Elementos para el análisis de las necrópolis de tumbas excavadas en la roca: el caso de Riba Côa
ISSN: 0211-1608
Ano de publicación: 2005
Título do exemplar: Formas de ocupación rural en la "Gallaecia" y en la "Lusitania" durante la antigüedad tardía y la Alta Edad Media
Número: 31-32
Páxinas: 83-102
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (CuPAUAM)
Resumo
The aim of this paper is the study of some patterns about the cemeteries of graves dug in the rock, which are the most frequent and eloquent remains of the post-Roman age in the Iberian peninsula. The analysis takes into account a vast area, the Western territories around the Central Chain, although it is focused more intensively in the Portuguese district of Riba Côa. The research is based on three issues: the chronology of these burials, their link with the settlement pattern and their social meaning. The result is an explanatory hypothesis that points out their connection with the communitarian structures shaped after the collapse of the Roman system.