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Submitted by Armand on Thursday, 16 December 2010  Page Views: 4458

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Necrópole do Pessegueiro Alternative Name: Cemitério dos Mouros
Country: Portugal
NOTE: This site is 2.93 km away from the location you searched for.

Distrito: Setúbal Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Sines  Nearest Village: Porto Covo
Latitude: 37.833714N  Longitude: 8.786782W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
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3Ordinary
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1Awful
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Necrópole do Pessegueiro
Necrópole do Pessegueiro submitted by Armand : Site in Alentejo Portugal (Vote or comment on this photo)
Necropolis of Cist Graves in Alentejo, Portugal.

The archaeological site of Pessegueiro also known as Cemitério dos Mouros is a necropolis composed of a big group of cists, located near by a Bronze Age Habitat. The site is divided in two zones and protected by fences. Graves from the Iron Age were also discovered amidst the Bronze Age habitat area. This site is located in Porto Covo, in the Alentejo coast, alongside with the Atlantic Ocean. It was identified in 1972 by the Archaeological Working Group of the Sines area. The cemetery was the subject of extensive excavations assisted by Joaquim Vilhena between 1975 and 1979. The interior of the graves was the subject of excavation only in 1985, made by archaeologist Antonia Soares Coelho and archeology technician Júlio Costa. This monument is not yet classified.

About the architecture of the necropolis
This cemetary consists of a variable number of cist type graves, all built in sub-rectangular shape, rarely exceeding 1 m of internal length and covered with lid, mostly a monolithic one. Each of them were covered with a small tumulus with the base enclosed by pillars, that defined an enclosure in sub-rectangular shape. These tomb enclosures combine with each other, giving the monument as a whole the general appearance of a honeycomb. The tumuli have been mainly constructed with land from the residential area of the habitat. The material used in the construction was dune sandstone and schist.

About the burials
In general, these graves were used for individual burials, but in some cases occurred reuses of the funeral containers evidenced by overlapping burials. The dead were placed laterally in a contracted position (fetal) and not covered with earth and in most cases were accompanied by a ceramic container. Numerous graves haven't offered any estate, although there are no signs of violation.
In the eastern area of the whole site was laid bare a Neolithic funerary monument consisting of five individual graves. Mixed on that habitat from the Bronze Age was also found some graves from the Iron Age.

Other interesting facts
- This site is also known as Cemitério dos Mouros (Moorish Cemetery). In Portugal is usual to call everything that is not comprehended or out of the norm as Moorish

- Near by you can visit the beautiful Island of Pessegueiro where is possible to see a port built in the Iron Age that was later occupied by the Romans. You can also visit the ruins of a fort built on a later period. Below it was also found traces of quaternary formations containing lithic industries from the Paleolithic era.

Links and information sources (all texts written in Portuguese):
- Portal do Arqueólogo
- PDF document from the Archaeological Studies of Oeiras (Estudos Arqueológicos de Oeiras, Vol.17 - 2009).

Note: Text by Bak_teria.

Check out also the necropolis of Quitéria and Casas Velhas.

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Necrópole do Pessegueiro
Necrópole do Pessegueiro submitted by Bak_teria : An example of a cist with pillars made of schist. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Necrópole do Pessegueiro
Necrópole do Pessegueiro submitted by Armand : Site in Alentejo Portugal (Vote or comment on this photo)

Necrópole do Pessegueiro
Necrópole do Pessegueiro submitted by Armand (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nécropole do Pessegueiro
Nécropole do Pessegueiro submitted by Maatje : Nécropole do Pessegueiro (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nécropole do Pessegueiro
Nécropole do Pessegueiro submitted by Maatje : Nécropole do Pessegueiro Dated 1500-1200 BC In the dunes close to the fort and island of Pessegueiro are two small fenced nécropoles.

Nécropole do Pessegueiro
Nécropole do Pessegueiro submitted by Maatje

Nécropole do Pessegueiro
Nécropole do Pessegueiro submitted by Maatje : Nécropole do Pessegueiro Two fenced nécropoles in the dunes of the coast near the ford and island of Pessegueiro, south of the village of Porto Covo. Dated 1500-1200 BC.

Nécropole do Pessegueiro
Nécropole do Pessegueiro submitted by Maatje : Nécropole do Pessegueiro Two fenced nécropoles in the dunes of the coast near the ford and island of Pessegueiro, south of the village of Porto Covo. Dated 1500-1200 BC.

Necrópole do Pessegueiro
Necrópole do Pessegueiro submitted by Bak_teria : In this case the cist pillars are made of dune sandstone.

Necrópole do Pessegueiro
Necrópole do Pessegueiro submitted by Bak_teria : The site in 2015.

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