A regional settlement model for the sambaquis (shellmounds) society from the southern
coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil, is presented in this paper, which has evolved between 6000 …

The emergence of plant-based economies have dominated evolutionary models of Middle
and Late Holocene pre-Columbian societies in South America. Comparatively, the use of …

Between 13,000 and 8000 14C BP, eastern South America was settled by a stable and
diversified population of hunter–gatherers. Archaeological excavation in the past twenty …

Sambaquis (the Brazilian term for shell mounds, derived from the Tupi language) are widely
distributed along the shoreline of Brazil and were noted in European accounts as early as …

The history of human occupation in Brazil dates to at least 14 kyr BP, and the country has the
largest record of early human remains from the continent. Despite the importance and …

Climate variations and historical land use had a major impact on landscape development in
the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica). In southeast Brazil, rainforest expanded under …

As primeiras evidências arqueológicas a respeito do povoamento do litoral brasileiro
durante a pré-história são a expansão de povos associados a sítios arqueológicos …

Apesar da existência de contatos entre planalto e litoral brasileiros ser atualmente quase
um consenso entre os arqueólogos nacionais, não há muita certeza de como teria se dado …

This work is dedicated to the registration and interpretation of ceramic activity of the Alto
Vale do Ribeira practised in the cities of Apiaí, Barra do Chapéu, Itaoca and Bom Sucesso …

During the early Holocene two main paleoamerican cultures thrived in Brazil: the Tradição
Nordeste in the semi-desertic Sertão and the Tradição Itaparica in the high plains of the …