapons. A fourth case study, which clearly illustrates these assumptions, is Fornelos, in the parish of Carreço (Viana do Castelo). In different panels, several equines, horsemen, a dog, and an anthropomorphic were engraved. The space chosen for the carvings of these signs, the orientation of motifs, the topography of the outcrop and its coloration create an impressive scenic effect for its audience. At the same time, all these elements appear to tell a real or a mythical narrative, 2 where horses and horsemen seem to have travelled a certain path-narrowed, poorly lighted, and limited – from where only a few would return. A fifth case study consists in the different outcrops engraved with footprints identified at Monte de São Romão (Guimarães). Here, the orientation of footprints, and their dialogue with the outcrops orientations suggest certain paths, related to some kind of symbolic interpretation. During the difficult task of interpreting past landscape, it is important to think in outcrops not as simple carving surfaces, but as active elements in the surroundings, already bearers of stories and senses in the landscape, resulting from the complex social structures and, at the same time, acting as actors in between that structure.

In this text we analyse several materialities related to the world of death during the Bronze Age... more In this text we analyse several materialities related to the world of death during the Bronze Age in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula with the purpose of discussing the long-term role of the corpses, the sepulchral places and the offerings as agents of legitimization of the territory, of memory and of creation and maintenance of the group identity. The first framed hypothesis is that there seems to be different conceptions of death between the highlands, associated with communities with a more pastoral way of life, and the lowlands, more in connection with agricultural societies. The second one establishes that in both types of communities it was always in the Early Bronze when corpses had a greater weight as agents of legitimization of territory and identity. Finally, the third and last hypothesis assumes that from the Middle Bronze Age on the scenarios of power negotiation and maintenance are gradually transferred and spread into other contexts, such as the sites with rock engravings, the places of metal deposits and the settlements themselves. This may be in accordance with the possible increase of the practice of cremation in which the “consumed body” loses “visibility”.

Key-words: Northwest of Iberian Peninsula; Bronze Age; corpses, burials; funerary practices; new structuration of the landscape; new ideological conceptions; places of identity and social memory

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In this paper we aim to, first, produce a synthesis of the existing body of knowl- edge concernin... more In this paper we aim to, first, produce a synthesis of the existing body of knowl- edge concerning Bronze Age funerary practices in the easternmost edge of the northwest Iberia. Second, to propose, according to the materiality known, some interpretations on the social role of the dead, the offerings and the funeral, in different cultural contexts, discussing, whenever possible, some commonly accepted assumptions. Thirdly and lastly we will express some con- siderations that we consider most significant in the context of the current investigation on death in Prehistory.
We conclude that some deaths are still socially active agents or in religious terms or as related to memory and group identity, especially during the Early Bronze Age. From the Middle Bronze scenarios promotion and negotiation of identity seem to move to the realm of the living.

Keywords:North-west Iberia; Bronze Age; Funerary Practices; Importance of the funeral and the social meaning of the corpse.

Rescue archaeology, sometimes called preventive or salvage archaeology, is archaeological survey ... more Rescue archaeology, sometimes called preventive or salvage archaeology, is archaeological survey and excavation carried out in areas threatened by, or revealed by, construction or other development. Unlike traditional survey and excavation , these works must be undertaken in the shortest possible time. In these scenarios the use of ground penetrating radar (GPR) allows field archaeologists to quickly discover and map buried archaeological features. This paper describes the use of GPR during a rescue archaeology campaign at the Pego Late Bronze Age settlement, near the city of Braga (NW Portugal). Closely spaced GPR transects were collected in a grid-based approach, covering three different areas from the site, using GSSI Sir 3000 System, with antennae frequency of 400MHz. Wave velocities were determined by reflected wave and Hy-perbola-Fitting methods. Measured velocities ranged between 0.12-0.14 m/ns. Amplitude slice-maps of the surveyed grids were produced. The interpretation of these maps indicates the existence of several cultural features from Bronze Age (post holes, pits, small trenches and flat graves) at an approximated depth of 50 cm. The information obtained with this GPR survey proved to be very useful. Amplitude slice-maps produced act as primary data that is going to be used to guide the rescue archaeological excavation. These results are significant because they can provide a template for interpretation of future GPR surveys of Late Bronze Age sites in NW Portugal and even in NW Iberia.

O texto dá a conhecer diversas formas de apropriação do espaço por parte das comunidades pré-hist... more O texto dá a conhecer diversas formas de apropriação do espaço por parte das comunidades pré-históricas de Campo de Caparinho, em Vilar de Perdizes, Montalegre. Pelo tipo de materialidades encontradas (monumentos megalíticos, gravuras rupestres, estelas, entre outros) os autores admitem que o local funcionou como um lugar especial, na longa duração, gerador e, simultaneamente, expressivo de identidade grupal. Defendem, também, que as diferentes expressões de apropriação do lugar de Campo de Caparinho, entre os inícios do 4º e os meados do 3º milénios AC, se efectuam numa profunda interacção e diálogo com o meio envolvente, pelo que admitem a inexistência da dualidade natureza/cultura por parte dos seus utilizadores e construtores.

Com base nos dados arqueológicos da Pré-história do vale do Assureira, bacia do Tâmega, interpret... more Com base nos dados arqueológicos da Pré-história do vale do Assureira, bacia do Tâmega, interpreta-se a transformação da paisagem na longa diacronia.
As arquitecturas funerárias, as gravuras rupestres e os depósitos de artefactos metálicos, materialidades inseríveis entre o Neolítico à Idade do Bronze, indiciam que este vale terá funcionado como lugar mítico, fomentador de memórias e de identidade grupal, na longa diacronia.
Tendo presente que este património material e imaterial se foi "esquecendo" no decorrer do processo histórico, propõe-se o seu estudo e a sua reinvenção como forma de mais valia em termos do desenvolvimento regional.

The poster focuses on the location of the different manifestations linked to the exploitation of ... more The poster focuses on the location of the different manifestations linked to the exploitation of salt on the north coast of Portugal, between the 2nd and 1st millennium BC. . Attention is drawn to the fact that most of them are found in what is now the intertidal zone or very close to it, revealing that this, in the Bronze and Iron Ages, would have been further to the west. This proves, through archaeological remains, hypotheses equated by some geologists about the oscillation of the coastline. O poster foca-se na localização das diferentes manifestações ligadas à exploração de sal no litoral norte de Portugal, entre o 2º e o 1º milénio a.C. . Chama-se a atenção para o facto de, a maioria delas, se encontrarem no que hoje é a zona intertIdal ou muito perto dela, revelando que esta, nas Idades do Bronze e do Ferro, estaria mais para oeste, comprovando assim, através dos vestígios arqueológicos, hipóteses equacionadas por alguns geólogos.

Northwestern Iberia (Galicia and centre-north and north of Portugal) is well known by the numerou... more Northwestern Iberia (Galicia and centre-north and north of Portugal) is well known by the numerous and widespread megalithic barrows, some of them presenting engraved and painted depictions (Carrera, 2011). Despite their diffusion throughout Europe, painted funerary megalithic monuments are most common in this region. The painting motifs have been interpreted as part of funeral practices and and as materializations of ideological conceptions linked to the dead. However, archaeologists are often unaware on both the colorants composition and the technical solutions used on their production, which, also have a symbolic importance. In that context, the colorant composition of an orthostat from the coastal megalithic barrow of Cimo de Vila (Palmeira de Faro, Esposende), with white painting motifs was studied using a multi-analytical approach. The use of XRD, SEM-EDS and GC-MS allowed the characterization of the painting techniques, pigments, and the organic compounds used as binders. The analytical results obtained allowed the recovery of important data about Northwestern prehistoric communities, namely the way they exploited existing resources and their ability to transform them.

The results showed that the majority of the studied materials are composed by clay mineral (kaoli... more The results showed that the majority of the studied materials are composed by clay mineral (kaolinite and illite), micas, Feldspars (k-feldspars and plagioclase), quartz and iron oxides (hematite and/or goethite) (Figure 6, 7, 8). The composition of the majority of the materials is similar to the mineralogy of local residual granitic soils. This similarity could indicate their use as row materials for the production of plasters and pavements in the studied archaeological sites.

A gravação de signos de gramáticas abstratas atribuíveis ao Neolítico, entre os finais do 5º e/ou... more A gravação de signos de gramáticas abstratas atribuíveis ao Neolítico, entre os finais do 5º e/ou inícios do 4º milénios a. Cardoso e Bettencourt, 2015) inseridos no chamado ciclo da Arte Atlântica, no seu sentido clássico, vão sendo substituídos por novas linguagens artísticas, especialmente a partir do fim do 3º milénio a.C. (Bettencourt, 2017a, 2017b). Aos círculos concêntricos, covinhas e sulcos, mais ou menos meandriformes, vão sendo adicionados novos motivos e composições, complexificando o discurso e, desse modo, prolongando ou alterando a memória do local, na longa temporalidade, embora estes também possam surgir ex nuovo. Identificam-se agora representações de armas, barquiformes, círculos segmentados, paletas, podomorfos e quadrúpedes, onde se enquadram os equídeos. Trata-se de uma fase mais figurativa, o que leva Bettencourt (2019b) a considerar tratar-se de um novo ciclo artístico, nomeado provisoriamente como "arte figurativa". Outros autores defendem que se tratam de motivos que inserem em novas fases da Arte Atlântica, mais recentes do que a sua fase Clássica e inicial (Santos-Estévez, 2008, 2012; Alves, 2014; Cardoso, 2015; entre outros). Partindo do inventário e estudo concreto dos equídeos gravados ao ar livre, tentar-se-á contribuir para a problemática enunciada, embora no contexto de outros objectivos a saber: 1) o estudo da sua distribuição espacial; 2) conhecimento das características dos afloramentos gravados com equídeos; 3) definição das especificidade de tipos de equídeos gravados; 4) estudo dos equídeos por tipo; 5) estudo das suas inter-relações com outros motivos gravados. Na prática, este estudo incidiu no espaço territorial constituído pelo curso inferior da bacia do rio Mouro e áreas adjacentes, como se pode ver na figura 11, onde foram analisados 10 afloramentos com equídeos gravados.

INTRODUÇÃO A arte rupestre como prática das comunidades do passado pode ser dividida em arte pale... more INTRODUÇÃO A arte rupestre como prática das comunidades do passado pode ser dividida em arte paleolítica e arte pós-paleolítica. Este trabalho incide na arte pós-paleolítica de ar livre na qual se inserem, por sua vez, as Artes Atlântica e Esquemática, entre outras manifestações difíceis de definir (Bettencourt 2017a, 2017b). É dentro destas últimas que se enquadra o nosso objeto de estudo, os círculos segmentados gravados que, de acordo com aquela autora, pertencerão a um universo estilístico emergente na Idade do Bronze. A área de estudo é a bacia do rio Lima onde, apesar de raros, estes motivos aparecem quer no litoral como no interior, em associação com diferentes gramáticas figurativas. Na perspetiva de contribuir para o estudo destes símbolos, definiu-se como objetivos específico (1) a inventariação dos lugares com esta simbologia no território delimitado; (2) o estudo da sua distribuição espacial, à macro escala de análise, com o intuito de identificar eventuais padrões de distribuição topográfica; (3) a descrição dos afloramentos gravados, à micro escala de análise, por forma a observar como se relacionam os círculos segmentados com outros símbolos, eventualmente contemporâneos, ou com símbolos típicos de outros estilos de arte rupestre e de outras cronologias; (4) o estudo da sua inter-relação com outros contextos arqueológicos considerados contemporâneos; e (5) o estudo da sua inter-relação com recursos naturais mineiros, nomeadamente o estanho, o ouro e a prata.

The Northwest of Portugal (Figure 1) is a mountainous region with increasing inland heights from ... more The Northwest of Portugal (Figure 1) is a mountainous region with increasing inland heights from the coast to the interior, cut by several rivers that run from northeast to southwest. Hundreds of funerary megalithic mounds are known in this area, distributed from the valleys to the high altitude plateaus, dating back from the Middle/Later Neolithic (between the end of the 5th to the end of the 4th millennia BCE). It is a heritage, with high archaeological importance, that is not fully inventoried and therefore susceptible of destruction due to the forest advances, constructions or enlargements of road networks in rural and urban context. The systematic excavation of this type of monuments is time consuming and its conservation or later valorization for didactic and tourist purposes becomes a very difficult task. Thus, it is necessary to use non-invasive methodology's that can contribute to the study, preservation and valorization of these megalithic mounds. The information obtained is an important auxiliary for the archaeological investigation, as resulting maps and other images, integrated with chronological and artifact information from standard excavations can often be used directly to test ideas about the past. This data is also important to the selection of better-preserved monuments for future archaeological excavations or to digitally reconstruct the archaeological, structures without the need of excavation. It is also important to state that this information can and should be used for recreational and tourist purposes, through its reproduction in informative plates and on-line information with high resolution 3D models, accompanied by explanatory texts intended for both local populations and visitors. The combination of these methodologies corresponds to a praxis that is inexpensive and quick to perform in the field and can be systematically applied in the knowledge, safeguard and valorization of the most sensitive prehistoric archaeological heritage, such as funerary megalithic mounds. The objective of this work is to demonstrate that, through the use of non-invasive technologies, it is possible to obtain relevant information about this type of monuments, which can be used scientifically and integrated into tourist-didactic projects. The case studies correspond to five megalithic mounds in the Serra de Corno do Bico (Chã da Mourisca, Chã da Escriba, Chã Escura 1, 2 and 3) Ponte de Lima municipality, Viana do Castelo district, and one megalithic mound in Serra do Carvalho (Tojal 1), in the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga district (Fig. 1) The methodology used combines:-the inventory and the cleaning of the vegetation covering funerary megalithic monuments;-geophysical prospection with Ground-penetrating Radar (GPR) Fig. 2 a)-remote sensing with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the production of high-resolution orthophotography and digital surface models (DSMs)(Fig. 2 b).

Grandal d'Anglade, A.; Bettencourt, A.M.S.; Sampaio, H.A.(2019). “Estudio de isótopos estables del colágeno óseo del individuo de la Edad del Bronce de Vale Ferreiro, Fafe, Noroeste de Portugal”, XIII Congresso Ibérico de Arqueometria 2019, ICArEHB, C2TN, Faro, Portugal, 16-19 de outubro

BETTENCOURT, AMS; CASTRO,F; MELO, AA; TORRES, VH; SAMPAIO, HA (2019). Inside the Sierra: the case study of Late Bronze Age Sword of Venda das Raparigas, Alcobaça (Centre of Portugal), XIII Congresso Ibérico de Arqueometria 2019, ICArEHB e C2TN, Faro, Portugal, 16-19 outubro.

This poster aims to present three main topics: (1) the finding of a new sword recovered at Venda ... more This poster aims to present three main topics: (1) the finding of a new sword recovered at Venda das Raparigas, parish of Benedita, municipality of Alcobaça, district of Leiria, in the Centre-West of Portugal; (2) the results of chemical analysis, through the use of X--Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry; (3) and the results of observation under optical and scanning electron microscopes.

Some Western Europe megaliths are well known for their paintings. Despite their diffusion through... more Some Western Europe megaliths are well known for their paintings. Despite their diffusion throughout Europe, they are most common in Northwest Iberia, predominantly in the Galicia and centre-north and north of Portugal. The rock-art paintings motifs have been interpreted as part as the funeral practices. However, archaeologists are often unaware on both the colorants composition and the technical solutions used on their production, which, also have a symbolic importance.
In that context, the colorant composition of four northern Portugal megalithic barrows decorated with rock-art motifs (Eireira, Viana do Castelo; Arribadas, Esposende; Leandro 5, Maia; Leira das Mamas, Braga) was studied using a multi-analytical approach. The use of XRD, SEM-EDS, FTIR and GC-MS allowed the characterization of the painting techniques, pigments, and the organic compounds used as binders.
The analytical results obtained allowed the recovery of important data about North-western prehistoric communities, namely the way they exploited existing resources and their ability to transform them.

Esta apresentação tem como objetivo comparar a ocorrência de mamíferos asso-ciados a contextos fu... more Esta apresentação tem como objetivo comparar a ocorrência de mamíferos asso-ciados a contextos funerários e não funerários encontrados em estruturas negati-vas da Idade do Bronze Pleno da região do Baixo Alentejo.
As estruturas em negativo, abertas no subsolo, correspondem tanto a fossas de diversas tipologias, com ou sem enterramentos, como a hipogeus, que convivem no mesmo espaço. Os contextos que contêm deposições humanas são designa-dos como funerários por oposição aos que não têm deposições ou enterramen-tos humanos, que são designados como não funerários.
Foram analisados os dados faunísticos disponíveis provenientes dos sítios arque-ológicos de Montinhos 6 (Costa, 2013), Torre Velha 3 (Alves et al. 2010), Alto de Brinches 3 (Delicado et al. 2017), Outeiro Alto 2 (Costa e Cabaço, 2012) e Belme-que (Soares, 1994), localizados em Serpa, e Horta do Jacinto, em Beja (Costa, 2013). A par da recolha da bibliografia disponível, realizou-se uma análise preli-minar da coleção faunística de Torre Velha 12 (Serpa, Beja) e dos contextos não funerários de Montinhos 6 (Serpa, Beja), inéditos.

Resumo: O acervo do monumento megalítico do Cabeço dos Moinhos, escavado por Santos Rocha nos a... more Resumo:
O acervo do monumento megalítico do Cabeço dos Moinhos, escavado por Santos Rocha nos anos 80 do séc. XIX, depositado no Museu Santos Rocha, foi por si publicado em 1888. No âmbito do Projeto ENARDAS, desenvolvido entre 2011 e 2015, parte deste acervo, assim como a informação disponível sobre aspectos construtivos, foram alvo de uma revisão científica e de estudos interdisciplinares (Cruz et al., 2014). Foram, posteriormente, realizados novos estudos sobre os restos humanos e faunísticos, revistos alguns artefactos sobre osso e efetuadas datas de C14. Esta comunicação pretende dar a conhecer os resultados deste estudo com o objetivo de precisar as práticas funerárias efetuadas neste monumento megalítico. Os restos ósseos humanos pertencem a um mínimo de dez indivíduos, oito adultos (de ambos os sexos) e dois não adultos. Destes, um conjunto exibe diversas alterações relacionados com a exposição ao fogo. Este espólio ósseo humano revela ainda algumas das doenças que afectaram os indivíduos aqui depositados, incluindo patologia oral, infecciosa, traumática, degenerativa e sinais de stress fisiológico.
Os restos faunísticos possibilitaram a identificação de cinco espécies de mamíferos, provavelmente resultantes de intrusões posteriores, como se comprovou para alguns restos de Oryctolagus cuniculus e de Sus sp.
Na revisão dos artefactos sobre osso publicados (Santos Rocha, 1949), identificou-se um botão perfurado de osso e um fragmento de um eventual ídolo Almeriense.
Os resultados obtidos no Cabeço dos Moinhos, contribuem para o conhecimento das práticas funerárias durante o Neolítico e o Calcolítico do Centro litoral de Portugal.

Archaeology and Tourism; sea-salt exploitation an tourism

deposition of metal artefacts during the Bronze Age is a wider phenomenon attested all over the E... more deposition of metal artefacts during the Bronze Age is a wider phenomenon attested all over the Europe. Occupying a western end position rich in mining minerals, the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula also witnesses these kind of past societies manifestations during the mentioned period. The present work aims to explore the archaeological remains of those practices in a narrowed part of the Iberia, specifically, in the Atlantic fringe of the Northwestern Portugal (between the basins of rivers Ave and Minho) during the Late Bronze Age. For that, it will be taken into account some of the regional available data, including in progress research, in order to verify some contingencies of such a complex past agency. Such a task will not only prioritize the different types of metal objects, their hypothetical biographical character and chronologies, but, specifically, and whenever possible, their micro and medium contexts of deposition, including recent contributions from fieldwork research. In a regional scale it is interesting to attest that some deposition preferences prevail.

RESUMO: A ROTA DE ARTE RUPESTRE do Noroeste é um projeto que pretende explorar as potencialidades... more RESUMO: A ROTA DE ARTE RUPESTRE do Noroeste é um projeto que pretende explorar as potencialidades da arte rupestre do Noroeste de Portugal enquanto recurso passível de desenvolvimento de uma prática turística sustentável. O Noroeste português é uma área rica em sítios de arte rupestre de ar livre de cronologia pós-paleolítica, em especial do estilo convencionalmente designado por Arte Atlântica, específico do NW Ibérico. Além do seu inegável valor científico, este recurso patrimonial, pelo seu carácter estratégico, deveria integrar programas de desenvolvimento e de organização do território. Para que tal se concretize há que colmatar carências ao nível da investigação, nomeadamente as relacionadas com a compilação e sistematização dos dados que promovam o avanço do conhecimento científico que, simultaneamente, propiciem discursos atrativos para o público em geral. O projeto tenciona aprofundar a investigação da arte rupestre, segundo perspetivas arqueológicas e antropológicas, contribuir para salvaguardar deste património arqueológico e promover a sua valorização na fachada ocidental no Noroeste de Portugal, por forma a que se possa criar o produto turístico sustentável " Rota de Arte Rupestre do Noroeste ". Visa, ainda, rentabilizar o património " intangível " ligado a estes recursos, os recursos humanos das parcerias envolvidas no projeto – expondo e clarificando a importância histórica do passado e da arte rupestre no presente – e incrementar o desenvolvimento sustentável do território abordado. Serão divulgadas as ações já materializadas e/ou em vias de materialização, bem como os resultados atingidos para diferentes áreas do Noroeste.

Abstract: Studies about the relation established between past communities and the past go back to... more Abstract: Studies about the relation established between past communities and the past go back to the 90s from XX century (Hingley 1996; Williams 1997; Bradley & Williams 1998; Bradley 2002, among many others), and the issue is being worked by several authors, despite its link to different chronologies, contexts or geographic areas.
Percept, reinterpret or transform the past is also a form of human agency that brings to light a kind of understanding about the world. As such, it can serve to legitimate, modify, or even delete past remembrances. Imagining the meaning attached to past by past societies, this session encourages approaches to traces/materializations of reuse and/or reinterpretation of ancient places during Metal Ages. In this sense, works focusing the manners how these reuses/reinterpretations are present would be welcome. The approach can focus a delimited area, a broader region, or any form of past human agency (like funerary practices, rock art, hoarding, etc.) denouncing a direct link between Metal Age’s communities and past occupations/evidences.
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Considering the subjective and metaphorical value of these motifs, the actions that materialized ... more Considering the subjective and metaphorical value of these motifs, the actions that materialized them, and their contexts, and also taking into account that such representations incorporate and transmit some kind of understanding about the world, this session pretends to discuss the representations of weapons and some kinds of tools (such as axes, sickles and a variety of guns in contemporary rock art traditions, for example) in different prehistoric, protohistoric and traditional communities contexts all over the world.
This includes an approach to rock art, stelae and statues-menhirs, gravestones portable art, ceramics, or any other kind of “container” with this kind of depiction.
The major concern is to discuss the meanings of these embodied signs (status symbols, evidences of cultural contacts, ideological devices, etc.) in different areas and periods, since meanings are permeable both to time and space. Subjects as they will be analysed as status symbols, as evidences of cultural contacts, as ideological devices, etc.
In this sense, communications and posters guided by different theoretical approaches focusing on these perspectives will be welcomed.
The works could centre their attention in broader approaches based on a specific area, region or people, or focus particular case studies.

Ana M. S. Bettencourt
Professor at the History Department of Minho University, Portugal; Landscapes, Heritage and Territory Laboratory – Lab2PT . E-mail: anabett@uaum.uminho.pt

Hugo Aluai Sampaio
PhD in Landscape and Settlement Archaeology - Bronze Age. Researcher at Landscapes, Heritage and Territory Laboratory (Lab2PT), University of Minho, Portugal. E-mail: hugoaluai@gmail.com

Manuel Santos-Estévez
PhD in Rock Art; Portuguese Foundation of Science Post-doc fellow at University of Minho; Researcher at Landscapes, Heritage and Territory Laboratory (Lab2PT), University of Minho, Portugal. E-mail: manuel.santos@mundo-r.com

Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro
Anthropologist and head of Department of Development Studies at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan. E-mail: zulfi04@hotmail.com

Alessandra Bravin
Centre National du Patrimoine Rupestre (CNPR), Direction du Patrimoine Culturel Ministère de la Culture, Agadir, Morocco. E-mail: cercid@cobratours-maroc.com

Simpósio/Symposium IMAGENS NA PEDRA. IMAGES IN STONE Local/Site: Sala de Atos, Instituto de Ciê... more Simpósio/Symposium IMAGENS NA PEDRA. IMAGES IN STONE

Local/Site: Sala de Atos, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

Data/Date: 30 novembro de 2016

Synopsis:
The different types of social and political organisations have used the stone, recurrently, as an element socially active. Through its transformation, they have transmitted images that function as signs and symbols, express and operate the imagery, ideology, cosmogony and in the symbolic of power. In this perspective, stone images were used to produce collective identities, to defined territories and to give meaning to the Prehistory and Protohistory landscapes.
The use of stone was performed in various ways, notably through "mobile plaques", stelae, statues, paintings and rock carvings.
This type of materialisations has an outstanding advantage for archaeology, either by their perdurability either because they are depositories of ancient traditions, which allows its interpretation.
The main purposes of this symposium are:
-Analyse the relation between the iconographic monuments and territory, as generating and active elements in the building of landscapes;
-Studying the meaning of some recurring themes represented in different contexts such us weapons, astral symbols, human figures, etc.;
-Compare iconographies as evidence of long distance contacts between communities;
-Explaining diverse technologies and methodologies that make possible the observation and analyses de stone images.
In short, to demand the role of images as source to understanding the Prehistoric and Protohistoric societies.

Sinopse:
Diferentes tipos de organizações sociais e políticas usaram a pedra como elemento socialmente ativo, tendo, através da sua transformação, transmitido imagens que funcionando como signos e símbolos, expressam e operam no imaginário, na ideologia, na cosmogonia e na simbólica do poder. Nesta perspectiva as imagens na pedra ou em pedra foram usadas para produzir identidades coletivas, definir territórios e dotar de significado as paisagens pré-históricas e proto-históricas.
A utilização da pedra materializou-se de vários modos, nomeadamente através de “placas móveis”, estelas, estátuas, pinturas e gravuras rupestres, o que apresenta inúmeras vantagens para o arqueologia, quer pela sua perdurabilidade quer porque depositárias de tradições seculares, o que permite a sua interpretação.
As principais temáticas deste simpósio são:
-analisar a relação entre os "monumentos iconográficos" e o território como elementos geradores e atuantes na construção de paisagens;
-interpretar o sentido dos temas frequentemente representados em diferentes contextos como, por exemplo, armas, símbolos astrais, figuras humanas, etc.;
-comparar iconografias como evidência de contactos à distancia entre comunidades;
-expor diferentes tecnologias e metodologias que permitem a observação e análise das imagens em pedra.
Em síntese, reivindicar o papel das imagens como fonte documental para interpretar as sociedades pré-históricas e proto-históricas.

ARQUEOLOGIA DO VALE DO DOURO – A IDADE DO BRONZE (17 de novembro de 2016) Casa das Artes, Por... more ARQUEOLOGIA DO VALE DO DOURO – A IDADE DO BRONZE
(17 de novembro de 2016)

Casa das Artes, Porto

Coordenadores: Ana M. S. Bettencourt; Hugo Aluai Sampaio
Comentadora: Susana Soares Lopes

ABERTURA
Ana Bettencourt, Hugo Aluai Sampaio, Susana Soares Lopes

TRABALHOS DE SÍNTESE

Sítios arqueológicos da Idade do Bronze da bacia hidrográfica do Douro (Portugal). Algumas considerações
Alexandra Vieira

A Idade do Bronze Inicial no Alto Douro português: um olhar através da paisagem
João Muralha Cardoso

A Idade do Bronze na margem sul do Baixo Douro – materialidades e pistas de investigação
António M. S. P. Silva, Gabriel R. Pereira, Paulo A. P. Lemos, Sara Almeida e Silva

Depósitos y hallazgos metálicos fortuitos de la Edad del Bronce al oeste de la cuenca del Duero. Cronologías, contextos e interpretaciones.
Alex Manteiga Brea

Os mortos e os lugares que os vivos escolheram para os sepultar na Idade do Bronze do ocidente da bacia do Douro (Norte de Portugal).
Ana M. S. Bettencourt

CASOS DE ESTUDO

El Castro de la “La Peña del Moro”, Navas de Oro, Segovia: poblamiento durante la Edad del Bronce en el corredor Eresma- Pirón
Raúl Martín Vela

O sítio das Areias Altas (Porto, Portugal). O contributo da arqueologia preventiva na valorização de um sítio arqueológico do II milº AC
Sara Luz

Fossas com cereais vs fossas para cereais: vestígios carpológicos do Bronze Médio da Foz do Medal (Mogadouro, NE de Portugal)
João Pedro Tereso, Rita Gaspar, María Martín Seijo

Antes de Tongobriga (Freixo, Marco de Canaveses, Portugal): notícia de uma ocupação pré-histórica da Idade do Bronze sob o centro urbano de época romana
António Manuel Lima, Inés López-Doriga

A ocupação da Vila Velha (em Vila Real) na Idade do Bronze Final
Lídia Baptista

Estudo antropológico de 6 crânios de indivíduos inumados na gruta da Lorga de Dine, Vinhais (NE Portugal), durante a Pré-história Recente
Tânia Pereira, Hugo Aluai Sampaio, Ana M. S. Bettencourt, João Pedro Ribeiro, Mário Brito

O monumento sob tumulus da Regedoura 2 (Fafe, NO de Portugal)
Gabriel R. Pereira

A necrópole de Montes Novos (Croca, Penafiel, NO de Portugal): novos dados para a compreensão da morte durante a Idade do Bronze
Hugo Aluai Sampaio

APRESENTAÇÃO DE POSTERS

Sinais gravados da Idade do Bronze em Trás-os-Montes Oriental: Rocha 11 de Vale de Figueira (NE de Portugal)
Andreia Silva, Sofia Soares de Figueiredo, Dário Neves, Pedro Xavier

Antracología en contextos del Bronce Inicial las fosas del yacimiento de Monte Calvo (S. João de Ovil, Baião, Norte de Portugal)
Maria Martín Seijo, Ana M. S. Bettencourt, António Huet B. Gonçalves

O Sítio de Eira (Vila Nova de Foz Côa)
Alexandre Canha, Fernando Robles Henriques, Sérgio Rosa, Telmo António

O povoado da Idade do Bronze do Senhor dos Aflitos (Arouca, Centro-Norte de Portugal)
António M. S. P. Silva, Paulo A. P. Lemos

Machado do Bronze Final da Serra de Montemuro (centro-norte de Portugal): o contributo da arqueometria
Xosé-Lois Armada, Diana Fernandes, Domingos Cruz, Raquel Vilaça

Contexto arqueológico e estudo arqueométrico de uma ponta de lança achada na Gralheira (Baltar, Paredes)
Maria Antónia D. Silva, Fernando Castro, Ana M. S. Bettencourt, António Manuel S. P. Silva, Alexandre Manteiga Brea

Contributos para o estudo da metalurgia da Idade do Bronze no vale do Sabor (NE de Portugal)
Fernando Vaz

As armas da região do Côa (II e I milénios a.C.): contextos, recursos e simbologias
Pedro Baptista, Raquel Vilaça, Marcos Osório, Luís Luís, Carlo Bottaini

Estudo arqueométrico das práticas metalúrgicas documentadas no povoado do Bronze Final / Ferro Inicial de Vila do Touro (Sabugal).
Carlo Bottaini, Raquel Vilaça, Marcos Osório

Debate Final e Encerramento

International Meeting "Wood and Charcoal. Approaches from Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Ethnography... more International Meeting "Wood and Charcoal. Approaches from Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Ethnography and History" 15-16 april 2016 Braga (Portugal)

Afloramento de grandes dimensões e bem destacado do solo no inicio do vale do ribeiro de Longra, ... more Afloramento de grandes dimensões e bem destacado do solo no inicio do vale do ribeiro de Longra, afluente do rio Sousa. Foi profusamente gravado. No topo apresenta alguns motivos circulares ligados por sulcos, nomeadamente círculos concêntricos com covinha central, muito erodidos mas que inserem este lugar na Arte Atlântica do Neo-Calcolitico. Posteriormente o afloramento foi gravado com motivos proto-históricos, nomeadamente equídeos esquemáticos, alguns deles montados, diversos podomorfos, essencialmente de crianças e de juvenis, e o que parecem instrumentos musicais, como uma lira e, talvez, um instrumento de percussão.Os motivos foram gravados por picotado seguido de abrasão e baixo relevo. Tratas-se de um lugar cerimonial de grande importância na longa duração.

proporcionado nuevos datos arqueobotánicos que nos permiten reconstruir diferentes aspectos relat... more proporcionado nuevos datos arqueobotánicos que nos permiten reconstruir diferentes aspectos relativos al manejo de los recursos leñosos por las comunidades de la Edad del Hierro en el noroeste de la Península Ibérica. Este yacimiento tiene varias fases de ocupación, desde el siglo VI-V a.n.e. hasta el período romano, con ciertos hiatos cronológicos. Los datos antracológicos disponibles permiten observar un aprovechamiento diversificado de distintos taxones del bosque mixto de caducifolios (Quercus spp.) y del bosque de ribera (Salix/Populus, Fraxinus sp.) así como de especies arbustivas (Arbutus unedo) y de matorral (Fabaceae) para la obtención de combustibles. El registro de diferentes atributos dendrológicos nos ha permitido también identificar alteraciones en el crecimiento de los anillos anuales que podrían estar relacionados con la existencia de prácticas de silvicultura.