2014 # 6

2014-14–REIS

THE MESOLITHIC – NEOLITHIC TRANSITION
ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN PORTUGUESE COAST:

Preliminary Data on the Shellmidden of Paço Velho 2

Helena REIS

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Abstract

The Portuguese south-western coast was a pivotal point of social interactions between hunter-gatherers and Neolithic communities (~6500-4000 BC). Despite being located between two central areas on the debate of the neolithisation process in Portugal, the south-western coast and the Mira valley have occupied a peripheral place on the investigation. The present investigation research was developed under a master thesis study which aim was to analyse the territory of those communities, as well as searching for their settlement patterns. The identification of a new Mesolithic site on this region, Paço Velho 2, reveals some characteristic details of the lives of the last hunter-gathers communities of the southern Portugal.

To cite this article

Reis H., 2014 – The Mesolithic – Neolithic Transition on the South-Western Portuguese Coast: Preliminary Data on the Shellmidden of Paço Velho 2, in Henry A., Marquebielle B., Chesnaux L., Michel S. (eds.), Techniques and Territories: New Insights into Mesolithic Cultures, Proceedings of the Round table, November 22-23 2012, Maison de la recherche, Toulouse (France), P@lethnology, 6, 153-159.