Timbres Portugal 2020 Roteiro Pré Histórico 2º grupo Megalitico báculo Prehistoric Route préhistorique Megalithic archeology

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Country / Post	Portugal
Date of Issue	20/08/2020
Primary theme	History (Archeology)
Subject	Prehistoric Route - 2st Series - megalithic
Width	40.0 mm
Height	30.6 mm
Denomination	0.86 €
Number in set	4
Layout/Format	sheet of 50
Perforations	12.25 by 12
Stamp issuing authority	CTT Correios de Portugal SA
Printer	Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda

 

In the August 20, CTT will presented a philatelic issue with four stamps on the prehistoric script, from the Lower / Middle Paleolithic, the ancient Neolithic and the final Neolithic / Chalcolithic.

The stamps of this issue show the flint biface of the Lower / Middle Paleolithic (c. 300,000-35,000 BC); 

As stated by Mariana Diniz, Associate Professor at UNIARQ - Faculty of Letters of Lisbon, on the page of this issue, “it 

In the Neolithic period, in the middle of the 6th millennium BC, ceramic vases were produced, intended for the storage, confection and consumption of food, which contained a decoration where group identities were affirmed, using shells, marking flutes or drawing ears - as in the vessel of the Gruta da Senhora da Luz (Rio Maior).

According to Mariana Diniz, “

Finally, in the Chalcolithic, population growth, prosperity - and the resulting economic inequality were at the basis of a climate of conflict that marked the 3rd millennium BC. 

This philatelic issue consists of four stamps with the face values ​​of € 0.53, € 0.75, € 0.86 and € 2.00.