A anta dos Currais do Galhordas (Castelo de Vide, Alto Alentejo, Portugal): análise química de resíduos orgânicos identificados em recipientes cerâmicos

Abstract

TThe organic content of four ceramic vases uncovered in the megalithic tombof Currais do Galhordas (Central Eastern Portugal) - a monument built inthe second half of the 4th millennium cal BC and reused in the 3th and in the 2ndmillennia cal BC - was analysed by gas-chromatography with mass detection.The vases are allegedly connected with the latest use of the monument, duringthe Bronze Age (2nd millennium cal BC). Two of them presented traces of grapesor red fruits, together with fish; the third vase exhibited animal fat remains, possiblymilk, associated with plant oils; the forth, traces of vegetable oil. The resultsare compatible with other data from Iberian archaeological sites of identicalperiod, in some cases located relatively close to the megalithic tomb ofCurrais do Galhordas.