
handle: 10261/38353
[PO]: Nas intervenções arqueológicas inerentes à requalificação do interior do Castelo de Silves (Programa Silves Polis), no designado Sector Sul, foi recuperado um apreciável conjunto arqueofaunístico do periodo islâmico (sécs. IX/XXIII) essencialmente constituído por restos de peixes, mamíferos e aves. Os restos ornitofaunísticos concentravam-se maioritariamente na camada 2, período almoada, conjunto que constitui o espólio objecto do presente trabalho. Para além das aves domésticas e cinegéticas mais frequentes – Galinhas (Gallus sp.), Gansos (Anser sp.), Pombos (Columba livia oenas e Columba palumbus), Perdizes (Alectoris rufa), Pato-real (Anas platyrhynchos) e Passeriformes, foi possível identificar a presença de espécies menos previsíveis, casos do Grou (Grus grus), do Pavão (Pavo cristatus) e do Corvomarinho (Phalacrocorax carbo). A análise tafonómica dos restos evidencia as diferentes fases do processamento e consumo das carcaças, revelando e confirmando aspectos gastronómicos por vezes mencionados em fontes escritas. A diversidade identificada vem enriquecer o nosso conhecimento da ambiência do meio palatino da Silves islâmica.
[EN]: Under the works carried out to re-qualify the inner premises of Silves Castle (Program Silves Polis), in the area denominated South sector, an important faunal assemblage dated to the Islamic period (9th/10th – 13th centuries) was recovered. Fish, bird and mammal were especially abundant. Bird remains studied in this paper come mainly from level 2. Such level, dated to the Almohad period, showed the highest concentration of faunal remains. Further to the more frequent domestic and wild birds – chicken (Gallus sp.), geese (Anser sp.), pigeons (Columba livia and C. palumbus), partridge (Alectoris rufa), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and passerines, it was possible to identify the occurrence of less expected species, such as crane (Grus grus), peacock (Pavo cristatus) and cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). The taphonomic analysis of the remains evidences how the processing and consumption of the carcasses was. Aspects related to eating and taste behaviour sometimes described in historical sources are confirmed. The diversity of identified species contributes to enlarge our knowledge on the palatine environment of Islamic Silves.
21 páginas, 8 figuras, 7 tablas.-- Trabajo presentado al 7º Encontro de Arqueologia do Algarve, Silves (Portugal) del 22 al 23 de Octubre de 2009.
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