Few archaeological sites in the Americas contain high concentrations of human burials dating back to the early Holocene. The tropical karstic region of Lagoa Santa, in central …
We present here evidence for an early Holocene case of decapitation in the New World (Burial 26), found in the rock shelter of Lapa do Santo in 2007. Lapa do Santo is an …
P Da‐Gloria, CS Larsen - American Journal of Physical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The peopling, origins, and early prehistory of the Americas are topics of intense debate. However, few studies have used human remains to document and interpret patterns of …
Subsistence of the first inhabitants of the New World has been largely debated among researchers interested in past lifeways. In this article, we focus on the subsistence of these …
ABSTRACT The Botocudo Indians were hunter‐gatherer groups that occupied the East‐ Central regions of Brazil decimated during the colonial period in the country. During the 19th …
Abstract Lagoa do Camargo 1, a Paleoindian archaeological site located in southeast Brazil dated between 10.5 and 8.3 ka, was studied using a variety of analyses: artifact and …
ABSTRACT The Lagoa Santa region, located in southeastern Brazil, has been studied archaeologically since the nineteenth century. Paleoindian lithic industries in Brazil have …
Geoarchaeology is traditionally concerned with reconstructing the environmental aspects of past societies using the methods of the earth sciences. The field has been steadily enriched …
The karstic region of Lagoa Santa (eastern central Brazil) has been highly important for discussions about the tempo and mode of human dispersal in the Americas, owing to the …