Author(s): Soares, António M. Monge ; Cardoso, João Luis
Date: 2025
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/27223
Origin: Sapientia - Universidade do Algarve
Subject(s): Copper; Metallurgy; Chalcolithic; Archaeometallurgy; Cobre; Metalurgia; Calcolítico; Campaniforme; Arqueometalurgia
Copper was the first metal to be intentionally obtained, with the first manifestations of its metallurgy appearing in the archaeological record in contexts of the Portuguese territory dating back to the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC. On the other hand, taking into account the sets of artefacts and contexts associated with these remains, it becomes possible to determine the function and use of copper. It is thus possible to infer and/or interpret, on solid grounds, the impact of metallurgy on the development of human communities, since the earliest times of the emergence and use of the metal.
