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Castro of Zambujal

Chalcolithic fortified settlement in Portugal

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The Castro of Zambujal (Portuguese: Castro do Zambujal) is a Chalcolithic age archeological site in the municipality of Torres Vedras in the western litoral area of the Centro Region, Portugal. The Zambujal Castro is one of the most important Copper Age settlements in the peninsula of Lisbon, and whose culture lasted until the beginning of the agrarian periods of Iberian history. Apart from being the most northerly discovered Copper Age site in Portugal, it went through two main building phases: an import-oriented phase and the second associated with the Beaker culture. Most of the artefacts discovered at the site are stored and displayed in the Leonel Trindade Municipal Museum, Torres Vedras.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Discovery

1932

Initial excavations

1944; 1959–1961

German-funded excavations (1964–1973)

1964–1973

New fieldwork (1994–1995)

1994–1995

First occupation

beginning of the 3rd millennium BC

Site protection purchase

2006

Import trade period

3000–1700 BC

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Country

Portugal

Coordinates

39.07° N, -9.29° E