Located in the foothills of the north-western sector of the Estrela Mountain (Beira Alta province in central-north Portugal), Penedo dos Mouros Rock-shelter revealed a succession of three distinct archaeological horizons datable to the evolved Early Neolithic and initial Middle Neolithic, thus partially coinciding with the onset of the regional Megalithism. The find of a few caprine remains at least one possible sheep, among a large spectrum of species –swine, rabbit, hare, Iberian lynx and toad–, makes this site the oldest in the region to provide direct evidence for herding practices. Small-sized pots, expedient use of local lithic raw materials together with curated use of exogenous flint, and low density of artefacts indicate a strategy...
Abstract: Direct evidence of agriculture in Early Neolithic Portugal is almost non-existent, so ther...
After years of intense fieldwork, our knowledge about the Neolithisation of the Pyrenees has conside...
To assess the role of mobility in the social trajectory of Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic societies...
UID/HIS/00749/2013Located in the foothills of the north-western sector of the Estrela Mountain (Beir...
Located in the foothills of the north-western sector of the Estrela Mountain (Beira Alta province i...
Located in the foothills of the north-western sector of the Estrela Mountain (Beira Alta province in...
The fauna of Neolithic Lameiras includes abundant sheep. Many could be securely identified by applyi...
Notwithstanding their scarcity and uneven distribution, zooarchaeological and stable isotope data se...
UIDB/00749/2020 UIDP/00749/2020The Neolithic occupation of Penedo dos Mouros in the foothills of Ser...
Neolithic faunal assemblages are scarce in Portugal, and although some trends related to the beginni...
Sheep remains constitute the main archaeozoological evidence for the presence of Early Neolithic hum...
In recent years, new archaeological research has highlighted relatively early neolithisation in diff...
The arrival of farmers to the south-western Iberian Peninsula was followed by a period of complex hu...
Zooarchaeological studies in Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Portugal have witnessed im...
The arrival of farmers to the south-western Iberian Peninsula was followed by a period of complex hu...
Abstract: Direct evidence of agriculture in Early Neolithic Portugal is almost non-existent, so ther...
After years of intense fieldwork, our knowledge about the Neolithisation of the Pyrenees has conside...
To assess the role of mobility in the social trajectory of Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic societies...
UID/HIS/00749/2013Located in the foothills of the north-western sector of the Estrela Mountain (Beir...
Located in the foothills of the north-western sector of the Estrela Mountain (Beira Alta province i...
Located in the foothills of the north-western sector of the Estrela Mountain (Beira Alta province in...
The fauna of Neolithic Lameiras includes abundant sheep. Many could be securely identified by applyi...
Notwithstanding their scarcity and uneven distribution, zooarchaeological and stable isotope data se...
UIDB/00749/2020 UIDP/00749/2020The Neolithic occupation of Penedo dos Mouros in the foothills of Ser...
Neolithic faunal assemblages are scarce in Portugal, and although some trends related to the beginni...
Sheep remains constitute the main archaeozoological evidence for the presence of Early Neolithic hum...
In recent years, new archaeological research has highlighted relatively early neolithisation in diff...
The arrival of farmers to the south-western Iberian Peninsula was followed by a period of complex hu...
Zooarchaeological studies in Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Portugal have witnessed im...
The arrival of farmers to the south-western Iberian Peninsula was followed by a period of complex hu...
Abstract: Direct evidence of agriculture in Early Neolithic Portugal is almost non-existent, so ther...
After years of intense fieldwork, our knowledge about the Neolithisation of the Pyrenees has conside...
To assess the role of mobility in the social trajectory of Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic societies...