Carved in stone
The late 3rd millennium BC petrification phenomenon in southern Portugal challenges traditional interpretations, and invites us to explore the complex interplay between prehistoric memory and identity. Found at key mnemonic sites, like the ditched enclosures of Perdigões, Santa Vitória, and Bela Vi...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2025-01-01
|
| Series: | Documenta Praehistorica |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/19715 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832098345042051072 |
|---|---|
| author | Ana Catarina Basílio |
| author_facet | Ana Catarina Basílio |
| author_sort | Ana Catarina Basílio |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description |
The late 3rd millennium BC petrification phenomenon in southern Portugal challenges traditional interpretations, and invites us to explore the complex interplay between prehistoric memory and identity. Found at key mnemonic sites, like the ditched enclosures of Perdigões, Santa Vitória, and Bela Vista 5, these non-funerary stone agglomerations – comprising recutting infillings and a cairn – extended beyond mere functionality. They likely embodied powerful symbols, either by preserving cultural traditions amidst societal transformations or by deliberately and socially erasing past identities. Ultimately, this study examines these agglomerations as ideological tools that reshaped collective memory during the transition between the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age, shedding light on the more intangible behaviours of past communities.
|
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-a8d8c59eeefe426eb4d2a9d293c080a3 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1408-967X 1854-2492 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2025-01-01 |
| publisher | University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Documenta Praehistorica |
| spelling | doaj-art-a8d8c59eeefe426eb4d2a9d293c080a32025-02-05T12:07:08ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922025-01-015210.4312/dp.52.1Carved in stoneAna Catarina Basílio0Municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz; Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour (ICArEHB); Portuguese national funding agency (FCT), Portugal The late 3rd millennium BC petrification phenomenon in southern Portugal challenges traditional interpretations, and invites us to explore the complex interplay between prehistoric memory and identity. Found at key mnemonic sites, like the ditched enclosures of Perdigões, Santa Vitória, and Bela Vista 5, these non-funerary stone agglomerations – comprising recutting infillings and a cairn – extended beyond mere functionality. They likely embodied powerful symbols, either by preserving cultural traditions amidst societal transformations or by deliberately and socially erasing past identities. Ultimately, this study examines these agglomerations as ideological tools that reshaped collective memory during the transition between the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age, shedding light on the more intangible behaviours of past communities. https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/19715petrification phenomenonlate 3rd millennium BCsouthern Portugalmnemonic sitescultural preservationsocial forgetting |
| spellingShingle | Ana Catarina Basílio Carved in stone Documenta Praehistorica petrification phenomenon late 3rd millennium BC southern Portugal mnemonic sites cultural preservation social forgetting |
| title | Carved in stone |
| title_full | Carved in stone |
| title_fullStr | Carved in stone |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carved in stone |
| title_short | Carved in stone |
| title_sort | carved in stone |
| topic | petrification phenomenon late 3rd millennium BC southern Portugal mnemonic sites cultural preservation social forgetting |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/19715 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT anacatarinabasilio carvedinstone |