This investigation intends to study and characterize the mortars and bricks from walls and floors used in the funerary nucleus of the archaeological site of Dr. Gonçalo Sampaio Street (Braga, Portugal), associated with the Via XVII necropolis of the Bracara Augusta Roman city. The diversity of the funeral structures and their exceptional state of conservation make this sector of the necropolis an unprecedented case and a reference site in the archaeology of Braga, a determinant for its conservation and musealization. Nineteen mortars samples were analysed by X-ray Fluorescence. The results showed clear chemical composition differences among coating and floor mortars (CFM), masonry mortars (MM) and bricks (B) groups of samples. The chemical affinity between CFM from the V to IV centuries, CFM from the IV to V centuries, MM from brick walls (IV–V centuries), MM from stone walls (V–VII centuries) and B from the IV to V centuries samples were confirmed by statistical analyses. Their composition was distinctly related to the use of different raw materials, according to their chronological context; in mortars, according to their function in the structures; and in some samples, from contamination.

Bone decomposition in archaeological contexts is differential and dependent on geological and taphonomic variables. The present work analyses evidences of skeletal diagenesis in 25 inhumations (3rd-4th to 5th-7th centuries) from the Via XVII necropolis of Bracara Augusta (Braga, Portugal).Bracara Augusta is located in the Minho region, Northwest Portugal. Minho’s granitic soils are characterized by high acidity. Precipitation is high in cold seasons and markedly reduced in the summer. The influence of these factors on bone preservation of Via XVII inhumations was analyzed through the comparison between graves with different structural traits (box presence, box material, sediment presence, chronology, coffin/stretcher presence or material, and cover presence or type), using the chi squared test. None of the comparisons showed significant differences in skeletal preservation frequencies. Yet, the comparison between graves that structurally limit skeletal contact with sediment (sealed/undisturbed boxes) or water flow (gable roof boxes) (100%) and the remaining graves (43.8%) presented significantly different frequencies (χ2 = 7.910; p = 0.005).The taphonomic conditions of Via XVII inhumations are inadequate for bone preservation. In graves preserving osteological material, the presence of a box structure is essential, yet only of determining influence if kept sealed or covered with a gable roof. The continued study of taphonomic factors influencing bone diagenesis will allow the preparation of archaeological excavations in Braga funerary contexts to account for the needed specialists and materials. Diagénese óssea em inumações da Via XVII (Bracara Augusta): Identificação de fatores tafonómicos e ambientais na preservação esquelética diferencialA decomposição dos ossos em contexto arqueológico é diferencial, dependente de variáveis geológicas e tafonómicas. O presente trabalho analisa evidências relativas à diagénese esquelética em 25 inumações (séculos III-IV a V-VII) da necrópole da Via XVII de Bracara Augusta (Braga).Bracara Augusta localiza-se no Minho, região no noroeste de Portugal Continental de solos graníticos caracterizados por elevada acidez. A precipitação é elevada nas estações frias, reduzindo-se marcadamente em períodos quentes. A influência destes fatores na preservação óssea das inumações escavadas na Via XVII foi pesquisada pela comparação entre sepulturas de diferentes características estruturais (presença de caixa, material da caixa, contacto com sedimento, cronologia, presença de caixão/padiola, tipo e presença de cobertura), recorrendo ao chi quadrado. Nenhuma das comparações revelou diferenças significativas nas frequências de preservação esquelética. No entanto, a comparação entre sepulturas de estrutura limitadora do contacto com sedimento (caixas seladas/não perturbadas) ou do fluxo de água (caixa com cobertura de duas águas) (100%) com as restantes sepulturas (43,8%) revelou frequências significativamente diferentes (χ2 = 7,910; p = 0,005).As condições tafonómicas das inumações da Via XVII são inadequadas para a preservação óssea. Nos casos em que se preservam evidências osteológicas, a presença de estrutura em caixa é fundamental, mas só tem influência determinante se se mantiver selada ou tiver cobertura de duas águas. A continuação do estudo dos fatores tafonómicos que mediam a diagénese óssea permitirá que a preparação das escavações arqueológicas de contexto funerário em Braga determine os especialistas e instrumentos adequados ao projeto. Keywords: Bioarqueologia; Arqueologia funerária; Decomposição óssea; Período tardo-romano/paleocristão.

A novel Family of Origin as Supervisory Resource Model that harnesses the family of origin of the therapist-in-training as a cultural supervisory resource in the training paradigm is presented. The format of the model comprises three phases: supervisor’s exploration of the trainee’s professional dilemmas, supervisor’s exploration of the same dilemma through stories narrated by the supervisee’s family of origin members, and supervisee’s presentation of a case that is an example of the dilemma. The application of this training model during supervision strengthens the trainee’s flexibility in divergent family systems and enhances the ability to handle dilemmas and to form a healthy therapeutic alliance.

The funerary/cult archeological nucleus of Rua do Raio (Braga, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula) was discovered between 2007 and 2009, under the excavation works of a necropolis of Bracara Augusta. This building exhibits a set of particularities that confirms its archeological importance. It is a construction dating from the middle of the 1st century AD, subject to two reforms, one in the second half of the 1st century AD and another in the 2nd century AD, with a trapezoidal shape and comprising ten rectangular tanks rendered with opus signinum mortars. It shows a unique architectural configuration in the city, as well as in the Portuguese territory, and the space is under musealization, together with a set of graves identified in the same archeological intervention. The present investigation contextualizes the funerary and religious architecture of the city. Its description is presented, highlighting its relevance, and an interpretative possibility is formulated.