Some of the models then conceived, however, have been altered in recent years. This occurred as result of new discoveries, new interpretations and new lines of investigation of the archaeological remains, including an interdisciplanary approach between archaeology and other sciences. Pedro Barros, Samuel Melro and David Gonzalves spoke about their work on a number of prehistoric sites in the Alentejo. |
The ESTELA Project was started in 2008 and aims the systematization of information about the stalae with South-Western (or sometimes also called Tartesian) Script. This is considered by linguistic researchers to be the oldest (and still not deciphered) written form of the Iberian Peninsula (and one of the oldest of Europe), little being known about the society and culture behind it.
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The ESTELA Project is aiming to reach better knowledge between the South-Western Script stelae and the world of the living (settlements); the "cities of the dead" (necropolises); and the SW Script evidences (stelae). The councils of Almodôvar and Loulé are the major participants in the ESTELA project and was additionally supported by the Archaeological Association of the Algarve (2012) and by the German Archaeological Institute. |