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Ana M S Bettencourt

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ID202971
NAMEAna M S Bettencourt
GIVEN NAMESAna M S
FAMILY NAMEBettencourt
SIGNATUREBETTENCOURT A M S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Minho
ORCID0000-0002-8373-1153
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS29
TOTAL CITATIONS28
AUTHOR COUNT28
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1988
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2
  • Des signes aux interprétations: Études de cas sur l’art rupestre protohistorique dans le nord-ouest de la péninsule ibérique

    Open Access•Ana M S Bettencourt•ARTICLE•L Anthropologie•2026

  • Signs of the past in a motion landscape: The engraved segmented circles from the northwest of Portugal

    Diogo Marinho, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Time and Mind•2025•References: 4

  • Fats, Fire and Bronze Age Funerary Rites: Organic Residue Analysis of Wide Horizontal Rim Vessels From Burial Contexts in Northwest Portugal

    Open Access•João Vinícius Back, César Oliveira et al.•ARTICLE•Archaeometry•2025•References: 53

    This study presents the first GC‐MS–based analyses of wide horizontal rim vessels with well‐defined funerary contexts, from Middle Bronze Age Portugal (Quinta do Amorim 2 and Pego). Organic residues from two vessels revealed ruminant fats and plant oils, alongside molecular markers of heat exposure. These results provide direct chemical evidence for vessel contents and use, offering new insights into funerary practices

  • Analysis of Organic Residues in the Context of the Middle Bronze Age in the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula: The Case of the Cova Da Moura Funerary Monument (Viana Do Castelo, Nw Portugal)

    Open Access•Admin Admin, Nuno Oliveira et al.•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2024

    This paper presents and discusses the results of chromatographic analyses conducted on the contents of a ceramic pot recovered from Cova da Moura, a coastal funerary context located on the western slope of the Serra de Santa Luzia in Carreço, within the municipality and district of Viana do Castelo, Northwest Portugal. The site was excavated in 1931 by Abel Viana, who uncovered a monument beneath a tumulus that concealed a cluster of granite outc…

  • El manejo de los recursos leñosos por las comunidades de la Edad del Hierro en el Noroeste de Iberia: El asentamiento de São João de Rei (Portugal)

    Open Access•María Martín-Seijo, Nuno Oliveira et al.•ARTICLE•SPAL Revista de Prehistoria y…•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 10

    El asentamiento de São João de Rei (Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal) ha proporcionado nuevos datos arqueobotánicos que nos permiten reconstruir diferentes aspectos relativos al manejo de los recursos leñosos por las comunidades de la Edad del Hierro en el noroeste de la Península Ibérica. Este yacimiento tiene varias fases de ocupación, desde el siglo VI-V a.n.e. hasta el período romano, con ciertos hiatos cronológicos. Los datos antracológicos…

  • D geometric survey of cultural heritage by UAV in inaccessible coastal or shallow aquatic environments

    Open Access•Mariluz Gil-Docampo, Simón Peña-Villasenín et al.•ARTICLE•Archaeological Prospection•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 5

    Cultural heritage in coastal or shallow aquatic environments is often located in areas where access is difficult or where accurate survey and documentation may not always be possible with terrestrial or aquatic equipment. The combination of photogrammetry and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) generates a range of possibilities across multiple sectors, including history, ethnography and cultural heritage studies. Additionally, these methods can be u…

  • Entre héroes y deidades? Actos de sacrificio de la Edad del Hierro grabados en la Roca 6 del Monte de Porreiras (Noroeste de Portugal)

    Open Access•Luis Coutinho, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Zephyrvs•2022

    El objetivo de este trabajo es publicar los grabados rupestres del Monte das Porreira 6, situado en Paredes de Coura, en el no de Portugal. El estudio se ha basado en un levantamiento fotogramétrico y el posterior contraste con la determinación de la distancia geométrica. Se trata de una roca profusamente decorada con una larga diacronía de grabados. La fase inicial incluye el arte atlántico clásico, integrado en el Calcolítico Reciente. La segun…

  • Weapons and Tools in Rock Art: A World Perspective

    Ana M S Bettencourt, Manuel Santos-Estévez et al.•BOOK•Weapons and Tools in Rock Art•2021

  • Weapons and tools in rock art: A world perspective

    Ana M S Bettencourt, Hugo Aluai Sampaio et al.•BOOK•Weapons and Tools in Rock Art•2021

  • Faunal Remains from Torre Velha 12 (Serpa, Beja, Southwest of Portugal): Relationship between Animals and Bronze Age Communities

    Open Access•Marta Senra, Cláudia Costa et al.•ARTICLE•Heritage•2019•Cited by: 2•References: 2

    Torre Velha 12 is located in Serpa (Beja) and was excavated and directed by two of the authors (LB and SG), during an emergency intervention within the Alqueva Project. This site is characterized by negative structures filled with pottery sherds and other materials dating to the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE. The aim of this paper is to publish the study of the faunal remains dated from Bronze Age (2nd millennium BCE). The faunal assemblage is small …

  • The symbolic meaning of cattle and sheep/goat in the Bronze Age: Faunal inclusions in funerary contexts of South-Western Iberia

    Open Access•Cláudia Costa, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2019•Cited by: 2•References: 15

    The inclusion of faunal remains in funerary practices is widely documented in Iberian prehistory. For the late prehistory (Neolithic to Bronze Age), there is relatively more data than in earlier periods, with limb segments being very common, and complete animals are rarer. In Bronze Age contexts from South-Western Iberia, a high percentage of human burials in subterranean chambers (hypogea) are associated with limb bones of cattle (Bos taurus) an…

  • Depictions of Shoeprints in Northwest Portugal

    Open Access•J N Moreira, Ana M S Bettencourt•ARTICLE•Heritage•2018•References: 2

    From the end of the 3rd millennium and the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE, new motifs appear in Northwest Portugal. This corresponds to what one of the authors has called Figurative Art. The engravings of human feet—barefoot or with shoes—fall within this new “style”. This motif is not well known in Northern Portugal, although it has recently been the subject of a synthesis study on the Atlantic façade of this region. Starting from an invent…

  • Diversidad de cultivos y estructuras de almacenaje en el poblado de Crastoeiro (Noroeste de la Península Ibérica): Nuevos enfoques

    Open Access•Luís Seabra, João Pedro Tereso et al.•ARTICLE•Trabajos de Prehistoria•2018•References: 11

    El yacimiento de la Edad del Hierro de Crastoeiro (Mondim de Basto, Vila Real, Norte de Portugal) reveló un interesante conjunto de fosas excavadas en la roca. De su interior se recogieron muestras de sedimento y se realizó un estudio carpológico con el objetivo de obtener información sobre la diversidad de cultivos y prácticas agrícolas y de caracterizar las estructuras de almacenamiento. Los resultados del estudio de 19 muestras procedentes de …

  • Preservando a Memória das Pedras

    Open Access•Hugo Aluai Sampaio, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Vista•2018•References: 3

    Para as comunidades do passado o mundo "físico" seria entendido como cheio de propriedades significantes. No seguimento dos trabalhos de Ingold (2000), Bradley (2000, 2009), ou Scarre (2009), o que hoje vemos como material inerte seria considerada "viva". Essa será a presente perspetiva de abordagem. Certos afloramentos naturais estão associados a lendas ou crenças muitas vezes ligadas a criaturas mágicas ou estranhas "habitando" no seu interior …

  • Socio-ecology of Early and Middle Bronze Age communities in the northwest Atlantic region of Iberia: Wood resources procurement and forest management

    Open Access•María Martín-Seijo, João Pedro Tereso et al.•ARTICLE•Quaternary International•2017

  • Disentangling the life-cycles of Bronze Age pits: A multi-stranded approach, integrating ceramic refitting, archaeobotany and taphonomy

    Open Access•María Martín-Seijo, Antonio Blanco-González et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2017•Cited by: 5•References: 32

  • Integrated Analytical Techniques for the Study of Colouring Materials from Two Megalithic Barrows

    Open Access•César Oliveira, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Archaeometry•2017•Cited by: 2•References: 42

    We have determined the composition of rock art pigments from two megalithic barrows located in the north of Portugal. The use of XRD, SEM–EDS and FT–IR spectroscopy confirmed the presence of hematite and kaolinite in the red pigments from the Eireira barrow, and kaolinite in the white pigment from the Leira das Mamas barrow. The organic composition of the pigments was studied by GC–MS, suggesting that the red sinuous lines and dots from the Eirei…

  • Agriculture in NW Iberia during the Bronze Age: A review of archaeobotanical data

    Open Access•João Pedro Tereso, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2016

    The wide and diverse array of palaeoenvironmental studies that were carried out in Northwestern Iberia indicate that the Bronze Age corresponds to a phase of great landscape changes. Strong deforestation and erosion episodes are key-features and they are usually assumed to be anthropogenic. The archaeological and archaeobotanical records demonstrate that these trends are coincident with modifications on settlement pattern and agricultural systems…

  • Arte “Esquemática” de ar livre na bacia do Ave (Portugal, NO Ibérico): Espacialidade, contexto, iconografia e cronologia

    Open Access•Daniela Cardoso, Ana M S Bettencourt•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2015

    A primeira compilação de arte rupestre de ar livre realizada para a bacia do Ave, no NO de Portugal, permitiu inventariar um certo número de gravuras que se inserem genericamente na denominada arte de tradição esquemática. O trabalho realizado, a diferentes escalas de análise, possibilitou dar especial atenção à localização espacial e ao contexto físico de implantação deste tipo de manifestações rupestres; a estudos sobre a morfologia dos afloram…

  • Carbonised wooden objects and wood charcoal from an Iron Age feasting context in North-western Iberia: The case study of Frijão (Braga, Portugal)

    Open Access•María Martín-Seijo, Vítor M F Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2015•Cited by: 1•References: 19

  • Arquiteturas funerárias, materiais de construção e interação com o espaço na Idade do Bronze da Serra da Freita (Centro-Norte de Portugal). O caso do tumulus de Laceiras do Côvo 3, Vale de Cambra Edit…

    Open Access•Edite Sá, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2014

    Pretende-se com este artigo dar a conhecer os resultados dos trabalhos arqueológicos levados a cabo no monu-mento funerário de Laceiras do Côvo 3, estrutura tumular enquadrável, provavelmente, na Idade do Bronze, localizada na freguesia de Arões, concelho de Vale de Cambra. Este monumento revela-se de particular inte-resse pela policromia intencional na matéria usada na sua construção e pela disposição cuidada dos elementos litológicos do tumulus…

  • Estudo arqueometalúrgico do conjunto metálico do sítio arqueológico de Moinhos de Golas (Montalegre, Norte de Portugal): Primeiros resultados

    Open Access•Joana Loureiro, Elin Figueiredo et al.•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2014

    O presente trabalho apresenta os primeiros resultados de um estudo arqueometalúrgico detalhado, ainda em curso, efetuado sobre um conjunto de achados metálicos encontrado no sítio de Moinhos de Golas, freguesia de Solveira, concelho de Montalegre. Este, genericamente, atribuído à Proto-história foi já objeto de uma primeira publicação (FONTE et al. 2013).A coleção é composta por 35 objetos, entre os quais se encontram armas, artefactos de adorno …

  • Deposições metálicas do Bronze Final no vale do Assureira. O caso do sítio de Moinhos de Golas (Solveira, Montalegre, Norte de Portugal)

    Open Access•J Fonte, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2013

    Este trabalho tem como objetivo dar a conhecer um conjunto de achados metálicos do Bronze Final, em associação com fragmentos cerâmicos e líticos, encontrados no sítio de Moinhos de Golas, freguesia de Solveira, concelho de Montalegre. A coleção metálica é composta por armas, artefactos de adorno, utensílios, possíveis elementos de produção metalúrgica, entre outros objetos de difícil classificação. As análises de composição química, embora preli…

  • O depósito metálico da bandeira , Viana do Castelo (Norte de Portugal ) no contexto dos depósitos do Bronze Médio do curso inferior da bacia do Lima

    Open Access•João Oliveira Fernandes, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2011

    Este texto tem como objetivo dar a conhecer o depósito de um machado de tipo Bujões / Barcelos encontradono lugar da Bandeira, Viana do Castelo, no seu micro-contexto de achado; as suas característicastécnicas e morfológicas genéricas e a sua inter-relação espacial com os restantes depósitos deste períodono curso inferior do rio Lima.Apesar de ter sido realizado apenas um estudo macroscópico, o que inviabiliza considerações precisas sobreprocesso…

  • Nuevos datos sobre la primera metalurgia del Bronce en el Noroeste de la Península Ibérica: La contribución de Bouça da Cova da Moura (Ardegães , Maia, Portugal)

    Open Access•Beatriz Comendador Rey, Ana M S Bettencourt•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2011

    A propósito del estudio de un resto de fundición de bronce procedente del lugar de Bouça da Cova daMoura (Ardegães, Maia), a incluir en el conjunto de bronces de mayor antigüedad del noroeste peninsular,efectuaremos una revisión sobre la caracterización de las primeras aleaciones de bronce de esta región,con base en la interpretación de los resultados arqueometalúrgicos obtenidos en los últimos años. A estepropósito se referirán los nuevos result…

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  • Middle/Late Bronze Age plant communities and their exploitation in the C vado Basin (NW Portugal) as shown by charcoal analysis: The significance and co-occurrence of Quercus (deciduous) ? Fabaceae

    Open Access•Isabel Figueiral, Ana M S Bettencourt•ARTICLE•Vegetation History and…•2004•Cited by: 13•References: 8

    Plant communities and their possible exploitation during Late Prehistory are studied based on charcoal data from four archaeological sites. Settlement location in the area appears to have been chosen on the basis of easy access to rivers and good arable land. Quercus (deciduous) and Fabaceae appear to have been the main source of wood; this is in agreement with previous data from north-western Portugal. The abundance of Fabaceae, which thrive in …

  • Disentangling the life-cycles of Bronze Age pits: A multi-stranded approach, integrating ceramic refitting, archaeobotany and taphonomy

    Open Access•María Martín-Seijo, Antonio Blanco-González et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2017•Cited by: 5•References: 32

  • Faunal Remains from Torre Velha 12 (Serpa, Beja, Southwest of Portugal): Relationship between Animals and Bronze Age Communities

    Open Access•Marta Senra, Cláudia Costa et al.•ARTICLE•Heritage•2019•Cited by: 2•References: 2

    Torre Velha 12 is located in Serpa (Beja) and was excavated and directed by two of the authors (LB and SG), during an emergency intervention within the Alqueva Project. This site is characterized by negative structures filled with pottery sherds and other materials dating to the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE. The aim of this paper is to publish the study of the faunal remains dated from Bronze Age (2nd millennium BCE). The faunal assemblage is small …

  • The symbolic meaning of cattle and sheep/goat in the Bronze Age: Faunal inclusions in funerary contexts of South-Western Iberia

    Open Access•Cláudia Costa, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2019•Cited by: 2•References: 15

    The inclusion of faunal remains in funerary practices is widely documented in Iberian prehistory. For the late prehistory (Neolithic to Bronze Age), there is relatively more data than in earlier periods, with limb segments being very common, and complete animals are rarer. In Bronze Age contexts from South-Western Iberia, a high percentage of human burials in subterranean chambers (hypogea) are associated with limb bones of cattle (Bos taurus) an…

  • Integrated Analytical Techniques for the Study of Colouring Materials from Two Megalithic Barrows

    Open Access•César Oliveira, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Archaeometry•2017•Cited by: 2•References: 42

    We have determined the composition of rock art pigments from two megalithic barrows located in the north of Portugal. The use of XRD, SEM–EDS and FT–IR spectroscopy confirmed the presence of hematite and kaolinite in the red pigments from the Eireira barrow, and kaolinite in the white pigment from the Leira das Mamas barrow. The organic composition of the pigments was studied by GC–MS, suggesting that the red sinuous lines and dots from the Eirei…

  • El manejo de los recursos leñosos por las comunidades de la Edad del Hierro en el Noroeste de Iberia: El asentamiento de São João de Rei (Portugal)

    Open Access•María Martín-Seijo, Nuno Oliveira et al.•ARTICLE•SPAL Revista de Prehistoria y…•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 10

    El asentamiento de São João de Rei (Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal) ha proporcionado nuevos datos arqueobotánicos que nos permiten reconstruir diferentes aspectos relativos al manejo de los recursos leñosos por las comunidades de la Edad del Hierro en el noroeste de la Península Ibérica. Este yacimiento tiene varias fases de ocupación, desde el siglo VI-V a.n.e. hasta el período romano, con ciertos hiatos cronológicos. Los datos antracológicos…

  • D geometric survey of cultural heritage by UAV in inaccessible coastal or shallow aquatic environments

    Open Access•Mariluz Gil-Docampo, Simón Peña-Villasenín et al.•ARTICLE•Archaeological Prospection•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 5

    Cultural heritage in coastal or shallow aquatic environments is often located in areas where access is difficult or where accurate survey and documentation may not always be possible with terrestrial or aquatic equipment. The combination of photogrammetry and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) generates a range of possibilities across multiple sectors, including history, ethnography and cultural heritage studies. Additionally, these methods can be u…

  • Carbonised wooden objects and wood charcoal from an Iron Age feasting context in North-western Iberia: The case study of Frijão (Braga, Portugal)

    Open Access•María Martín-Seijo, Vítor M F Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2015•Cited by: 1•References: 19

  • La Edad del Bronce en el Noroeste de la Península Ibérica: Un análisis a partir de las prácticas funerarias

    Open Access•Ana M S Bettencourt•ARTICLE•Trabajos de Prehistoria•2010•Cited by: 1•References: 4

    La autora ensaya una nueva interpretación de los mecanismos de negociación del poder y de promoción de la identidad social a partir del análisis de unas prácticas funerarias, cuya existencia ha quedado demostrada en todos los períodos de la Edad del Bronce en el Noroeste de la Península Ibérica, y de la integración de las mismas en los diferentes contextos cronológico-culturales en los que se desenvuelven. En esta extensa área distingue dos grand…

  • A freguesia de Turquel (Alcobaça): Alguns dados arqueológicos

    Open Access•Ana M S Bettencourt•ARTICLE•Conimbriga Revista de Arqueologia•1988

    Dão-se a conhecer as estações arqueológicas da Pré-história Recente existentes na freguesia de Turquel, concelho de Alcobaça

  • Middle/Late Bronze Age plant communities and their exploitation in the C vado Basin (NW Portugal) as shown by charcoal analysis: The significance and co-occurrence of Quercus (deciduous) ? Fabaceae

    Open Access•Isabel Figueiral, Ana M S Bettencourt•ARTICLE•Vegetation History and…•2004•Cited by: 13•References: 8

    Plant communities and their possible exploitation during Late Prehistory are studied based on charcoal data from four archaeological sites. Settlement location in the area appears to have been chosen on the basis of easy access to rivers and good arable land. Quercus (deciduous) and Fabaceae appear to have been the main source of wood; this is in agreement with previous data from north-western Portugal. The abundance of Fabaceae, which thrive in …

  • Contributos para a história de um lugar: O túmulo 1 de Campo de Caparinho, Vilar de Perdizes, Montalegre, no contexto micro-regional

    Open Access•Ana M S Bettencourt, António Dinis et al.•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2008

    Publicam-se os resultados dos trabalhos de escavação, realizados em Setembro de 2003, numa estruturatumular neolítica de Campo de Caparinho, freguesia de Vilar de Perdizes, concelho de Montalegre. Aescavação deste monumento tornou-se particularmente importante, quer pelas suas especificidadesarquitectónicas que traduzem integração de elementos geomorfológicos pré-existentes, quer pelo factode ter permitido comprovar a existência de estruturas tum…

  • La Edad del Bronce en el Noroeste de la Península Ibérica: Un análisis a partir de las prácticas funerarias

    Open Access•Ana M S Bettencourt•ARTICLE•Trabajos de Prehistoria•2010•Cited by: 1•References: 4

    La autora ensaya una nueva interpretación de los mecanismos de negociación del poder y de promoción de la identidad social a partir del análisis de unas prácticas funerarias, cuya existencia ha quedado demostrada en todos los períodos de la Edad del Bronce en el Noroeste de la Península Ibérica, y de la integración de las mismas en los diferentes contextos cronológico-culturales en los que se desenvuelven. En esta extensa área distingue dos grand…

  • O depósito metálico da bandeira , Viana do Castelo (Norte de Portugal ) no contexto dos depósitos do Bronze Médio do curso inferior da bacia do Lima

    Open Access•João Oliveira Fernandes, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2011

    Este texto tem como objetivo dar a conhecer o depósito de um machado de tipo Bujões / Barcelos encontradono lugar da Bandeira, Viana do Castelo, no seu micro-contexto de achado; as suas característicastécnicas e morfológicas genéricas e a sua inter-relação espacial com os restantes depósitos deste períodono curso inferior do rio Lima.Apesar de ter sido realizado apenas um estudo macroscópico, o que inviabiliza considerações precisas sobreprocesso…

  • Nuevos datos sobre la primera metalurgia del Bronce en el Noroeste de la Península Ibérica: La contribución de Bouça da Cova da Moura (Ardegães , Maia, Portugal)

    Open Access•Beatriz Comendador Rey, Ana M S Bettencourt•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2011

    A propósito del estudio de un resto de fundición de bronce procedente del lugar de Bouça da Cova daMoura (Ardegães, Maia), a incluir en el conjunto de bronces de mayor antigüedad del noroeste peninsular,efectuaremos una revisión sobre la caracterización de las primeras aleaciones de bronce de esta región,con base en la interpretación de los resultados arqueometalúrgicos obtenidos en los últimos años. A estepropósito se referirán los nuevos result…

  • Deposições metálicas do Bronze Final no vale do Assureira. O caso do sítio de Moinhos de Golas (Solveira, Montalegre, Norte de Portugal)

    Open Access•J Fonte, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2013

    Este trabalho tem como objetivo dar a conhecer um conjunto de achados metálicos do Bronze Final, em associação com fragmentos cerâmicos e líticos, encontrados no sítio de Moinhos de Golas, freguesia de Solveira, concelho de Montalegre. A coleção metálica é composta por armas, artefactos de adorno, utensílios, possíveis elementos de produção metalúrgica, entre outros objetos de difícil classificação. As análises de composição química, embora preli…

  • Arquiteturas funerárias, materiais de construção e interação com o espaço na Idade do Bronze da Serra da Freita (Centro-Norte de Portugal). O caso do tumulus de Laceiras do Côvo 3, Vale de Cambra Edit…

    Open Access•Edite Sá, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2014

    Pretende-se com este artigo dar a conhecer os resultados dos trabalhos arqueológicos levados a cabo no monu-mento funerário de Laceiras do Côvo 3, estrutura tumular enquadrável, provavelmente, na Idade do Bronze, localizada na freguesia de Arões, concelho de Vale de Cambra. Este monumento revela-se de particular inte-resse pela policromia intencional na matéria usada na sua construção e pela disposição cuidada dos elementos litológicos do tumulus…

  • Estudo arqueometalúrgico do conjunto metálico do sítio arqueológico de Moinhos de Golas (Montalegre, Norte de Portugal): Primeiros resultados

    Open Access•Joana Loureiro, Elin Figueiredo et al.•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2014

    O presente trabalho apresenta os primeiros resultados de um estudo arqueometalúrgico detalhado, ainda em curso, efetuado sobre um conjunto de achados metálicos encontrado no sítio de Moinhos de Golas, freguesia de Solveira, concelho de Montalegre. Este, genericamente, atribuído à Proto-história foi já objeto de uma primeira publicação (FONTE et al. 2013).A coleção é composta por 35 objetos, entre os quais se encontram armas, artefactos de adorno …

  • Arte “Esquemática” de ar livre na bacia do Ave (Portugal, NO Ibérico): Espacialidade, contexto, iconografia e cronologia

    Open Access•Daniela Cardoso, Ana M S Bettencourt•ARTICLE•Estudos do Quaternário /…•2015

    A primeira compilação de arte rupestre de ar livre realizada para a bacia do Ave, no NO de Portugal, permitiu inventariar um certo número de gravuras que se inserem genericamente na denominada arte de tradição esquemática. O trabalho realizado, a diferentes escalas de análise, possibilitou dar especial atenção à localização espacial e ao contexto físico de implantação deste tipo de manifestações rupestres; a estudos sobre a morfologia dos afloram…

  • Carbonised wooden objects and wood charcoal from an Iron Age feasting context in North-western Iberia: The case study of Frijão (Braga, Portugal)

    Open Access•María Martín-Seijo, Vítor M F Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2015•Cited by: 1•References: 19

  • Agriculture in NW Iberia during the Bronze Age: A review of archaeobotanical data

    Open Access•João Pedro Tereso, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2016

    The wide and diverse array of palaeoenvironmental studies that were carried out in Northwestern Iberia indicate that the Bronze Age corresponds to a phase of great landscape changes. Strong deforestation and erosion episodes are key-features and they are usually assumed to be anthropogenic. The archaeological and archaeobotanical records demonstrate that these trends are coincident with modifications on settlement pattern and agricultural systems…

  • Socio-ecology of Early and Middle Bronze Age communities in the northwest Atlantic region of Iberia: Wood resources procurement and forest management

    Open Access•María Martín-Seijo, João Pedro Tereso et al.•ARTICLE•Quaternary International•2017

  • Disentangling the life-cycles of Bronze Age pits: A multi-stranded approach, integrating ceramic refitting, archaeobotany and taphonomy

    Open Access•María Martín-Seijo, Antonio Blanco-González et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2017•Cited by: 5•References: 32

  • Integrated Analytical Techniques for the Study of Colouring Materials from Two Megalithic Barrows

    Open Access•César Oliveira, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Archaeometry•2017•Cited by: 2•References: 42

    We have determined the composition of rock art pigments from two megalithic barrows located in the north of Portugal. The use of XRD, SEM–EDS and FT–IR spectroscopy confirmed the presence of hematite and kaolinite in the red pigments from the Eireira barrow, and kaolinite in the white pigment from the Leira das Mamas barrow. The organic composition of the pigments was studied by GC–MS, suggesting that the red sinuous lines and dots from the Eirei…

  • Depictions of Shoeprints in Northwest Portugal

    Open Access•J N Moreira, Ana M S Bettencourt•ARTICLE•Heritage•2018•References: 2

    From the end of the 3rd millennium and the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE, new motifs appear in Northwest Portugal. This corresponds to what one of the authors has called Figurative Art. The engravings of human feet—barefoot or with shoes—fall within this new “style”. This motif is not well known in Northern Portugal, although it has recently been the subject of a synthesis study on the Atlantic façade of this region. Starting from an invent…

  • Diversidad de cultivos y estructuras de almacenaje en el poblado de Crastoeiro (Noroeste de la Península Ibérica): Nuevos enfoques

    Open Access•Luís Seabra, João Pedro Tereso et al.•ARTICLE•Trabajos de Prehistoria•2018•References: 11

    El yacimiento de la Edad del Hierro de Crastoeiro (Mondim de Basto, Vila Real, Norte de Portugal) reveló un interesante conjunto de fosas excavadas en la roca. De su interior se recogieron muestras de sedimento y se realizó un estudio carpológico con el objetivo de obtener información sobre la diversidad de cultivos y prácticas agrícolas y de caracterizar las estructuras de almacenamiento. Los resultados del estudio de 19 muestras procedentes de …

  • Preservando a Memória das Pedras

    Open Access•Hugo Aluai Sampaio, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Vista•2018•References: 3

    Para as comunidades do passado o mundo "físico" seria entendido como cheio de propriedades significantes. No seguimento dos trabalhos de Ingold (2000), Bradley (2000, 2009), ou Scarre (2009), o que hoje vemos como material inerte seria considerada "viva". Essa será a presente perspetiva de abordagem. Certos afloramentos naturais estão associados a lendas ou crenças muitas vezes ligadas a criaturas mágicas ou estranhas "habitando" no seu interior …

  • Faunal Remains from Torre Velha 12 (Serpa, Beja, Southwest of Portugal): Relationship between Animals and Bronze Age Communities

    Open Access•Marta Senra, Cláudia Costa et al.•ARTICLE•Heritage•2019•Cited by: 2•References: 2

    Torre Velha 12 is located in Serpa (Beja) and was excavated and directed by two of the authors (LB and SG), during an emergency intervention within the Alqueva Project. This site is characterized by negative structures filled with pottery sherds and other materials dating to the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE. The aim of this paper is to publish the study of the faunal remains dated from Bronze Age (2nd millennium BCE). The faunal assemblage is small …

  • The symbolic meaning of cattle and sheep/goat in the Bronze Age: Faunal inclusions in funerary contexts of South-Western Iberia

    Open Access•Cláudia Costa, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2019•Cited by: 2•References: 15

    The inclusion of faunal remains in funerary practices is widely documented in Iberian prehistory. For the late prehistory (Neolithic to Bronze Age), there is relatively more data than in earlier periods, with limb segments being very common, and complete animals are rarer. In Bronze Age contexts from South-Western Iberia, a high percentage of human burials in subterranean chambers (hypogea) are associated with limb bones of cattle (Bos taurus) an…

  • Weapons and Tools in Rock Art: A World Perspective

    Ana M S Bettencourt, Manuel Santos-Estévez et al.•BOOK•Weapons and Tools in Rock Art•2021

  • Weapons and tools in rock art: A world perspective

    Ana M S Bettencourt, Hugo Aluai Sampaio et al.•BOOK•Weapons and Tools in Rock Art•2021

  • Entre héroes y deidades? Actos de sacrificio de la Edad del Hierro grabados en la Roca 6 del Monte de Porreiras (Noroeste de Portugal)

    Open Access•Luis Coutinho, Ana M S Bettencourt et al.•ARTICLE•Zephyrvs•2022

    El objetivo de este trabajo es publicar los grabados rupestres del Monte das Porreira 6, situado en Paredes de Coura, en el no de Portugal. El estudio se ha basado en un levantamiento fotogramétrico y el posterior contraste con la determinación de la distancia geométrica. Se trata de una roca profusamente decorada con una larga diacronía de grabados. La fase inicial incluye el arte atlántico clásico, integrado en el Calcolítico Reciente. La segun…

  • El manejo de los recursos leñosos por las comunidades de la Edad del Hierro en el Noroeste de Iberia: El asentamiento de São João de Rei (Portugal)

    Open Access•María Martín-Seijo, Nuno Oliveira et al.•ARTICLE•SPAL Revista de Prehistoria y…•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 10

    El asentamiento de São João de Rei (Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal) ha proporcionado nuevos datos arqueobotánicos que nos permiten reconstruir diferentes aspectos relativos al manejo de los recursos leñosos por las comunidades de la Edad del Hierro en el noroeste de la Península Ibérica. Este yacimiento tiene varias fases de ocupación, desde el siglo VI-V a.n.e. hasta el período romano, con ciertos hiatos cronológicos. Los datos antracológicos…

  • D geometric survey of cultural heritage by UAV in inaccessible coastal or shallow aquatic environments

    Open Access•Mariluz Gil-Docampo, Simón Peña-Villasenín et al.•ARTICLE•Archaeological Prospection•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 5

    Cultural heritage in coastal or shallow aquatic environments is often located in areas where access is difficult or where accurate survey and documentation may not always be possible with terrestrial or aquatic equipment. The combination of photogrammetry and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) generates a range of possibilities across multiple sectors, including history, ethnography and cultural heritage studies. Additionally, these methods can be u…

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