Experiências em Arqueologia da Arquitectura na Unidade de Arqueologia da Universidade do Minho

Abstract

The Department of Archaeology at the Universidad de Minho develops study projects and the provision of services specializing in Archaeology of Architecture, for protocols and/or contracts signed with bodies concerned with Architectonic Heritage, particularly the IPPAR, the DGEMN and city councils.
The first works began in the late 1980s, and have since taken on concepts and methodologies in the Italian tradition, filtered through Spanish experiences with CSIS researchers.
The studies have taken in various experiences, whether from the institutional point of view, from the objectives which led to the interventions or in terms of the methodological resources used. Presented here are some reflections arising from the diversity of the Department of Archaeology’s experiences in Archaeology of Architecture, especially in methodological aspects and interdisciplinary relations.