Food and diet of the pre-Columbian mound builders of the Patos Lagoon region in southern Brazil with stable isotope analysis

Chanca, Ingrid; Borges, Caroline; Colonese, André Carlo; Macario, Kita C. D.; Fontanals-Coll, María; Anjos, Roberto dos; Muniz, Marcelo Costa; Pereira, Renan Vaz; Talamo, Sahra; Milheira, Rafael Guedes

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2021.105439

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“…Several lines of evidence indicate that pre-European coastal communities were able to extract volumes of sh comparable to or greater than subsistence catches in recent times 39 . Stable isotopes analyses also revealed that sh consumption per capita (contribution of marine protein to individual diet) was higher among pre-European communities 37,38,57,82 compared to local modern populations in coastal Brazil 83-85 .…”

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“…Genidens barbus, Bagre bagre, Notarius grandicassis) were predominantly targeted in the past. They possibly formed large populations in coastal lagoons and estuaries, providing humans with an abundant and reliable supply of marine proteins year-round 37,38 .…”

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“…Indigenous groups have exploited coastal environments in the Atlantic Forest and Pampa biomes of southern Brazil since at least the Middle Holocene 37,38 , leaving behind thousands of archaeological sites containing large amounts of sh remains 39 . Archaeological sh remains are largely the product of economic strategies and related cultural practices, and thus provide the most direct evidence of which species have been exposed to shing pressures in the past and over long timescales.…”

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Bridging archaeology and marine conservation in the Neotropics

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Anthropogenic impacts on tropical and subtropical coastal environments are increasing at an alarming rate compromising ecosystem function, structure and services. Understanding the scale of marine population decline and diversity loss requires a long-term perspective that incorporates information from a range of sources. The Southern Atlantic Ocean, however, represents a major gap in our understanding of pre-industrial marine species composition. Here we contribute to fill this gap by performing an extensive review of the published data on Middle and Late Holocene marine fish composition along the southern coast of Brazil. This region preserves archaeological sites that are unique archives of past socio-ecological systems and of pre-European biological diversity. We assessed snapshots of species compositions and relative abundances spanning the last 5000 years, and modelled differences in species’ functional traits between archaeological and modern fisheries. We found evidence for both generalist and specialist fishing practices in pre-European times, with large body size and body mass caught regularly over hundreds of years. Comparison with modern catches revealed a significant decline in these functional traits, possibly associated with overfishing and the escalating human impacts in recent times.

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“…Site ID corresponds to number shonw on the map of Figure 1 . Relative Age Total number of analyzed specimens IsoArcH platform ID Site ID Site Name [Reference] Brazilian State Latitude (WGS 84) Longitude (WGS 84) Lower Limit Upper Limit Age System Human Animal Plant 1 50 Armação do Sul [4] , [5] , [6] Santa Catarina –27.75089 –48.502028 3065 1275 cal BP 48 18 2 34 Capelinha 1 [ 7 , 8 ] São Paulo –24.83575 –48.243917 10180 6850 cal BP 1 3 66 Pontal da Barra - PSG-07 [9] , [10] , [11] Rio Grande do Sul –31.77954 –52.234708 2027 1016 cal BP 1 10 4 35 Forte Marechal Luz [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] Santa Catarina –26.16642 –48.529331 1178 739 cal BP 32 5 5 48 Praia da Tapera [ 5 ...…”

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Stable isotope data and radiocarbon dates from Brazilian bioarchaeological samples: An extensive compilation

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“…Nessa última fase, foi percebido um contato cultural com grupos Guarani até o período colonial. Do ponto de vista arqueofaunístico, é possível pensar em sítios com características pesqueiras em ambientes estuarinos (Chanca et al, 2021;Garcia & Milheira, 2011;Milheira et al, 2016;Silva et al, 2006;Schmitz, 1976;Schmitz et al, 2006;Ulguim, 2018). Os sítios meridionais estão dispersos ao redor das lagoas Mirim, Mangueira e de seus tributários (municípios de Santa Vitória do Palmar, Rio Grande do Sul, e, no Uruguai, na região de Tremta y Tres e no alto curso do rio Negro), com data basal de 5.000 anos AP (Bracco et al, 2008).…”

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Estratigrafia e zooarqueologia de cerritos de Santa Vitória do Palmar, Rio Grande do Sul. Novos dados sobre o sítio RS-158: Alberto Talayer

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Resumo Este estudo visa apresentar os resultados estratigráficos e zooarqueológicos do sítio arqueológico RS-158: Alberto Talayer, localizado no município de Santa Vitória do Palmar, Rio Grande do Sul. O objetivo é revisar as informações estratigráficas das campanhas de escavação dos anos 1970 e apresentar novos resultados zooarqueológicos e estratigráficos da escavação realizada em 2014. Os dados estratigráficos indicam que as ocupações desse sítio possuem uma sequência com mais de 2 metros de profundidade, com cinco camadas e indícios de diferentes níveis de ocupação (níveis arqueológicos IIa e IIIa), marcadas por períodos pré-cerâmico e cerâmico (tradição Vieira). Nos dois montículos que compõem o sítio arqueológico RS-158, a caça de mamíferos teria sido a principal atividade econômica, se destacando com a abundância do veado-campeiro. O problema relativo à sobreposição de diferentes níveis arqueológicos em uma estrutura antrópica encontra nesse estudo um contributo direto com o estabelecimento de variados níveis de ocupação e sua correlação entre os diferentes montículos. Assim, o sítio apresenta características específicas do ambiente no qual se localiza, com interações com os ecossistemas pampeanos, como campos sulinos, rios e lagoas.

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Food and diet of the pre-Columbian mound builders of the Patos Lagoon region in southern Brazil with stable isotope analysis

Cited by 11 publications

References 69 publications

Bridging archaeology and marine conservation in the Neotropics

Bridging archaeology and marine conservation in the Neotropics

Stable isotope data and radiocarbon dates from Brazilian bioarchaeological samples: An extensive compilation

Estratigrafia e zooarqueologia de cerritos de Santa Vitória do Palmar, Rio Grande do Sul. Novos dados sobre o sítio RS-158: Alberto Talayer

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