http://hdl.handle.net/10174/1134 2026-04-06T17:02:41Z 2026-04-06T17:02:41Z BRANCO, Gertrudes ROCHA, Leonor http://hdl.handle.net/10174/41012 2026-02-10T12:27:35Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Climate Change and Archeological sites: the portuguese point of view Authors: BRANCO, Gertrudes; ROCHA, Leonor Abstract: Climate change is a global problem that requires a concerted response from the international community and appropriate action at the local level, as discussed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP28 - held in the United Arab Emirates at the end of 2023, or integrated into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG) adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. Due to its geographical location, Portugal is one of the European countries most vulnerable to climate change, the effects of which are being felt in the increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as droughts, heat waves, floods and storms. Official data from the Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere) show that there is growing concern about the increasing frequency of meteorological droughts in recent years, some of which have lasted for more than one wet period (autumn and winter) and one dry period (spring and summer) and have affected an increasing percentage of the territory. The 2016/2017 meteorological drought stands out for its severity, an event that worsened significantly at the beginning of autumn (on 31 October, 25% of the territory was in severe drought and 75% in extreme drought), in an unusual way and with damaging consequences for the territory. In this context, we propose to take stock of the impact of climate change on Portugal’s archaeological heritage, which, as a component of the human environment, is competing for space with, for example, agriculture, forestry and the facilities needed to produce renewable energy. These components are undergoing profound changes due to water scarcity, increased fires, increased afforestation and deforestation, and the urgent need to overcome the country’s dependence on fossil fuels.

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z BRANCO, Gertrudes ALMEIDA, Nelson J. RIBEIRO, Inês http://hdl.handle.net/10174/40998 2026-02-10T12:03:35Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Archaeological Heritage, Scientific Recording, Remains and Destruction: a Look at a Complex Relationship Authors: BRANCO, Gertrudes; ALMEIDA, Nelson J.; RIBEIRO, Inês Abstract: Over the last two decades, Portuguese archaeology has experienced a significant increase in the volume of work, mainly related to the practice of so-called Preventive Archaeology and Impact Minimisation, developed contractually in the context of projects that could destroy archaeological assets. This increase in work has corresponded to an exponential increase in the volume of archaeological remains deposited at sites proposed or approved by the authorities, understood by its legal definition as the set of movable archaeological goods, such as artefacts, ecofacts and samples, together with the corresponding inventory and other documentation produced during field and office work, which is indispensable for the handling and understanding of the context to be preserved for future memory. Our experience as researchers studying and working with collections of archaeological remains leads us to question how we consider archaeological assets to be ‘national heritage’ under the law, and what their validity actually is as a ‘scientific record’ that can replace and justify the destruction of an archaeological asset.

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Gómez-Martínez, Susana Torres, Cláudio Lopes, Virgílio Rodrigues, Clara Rafael, Lígia Palma, Mª de Fátima Fernandes, Marco Costa, Miguel http://hdl.handle.net/10174/39629 2025-11-17T15:23:29Z 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Um banho privado na Mértola Islâmica: uma interpretação preliminar no contexto do Mediterrâneo Ocidental Authors: Gómez-Martínez, Susana; Torres, Cláudio; Lopes, Virgílio; Rodrigues, Clara; Rafael, Lígia; Palma, Mª de Fátima; Fernandes, Marco; Costa, Miguel Abstract: Durante as escavações arqueológicas realizadas na Encosta do Castelo de Mértola, no mês de julho de 2023, foram encontradas estruturas correspondentes a uns pequenos banhos de época almóada (primeiras décadas do século XIII). Embora a escavação ainda não tenha sido concluída, numa parte significativa da sua área, foi possível identificar, sem lugar a dúvidas, o compartimento destinado à sala quente dos banhos e a respetiva área de serviço. Esta corresponde a um compartimento cujo afloramento rochoso foi escavado para a construção da fornalha, inserida num muro de adobes e tijolos no qual também estava encastrada uma talha para água. O compartimento contíguo constitui a sala quente, separada da anterior pelo muro de adobes e tijolos anteriormente referido e pavimentada com um solo de ladrilhos suspenso sobre pequenos pilares de tijolo, criando uma câmara por onde circulava o ar quente da fornalha. Através de um tubo que atravessava a parede, a água da talha era disponibilizada na sala quente. A área de serviço servia também como espaço de cozinha. Para além da fornalha sobre a qual se situava um forno, foi encontrada uma lareira de chão construída com tijolos. A função culinária foi comprovada também pelos abundantes restos de alimentos e loiça de cozinha encontrada no compartimento. Com o presente artigo, pretende-se prosseguir com a interpretação preliminar das estruturas resultantes da escavação de 2023 e refletir sobre a presença dos banhos almóadas da Encosta do Castelo. Para essa interpretação, consideraremos, numa primeira parte, a importância simbólica da água no mundo islâmico e a diversidade tipológica dos banhos públicos e dos banhos privados no Garb al-Andalus. Subsequentemente, apresentaremos alguns exemplos da arquitetura vernacular do Alto Atlas em Marrocos, caracterizados pela integração de banhos com fornalha na casa pátio da região, com paralelos às casas almóadas do bairro da Alcáçova. Numa segunda parte, descreveremos a estrutura escavada na Encosta do Castelo, com referência ao Garb al-Andalus e ao Mediterrâneo Ocidental, revelando as questões ainda em aberto para a prossecução a investigação.

2024-01-01T00:00:00Z Amado, Maria Teresa http://hdl.handle.net/10174/39147 2025-08-27T22:59:44Z 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z

Title: ”Idee per un Mundo Novo: La saggezza e L’Audacia, de David Sassoli Authors: Amado, Maria Teresa Abstract: In David Sassoli, intelligence and cognitive awareness are placed at the service of primordial ethical values: in the passionate defence of knowledge, freedom and commitment to the common good. His deep and strong love for life expands to the way he fraternises, speaks or acts, with a relentless lucidity and moral demand. It is this attitude, this way of exercising citizenship and doing politics, that is recognisably unique and fascinating in him. An independent person who, standing outside the dominant logic and power, attracted others by his authenticity, his example, by the inner voice of a truth, which emerges" Tutti noi europei viviamo la responsabilità di quella custodia: la custodia della democrazia e dell’Europa.

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