Pegarinhos – 2024
October 18, 2024 Pegarinhos
The Trás do Castelo site at Vale de Mir – Pegarinhos (Portugal) is located in the Douro Valley, on the edge of a granite plateau. Numerous campaigns carried out on the site since 2012 have revealed an agricultural settlement established in the late 1st century AD and abandoned in the […]
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January 21, 2024 Pegarinhos
The Trás do Castelo site at Vale de Mir – Pegarinhos (Portugal) is located in the Douro Valley, on the edge of a granite plateau. Numerous campaigns carried out on the site since 2012 have revealed an agricultural settlement established in the late 1st century AD and abandoned in the […]
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Pegarinhos – 2019
September 19, 2019 Pegarinhos
La sixième campagne de fouilles programmées du site du Vale de Mir – Pegarinhos (Portugal) s’est déroulée du 8 au 19 juillet derniers. L’objectif était de compléter les données sur l’organisation d’un établissement rural antique installé sur les rebords d’un plateau granitique situé à quelques kilomètres au nord du Douro. […]
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January 20, 2017 Pegarinhos
The 2016 excavation season focused on the floor layers of the buildings uncovered in 2015, firstly in order to collect evidence for dating, and secondly to retrieve elements which would indicate the function of each space. Excavation of seven areas by hand revealed material (pottery and coins) belonging to two […]
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December 14, 2015 Pegarinhos
The 2015 excavations at Vale de Mir, in Pegarinhos (Portugal) provided a rich body of information about the two occupations on the site. The first occupation, which was previously represented by a rectangular stone building associated with a large retaining wall, is now well documented. This structure is part […]
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September 20, 2014 Pegarinhos
In 2014 the third season of excavations took place at Vale de Mir-Pegarinhos (Portugal), as part of the four-year project directed by Pedro Pereira and Tony Silvino. The two previous fieldwork seasons had revealed an ensemble of Classical remains located on a hillside below the walls of an Iron Age […]
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