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The 'croziers' of the agro-pastoral societies of southern Portugal (last quarter of the 4th / early 3rd millennium BC)
| dc.contributor.author | Cardoso, João Luís | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-31T11:51:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-31T11:51:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper constitutes the first-ever characterization study of the artefacts referred to as 'croziers', to their similarities with episcopal staves or croziers and shepherds croziers or croziers. Several possibilities are considered to explain the existence of these artefacts of a symbolic and exclusively funerary character: An inventory of the known exemplars is presented hereby. There is a special concentration in central Alentejo, encompassing the megalithic region of Reguengos de Monsaraz, and two other clusters, much less important, limited to a few specimens, in the Eastern and Northeastern Alentejo, always related to the presence of megaliths. The study of the decorative elements and their organization resulted in the identification of three main iconographic groups. The set of decorated exemplars from the westernmost domain, situated between the Tagus River and the Atlantic Ocean, constitutes a group with particular characteristics as both sides of the items are decorated. Excepting one item, all the artefacts display decoration on one side only with the exception of some undecorated specimens; the heads of these exemplars are always oriented to the left. This feature can be correlated with the way they were ritually held: admitting that they were wielded in the right hand of the deceased, only the convex longitudinal edge could be functional, which is consistente with their use as machetes, among other possibilities that are also the subject of dicussion. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.abstract | Este trabajo constituye el primer estudio de caracterización de los artefactos denominados "báculos", por sus similitudes con los bastones episcopales y los cayados de pastor, llamados del mismo modo. Se consideran varias posibilidades para explicar la existencia de estos artefactos de carácter simbólico y exclusivamente funerario. Se presenta un inventario de los principales ejemplares conocidos. Existe una concentración en el centro del Alentejo, que abarca la región megalítica de Reguengos de Monsaraz, y otros dos conglomerados, mucho menos importantes, limitados a unos pocos ejemplares, en el Alentejo oriental y nororiental, siempre relacionados con la presencia de megalitos. El estudio de su decoración y su organización dio como resultado la identificación de três grupos iconográficos principales. El conjunto de ejemplares decorados del domínio más occidental, situado entre el rio Tajo y el océano Atlántico, constituye un grupo con características particulares, ya que ambas caras de los objetos están decoradas. A excepción de un objeto, todos los artefactos presentan decoración en un solo lado, salvo algunos ejemplares lisos; las cabezas de estos ejemplares están siempre orientadas hacia la izquierda. Esta característica puede correlacionarse con la forma en que se sostenían ritualmente: admitiendo que se blandían en la mano derecha del difunto, sólo el borde longitudinal convexo podría ser funcional, lo que concuerda con su uso como machetes, entre otras posibilidades que son tambien objecto de discusión. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1579-7384 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/12437 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Museo Arqueológico Regional de la Comunidad de Madrid | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Neolithic | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Chalcolithic | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | 'Croziers' | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Portugal | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Inventory | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Classification | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Signification | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Neolítico | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Calcolítico | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Báculos | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Inventario | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Clasificación | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Significación | pt_PT |
| dc.title | The 'croziers' of the agro-pastoral societies of southern Portugal (last quarter of the 4th / early 3rd millennium BC) | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Madrid | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 69 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 46 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Zona Arqueológica | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 23-vol.II | pt_PT |
| person.familyName | Cardoso | |
| person.givenName | João Luis | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 4916-6273-3F6C | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-2234-2266 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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