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Darrera modificació: 2017-08-09
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Valente, Maria João - Gomes, João de Deus - Palma, María de Fátima - Goufa, Eliana - Tété García, Cristina, "Primeiros dados sobre as faunas de invertebrados do Largo da Fortaleza de Cacela Velha (Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal): da alimentação à caracterização ecológica", dins: Medina Rosales, Nieves (coord.), VII Encuentro de Arqueología del Suroeste Peninsular (Aroche-Serpa, 29, 30 de noviembre, y 1 de diciembre de 2013), Aroche, Ayuntamiento de Aroche, 2015, pp. 1175-1190.
- Resum
- Located on the east coast of Algarve, within the Ria Formosa Natural Park (Vila Real de Santo António district), Cacela Velha was an important medieval port. The center of the current village was excavated in 2007–2010. Beneath the central plaza, Largo da Fortaleza, an Islamic house and a group of six silos with Almohade materials were uncovered. Other more recent contexts were also found, including the phase of abandonment by the Islamic occupation, the earlier Christian occupation (by the militia of the Santiago Order), and probably the 1755 earthquake. This work presents the preliminary data from the invertebrate remains collected at Largo da Fortaleza. The zooarchaeological study identifed more than 9,000 specimens with a wide taxonomic diversity, most of which are from the Islamic occupation (NISP +7,700). The majority of the species are bivalves still common in today's Ria Formosa ecosystem. The most abundant are common cockle (Cerastoderma edule), especially during medieval Islamic times; and wedge clam (Donax trunculus) and oysters (Ostrea edulis) during the later periods. Checkered carpet clams (Venerupis decussata) are not frequent in Cacela, especially when compared with other southern Portugal archaeological sites from the Islamic period. The variability of abundances in Cacela must be related with one of these causes: natural local availability of the species; preferences for mollusk collection in certain areas (lagoon or sea); or culinary preferences. The frst one seems the most likely. There are other species, such as bittersweet clams (Glycymeris spp.) or the great scallop (Pecten maximus), whose usage may not be food related; in fact, these species are often associated with domestic instruments (recipients or transporters of liquids), ornaments, fishing (net weights, in the case of the bittersweet clams), or ritual tools. In general, the collection was well-preserved and bore few evidences of burning, which may indicate a fast, light processing of the mollusks, having been eaten raw or with a short cooking time.
- Matèries
- Alimentació
Cuina i confiteria
Arqueologia
- URL
- https://www.academia.edu/23105092/Primeiros_dados_s ...
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