Publicação
The West Writes Back: Cultural Contact and Identity Constructs in Southern Portuguese Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age.
| Resumo: | In many aspects, the period between the 12th and the 8th century BC, which covers most of the Late Bronze Age and the transition to the Early Iron Age of southern Portugal, is a turning point in the long-term historic process of this portion of the Portuguese territory. In this period, long distance commercial and cultural contacts with both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean spheres intensified, and it is a focal point if we are to understand the distinctive historical processes that took place during the 1st millennium BC and beyond. For obvious reasons I will focus here on the connection of southern Portugal – that is to say, the territory to the south of the Tagus River – with the Mediterranean; however, it must be said at this point that the impact of this connection is very uneven over the period that I will address. The Mediterranean impact on southern Portugal during this relatively long period assumed, in fact, different modalities, with different natures and intensities, and stemmed from very different historical contexts. The question I would like to explore here is how this connection evolved diachronically, and to try to ascertain the cultural significance of the »Mediterranean connection« in both moments. In order to do so, I will try to undertake a necessarily cursory presentation of the available data for both the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age, attempting to assess the significance of Mediterranean cultural traits in each period in relation to the overall historic process. |
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| Autores principais: | Gomes, Francisco B. |
| Ano: | 2015 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | capítulo de livro |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | In many aspects, the period between the 12th and the 8th century BC, which covers most of the Late Bronze Age and the transition to the Early Iron Age of southern Portugal, is a turning point in the long-term historic process of this portion of the Portuguese territory. In this period, long distance commercial and cultural contacts with both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean spheres intensified, and it is a focal point if we are to understand the distinctive historical processes that took place during the 1st millennium BC and beyond. For obvious reasons I will focus here on the connection of southern Portugal – that is to say, the territory to the south of the Tagus River – with the Mediterranean; however, it must be said at this point that the impact of this connection is very uneven over the period that I will address. The Mediterranean impact on southern Portugal during this relatively long period assumed, in fact, different modalities, with different natures and intensities, and stemmed from very different historical contexts. The question I would like to explore here is how this connection evolved diachronically, and to try to ascertain the cultural significance of the »Mediterranean connection« in both moments. In order to do so, I will try to undertake a necessarily cursory presentation of the available data for both the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age, attempting to assess the significance of Mediterranean cultural traits in each period in relation to the overall historic process. |
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