Incremental events in the construction of sambaquis, southeastern Santa Catarina.
Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, 2000 Moundbuilding is a cross-cultural phenomenon of nearly world-wide scope. In this article some of the moundbuilding processes related to the sambaquis (shellmounds) from the coast of Santa Catarina State, Brasil, are examined, focusing on field research ...
Suzanne K. Fish +3 more
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Informative archaeological signatures at Bahía de las Ánimas, Baja California
Estudios Fronterizos, 1995 Bahía de las Ánimas along Baja California's central GuIf coast was a major focus of prebistoric activities. Here family groups relied on a rich and diverse marine and terrestrial food base close at hand.
Erie W. Ritter +4 more
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The use of the terrestrial snails of the genera Megalobulimus and Thaumastus as representatives of the atmospheric carbon reservoir. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2016 In Brazilian archaeological shellmounds, many species of land snails are found abundantly distributed throughout the occupational layers, forming a contextualized set of samples within the sites and offering a potential alternative to the use of charcoal
Macario KD +8 more
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Archaeology of Encounters in southern Brazil (Santa Catarina Coast): the late shellmounds and Jê archaeological sites (cal. 2000-500 BP). [PDF]
, 2021 Os sambaquis são a ocupação humana mais antiga e duradoura no litoral sul de Santa Catarina (7500-1500 cal AP). No entanto, a partir de 2000 cal AP, são observadas uma série de mudanças, como decrescimento da construção de sambaquis, alteração da ...
Merencio, Fabiana Terhaag +1 more
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Aspectos da ocupação Sambaquieira e Guarani na Lagoa de Imaruí, litoral sul de Santa Catarina [PDF]
, 2022 This exploratory paper, using secondary data, focuses on a stretch of the southern coast of Santa Catarina, the Imaruí, Mirim, Ibiraquera and Garopaba lagoons and their surroundings, where 99 archaeological sites have been recorded, mostly sambaquis ...
Kozlowski, Henrique +2 more
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AMS Radiocarbon Dates from Three Shellmounds in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
, 2011 This paper presents a set of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dates obtained from various archaeological samples collected from 3 shellmounds--CA-MRN-114, CA-MRN-115, and CA-MRN-328--within China Camp State Park, Marin County, California ...
Schneider, Tsim D
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The shellmounds and the Empire: excavations, theories and controversies, 1840-1889.
Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, 2001 The article analyses the first investigations about coastal sites, in the reign of D. Pedro II.
Johnni Langer
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Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, 2002 The increasing application of geophysical methods in archaeological prospecting is due to the need of efficient and non-destructive investigations. This work shows how geophysical prospecting could aid archaeological investigations in the Capelinha site,
Paula Brito-Schimmel +3 more
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Summary of shark species and body size data recorded from the Rio de Janeiro shellmounds.
, 2016 Summary of shark species and body size data recorded from the Rio de Janeiro shellmounds.
Tânia Lima (3161652) +13 more
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O REGISTRO DE MOLUSCOS NOS VESTÍGIOS ARQUEOLÓGICOS PRÉ-HISTÓRICOS DO BRASIL [PDF]
, 2019 Shellfish have been important as a subsistence item in some Brazilian prehistoric coastal cultures, but their shell has also been used as constructive material (in shellmounds along Atlantic Ocean, and as foundation material for the earthmounds built in ...
Prous, André, Pessoa Lima, Angelo
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