Portugal 1001 Sights
An Archaeological and Historical Guide

James M. Anderson and M. Sheridan Lea

About the Book

This book is for the traveller/reader who wants to learn more about Portugal in its historical context. Use it as a field manual to see all you can of the ancient heritage and as a handy reference if you cannot visit the sites but wish to know more of what Portugal has to offer than can be found in other travel books.

This unique archaeological and historical guidebook introduces the reader and the traveller to the foundations of the modern state from the earliest period down to mediaeval times and includes maps and photos. Historical sites are identified, described and located in relation to their historical period and guides are provided to their in situ remains. Travel with the authors to visit Paleolithic rupestrian paintings, ancient Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age fortified villages, tombs (dolmens, tholos, cists), Celtic (Iron Age) settlements or castros, Roman towns, villas and necropoli, Paleo-Christian churches and cemeteries, and Moslem castles.

Companion volume to Spain 1001 Sights: An Archaeological and Historical Guide. Purchase both volumes for only $35.00.

About the Authors

James M. Anderson has resided in Portugal and Spain periodically for ten years. He designs and accompanies adult education tours for both the University of Calgary and the University of British Columbia.
M. Sheridan Lea has resided in Portugal and Spain periodically for ten years.

Table of Contents

Part One: Historical Background

1. Paleolithic Period
2. Mesolithic Period
3. Neolithic Period
4. Megalithic Structures
5. Chalcolithic Period or Copper Age
6. Bronze Age
7. Pre-Roman Iron Age Peoples
8. Phoenicians and Greeks
9. Roman Lusitania
10. Barbarian Tribes
11. Early Christian and Visigothic Art and Architecture
12. Moslem Conquest and Christian Reconquest
13. Birth of the Nation
14. Luso-Jewish Communities
15. Ceramic Material
16. Chronological Table
17. Conclusion

Part Two: Sites and Sights

• Northern Portugal
• Central Portugal
• Southern Portugal

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