Book of the month, September 2011
LOPES, Virgílio [et al.] - O mosteiro do Monte Mosteiro. Mértola: Câmara Municipal, 2011. 47 p. ISBN 978-989-95873-7-3
Book of the month, October 2011
Olaria: estudos arqueológicos, históricos e etnológicos. Barcelos: Câmara Municipal. 2ª Série, nº 4 (2008/2010). ISSN 0873-3198
This work presents archaeological, historical and ethnological studies on pottery. In this respect, some of the themes approached in this volume are the identification of archaeological contexts, the recognition of Portuguese potters, the appreciation of traditional pottery, the definition of pottery types as well as the description of methods for preparing the clay.
Book of the month, November 2011
TORRES, Cláudio - O Alentejo agrícola: um pouco de história. Porto: Edições Afrontamento, 2011. 51 p. ISBN 987-972-36-1189-2
Book of the month, December 2011
TORRES, Nádia - O desenho na cerâmica islâmica de Mértola. Mértola: Campo Arqueológico, D.L. 2011. 173 p. ISBN 978-972-9375-32-3
Book of the month, January 2012
MACIAS, Santiago; TORRES, Cláudio; BOIÇA, Joaquim Manuel Ferreira; BARROS, Maria de Fátima Rombouts de; GÓMEZ MARTÍNEZ, Susana [ed. rev. e aum.] - Mesquita: Igreja de Mértola. Fot. António Cunha. Mértola: Campo Arqueológico de Mértola, 2011. 108 p. ISBN 978-972-9375-33-0.
Book of the month, March 2012
DIAS, Ana Carina Marques - O adufe: contexto histórico e musicológico. Faro: Universidade do Algarve, 2011. 159 p. Dissertação de mestrado em Portugal islâmico e o mediterrâneo – área de História, apresentado à Universidade do Algarve, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais e Campo Arqueológico de Mértola.
Symposium: Beja – Images of the Ancient City – 9-10 February, 2012
"In the 9th and 10th of February the Symposium “Beja - Images of the Ancient City” will take place in Beja. Among others, Jorge Alarcão, José d'Encarnação, Cláudio Torres and Joaquim Caetano will participate in the event.
The starting point is the excavations that Maria da Conceição Lopes has managed for long in the city forum. It has been a lengthy and difficult process in many respects. The important discoveries made in recent years are the cornerstone of this new starting point.
Inauguration of the FCT Historical Archive and creation of the José Mattoso scholarships
On the 19th of December, the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) opened to the public its historical archive, which has about 3.5 km of documents with information about science in Portugal. The archive consists of more than 40.000 folders with documentation from 1967 onwards, a date marking the establishment of the National Board of Scientific and Technological Research (JNICT), predecessor to the FCT.
Symposium – The Signs of Everyday Life: Gestures, Markings and Symbols in the al-Ândalus
Mértola’s Archaeological Site is pleased to invite you to the Symposium “Signs of everyday life” to be held at the Centre of Islamic and Mediterranean Studies – “Casa Amarela”, headquarters of Mértola’s Archaeological Site, on the 14th of January 2012.