Análise tecno-tipológica das utensilagens geométricas do Concheiro das Amoreiras (S. Romão do Sado, Portugal) – escavações de Manuel Heleno (1955-66) (original) (raw)

Análise tecno-tipológica das utensilagens geométricas do Concheiro das Amoreiras (S. Romão do Sado, Portugal) – escavações de Manuel Heleno (1955-66)

We present the preliminary results of technological and typological analysis of geometric microliths collected from Amoreiras shell midden (S. Romão do Sado, Alcácer do Sal, Portugal), more precisely, an area called “Prolongation of Survey A”, excavated by Manuel Heleno’s team in the 1950s. This work will focus on morphological and typological variability, macro-fractures and social significance/symbolic value of those remains. The aim of this text is to contribute for an approach oriented to detect technological and cultural particularities of this artifact type production and to view those aspects from a diachronic point, by comparison with other Mesolithic and Neolithic contexts of Southern Portugal.