Machado, de bronze, de Bernardinheiro (Tavira)

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

ISSN: 0874-2782

Ano de publicación: 2004

Volume: 7

Número: 2

Páxinas: 119-124

Tipo: Artigo

Outras publicacións en: Revista portuguesa de arqueologia

Resumo

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.