The Ave Valley, northern Portugal: an archaeological survey of Iron Age and Roman settlement

Table of Contents

• Summary

• Image List
• List of Tables
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Background and research design
  • 1.2 Authorship
• 2. Geographical Introduction
  • 2.1 Location
  • 2.2 Geology
  • 2.3 Drainage
  • 2.4 Climate
  • 2.5 Vegetation
  • 2.6 Contemporary landscape
  • 2.7 Geomorphological assessment
• 3. Previous Archaeological Knowledge
  • 3.1 Regional introduction
  • 3.2 Cultural change after the Roman conquest
  • 3.3 Archaeological evidence from the survey area
• 4. Survey Methodology
  • 4.1 Selection of areas
  • 4.2 Field methodology
• 5. Finds Presentation
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Pottery and tile analysis
    • Pottery and tile - detailed analysis
  • 5.3 Methodological limitations
  • 5.4 The Pottery
    • 5.4.1 Introduction
    • 5.4.2 Background: previous ceramic research and the nature of the pottery
    • 5.4.3 Methodology
    • 5.4.4 The fabrics
    • 5.4.5 Chronology
    • 5.4.6 Fabric and manufacture
    • 5.4.7 Forms and functions
    • 5.4.8 Discussion
  • 5.5 Non-ceramic artefacts
• 6 Settlement Analyses
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Sites identified
    • 6.2.1 Transect 1
    • 6.2.2 Transect 2
    • 6.2.3 Medieval fabrics
    • 6.2.4 Fabrics of uncertain date
  • 6.3 Geophysical survey results
    • Fields 32 and 45 (Site 2/31)
    • Fields 155 and 156 (Site 2/22)
    • Field 254 (Site 2/27)
    • Field 289 (Site 2/17)
    • Field 516 (Site 2/2)
    • Field 628 (Site 1/1)
    • Fields 629-631 (Site 1/1)
    • Field 761 (Site 1/5)
    • Field 855 (Site 1/1)
    • Castro site at Terroso
    • 6.3.1 Discussion
  • 6.4 Statistical analyses
    • 6.4.1 Settlement pattern summary
    • 6.4.2 Distribution of archaeology
    • 6.4.3 Locational analyses
    • 6.4.4 Visibility and cost distance analysis
  • 6.5 Discussion
• 7. Conclusions
  • 7.1 Future work
• 8. Bibliography
• Acknowledgements
• Appendix: Fabric Descriptions
  • Pottery fabrics
  • Tile/Brick fabrics
• Data Sets

A digital archive of the complete survey data (including geo-spatial data) as well as all the images used in this article is available online via the Archaeology Data Service.

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