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Peças antropomórficas da necrópole megalítica de Alto de Madorras: abordagem pr...

The aim of this text is to present the preliminary results of an ongoing study of two anthropomorphic stone elements from the Alto das Madorras megalithic necropolis, in border between Murça and Alijó municipalities (Trás-os-Montes, Northern Portugal). The two stone elements are: an anthropomorphic orthostate-stelae from Dolmen 4 and a sub-rectangular granite slab from Dolmen 8, formerly referred to as an «idol...

Between Spain and Portugal. Schematic art in the middle and lower Douro basin

Entre España y Portugal. Arte esquemático en la cuenca media y baja del Duero

Entre Espanha e Portugal. A arte esquemática na média e baixa bacia do Douro

Between Spain and Portugal: schematic art in the Middle and Lower Douro Basin

This is an overview of the schematic rock art of the mid-lower Douro basin, covering the border region between Portugal and Spain (Trás-os-Montes and Beira Alta on the one hand, and Zamora and Salamanca on the other). An internal chronological framework is put forward for the schematic art, which takes into account the themes and their formalisms. Chronological and cultural period: from the Mesolithic to the Br...

General appreciation of the book contents: breaking borders, crossing territori...

This text analyses the book BREAKING BORDERS, CROSSING TERRITORIES. Identities and exchanges during the Late Prehistory in the northern interior of the Iberian Peninsula, not only in terms of its presentation, but also trying to approach, in an analytical way, some of the developed concepts. Boundaries, physical and others, methodologically created in order to access new paradigms, as well as dynamic questions ...

Entre o ser e o nada: que futuro para a arte esquemática de Passos / Santa Comba?

Romper fronteiras, atravessar territórios = Breaking borders, crossing territories

Entre Espanha e Portugal: a arte esquemática na Média e Baixa Bacia do Douro

This is an overview of the schematic rock art of the mid-lower Douro basin, covering the border region between Portugal and Spain (Trás-os-Montes and Beira Alta on the one hand, and Zamora and Salamanca on the other). An internal chronological framework is put forward for the schematic art, which takes into account the themes and their formalisms. Chronological and cultural period: from the Mesolithic to the Br...

From Mazouco to Foz do Tua and Passadeiro: continuities and changes in hunter-g...

This paper focuses on the prehistoric rock art and the archaeological research on the lower Douro river basin (Portugal), between the Upper Palaeolithic and the beginning of the Neolithic. It will begin with a brief reference to the first discovery, in 1981, of a rock with Palaeolithic engravings - on the site of Mazouco - and to the unusual circumstance of the lack of continuity of the regional Palaeolithic ar...