Abstract
O presente estudo procura analisar as estratégias e a organização do povoamento na encosta Noroeste da Serra da Estrela após o colapso do Império romano. O abandono de estruturas e núcleos de povoamento entre o 4.º e o 5.º século foi revelado por escavações arqueológicas, e a rede de povoamento resultante é pouco visível, com as evidências apontando para uma fragmentação ou desaparecimento das civitates romanas. O processo é acompanhado pelo surgimento de novas elites que dominam áreas mais restritas. Entre o século 8.º e o 9.º novas mudanças ocorrem: locais ocupados por elites, como o Castro do Tintinolho, são abandonado, e pontos de povoamento são fundados em zonas baixas, embora com reforço de sistemas defensivos.
This work aims to address the strategies and organization of settlement
after the collapse of the Roman Empire in the Northwest slope of the Serra da Estrela. The archaeological research has revealed the abandon of Roman structures during the 4th and 5th century. The settlement that emerges after that is still not very visible, but there are some archaeological data pointing to a fragmentation or disappearance of the ancient Roman civitates. This process is accompanied by the emergence of a new ruling class focused on smaller areas. In the 8th and 9th centuries new change occurred in settlement strategies. Elite’s places as Castro do Tintinolho were abandoned and new villages emerge in the valleys, although endowed with defensive systems.
This work aims to address the strategies and organization of settlement
after the collapse of the Roman Empire in the Northwest slope of the Serra da Estrela. The archaeological research has revealed the abandon of Roman structures during the 4th and 5th century. The settlement that emerges after that is still not very visible, but there are some archaeological data pointing to a fragmentation or disappearance of the ancient Roman civitates. This process is accompanied by the emergence of a new ruling class focused on smaller areas. In the 8th and 9th centuries new change occurred in settlement strategies. Elite’s places as Castro do Tintinolho were abandoned and new villages emerge in the valleys, although endowed with defensive systems.
Translated title of the contribution | Between the end of Empire and the beginning of the Middle Ages: changes in the rural settlement in the northwest area of the Serra da Estrela (center Portugal) |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Title of host publication | Arqueologia da Transição |
Subtitle of host publication | entre o mundo romano e a Idade Média |
Editors | Cláudia Teixeira, André Carneiro |
Place of Publication | Lisboa / São Paulo |
Publisher | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra/Annablume |
Pages | 19-38 |
Number of pages | 19 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-989-26-1353-6 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-989-26-1352-9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Publication series
Name | Humanitas Supplementum: Estudos Monográficos |
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Publisher | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra |
ISSN (Print) | 2182‑8814 |
Keywords
- Território
- Mudanças sociais
- Estruturas rurais
- Civitates
- Alta Idade Média
- Castellum
- Vilas
- Territory
- Social changes
- Rural structures
- Early Middle Ages
- Village