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SYMBOLART

The pre-historical symbolic artefacts from Vila Nova de São Pedro, Portugal: fingerprinting a production center – SYMBOLART

Entidade Financiadora: Comissão Europeia – Programa HORIZON 2020
Referência: 654028
Instituição Proponente: Instituto Superior Técnico
Unidade de Investigação: Centro de Ciências Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN)
Investigador Responsável: Ana Luísa Rodrigues
Instituições de Colaboração: Departamento de Engenharia e Ciências Nucleares (DECN); UNIARQ; Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses
Duração: 1 ano (2020)
Estado: Finalizado

Resumo:
Vila Nova de São Pedro
(VNSP – Azambuja, Portugal) was classified as a production center of artefacts of different types, including prestige and symbolic items. Among these, the present work highlights a set of symbolic artefacts of a lithic nature that belong to the collection of the National Museum “Museu Arqueológico do Carmo” (MAC). In this museum, in addition to the artefacts, fragments and materials in diverse phases of processing also appear, showing the character of a VNSP-producing center. Limestone, sandstone, marble and basalt were identified as raw materials from a macroscopic characterization, pointing to the local origin of some artefacts. However, no analytical approach has been taken prior to this work.
The methodological approach applied in the study of these symbolic artefacts has to be non-destructive and included the analysis of each artefact by Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (PGAA), in order to better obtain the composition of the total sample and by Particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) performed on the surface of the artefacts and potential raw-materials. This approach contributes to the discussion about VNSP as a producer center of this type of artefacts, the origin of raw materials, as well as allows comparative studies with similar symbolic artefacts from other prehistoric sites.
Thus, this work contributes to a better understanding of the routes of raw materials, objects and symbolic characteristics of the “production center” of the VNSP during the Chalcolithic.

Artefactos cilindricos de calcário de VNSP – Museu Arqueológico do Carmo. Foto: VNSP3000.

                           

Estudos publicados no âmbito deste projecto

SYMBOLART – abordagem metodológica não invasiva para a caracterização de artefactos simbólicos de Vila Nova de São Pedro
RODRIGUES, Ana L.; MARQUES, Rosa; DIAS, Maria I.; PRUDÊNCIO, Maria I.; MARTINS, Andrea; DINIZ, Mariana; NEVES, César & ARNAUD, José M (2024) – SYMBOLART – abordagem metodológica não invasiva para a caracterização de artefactos simbólicos de Vila Nova de São Pedro. DINIZ, Mariana; MARTINS, Andrea; NEVES, César & ARNAUD, José M. (Eds.) Vila Nova de São Pedro e o Calcolítico no Ocidente Peninsular 2. estudos & memórias 23. Lisboa: UNIARQ/FL-UL, p.239-247.

Fingerprinting pre-historical symbolic artefacts by a non-destructive methodological approach
RODRIGUES, Ana Luísa; MARQUES, Rosa; DIAS, Maria Isabel; PRUDÊNCIO, Maria Isabel; RUSSO, Dulce; DINIZ, Mariana; MARTINS, Andrea; NEVES, César; KASZTOVSZKY, Zsolt; HARSÁNYI; Ildiko; SZILÁGYI, Veronika; KOVÁCS, Imre; SZÕKEFALVI-NAGY, Zoltán (2022) – Fingerprinting pre-historical symbolic artefacts by a non-destructive methodological approach, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Springer, 1588-2780.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08444-5