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Details for Artifact 1576

Museu Antropológico (Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra)
Portugal > Leiria > Ansião > > DEA-Dolmen junto à estrada de Ansião
Images Plaque: slate, Leiria (Photo courtesy of Ana Maria Silva and John Willman)
Photo courtesy of Ana Maria Silva and John Willman
Cardoso, J.L., 2015. Na Estremadura do Neolítico Antigo ao Neolítico Final: contributos de um percurso pessoal. Estudos Arqueológicos de Oeiras, 22, pp.93-138.

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Formal Data Raw Material: slate
Height: cm
Weight: g
Condition: complete
Life Stage: reused
Form: composite
Structure: bipartite
No. of Engraved Sides: regular
Perforations: 2
Perforation Form: biconical
Major Type: Recycled Piece
Plaque Details
Strap Shape: straight
Strap Angle: vertical
No. Left Straps: 3
No. Right Straps: 3
Collar Shape: n.a.
Collar Fill: n.a.
Other Top Motifs:
straps
ocular
Bands: 0
Structure: simple
Registers: 05
Elements: triangle
Iterations: 5, 6, 6, 6, 7
Engraving Style: regular
Specific Markers:
General Markers:
Photo courtesy of Ana Maria Silva and John Willman
 
Miscellany Site also known as Quinta das Lagoas. Plaque appears to have been a recycled Classic, as straps go right up to edge of shoulder. Question re: ‘bacula’-like ding on top. intentional? photographed by John Willman in Dec. 2021 (courtesy of Ana Maria Silva). In Cardoso and Vilaça 2020 (Uma placa de xisto reaproveitada da Lapa do Fumo (Sesimbra), in Akra Barbarion. Sesimbra, cultura e património, 4, pp.13-30 - authors mention this being recycled.
 
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