Traces of historical occupation in a prehistoric site. Roman and late-antique materials of the Castelo Velho de Freixo de Numão

Abstract

During the archaeological excavations carried out in the monumental enclosure of Castelo Velho (Freixo de Numão, Vila Nova de Foz Côa), used during the third and second millennium BC, some archaeological objects of historical chronology were identified. The article presents and studies a part of this set, consisting of metallic items and fragments of domestic and building ceramics, and discusses its chronology, which can vary between the period of Roman occupation and the Middle Age, and relation with the archaeological contexts from which they originate.