Excavations of a Roman cemetery at Encosta de Sant’Ana in Lisbon uncovered a small number of cremation burials. Information about cremation practices during this particular period comes mostly from the writings of classical authors such as Pliny or Cicero. Opportunities to confirm their descriptions in Portugal by direct observation in the archaeological record have been rare. Therefore, the burials from Enco...
As estações arqueológicas de Castelo Velho de Freixo de Numão e de Castanheiro do Vento localizam-se no concelho de Foz Côa (Nordeste de Portugal) e distam, em linha recta, 11 km. Tratam-se genericamente de colinas monumentalizadas datadas do III/ 1ª metade do II, milénios a.C. (Jorge, 2003; 2005; Jorge et al., 2003a; 2003b; 2003c; 2006a). Os trabalhos de escavação em Castelo Velho iniciaram-se em 19891 e, entr...
The authors describe, very briefly, the main conclusions of the last archaeological work in Castanheiro do Vento, a prehistoric settlement, located in the northeast of Portugal (in the municipality of Vª Nª de Foz Côa).
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