tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594105636223883163.post1693067697355403967..comments2022-03-23T02:44:56.755+00:00Comments on Portuguese Prehistoric Enclosures: 0042 – Where have all the flowers gone?A.C.Valerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17649871137132088749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594105636223883163.post-8065260703268133422012-08-15T09:08:58.997+01:002012-08-15T09:08:58.997+01:00Well that is natural, since we make every year a p...Well that is natural, since we make every year a press conference in the field to present what is being excavated a the results of the previouse campaign. And we presented last year figurines as well as this year ones. The context of cremations is still in excavation, and will be the next year. So, more is to be expected from there. And if you follow the blog of the excavation you wil see that in the last day, new idols were found in a diferent context. <br /><br />As to the relation to Andaluzia and Extremadura, there is a strong connection with Alentejo and Algarve, which is also natural as you poit out. But the fact is that those antropomorphic figures were totaly absent from South Portugal until now. What does that meen? Probably a problem of research. Those figurines tend to appear in large enclosures and Perdigões is the only one being systematicaly researched in South Portugal. Or maybe not. Some other iconic materials (like the schist plaques or the painted bones) have clear regional distributions, even if they respond to wider ideological frames. Regional expressions of shared ideas.<br />Although there is a shared cultural ambience in South Iberia, Southwest presents its own particularities.A.C.Valerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17649871137132088749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594105636223883163.post-84178793624009915762012-08-15T00:22:40.974+01:002012-08-15T00:22:40.974+01:00It seems that your findings in this aspect are hav...It seems that your findings in this aspect are having an impact a year later:<br /><br />http://www.publico.pt/Ci%C3%AAncias/estatuetas-descobertas-no-alentejo-tem-4500-anos-e-cabem-na-palma-da-mao-1558397?all=1<br /><br />http://terraeantiqvae.com/group/prehistoria/forum/topics/descubren-estatuillas-de-marfil-de4-500-anos-de-antiguedad-en-per?xg_source=activity<br /><br />http://asociacionlosdolmenes.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/portugal-descubren-estatuillas-de.html<br /><br />(All links in Portuguese or Spanish language). <br /><br />Is it correct that these idols are so rare in Portugal when they are common in many areas of Spain? One would have though that the modern border did not exist back then and that in fact SW Spain (Extremadura, West Andalusia) was much more related to Southern Portugal back in the day, so I am a bit perplex by this claim. Care to qualify?Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.com