Sperm-whale V-perforated buttons from Galeria da Cisterna (Almonda Karst System, Torres Novas, Portugal)

• Published in: Trabajos de Prehistoria
• Main Authors: Zilhão, João, Monge Soares, António M., Pereira Gonçalves, António
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2022
• Subjects: Bell Beaker; Portugal; V-perforated buttons; sperm-whale ivory; Chalcolithic; Campaniforme; botones con perforación en V; marfil de cachalote; Calcolítico; Botones; Buttons; Cachalote; The Buttons; cachalote; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://tp.revistas.csic.es/index.php/tp/article/view/882; https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.2022.12291

During excavation of the prehistoric necropolis of Galeria da Cisterna in 1988-1989, the remains of several individuals were recorded. The direct dating of four attests to use of the cave for funerary purposes during Beaker times. Whilst no Beaker pottery was found, a small fragment of a golden spir...