Neolithic Archaeology at the Penedo dos Mouros Rock-Shelter (Gouveia, Portugal) and the Issue of Primitive Transhumance Practices in the Estrela Mountain Range

• Published in: Zephyrvs
• Main Authors: Carvalho, António Faustino, Pereira, Vera, Duarte, Carlos, Tente, Catarina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Salamanca 2017
• Subjects: Neolithic; Beira Alta; Megalithism; settlement systems; livestock; pastoralism; Neolítico; Megalitismo; sistemas de asentamiento; ganadería; pastoreo; Abrigo; Alta; Baja; El Hallazgo; Flint; Invierno; Lince; Lynx
• Online Access: https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0514-7336/article/view/zephyrus2017791938; https://doi.org/10.14201/zephyrus2017791938

Located in the foothills of the north-western sector of the Estrela Mountain (Beira Alta province in central-north Portugal), Penedo dos Mouros Rock-shelter revealed a succession of three distinct archaeological horizons datable to the evolved Early Neolithic and initial Middle Neolithic, thus parti...