Centro de Interpretação dos Concheiros de Muge

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English name: Interpretation Centre of the Muge Shell Middens A museum about the “Concheiros de Muge,” or the Shell Middens of Muge: a group of mesolithic shell middens that are one of the most famous and important archaeological sites for the Mesolithic period. The middens themselves are not generally visitable, …

Concheiros de Muge

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English name: Shell Middens of Muge At first glance, it’s nothing but a hill. Then you see shells scattered on the ground. These are seashells …but this hill is many kilometers away from the ocean? It’s only when you look much closer do you realize that these are not natural …