Mining, circulation and transformation of non-metallic geological products in the Neolithic and in the Chalcolithic of the west of the Iberian peninsula

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10402483

Abstract

This paper will successively address the main raw materials of non-metallic geological origin that were used for the manufacture of artifacts of different nature throughout the 4th and 3rd millennia BC in Portuguese territory. This is an essay that will be partially supported by case studies, to understand the importance of such raw materials, whether used for the manufacture of everyday artifacts, whether they are of an exotic nature, or intended for pieces of exception, including adornment objects and ideotechnic productions, as a result, in some cases, of long distance trade.