A ocupação pré-histórica no Médio Vouga: Contributos do programa de arqueologia preventiva desenvolvido no decurso da execução do Aproveitamento Hidroeléctrico de Ribeiradio-Ermida

Abstract

The preventive archeology program developed during the construction of the Ribeiradio-Ermida Hydroelectric Project allowed the identification of several prehistoric sites. It is worth highlighting the results obtained in the open-air stations of Rodo, Vau, and Bispeira 8, whose traces of the occupation during the Upper Paleolithic and Late Prehistory take us to a broaden understanding of the complex occupation processes of this territory during prehistory. The Pleistocene remains put forward that the Vouga was part of a profuse circulation network of goods and ideas, suggesting the dialogue between communities inhabiting different regions of the Iberian Peninsula. During the Holocene period, the region presents a proliferation of megalithic constructions and rock art sites, these sites offer new evidence documenting the emergence and consolidation of the territorial and identity dynamics underlying this monumental landscape.