Megalithic Antithesis

Case Study of the Funerary Monument of Colos (Abrantes, Central Portugal)

Bibliographic Data

ID12911669
AuthorsAna Rosa Cruz (0000-0003-0234-714X, Instituto Politécnico de Tomar), Davide Delfino (Instituto Terra e Memória, corresponding author), Filomena Gaspar (0000-0002-8139-2717, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa), Álvaro Batista (0000-0002-8690-2050, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa)
Year2015
Volume8
Issue3
Pages303-320
Publication date2015-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTime and Mind (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-696X • E-ISSN: 1751-6978
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1751696x.2015.1066125
OpenAlexW1601658865
LanguageEN
References cited14

In this paper the authors attempt to explain the funerary behaviors of the agro-pastoral societies who lived in Abrantes (Central Portugal) between the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age. Our aim is to fully understand the Colos site based on archaeographical data and then insert it into a broader, comprehensive context. What makes this case particularly interesting and noteworthy is its lack of visibility in the landscape, situated next to a natural rock outcrop, which is in contrast to the megalithic practice of the time. We wonder if this invisibility and absolute lack of reference to its physical space has some social and cultural connection with a particular agro-pastoral community or if, instead, it is anomalous

Ancient history · Antithesis · Archaeology · Art · Bronze Age · Context (archaeology · Geography · Invisibility · Literature · Megalith · Natural (archaeology · Situated · Wonder · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Philosophy

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