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This two-volume set highlights the importance of Iberian shipbuilding in the centuries of the so-called first globalization (15th to 18th), in confluence with an unprecedented extension of ocean navigation and seafaring and a greater demand for natural resources (especially timber), mostly oak (Quercus spp.) and Pine (Pinus spp.). The chapters are framed in a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary line of research that integrates history, Geographic Information Sciences, underwater archaeology, dendrochronology and wood provenance techniques. This line of research was developed during the ForSEAdiscovery project, which had a great impact in the academic and scientific world and brought together experts from Europe and America. The volumes deliver a state-of-the-art review of the latest lines of research related to Iberian maritime history and archaeology and their developing interdisciplinary interaction with dendroarchaeology. This synthesis combines an analysis of historical sources, the systematic study of wreck-remains and material culture related to Iberian seafaring from the 15th to the 18th centuries, and the application of earth sciences, including dendrochronology. The set can be used as a manual or work guide for experts and students, and will also be an interesting read for non-experts interested in the subject., Volume 1 focuses on the history and archaeology of seafaring and shipbuilding in the Iberian early modern world, complemented by case studies on timber trade and supply for shipbuilding, analysis of shipbuilding treatises, and the application of Geographic Information Systems and Databases (GIS) to the study of shipwrecks., Volume 2 focuses on approaches to the study of shipwrecks including a synthesis of dendro-archaeological results, current interdisciplinary case studies and the specialist study of artillery and anchors.

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Uma metodologia arqueológica rigorosa permitiu-nos detectar importante sucessão estratigráfica, do período muçulmano, no Castelo de Silves. Pretendemos, neste trabalho, dar a conhecer as cerâmicas recolhidas no nível mais recente daquela ocupação (séculos XII-XIII), que incluem uma rica colecção de peças esmaltadas, de cor branca/azul, verde e castanha, vidradas, e exemplares de pastas bem depuradas, de cor bege, e de barro vermelho.

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., [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., [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.

PORTUGUÊS: O Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo é um dos monumentos nazaris mais destacados da cidade e encontra-se localizado no seu centro. Após a conquista castelhana (1492) passou para pas mãos da Ordem dos Predicatores de Santo Domingo, que al fundaram o Mosteiro de Santa Cruz la Real. Tal permitiu que este ampio espaço urbano se tenha preservado e que o seu registo arqueológicos esteja bem conservado. As últimas escavaçao arqueológicas (2002, 2005 e 2006) realizadas pelo Grupo de investigaçao “Toponimia, Historia y Arquelogia del Reino de Granada”, da Universidade de Granada, tém possibilitado a reuperação de novos dados sobre este monumento, permitindo conhecer-se a evoluçao desta área em particular e da própria cidade de Granada, quer em época medieval quer após a conquista castelhana do Reino Nazari. / ENGLISH: The Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo site is one of the most notorius nazaris in the city and it si located in its centre. After the Castilian conquest (1492) it has passed to the hands of the Ordem dos Predicatores de Santo Domingo, who funded there the Santa Cruz la Real monastery. The last archaeological excavations (2002, 2005, and 2006), lead by research group "Toponimia, Historia y Arquelogia del Reino de Granada" from the University of Granada, have been allowing the recovery of new data on the monument, which has permitted to gain knowledge on the evolution of this particular area and of the very city of Granada, both in medieval times and after the Castilian conquest of the Nazari Kingdom.