“…Current research that integrates ethnoarchaeological, zooarchaeological, paleobotanical (e.g., charcoal, phytoliths, starch grains, diatoms, pollen, and other microvestiges), pedological, and geochemical data indicate not only a systematic human adaptation to the tropical environment, but also the management and even domestication of cultigens, confirming more dynamic interactions and cultural exchanges between these ancient groups than previously assumed (Roosevelt, ; Heckenberger et al., ; Kipnis, Caldarelli, & Oliveira, ; Almeida, ; Neves, ; Silveira et al., , ; Oliveira & Silveira ; Machado, ; Caromano, ; Cascon, ; among others). As a contribution to this ongoing debate, the present study analyzes the occupation patterns of terra firme archeological sites in the Tapirapé‐Aquiri National Forest based on the spatial distribution of chemical elements in the soil.…”