PaleoTejo. Uma rede de trabalho para a investigação e para o património relacionado com os Neandertais e pré-Neandertais.

Abstract

The west of the Iberian Peninsula is an important region for the knowledge of the Lower and Middle Palaeoli- thic because it was where human dispersal westwards in Eurasia ended. At the same time, it was an ecological refuge whose diversity of resources and landscapes allowed for cultural idiosyncrasies. Although research on the Palaeolithic in Portugal began in the 19th century, its knowledge is still scarce, not very detailed and dis- persed, both in time and space. The project PaleoTejo – Lower and Middle Palaeolithic in the Tagus River is driven by three main objectives: 1) study of assemblages; 2) geoarchaeological characterization of the contexts; 3, respective dating and, finally, system- atic publication of the results. Here we present the historical framework of the investigations and the current state of the work.