Project CONCHA H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017-GA 777998

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Published November 19, 2020 | Version v1
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Trabalhos arqueológicos na Cidade Velha (Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cabo Verde): reflexões sobre um projecto de investigação e divulgação patrimonial

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Departamento de História e CHAM, FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
  • 2. Instituto do Património Cultural
  • 3. CHAM, FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
  • 4. . Instituto do Património Cultural; Uniarq – Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa
  • 5. . Instituto do Património Cultural
  • 6. Éveha – Études et valorisations archéologiques
  • 7. Éveha – Études et valorisations archéologiques; CHAM, FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Description

Between 2018 and 2020, archaeological work took place in Cidade Velha, the former capital of Cape Verde, which flourished amid the 16th and 17th centuries as an Atlantic trading post for the slave trade and a support base for the ocean navigation. The excavations focused on two sites: a housing context in one of its main arteries, Rua da Banana, and the other on one of the oldest religious spaces in the archipelago, the church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário. These archaeological interventions made it possible to collect new data on the urbanism and habitat areas of the old city, when it was abandoned in the 18th century, as well as on the configuration of that religious structure. The investigation was linked to the educational program of the Museum of Archaeology, of Cape Verde.

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European Commission
CONCHA - The construction of early modern global Cities and oceanic networks in the Atlantic: An approach via OceaN’s Cultural HeritAge 777998