Early and middle holocene hunter-gatherer occupations in western Amazonia: the hidden shell middens. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2013 We report on previously unknown early archaeological sites in the Bolivian lowlands, demonstrating for the first time early and middle Holocene human presence in western Amazonia.
Lombardo U +8 more
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A multidisciplinary overview on the Tupi-speaking people expansion. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolExpansion of Tupi linguistic subfamilies. Abstract The cultural and biological diversity of South American indigenous groups represent extremes of human variability, exhibiting one of the highest linguistic diversities alongside a remarkably low within‐population genetic variation and an extremely high inter‐population genetic differentiation.
Castro E Silva MA, Hünemeier T.
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Tetrapod biodiversity in sambaquis from southern Brazil [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasFishermen-hunter-gatherers of sambaquis (Brazilian shell mounds) had an intimate affinity with marine-coastal environments, where they exploited a great variety of fish and mollusks that comprise the best documented fauna from sambaquis.
AUGUSTO B. MENDES, TAISSA RODRIGUES
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Revista del Museo de Antropologia, 2013 Nuevas intervenciones en el sitio de Amourins combinadas con el nuevo análisis de materiales y estudios de perfil proporcionaron elementos para la reinterpretación de la función del sambaqui.
Maria Dulce Gaspar +3 more
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Sambaqui do Amourins: mortos para mounds?
Revista de Arqueologia, 2012 Este artigo apresenta os primeiros resultados da retomada de estudos sobre os processos construtivos de sambaquis na Baía de Guanabara, RJ. São feitas a análise e discussão dos dados de campo de Osvaldo Heredia (década de 1980) e também aqueles obtidos ...
Sheila Mendonça de Souza Souza +3 more
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Temporal variability in shell mound formation at Albatross Bay, northern Australia. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2017 We report the results of 212 radiocarbon determinations from the archaeological excavation of 70 shell mound deposits in the Wathayn region of Albatross Bay, Australia.
Holdaway SJ +5 more
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Padrões dentários, dieta e subsistência das populações dos sambaquis de Saquarema, RJ
Revista de Arqueologia, 1994 As pesquisas arqueológicas nos sambaquis da Beirada, Moa e Pontinha (coordenação: Kneip, 1987/90) revelaram que recursos provenientes da lagoa e do tnar forneceram a base da subsistência dos pescadores- caçaclores.
Lilia Cheuiche Machado, Lina Maria Kneip
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Shell sclerochronology and stable isotopes of the bivalve Anomalocardia flexuosa (Linnaeus, 1767) from southern Brazil: : implications for environmental and archaeological studies [PDF]
Revista de Arqueologia, 2017 We conduct the first stable isotopic and sclerochronological calibration of the bivalve Anomalocardia flexuosa (Linnaeus, 1767) in relation to environmental variables in a subtropical coastal area of southern Brazil.
Colonese, Andre Carlo +12 more
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Yams (Dioscorea spp.) in shellmounds and swiddens: ancient history in Babitonga Bay, Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and EthnomedicineBackground In Babitonga Bay, southern Brazil, records of yam consumption exist among shellmound builders from at least 4000 years ago. Shellmounds (sambaquis) are anthropogenic structures in the form of mounds with layers of shells associated with other ...
Dalzemira Anselmo da Silva Souza +2 more
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Molecular and zooarchaeological identification of 5000 year old whale-bone harpoons in coastal Brazil [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe hunting of large whales has shaped the lifeways of many coastal communities for millennia, yet its origins remain debated, often associated with postglacial cultures in Arctic and subarctic regions dating to approximately 3500-2500 years ago.
Krista McGrath +10 more
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