Machado, de bronze, de Bernardinheiro (Tavira)

  1. Gomes, Mario Varela
  2. Nieto Liñán, José Miguel
  3. Calado Mendes, David
Journal:
Revista portuguesa de arqueologia

ISSN: 0874-2782

Year of publication: 2004

Volume: 7

Issue: 2

Pages: 119-124

Type: Article

More publications in: Revista portuguesa de arqueologia

Abstract

A blade of bronze axe (88% of Cu + 12% of Sn) is presented, found in random and whose formal characteristics allow attributing it to the Middle Bronze Age. Some hypotheses in view of explaining its presence are placed (lost weapon, votiv spoil or ritual deposition), from the few contexts known for similar artefacts from the Algarve.