Abstract
This article’s main objective is to present some results of a study carried out in Castro de Terronha, located in the Union of Cardielos and Serreleis parishes, county and district of Viana do Castelo, North of Portugal. This settlement was discovered and excavated in 2000 by the archeology company Perennia Monumenta under the scientific direction of Francisco Queiroga. The text focuses on the analysis of structures and indigenous ceramic and lithic remains discovered in sector A. The seven circular structures under study correspond to probable housing structures. Three of them have a vestibule attached. These would be about 5–6 m in diameter—a device of reasonable quality. Also found was a section of wall that ends abruptly, adjoining a great outcrop. Most of the ceramic specimens in articulation with the architectures revealed numerous similarities in morphological, technical and decorative terms with that of the Late Iron Age and the beginnings of Romanization in the Cávado Basin River. The set of remains suggests this settlement was involved in subsistence activities, metallurgy and trade.
Highlights
This site was mentioned for the first time by C
B. de Almeida in the scope of his doctoral thesis entitled “Povoamento Romano do Litoral Minhoto entre o Cávado e o Minho”, where it is said that Castro da Terronha would have likely been an extension of Castro de S
Perennia Monumenta was in charge of the excavation under the scientific direction of Francisco Queiroga, and their aim was to detect structures using an emergency excavation—given that traces of occupation were found during the earth-moving work of the road
Summary
This site was mentioned for the first time by C. The site was excavated only during the construction of A27 (highway), which caused its partial destruction. (Figure 1) The excavation took place between February and May of 2000 and encompassed a set of seven sectors distributed along the south-southeast of Monte de S. Silvestre and were named sectors A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Despite these interventions, nothing has been published about these excavations that substantiate. Despite interventions, has been published theseusing excavations that this work untilthese now. The intention ofnothing this paper is to characterize thisabout settlement the structures substantiate thisin work until and spoil found sector. The intention of this paper is to characterize this settlement using the structures and spoil found in sector A
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