Dating the early Christian baptisteries from Idanha-a-Velha-the Suebi-Visigothic Egitania

Stratigraphy, radiocarbon and OSL

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5400533
AutoresAdolfo Fernández-Fernández (0000-0003-2981-6604, Universidade de Vigo, autor de correspondencia), Pedro C Carvalho (0000-0003-3749-3542, ERA Arqueologia), José Cristoväo (Direcção Regional de Cultura do Alentejo), Jorge Sanjurjo-Sánchez (0000-0002-7559-8647, Universidade da Coruña), Patrícia Dias (0000-0001-7948-4439), Patrícia Sofia Alves Dias (Direcção Regional de Cultura do Alentejo)
Año2019
Volumen11
Número10
Páginas5691-5704
Fecha de publicación2019-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1866-9557 • E-ISSN: 1866-9565
EditorialSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12520-019-00901-9
OpenAlexW2964772995
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas25

The results of the excavations carried out by one of the authors in the early Christian baptisteries of Idanha-a-Velha, in Suebi- Visigothic Egitania, are presented. Chronostratigraphic data (stratigraphic sequence, typological analysis) are compared with radiocarbon and luminescence dates in order to establish a hypothesis concerning the construction date of both north and south baptisteries. The results have shown that the baptisteries are dated earlier than what had been proposed based on their constructive typology. The dates proposed in this article will generate a change in the paradigm established for this type of constructions in the Iberian Peninsula

Archaeology · Excavation · Facies · Peninsula · Radiocarbon dating · Sequence (biology · Sequence stratigraphy · Typology · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeological and Historical Studies · History · Medieval Architecture and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology · Stratigraphy