Cervídeos como fonte de matéria-prima para produção de artefatos: Estudos de caso em três sítios arqueológicos associados a grupos caçadores-coletores do sudeste e sul do Brasil

Mingatos, Gabriela Sartori; Okumura, Mercedes

doi:10.1017/laq.2020.4

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“…The Cervidae are the main vertebrate family found in the studied material and being a macrovertebrate (weighing more than 5 kg, after Behrensmeyer, 1991), probably most (if not all) of the material is the result of hunting. The main hypothesis is that these human groups preferred Cervidae not only in terms of subsistence, but also in terms of raw materials for making bone tools (Mingatos and Okumura, 2020). The three species that occur at Lapa do Santo are Mazama americana , M. gouazoubira and Ozotoceros bezoarticus .…”

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“…5F). Although a mixed origin cannot be completely ruled out, the fact that such animals provided a great resource (at least) in terms of meat (Mingatos and Okumura, 2016) and bone tools (including antlers used as 'soft' hammerstones for making stone tools, as well as metapodials modified to be used as bone tools; Mingatos and Okumura, 2020) supports our hypothesis that most of these animal remains were the result of human hunting activities, although some episodes of deposition due to natural death or other predator activity cannot be completely ruled out, especially during the period of human abandonment of the site.…”

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“…A total area of 44 m² was excavated and some of the excavation units reached more than 4 m in depth (Araújo et al ., 2012). The site is an anthropogenic deposit that has yielded a variety of materials, including lithic artefacts, human burials and faunal remains (Araújo et al ., 2018; Mingatos and Okumura, 2016, 2020; Strauss et al ., 2015, 2016). However, few analyses have been carried out on the faunal remains (Mingatos and Okumura, 2016, 2020) and none in the ‘trench’ area (L24–L32, Fig.…”

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“…The site is an anthropogenic deposit that has yielded a variety of materials, including lithic artefacts, human burials and faunal remains (Araújo et al ., 2018; Mingatos and Okumura, 2016, 2020; Strauss et al ., 2015, 2016). However, few analyses have been carried out on the faunal remains (Mingatos and Okumura, 2016, 2020) and none in the ‘trench’ area (L24–L32, Fig. 1B), despite the large amount of vertebrate remains recovered.…”

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Taxonomic analysis of the Quaternary archaeofauna found at The Lapa do Santo site, Lagoa Santa region, Brazil

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Figueiredo

Mingatos

et al. 2021

J Quaternary Science

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The Lapa do Santo archaeological site, located in the Lagoa Santa region, Brazil, represents an important hunter‐gatherer occupation dated from the Early and Middle Holocene. Prior studies of archaeofauna dating to this period are few and most of them only provide basic faunal identification with limited information on taphonomic processes. The main goal of this study is to identify the archaeofauna, record the taphonomic processes, and make inferences about its natural (interpreted as the death of the animal in the rockshelter area due to natural causes or due to predation) or anthropic origins. No extinct species (including megamastofauna) were identified. Taxonomic analysis indicated that most faunal remains consist of taxa that may be of mixed origin (natural or anthropic), such as microvertebrates and carnivorous mammals. The Cervidae are the main vertebrate family found in the studied material and these are likely the result of hunting. The Cervidae Ozotoceros support the presence of a fauna that is typical of savannah environments, although the assemblage contains mostly generalist fauna that can thrive in a variety of environments. Very few remains showed clear evidence for taphonomic processes related to human interaction, such as burnt bones.

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Taxonomic analysis of the Quaternary archaeofauna found at The Lapa do Santo site, Lagoa Santa region, Brazil

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Mingatos

et al. 2021

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“…In the case of the lowlands of southeastern South America, many studies have been devoted to discussing the initial human occupation in the periods of Early Holocene and Late Pleistocene (Miller Jr;1968;Neves and Hubbe, 2005;Buchanan et al 2007;Araujo 2015;Araujo, 2014 andHadler et al 2013; Moreno de Sousa, 2019) based on lithics human artifacts (Moreno de Sousa, 2019), bone artifacts (Mingatos and Okumura, 2020), and human skeletons (Hubbe et al 2014), linked to 14C, OSL and TL ages prior to 8 ka. Such material remains have been interpreted as evidence of early huntergatherer, of a time prior to Tupi and Jê farmers and ceramists.…”

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Early human-Earth interactions and the initial peopling of the lowlands of southeastern South America (São Paulo, Brazil)

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Sousa³

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Rev. Bras. Geog. Fis.

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Aiming to contribute to discussions of early (>8 thousand years ago) human-Earth interactions on South America, an integrated analysis was carried out between geological, geomorphological, paleoenvironmental and archaeological data in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Despite the climatic fluctuations registered in São Paulo during Early Holocene (11.5-8.0 thousand years ago), human occupation (evidenced by flaked rock tools, anthropogenic sedimentary deposits and human skeletons linked to 14C and OSL ages prior to 8 thousand years ago) remained present there throughout the period and without major changes along time in the technological attributes of at least part of their lithic industries, suggesting resilience of such early humans groups in the face of these environmental changes. It was found that around 8,5 thousand years ago, human occupation was present in all the major geomorphological-geological domains of São Paulo State, considered representative of the physical landscape units of the southeastern South America, even though each of them had different availability of attributes valued by the hunter-gatherer ways of life, suggesting significant adaptive capacity to different contexts of the physical environment by these ancient human groups. Also, it was registered that early human settlements are more numerous and older (>10 thousand years ago) in one of the state relief domains: the Cuestas (a transition between two major geomorphological domains of southeastern South America), characterized by the high availability of rocky outcrops of geological units of good capability for manufacturing of stone tools macroscopically similar to the raw materials of many of the artifacts found on such early settlements, highlighting the importance that sources of lithic materials had in the way of life of these ancient populations. Regardless of the different landscape provinces in which they are inserted, most of these ancient human occupations are located in places of relative similar altitudes, inclinations, drainages and proximity (>16 km) of sources of lithic raw materials (e.g, flint, sandstones and quartz found at in situ rocky outcrops and/or gravels fluvial deposits) that strong resembles those of the ancient artifacts, suggesting similar strategies to insert themselves in different geomorphological and geological contexts.

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Americas, South: Peopling Stage

Moreno

López

2023

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Cervídeos como fonte de matéria-prima para produção de artefatos: Estudos de caso em três sítios arqueológicos associados a grupos caçadores-coletores do sudeste e sul do Brasil

Cited by 7 publications

References 36 publications

Taxonomic analysis of the Quaternary archaeofauna found at The Lapa do Santo site, Lagoa Santa region, Brazil

Taxonomic analysis of the Quaternary archaeofauna found at The Lapa do Santo site, Lagoa Santa region, Brazil

Early human-Earth interactions and the initial peopling of the lowlands of southeastern South America (São Paulo, Brazil)

Americas, South: Peopling Stage

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