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Description
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The oriental occupation of the ancient Tagus estuary is the objective of this project, which aims to study the procedures and modalities assumed by the installation of Mediterranean people in this area. The study of the area in this context appears to be very important in the analysis of the Phoenician expansion to the far west, and also in the changes observed in technological, but also social, political and cultural, which occurred at the beginning of the 1st millennium a.n.e., in the occidental of the mediterranean sea, which are relatively well documented both in material culture, and also in architecture, techniques of constructions, and animal species. the change observed in vast areas of the Iberian Peninsula between the Bronze Age and Iron It was felt that these changes were caused considerable arrival of population contingents from other regions. In fact, until a few years ago the presence and installation of exogenous human groups in the Tagus estuary was only known in its mouth, particularly in Lisbon and Almaraz (Almada), and still at the bottom of it, precisely in the citadel of Santarém, the truth is that recent work by prospecting alonin this specific context area appears to be very important in the analysis of the expansion Phoenician to the far west, and also in the technological, but also social, political and cultural, changes which occurred at the beginning of the 1st millennium ane, in the far west and are relatively well documented both in material culture, and also in architecture, construction techniques, animal species. In recent practical aspects of course the change observed in vast areas of the Iberian Peninsula between the Bronze Age and Iron It was felt that these changes were caused considerable arrival of population contingents from other regions. In fact, until a few years ago the presence and installation of exogenous human groups in the Tagus estuary was only known in its mouth, particularly in Lisbon and Almaraz (Almada), and still at the bottom of it, precisely in the citadel of Santarém, the truth is that recent work by prospecting along its banks have shown an exceptional concentration of population with obvious connections to the western Phoenician world. This fact needs to be understood and explained, since it is a true network of the eastern settlement that has no parallel except in the coast of Malaga. Moreover, the occupation of some of these sites goes back to Bronze Age, more particularly at its end, making it essential to understand the way the two interact communities and the precise result of this interaction. This new situation has emerged recently that allows re-evaluate the assumptions that have been envisaged to explain the Phoenician colonization of the current Portuguese territory. And, therefore, seems essential further work on this reality, documenting estates, architectures, faunas consumed and occupied areas. It seems obvious that only detailed study of each of the sites identified can adequately explain the multiplicity of issues that the new situation displays. The footprint of several sites identified, their chronological sequence and its specific features are the questions we intend to respond in order to understand the density of population which has been detected in this geographical area. The relationships of these sites, mostly deployed in low dimensions, with those already known in the castle hill, in Lisbon, Santarém and in the Alcazaba Almaraz should be evaluated in order to also understand the situation from the perspective of the colonizers themselves. As indigenous peoples were certainly more than passive observers of their own history, it seems important to clarify whether there are mixed villages, indigenous and uniquely different from those which may still be considered as trading posts or colonies. The excavation of some of the sites and, of course, the study of materials in them to recover, so will be a priority in the research to be developed. Analysis of the spoils of other sites have intervened, such as Lisbon or the High Castle in Alpiarça, will also have role in development work. The survey data indicate that not all small sites so far identified on both banks of the Tagus estuary former extended their occupation for more advanced times of the Iron Age, unlike the large towns of the estuary, Lisbon and Almaraz, nor what is deployed on the plateau of the Alcazaba de Santarém. The spoils collected at the surface show that others, however, remained active. Understanding this situation seems possible from the development of the project that is now presented. Knowing how the exploitation of resources of the communities located in the region was developed following the re-organization of the Mediterranean economy "crisis" of the sixth century ane is likely to unfold.
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