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 st...
Abstract: Direct evidence of agriculture in Early Neolithic Portugal is almost non-existent, so ther...
Zooarchaeological studies in Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Portugal have witnessed im...
Apresentam-se neste artigo os resultados dos trabalhos aqrueológicos desenvolvidos em contexto do Ne...
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...
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 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...
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...
After years of intense fieldwork, our knowledge about the Neolithisation of the Pyrenees has conside...
Abstract: Discovered in the context of a field survey project aiming the study of the Roman occupati...
Neolithic faunal assemblages are scarce in Portugal, and although some trends related to the beginni...
Abstract: Direct evidence of agriculture in Early Neolithic Portugal is almost non-existent, so ther...
Zooarchaeological studies in Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Portugal have witnessed im...
Apresentam-se neste artigo os resultados dos trabalhos aqrueológicos desenvolvidos em contexto do Ne...
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...
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 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...
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...
After years of intense fieldwork, our knowledge about the Neolithisation of the Pyrenees has conside...
Abstract: Discovered in the context of a field survey project aiming the study of the Roman occupati...
Neolithic faunal assemblages are scarce in Portugal, and although some trends related to the beginni...
Abstract: Direct evidence of agriculture in Early Neolithic Portugal is almost non-existent, so ther...
Zooarchaeological studies in Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Portugal have witnessed im...
Apresentam-se neste artigo os resultados dos trabalhos aqrueológicos desenvolvidos em contexto do Ne...