Abstract
Quatro curtas campanhas de escavações arqueológicas, efectuadas de 2017 a 2020, conduziram à identificação de ruínas da antiga fortaleza de Quelba/Khor Kalba (Emirado de Sharjah), na costa do Golfo de Omã, que os portugueses, sob o comando de Gaspar Leite, tomaram em 1624 e onde terão permanecido cerca de duas décadas. A fortificação foi construída em taipa, apenas parcialmente assente em alicerces de pedra, possuía planta de forma quadrangular, medindo 50 m de lado e era protegida, pelo menos nos dois cantos voltados para o mar, por torres de planta circular. No seu interior identificámos solos de ocupação, de gesso e areia, buracos de poste de casas, fornos culinários, estruturas de combustão, lixeiras e um poço, assim como diversificado espólio, nomeadamente cerâmicas, datável entre os finais do século XVI e o século XVIII.
Four brief archaeological digging campaigns, taking place from 2017 to 2020, lead to the identification of the old Quelba/Khor Kalba (Sharjah Emirate) fortress remains, on the Oman Gulf coast, where the Portuguese, under the Gaspar Leite command, took in 1624 and they stayed about two decades. The fortress was built with mud walls, only partially laying on stone foundations, with quadrangular shape plan, measuring 50 m each side, and was protected, at least, on the two corners turned to the see, by circular plan towers.
Inside the fortification walls we have found living floors made with gypsum and sand, house postholes, ovens, fire places, dirt pits and a well, as diversified artefacts remains, namely ceramics, that we can date between the late 16th and 18th centuries.
Four brief archaeological digging campaigns, taking place from 2017 to 2020, lead to the identification of the old Quelba/Khor Kalba (Sharjah Emirate) fortress remains, on the Oman Gulf coast, where the Portuguese, under the Gaspar Leite command, took in 1624 and they stayed about two decades. The fortress was built with mud walls, only partially laying on stone foundations, with quadrangular shape plan, measuring 50 m each side, and was protected, at least, on the two corners turned to the see, by circular plan towers.
Inside the fortification walls we have found living floors made with gypsum and sand, house postholes, ovens, fire places, dirt pits and a well, as diversified artefacts remains, namely ceramics, that we can date between the late 16th and 18th centuries.
Original language | Portuguese |
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Title of host publication | Arqueologia em Portugal |
Subtitle of host publication | 2020 - Estado da Questão |
Editors | José Morais Arnaud, César Neves, Andrea Martins |
Place of Publication | Lisboa |
Publisher | Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses | CITCEM |
Pages | 2103-2121 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-972-9451-89-8, 978-989-8970-25-1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Event | III Congresso da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses - Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal Duration: 18 Nov 2020 → 22 Nov 2020 Conference number: 3 https://congresso.arqueologos.pt/ |
Conference
Conference | III Congresso da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses |
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Abbreviated title | III CAAP |
Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Porto |
Period | 18/11/20 → 22/11/20 |
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Keywords
- Emirados Árabes Unidos
- Quelba/Khor Kalba
- Fortificação portuguesa
- Século XVII
- Poço
- United Arab Emirates
- Portuguese fort
- 17th century
- well child