A paper and two posters are being presented at the IX Congress of Iberian Archaeometry, held in Lisbon. The paper focus on the results of th...

Hundreds of pits in partial images of Xancra and Perdigões enclosures Another astonishing difference between ditched and walled enclosures i...

Beaker pottery in ditch 2 of Porto Torrão after Valera & Filipe, 2004. As commented in the previous post, beaker pottery is recorded onl...

Beaker pottery from Porto Torrão (after Valera & Filipe, 2004) One interesting issue about the Portuguese ditched enclosures is the dist...

The slide presents Portuguese walled and ditched enclosures at the same scale (the bigger walled enclosure is not Portuguese, but Spanish an...

The research of Portuguese enclosures was represented at the conference STRATEGIE INSEDIATIVE E METALLURGIA. I RAPPORTI TRA ITALIA E LA PENI...

Santa Justa(after Golçalves, 1989) Location: Alcoutim municipality, Faro district, Algarve, South Portugal) Chronology: Chalcolithic Bibliog...

Rock 6 and Chalcolithic tower above it (after Gomes, 1991) Location: Montemor-o-Novo municipality, Évora district, Alentejo, South Portugal)...

Location: Elvas municipality, Portalegre district, Alentejo, South Portugal) Chronology: Late Neolithic Bibliographic references: Lago &...

As I have put it several times, heritage only exists when is socially activated and lived. Archaeology, like other sciences in general, has ...

Location: Vila Nova de Foz Côa municipality, Guarda district, North Portugal) Chronology: Chalcolithic Bibliographic references: Jorge, 1993...

Well known in Europe, wood heges seem to be missing in Iberia. But just like ditched enclosures some years ago, I believe this is just a pro...

In the following times and in the beginning of next year, Portuguese enclosures will be presented and discussed in international meetings. A...

Location: Beja municipality, Beja district, Alentejo, South Portugal) Chronology: Chalcolithic Bibliographic references: Grilo, 2007 Located...

This project developed by NIA-ERA and financed by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian is reaching its final steps (it’s a two years project – 2010-...

Here is a preliminary geophysical image obtained by Helmut Becker at Monte do Olival 1 , in the context of the NIA-ERA project on archae...

The association of ditched enclosures to funerary practices and contexts is increasing. A workshop on the matter is starting to be designed....

Location: Vila Franca de Xira municipality, Lisboa district, Estremadura, Central Portugal) Chronology: Chalcolithic (with a previous occup...

Carrascal (Porto Torrão) ditch excavated by ERA Arqueologia (responsibility of Helena Santos) I frequently ...

In this year campaign we reach the base of Ditch 6 (the inner one) of the complex of ditched enclosures of Perdigões. It is 3 meters wide at...

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“Conical” deposit of burned material inside pit; burned arrow heads; burned human bones. In several European ditched enclosures evidences of...

Plan of Castanheiro do Vento walled enclosures (after Vale, 2008-9, adapted) Location: Vila Nova de Foz Côa municipality, Guarda district, ...

Ditch and wall from Salgada (after Manuel Calado, http://crookscape.blogspot.com/). Location: Borba municipality, Évora district, Alentejo,...

A first glimpse into the results obtained by the NIA-ERA project directed by me and with Helmut Becker responsible for the geophysics.

Plan of Porto das Carretas after Soares & Silva, 2010. Location: Mourão municipality, Évora district, Alentejo, South Portugal) Chronol...

Summer solstice, seen from the chalcolithic ditched enclosure of Monte do Olival 1 . Geophysical prospection of this set of enclosures start...

Excavation area (after Santos et al . 2009) Location: Évora municipality, Évora district, Alentejo, South Portugal) Chronology: Chalcolithi...

Helmut Becker at Moreiros 2. In the archaeoastronomy of enclosures project in course, we have been using geophysical prospection to obtain ...

Walled enclosure of Zambujal (image from here ). One of the classic sites in the debate of walled enclosures in Portugal. During the sevent...

Some of the imported objects and raw materials at Perdigões enclosure: “green stone” beads; recipients and idols in limestone; gold; long bl...

Late Neolithic ditch (left) and Chalcolithic ditch (right) Location: Ferreira do Alentejo municipality, Beja district, Alentejo, South Port...

Walled enclosure of Monte do Tosco, with walls less than a meter thick (left); walled enclosure of Fraga da Pena , with walls 3 meters thic...

Lots of things can happen inside a ditch, like discussions between archaeologists, for instance. The data coming out of ditches, when conven...

It is not from Portugal (is from Jaén, Spain), but reveals one of the views develop for the Iberian large enclosures (called “macro villages...

Dog skulls in Ditch 3 of Perdigões Dog skulls in ditch 3 of Perdigões. This situation drives us to the classic problem of “is it ritual or ...