Based on a series of rescue archaeology projects carried out in the Alentejo region to mitigate the archaeological impact of a number of public works, an integral project is proposed. The project aims to study the Recent Prehistory funerary practices in the low Alentejo region (Beja district) and build models to the diffusion of knowledge produced over non accessible (or totally dismantled) archaeological heritage, that has been establishing and empirical revolution in the Beja district, in the context of impact assessment projects developed by Redes Electricas Nacionais (REN) and Empresa de Desenvolvimento de Infraestruturas de Alqueva (EDIA). So, using a set of eight archaeological sites of particular scientific relevance, excavated in the context of impact assessment, we intent to address and understand death management practices in their diverse dimensions in the Guadiana basin in low Alentejo, from Late Neolithic to the Bronze Age and the contrasts and articulations established with the funerary solutions known in peripheral areas of Southwest Iberia. Resulting from discoveries and interventions occurred in the context of rescue Archaeology, the majority of the sites was partially or totally destroyed or became inaccessible after the mitigation processes. The project’s implementation strategy will consider a general parallel development of the different dimensions, in order to favor their interactions, but with the necessary adjustments related to specific goals and precedent needs. Archaeological research will address the study of funerary architectures, ritual practices concerning votive deposits, organization of funerary space in articulation with the anthropological approach to human osteology. Geophysical survey will be done in elected sites, for a more global characterization at a site´s scale and archaeometric studies (namely absolute chronology) will be carried out. At the same time, theoretical work and models definition for public access to the produced knowledge will be developed and implementation options will be defined. A critique of the current situation and theoretical justification of elected options will be made, and a study of the socio-economical potentialities for implementation of those options will be based on field work.

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