Contributo para o conhecimento da presença islamica em Yãbura - estudo do espólio exumado nas intervenções arqueológicas do Museu Municipal de Évora

Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em ArqueologiaNa presente dissertação dedicamo-nos ao estudo da cultura material islâmica exumada e registada nas intervenções arqueológicas que decorreram nos anos de 1996 e 1997 no actual espaço do Museu Municipal de Évora. O estudo arqueológico efectuado sobre o espólio e estruturas islâmicas encontradas, apoiado numa análise geográfica, histórica e urbana realizada sobre a cidade de Évora tem como objectivo final uma aproximação ao conhecimento da presença islâmica em Yābura entre os séculos VIII e XII

Archaeological evidence for the dietary practices and lifestyle of 18th Century Lisbon, Portugal. Combined steroidal biomarker and microparticle analysis of the carbonized faecal remains

The study of the urban context in the contemporary center of Portugal’s capital city uncovered traces of daily lives that were abruptly interrupted and utterly transformed by the Great Lisbon Earthquake on the morning of 1 November 1755. Charred organic residue was recovered from a cylindrical vessel excavated from the storage area of the town house at the Rossio square. The archaeological sample was studied through a multi-analytical approach based on microstructural, elemental and biomolecular characterization by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FT-IR), variable pressure scanning electron microscopy coupled to energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (VP-SEM-EDS), and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The residue was identified as human faeces collected in the ceramic vessel for disposal, and further analysis provided additional information about diet and the living conditions in the 18th century

Archaeological Evidence for the Dietary Practices and Lifestyle of 18th Century Lisbon, Portugal—Combined Steroidal Biomarker and Microparticle Analysis of the Carbonized Faecal Remains

The study of the urban context in the contemporary center of Portugal’s capital city uncovered traces of daily lives that were abruptly interrupted and utterly transformed by the Great Lisbon Earthquake on the morning of 1 November 1755. Charred organic residue was recovered from a cylindrical vessel excavated from the storage area of the town house at the Rossio square. The archaeological sample was studied through a multi-analytical approach based on microstructural, elemental and biomolecular characterization by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FT-IR), variable pressure scanning electron microscopy coupled to energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (VP-SEM-EDS), and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The residue was identified as human faeces collected in the ceramic vessel for disposal, and further analysis provided additional information about diet and the living conditions in the 18th century