La arqueología neolítica en el Abrigo de Penedo dos Mouros (Gouveia, Portugal)
La evidencia de prácticas de trashumancia primitiva en la Sierra de la Estrella
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19412282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | António Faustino Carvalho (0000-0002-0912-2325, University of Algarve, corresponding author), Vera Pereira (0000-0003-2651-722X, University of Coimbra, corresponding author), Carlos Arturo Duarte Torres (0000-0002-5085-1650, Universidad de Cantabria, corresponding author), Carlos Duarte (0000-0003-1370-5379, corresponding author), Catarina Tente (0000-0002-7944-1583, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 0 |
| Pages | 19 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zephyrvs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0514-7336 • E-ISSN: 2386-3943 |
| Publisher | Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca (PUBLISHER • ES) |
| DOI | 10.14201/zephyrus2017791938 |
| OpenAlex | W2782803862 |
| Language | ES |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 6 |
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 strategy of residential mobility in line with similar evidence observed elsewhere in Beira Alta. Given previous claims of Neolithic vertical transhumance between montane plateaux –in the summer– and lowland plains –in the winter–, this hypothesis is here discussed –and refuted– based on spatial analysis of Neolithic sites, economic characterization of the period and local orographic and bioclimatic constraints
Archaeology · Cartography · Foothills · Geography · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Herders and Pioneers
Southern Portugal Animal Exploitation Systems
Orlando Ribeiro’s work on transhumant pastoralism in north-central Portugal
Neolithic geoarchaeology at Penedo dos Mouros Rockshelter
Women, residential patterns and early social complexity. From theory to practice in Copper Age Iberia
The archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula from the Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age
Population dynamics during the Neolithic transition and the onset of megalithism in Portugal according to summed probability distribution of radiocarbon determinations
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |