Researchs in Sector L1 of the Complexo Arqueológico dos Perdigões (Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal): Chronology and Temporality of two Chalcolithic Pit Enclosures (F1 and F2)

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The University of Malaga –uma– has from 2008 to 2016 carried out a number of archaeological activities at the Complexo Arqueológico dos Perdigões, Reguengos de Monsaraz, in the Portuguese Alentejo. These include geophysical surveys, extension excavations and several trial trenches in Sector l1. The present paper aims at discerning spatio-temporal relationships between two large Prehistoric ditched enclosures –f1 y f2–. Methodologically, we first distinguish between chronology –longue durée doxa Braudel– and temporality –series b of events in time doxa McTaggart/Ingold–, two different but complementary concepts for a correct historical approach to the phenomenon of ditched enclosures. Then, based on an extensive radiometric series, a detailed examination of their fills and stratigraphic relationships between neighbouring structures, we identify a late construction phase of this monumental ditched architecture in the 3rd quarter of the 3rd millennium bc. We reflect on the use of radiocarbon dating and statistical programs in contexts as complex as ditched enclosures and their particular conditions of filling.
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Márquez-Romero, J. E. ., Caro, J. L. ., & Suárez-Padilla, J. (2022). Researchs in Sector L1 of the Complexo Arqueológico dos Perdigões (Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal): Chronology and Temporality of two Chalcolithic Pit Enclosures (F1 and F2). Zephyrvs, 89, 57–83. https://doi.org/10.14201/zephyrus2022895783

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