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- Faunas domésticas e rituais funerários em Alcácer do Sal (Idade do Ferro)Publication . Cardoso, João Luís; Arruda, Ana MargaridaAs escavações das décadas 20, 60 e 80 do século XX na necrópole da Idade do Ferro do Olival do Senhor dos Mártires, em Alcácer do Sal, as primeiras sob a responsabilidade de Vergílio Correia e as duas restantes dirigidas por António Cavaleiro Paixão, permitiram recolher um importante conjunto faunístico. Os restos, variados quanto às espécies e no que diz respeito às partes do esqueleto representadas, foram recuperados quer no interior das sepulturas quer na área entre elas. A análise contextual que foi possível concretizar permite leituras acerca dos rituais praticados, que não se esgotam na clara evidência da prática de actividades que se relacionam com o consumo de alimentos na área da necrópole. Este consumo, que pode ter assumido o carácter de “banquete”, é aqui estudado, tendo em consideração as espécies consumidas, que são também abordadas na perspectiva de oferendas aos indivíduos sepultados. Por outro lado, as características desta necrópole, cujos espólios e arquitectura evidenciam forte relação com o Mediterrâneo central e oriental, são determinantes na discussão das práticas de rituais orientais, no Extremo Ocidente, como as agora descritas.
- Outurela I e Outurela II, dois pequenos sítios da Idade do Ferro a norte do Estuário do Tejo (Concelho de Oeiras)Publication . Cardoso, João Luís; Arruda, Ana Margarida; Sousa, Elisa de; Rego, MiguelOuturela I and II are to two small Iron Age settlements, located in low altitudes, separated by only 500 m, apparently focused in agricultural and husbandry activities. The archaeological fieldwork that took place during the 80´s allowed the recovery of a significant set of artifacts, mostly ceramics. The thorough study of these materials and its comparative analyses with data available from other sites in the Tagus estuary, enable us to verify a strong connection among them (both with similar low altitude sites and with main riverside settlements as, for example, Lisbon). The existence of a considerable dense settlement network during the 5th and 4th centuries BC becomes evident, even if its origin may be related by links of either cooperation or subordination. On the other hand, the available data seems to indicate a relative antiquity of Outurela II in view of Outurela I, even if its contemporaneity is clear during the 5th century BC.
- A necrópole da Idade do Ferro de Vale da Palha (Calhariz, Sesimbra)Publication . Arruda, Ana Margarida; Cardoso, João LuísIn January of 1958 four rectangular graves with inhumations were identified through rural works carried out in Vale da Palha (Sesimbra). Eduardo da Cunha Serrão came in the field and was informed that all the skeletons had a vase with them. These data were published in 1974, and the necropolis was dated in the late roman times, IV century AD. This chronology was based in a graffito incised in one of the vases that was assimilated to a M of the Latin alphabet. Only two of the three vases recovered are now available to study. They are hemispheric bowls and they could be included in Iron Age Grey Polish Pottery category. In morphologic terms, they correspond to the most frequently form of this pottery, present in almost every orientalised sites of the Iberian Peninsula. Both graffiti could be also related with a Mediterranean tradition. The presence of an Iron Age necropolis in the area isn’t a surprise, because in the Estuary of Sado’s river the remains of communities with a Mediterranean origin are well known.