Object: Pin
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Geological Museum, Lisbon,No. 124 (alias 206)
Site: Portugal,Estnemadura Transtagana,Palmella,Casal Parolo,Quinta do Anjo,3rd Grotto (Furna)
Country: Portugal
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 170
Width (mm): head 30; tang 4
Thickness (mm): tang 4
Associations: Other objects from the 3rd Grotto include Beaker ware, necklaces of Callais beads + a large spool shaped bead with V-perforation.
Description: Head nearly flat; tang square
Publications: E. Cartailhac, Ages Prehistoriques, Fig. 182,Aberg, Civiln. Eneol. Iberique, Fig. 76.1,V.G. Childe, Dawn of European Civilization (1925), pp. 11-8, Fig. 57, 2; scale erroneously given as "1/2"; actually less than 1/2,Also Peake and Fessure[?], Merchant Venturers in Bronze, fig. 5 c, p. 17.
Remarks: Cf. large bone pin from Casa da Moura, Cescarda (Catailhac, Fig. 116) with spatulate head.