Perdigões enclosures have a small museum located at the medieval tower of Herdade do Esporão (Reguengos de Monsaraz). In this page, images of archaeological materials and excavated contexts will be displayed. Please respect the copyrights and references.

Tuesday 20 November 2018

0003 - Amber at Perdigões

Amber bead recovered inside a skull from Tomb 2 of Perdigões. Amber beads were also present at Tomb 1, and were made of Sicilian amber. The one from Tomb 2 will be analyzed soon, to determine the provenance of the amber.

(Photo copyright A.C. Valera/Era Arqueologia)

One more evidence, among so many others, of the interaction networks of  exotic materials where Perdigões was involved in.

More information here.

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