Paleo-Indian Evidence from Rock Shelters of the Pains Region, Southeastern Brazil: Typology, Technology and Chronology of the Lithic Material and Its Classification in Three Horizons
Author(s): Edward Koole
Year: 2018
Summary
This presentation describes the archaeological context and the lithic variability for the paleo-indian period of the Pains region, an extensive karst situated in the upper São Francisco river valley, state of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. It gives an overview of what is known for the region using evidence from four limestone rock shelter sites, with a total area of 28m² excavated, the most important site being the Gruta do Marinheiro cave (20m²), and propose the separation of the lithic material of the region in three main industries, differentiated in terms of technology and typology as well as chronology, called Horizons, that reproduce regionally, the materials and archaeological contexts found in the Central as well as the Southern territories of Brazil.
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Paleo-Indian Evidence from Rock Shelters of the Pains Region, Southeastern Brazil: Typology, Technology and Chronology of the Lithic Material and Its Classification in Three Horizons. Edward Koole. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 444107)
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Keywords
General
Caves and Rockshelters
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Cultural Horizons
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Lithic Analysis
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Paleoindian and Paleoamerican
Geographic Keywords
South America: Eastern South America
Spatial Coverage
min long: -60.82; min lat: -39.232 ; max long: -28.213; max lat: 14.775 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 21029