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Addressing human mobility in Iberian Neolithic and Chalcolithic ditched enclosures: The case of Perdigoes (South Portugal)

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dc.contributor.authorCarlos Valera, António
dc.contributor.authorZalaite, I
dc.contributor.authorMaurer, A. F.
dc.contributor.authorGrimes, V
dc.contributor.authorSilva, A. M.
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, S.
dc.contributor.authorSantos, J. F.
dc.contributor.authorBarrocas Dias, C.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-24T11:35:45Z
dc.date.available2021-06-24T11:35:45Z
dc.date.issued2020-04
dc.description.abstractTo access the role of mobility in the social trajectory of Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic societies in the South of Portugal (Southwest Iberia) a project was design to address the human, animal and object/raw material flow present at Perdigoes enclosure. Perdigoes, located in the inner Alentejo region, has a long chronology from Late Middle Neolithic to Late Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age (middle 4th and 3rd millennium BC). It is a large complex of ditched enclosures (with at least 16 ditches), presenting several funerary contexts, an abundance of faunal remains and significant concentrations of exogenous materials in tombs. In this study human and animal mobility are addressed through Sr-87/Sr-86 isotopic analysis. 69 individuals dating from Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic, with provenance from 9 different archaeological contexts inside the enclosures (tombs, ditches and pits) were analysed. Human data are presented along with previously published strontium isotope ratios from fauna (n = 28; Canis familiaris, Bos taurus, Sus sp., Ovis/Capra, Cervus elaphus, Equus sp.) from the same chronological range and several contextual provenances (Zalaite et al., 2018). Plant samples (n = 20) that cover local and peripheral lithologies were used for establishing local bioavailable strontium isotope ranges. To compare with the Perdigoes results, 9 human samples from 3 megalithic monuments (Cebolinhos 1, Comenda 1 and Vidigueiras 2) of the local settlement network were also analysed. The results show a significant scaled mobility of humans and animals in Perdigoes, a contextual variation between the funerary contexts within the site and a significant contrast with the individuals from local megalithic monuments. These results, combined with other archaeological data at the site, agree with the interpretation of the site as a large aggregation centre integrated in large scale interaction networks.
dc.description.sponsorshipPortuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT)Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology [PTDC/EPH-ARQ/0798/2014]
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102264
dc.identifier.issn2352-409X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/16525
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjectMobility
dc.subjectStrontium isotope analysis
dc.subjectNeolithic
dc.subjectChalcolithic
dc.subjectPerdigties
dc.subjectPrehistoric enclosures
dc.subject.otherArchaeology
dc.titleAddressing human mobility in Iberian Neolithic and Chalcolithic ditched enclosures: The case of Perdigoes (South Portugal)
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.startPage102264
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Archaeological Science-Reports
oaire.citation.volume30
person.familyNameValera
person.givenNameAntónio
person.identifier.ciencia-id8117-9E53-B540
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-5492-3810
person.identifier.scopus-author-id44261524700
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