Cardoso, João Luis2025-06-132025-06-132025-05http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/27222In the 150 years following the collection of the first fragments of bell-beaker ceramics in Portuguese territory, few studies were presented on these manifestations, with emphasis on those produced by Octávio da Veiga Ferreira (1966) and Richard J. Harrison (1977). The Author also produced several studies on this subject, which became increasingly complex as the data accumulated, This short essay corresponds to an updated synthesis on this very discussed topic, which is of interest to the entire European continent.porBell-beakerOriginDiffusionCampaniformePortugalAs sociedades complexas do 3.º milénio a.C. e a questão campaniformeComplex societies of the 3rd millennium BC and the bellbeaker questionjournal article