Table 2 LEH frequencies in prehistoric Portuguese necropolises.
Site (reference) | Type | Chronology | MNI | Skeletal piece | N | LEH Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cal BC | N (%) | |||||
Moita do Sebastião (1) | Open air | 6360–5350 | 85 | Skull | 20 | 14 (70) |
Cabeço da Arruda (2) | Open air | 6270–4840 | 110 | Skull | 64 | 26 (41) |
Cova da Onça (3) | Open air | 5880–5000 | 32 | Skull | 21 | 4 (19) |
Cabeço da Amoreira (4) | Open air | 5830–4720 | 29 | Skull | 7 | 2 (29) |
Caldeirão (5) | Cave | 5470–3540 | 16 | Tooth 33 | 4 | 3 (75) |
Escoural (6) | Cave | 4238–2626 | 109 | Tooth 33 | 36 | 24 (67) |
Sobreira I (7) | Dolmen | 3640–3380 | 6 | Permanent teeth | 5*/21 | 2 (33,3) |
Carrascal (8) | Dolmen | 3650–3350 | 14 | Permanent teeth | 8*/97 | 3 (30) |
Ansião (9) | Dolmen | 3637–3094 | 37 | Tooth 22 | 13 | 2 (15) |
Pedras Grandes (10) | Dolmen | 3510–3100 | 13 | Permanent teeth | 13*/55 | 3 (23) |
Perdigões, Tomb I (11) | Tholos | 2870–2460 | 103 | Tooth 13 & 43 | 43 & 24 | 7 (16) & 10 (42) |
Perdigões, Tomb II, Chamber (12) | Tholos | 2860–2200 | 30 | Permanent teeth | 2*/266 | 1 (0,4) |
Perdigões, Tomb II, Atrium (13) | Tholos | 2860–2200 | 26 | Permanent teeth | 3*/212 | 1 (05) |
