Local shop, for local people. Resource management during the 3rd millennium BCE at São Pedro (Redondo, Portugal)

Abstract

The hill of São Pedro is located in the Alentejo Central, South Portugal, near the Serra d’Ossa. The research conducted at the site allowed to register the presence of a sequence of occupations between the end of the 4th and during all of the 3rd mill. BCE, with two fortified settlements and two of open occupation that are alternating during time. In the present paper we intend to expose the management of the resources used throughout the history of São Pedro, revealing a deep knowledge of the territory, which allowed to create a supply network that takes full advantage of the multiple local resources: agriculture, hunting, textiles, stone – flaked and polished –, ore and others.