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A Mamoa 1 do Castelo (Jou) - Murça (Trás-os-Montes) : resultados dos trabalhos de escavação e de restauro dum dólmen de vestíbulo
| Resumo: | Results from excavation work carried out at Mamoa do Castelo (Trás-os-Montes, North-eastern Portugal) in 2000-2001, are presented here. This is a megalithic monument, with chamber and other access structures - corridor opened directly in the clayey sediments, antechamber – in connexion with a covering sub-circular mound. Special emphasis is given to the different phases of construction / use / "closure" during the 4th millennium / first half of 3rd millennium BC. The intentional and constant use of fire is also pointed out. This may have a ritual significance. Attention is drawn to the engravings found on the inner orthostats. |
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| Autores principais: | Sanches, Maria de Jesus |
| Outros Autores: | Nunes, Susana Andreia; Silva, Margarida Santos |
| Assunto: | Arqueologia - Murça (Trás-os-Montes, Portugal) |
| Ano: | 2005 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Porto |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto |
| Resumo: | Results from excavation work carried out at Mamoa do Castelo (Trás-os-Montes, North-eastern Portugal) in 2000-2001, are presented here. This is a megalithic monument, with chamber and other access structures - corridor opened directly in the clayey sediments, antechamber – in connexion with a covering sub-circular mound. Special emphasis is given to the different phases of construction / use / "closure" during the 4th millennium / first half of 3rd millennium BC. The intentional and constant use of fire is also pointed out. This may have a ritual significance. Attention is drawn to the engravings found on the inner orthostats. |
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