Vertebrates from Cabeço dos Morros: a Mesolithic shell midden near Salvaterra de Magos, in the lower Tagus valley, Portugal

This article discusses the vertebrate remains recovered from the Mesolithic shell midden of Cabeço dos Morros on the Magos River in the lower Tagus Valley, Portugal. It is the first publication on the fauna of the (Mesolithic) Tagus Shell Midden Complex of the Magos River. The Tagus shell middens are considered key sites for investigating the last hunter-gatherers of the Iberian Peninsula because they include some of the largest Mesolithic settlements in the region and altogether represent a significant period of occupation. The Mesolithic is an interesting and complex period in Iberian prehistory because itmbridges the period in which Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers became Neolithic farmer and also because it extends over critical periods of environmental, demographic and social changes about which little is known

Estudo arqueozoológico dos restos de ungulados do povoado pré-histórico de Leceia (Oeiras)

Com este trabalho foi possível conhecer em pormenor a evolução da alimentação dos habitantes do povoado pré-histórico de Leceia, essencial à compreensão do Calcolítico em Portugal. Com efeito, tão grande número de material ósseo estudado, sendo excepcional a nível peninsular e mesmo europeu, contribuiu com informações esclarecedoras e decisivas para o conhecimento da economia e bases de subsistência de uma população que já manipulava o meio ambiente através da agricultura e da criação de espécies domésticas; o sucesso desta economia agro-pastoril encontra-se expresso, no que a este trabalho diz respeito, pelo aumento de restos de grandes mamíferos identificados, desde o Neolítico Final ao Calcolítico Pleno.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Beneficial hemodynamic effects of inhibiting ANP catabolism in congestive heart failure

Pepper, Beverly (escultora)Primer pla de l'obra. També conegut com a "Cel caigut, Espiral arbrada", realitzat amb ceràmica

What did the romans and moslems eat in Conimbriga (Portuga)? : the animal bones from the 1990`s excavations

Conferência realizada em Lisboa na Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa de 8–9 Março de 2012The 1992 and 1993 excavations of Roman to Medieval layers of Conimbriga, in central Portugal, uncovered a Roman amphitheatre that pre-dated the Late Roman wall. Layers dated to the late Roman (3rd - 4th Cent. AD), late Antiquity (6th-7th Cent. AD) and Islamic (7th-11th Cent. AD) periods were also exposed. Almost 3000 animal bones were recovered. Because faunal assemblages are scarce in central Portuguese Roman to Medieval sites, particularly for the Moslem period, these bones presented a unique opportunity to compare Roman and Moslem dietary preferences, the non-food uses of animals, and livestock breeding practices. Mammal bones, particularly cattle, dominated the assemblage, followed by pig and sheep. The presence of wild boar within Moslem contexts suggests that the religious dietary rules were not strictly applied. The presence of wild boar as well as rabbit and red deer, further provide evidence for hunting