DISCOVERY A LINEN SHELLER IN AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSIT OF HIGH IMPERIAL ROMAN (FIRST CENTURY B.C.) IN THE NORTH OF PORTUGAL

It has been found during excavations in the Povoado of Crestelos, location the banks of Sabor River in northern Portugal, a steel artifact in remarkable state of preservation, which corresponds to a linen sheller. The archaeological stratum in which this a rtifact has been found is, chronologically, correspond to the first century B.C., in the historical period of the Roman Empire. This affirms the importance of the linen industry was in this historical period and in this region of northern Portugal. Metallographic examination of valuable information when it comes to the historical interpretation of the finding is derived, as is the existence of a level of fire in the village at that time