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Copper alloys, Late Bronze, Moura, Alentejo

2008 Conservation and Restoration
Archaeological goods

Treatment of 38 copper alloy artefacts and two in iron alloy [10th-8thc. BC], from the archaeological site of the Castro dos Ratinhos (Castro of Little Mice), also known as "Outeiro dos Castelos" in the region of Moura (Alentejo), a fortified proto-historic village from the Late Bronze Age in the valley of the river Guadiana, in accordance to the research project: Study and Enhancement of the Castro dos Ratinhos*.

* Silva A. C., Rangel, L. B. 2005. Castro dos Ratinhos (Moura), Guadiana: village from the Late Bronze Age: 1st excavations (2004), Portuguese Journal of Archaeology, Portuguese Institute of Archaeology (ed.), vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 129-176.

Acknowledgements Degebe, Cultural Heritage Enhancement Association (Beja, Alentejo) ~ EDIA, Alqueva Development and Infrastructure Company, Corp.

Hoop, before the intervention.
Hoop, after the intervention.
Artefact, before the intervention.
Artefact, after the intervention.
Artefact, before the intervention.
Artefact, after the intervention.
Artefacts, before the intervention.
Artefacts, after the intervention.
Hoop, before the intervention.
Hoop, after the intervention.
Nail, before the intervention.
Nail, after the intervention.