A noção de cultura material é fundamental e onipresente no estudo sobre as sociedades antigas. A literatura cientifica desse assunto é tão abundante que as vezes, é difícil lhe conferir um sentido.

The notion of material culture is fundamental and ubiquitous in the study of ancient societies. The scientific literature on this subject is so abundant that it is sometimes difficult to make sense of it.

In letter 32 addressed to Sulpicius Severus, Paulinus of Nola offers his friend several tituli to be inscribed into the religious complex of Primuliacum – “immaterial” inscriptions almost contradictions in their own terms.

Contrary to the current – erroneous – idea of the Middle Ages as a period of illiteracy, writing was an extremely important and valued activity back then.

The term ‘hoard’ generally refers to a group of objects accumulated on purpose and buried until discovery. Accumulations of coins, sometimes associated with other various forms of money such as ingots, coin blanks or scrap metal, are called coin hoards.

The history of maritime trade begins under the rule of Ptolemy II (283-246 BC), who initiated Greek seafaring on the Red Sea. Indeed, after Alexander the Great, war elephants had become part of Hellenistic armies.

In 2010, a test pit was dug on the eastern edge of the Camp de César oppidum, enabling the excavation and study of a mortar-bonded stone building 14.40 m long and 8 m wide, with a maximum elevation and stratigraphy of around 70 cm.

Grave goods found inside Early Medieval tombs have aroused the interest of many since the moment they were buried in the ground. These artifacts continued to play different roles, even after the end of the Middle Ages

What did “barter” mean in ancient societies? Back at the times when men organized themselves in simple societies, people exchanged things, products, goods, in order to satisfy a vital need

The protohistoric period in Europe is the theater of very diverse funeral treatments, from simple burial as it is most often envisaged, to cremation, including specific positioning, remodeling of tombs, recovery of bones, etc.

The knowledge of ancient societies is expressed in a significant way through funerary remains.

In the seventh century, Isidore of Seville (Etymologiae, XV, iii) defined habitation [habitatio] as having [habere] a place to live, which could be a ‘casa’ (i.e., a rustic hut), a ‘domus’ (the residence for a single family), an ‘aula’ (the royal residence) or an ‘atrium’ (a large and spacious dwelling).