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The two episodes of use of the Alto da Feteira dolmen (Pombal, Leiria) and the ...
Cardoso, João Luis; Andrade, Marco AntónioThe dolmen of Alto da Feteira (municipality of Pombal, district of Leiria) corresponds to a megalithic tomb built using local limestone slabs, identified and excavated in the 1960s by Luís de Albuquerque e Castro and Octávio da Veiga Ferreira, having provided a votive set indicating two probable use phases: a first one, relating to the Middle Neolithic, characterized by the presence of geometric armatures, smal...
The genomic history of Iberian horses since the last Ice Age.
Garrido, Jaime Lira; Tressières, Gaétan; Chauvey, Lorelei; Schiavinato, Stéphanie; Calvière-Tonasso, Laure; Seguin-Orlando, Andaine; Southon, JohnHorses have inhabited Iberia (present-day Spain and Portugal) since the Middle Pleistocene, shaping a complex history in the region. Iberia has been proposed as a potential domestication centre and is renowned for producing world-class bloodlines. Here, we generate genome-wide sequence data from 87 ancient horse specimens (median coverage = 0.97X) from Iberia and the broader Mediterranean to reconstruct their g...
José Pires Gonçalves: um médico no “paraíso megalítico” de Reguengos de Monsaraz
Cardoso, João LuisArtigo dedicado à evocação de José Pires Gonçalves (1908-1984), médico de formação que dedicou boa parte do seu tempo à investigação da História e do Património artístico e arqueológico da região de Reguengos de Monsaraz. No plano da Arqueologia, a sua atenção centrou-se essencialmente nos menires, antas e cromeleques do Alentejo, num trabalho militante, esforçado, consequente e, sobretudo, desinteressado, a qu...
Os primeiros metalurgistas no sul peninsular
Soares, António M. Monge; Cardoso, João LuisCopper 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...
Os Neandertais e a emergência dos humanos anatomicamente modernos no território...
Cascalheira, João; Cardoso, João LuisThe Neanderthal presence in Portugal is well documented, with anthropological remains in several karst caves. Their presence extends from around 200,000 to around 40,000 years ago. For a long time, it was considered that anatomically modern humans would only have reached the center and south of the Peninsula around 34,000 years ago. This absence was explained by the difficulty of adapting to local conditions an...
Gruta artificial de S. Paulo II (Almada)
Cardoso, João Luis; Martins, Filipe; Soares, António M. MongeExcavations carried out under the auspices of the Almada City Council, between 1989 and 1991 in the churchyard of S. Paulo, within the urban area of the city of Almada, led to the identification of what remains of an artificial cave, excavated in carbonate sediments of the Miocene, of which the burial chamber and a small section of the corridor adjacent to it were completely explored. The excavations led to the...
Os dois episódios de utilização da anta do Alto da Feteira (Pombal, Leiria) e o...
Cardoso, João Luis; Andrade, Marco AntónioThe dolmen of Alto da Feteira (municipality of Pombal, district of Leiria) corresponds to a megalithic tomb built using local limestone slabs, identified and excavated in the 1960s by Luís de Albuquerque e Castro and Octávio da Veiga Ferreira, having provided a votive set indicating two probable use phases: a first one, relating to the Middle Neolithic, characterized by the presence of geometric armatures, smal...
El final de un camino. Las primeras hoces neolíticas documentadas en yacimiento...
Gibaja, Juan F.; Cardoso, João Luis; Martins, Filipe; Carvalho, António Manuel Faustino dePocas son las evidencias de agricultura vinculadas a las primeras ocupaciones neolíticas de Portugal. De hecho, la escasa conservación de restos carpológicos no ha facilitado conocer la realidad de las prácticas agrícolas en relación con las especies explotadas. En este contexto, han surgido dudas sobre el papel que esta actividad tenía entre las primeras comunidades agricultoras y pastoras. En este artículo he...
«Estradas que caminham»: o rio tejo, palco de encontros no ano mil antes de Cristo
Vilaça, Raquel; Cardoso, João LuisFrom the border, when it enters Portuguese territory, to the estuary area, the Tagus is approximately 230 km long. Upstream, in its international stretch, it is a river that runs narrowly and embedded in the plateaus of the Hesperic Massif, while downstream, after the mouth of the Zêzere, it becomes a plain river, entering the Cenozoic Basin and ending in a wide inland estuary near Lisbon. For the period in que...
Túmulos para os mortos: grutas naturais, grutas artificiais, monumentos megalít...
Cardoso, João LuisThe different ways of burying the dead documented in Portuguese territory are characterized, from the Early Neolithic to the end of the Chalcolithic, both in individual graves and in collective necropolises, using different sepulchral constructions: natural caves, artificial caves, dolmens and false vault graves (tholoi), revealing different traditions and cultural influences.