Igreja de S. Pedro (Terena).

Abstract

During April and May 2002, restoration work was undertaken in the Church of S. Pedro (Terena). The programmed renovation implied the removal and replacement of the existing floor; responding to the local Church request, the archaeologist responsible for the IPA Extension in Crato accompanied the operation. It became evident that previous restoration work had affected the subsoil and had damaged the tombs present. New data on the building’s architecture and on the nature of the tombs are presented here. Osteological analysis is limited to the inventory and description of the bones exhumed during construction. These represent solely the bones that were endangered by exposure.