As primeiras etapas metalúrgicas na Pré-História da Estremadura Portuguesa

Study of the early metallurgical technology (Chalcolithic) in Western Iberia Peninsula through elemental and microstructural characterization of artefacts, crucibles and other sub-products (slags, metallic nodules).

Work performed in the framework of a PhD in Conservation Sciences by Filipa Peralta.

FCT PhD studentship SFRH/BD/78107/2011

Publications:

Filipa Pereira, Rui J. C. Silva, António M. Monge Soares, Maria Araújo and João Luís Cardoso, “Metallurgical production from the Chalcolithic settlement of Moita da Ladra, Portugal”, Materials and Manufacturing Processes (doi:10.1080/10426914.2016.1244839/)

F. Pereira, R.J.C. Silva, A.M. Monge Soares, M.F. Araújo, M.J. Oliveira, R.M.S. Martins, N. Schell, “Effects of long term aging in arsenical copper alloys” Microscopy and Microanalysis 21 (2015) 1413-1419 (doi: 10.1017/S1431927615015263)

Filipa Pereira, Rui J. Silva, António M. Monge Soares, Maria Fátima Araújo, “The role of arsenic in Chalcolithic copper artefacts - insights from Vila Nova de São Pedro (Portugal)”, Journal of Archaeological Science 40 (2013) 2045–2056 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.12.015)