Optical dating in archaeology: thirty years in retrospect and grand challenges for the future

RG Roberts, Z Jacobs, B Li, NR Jankowski… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract In 1982, when Richard Klein first became one of the Editors of this journal, the
luminescence dating community was embarking on a new phase of exploratory research …

Buried in ashes: Site formation processes at Lapa do Santo rockshelter, east-central Brazil

XS Villagran, A Strauss, C Miller, B Ligouis… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The oldest case of decapitation in the New World (Lapa do Santo, east-central Brazil)

A Strauss, RE Oliveira, DV Bernardo… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Oral health of the Paleoamericans of Lagoa Santa, central Brazil

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 …

Subsisting at the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary in the New World: a view from the Paleoamerican mouths of Central Brazil

P Da-Gloria, CS Larsen - Paleoamerica, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

The cranial morphology of the B otocudo I ndians, B razil

A Strauss, M Hubbe, WA Neves… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

The “Lagoa do Camargo 1” Paleoindian site: some implications for tropical geomorphology, pedology, and paleoenvironments in southeastern Brazil

AGM Araujo, JC Paisani, TJ Schrage… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Microliths and polished stone tools during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition and early Holocene in South America: the Lagoa Santa lithic industry

JC Moreno de Sousa, AGM Araujo - PaleoAmerica, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Lagoa Santa region, located in southeastern Brazil, has been studied
archaeologically since the nineteenth century. Paleoindian lithic industries in Brazil have …

[图书][B] Geoarchaeology: The human-environmental approach

C Cordova - 2018 - books.google.com
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Early human occupation of Lagoa Santa, Eastern Central Brazil: craniometric variation of the initial settlers of South America

WA Neves, M Hubbe, D Bernardo, A Strauss… - Paleoamerican …, 2013 - u.osu.edu
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 …