A couple of years ago I wrote a paper about the twilight of
prehistoric enclosures (see here). It was about the end of enclosures in the
late 3rd millennium BC. We are again in the 3rd
millennium, now AC, and the enclosures (as heritage) are vanishing again, now
at the hands of intensive agriculture. Three more were recently affected or
destroyed: Nobre, Folha do Ouro and the large complex of enclosures of Herdade
da Corte.
Folha do Ouro (Serpa)
Herdade da Corte (Serpa)
Nobre 2 (Beja)
The administration continues to do almost nothing, and the silence is
general. We are at un elections campaign, but nobody brings up the issue of the
systematic destruction of archaeological heritage in Alentejo region. We are only
concerned with the destruction of our dreams for the future and seems there is
no room for a concern with historical memories. It would be an irony if it wasn’t simply
stupidity. As if we could dream without a memory.
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