Fontes escritas, registo arqueológico, História de África: percursos possíveis para um método comparativo

• Autor(a) principal: Albuquerque, Pedro
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/31422
• topic: Comparative method; African History; Written sources; Archaeological record; Tartessos; Territorial perceptions; Método comparativo; História de África; Fontes escritas; Registo arqueológico

The aim of this paper is to present some aspects of a comparative methodology that deals with three main themes: Ancient written sources, Archaeological record and some cases studied in African History. This comparative method tries to reach some historical explanations of the representations of Tartessos in those written sources, as well as in the archaeological processes known in some regions of the Southwestern Iberia. Analyzing historical episodes like the Portuguese presence in Angola, it’s possible to create a questionnaire for some situations represented in ancient texts and for the archaeological record. The first, and perhaps more important, aspect is the deconstruction of territorial perceptions among the resident communities by the colonial power. This deconstruction (or violent process) implied a reorganization of the resident communities, and created new identities and changes in material culture. Processes of this type can be identified in the ancient written sources.