A Characterization of Archaeological Sites in the State of São Paulo: Some Notes

Summary

This is an abstract from the "“The South Also Exists”: The Current State of Prehistoric Archaeology in Brazil: Dialogues across Different Theoretical Approaches and Research Agendas" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, different pottery producers are described ethnohistorically, and the most expansive is the Tupiguarani Tradition. However, pre-European population relationships between the Tupiguarani and other groups are unclear. This paper applies phylogenetic methods to the Tupiguarani and related ceramics based on their morphological, decorative, and technological aspects. Our analysis covers four important regions in the state: the north coast, the south coast, the central region represented by the Tietê River Valley, and the southern Paranapanema Valley. Our results reveal new patterns of cultural transmission in Sao Paulo state and highlight the interactions between Indigenous groups before European arrival. Our results also demonstrate the applicability of cultural transmission theory to generate testable hypotheses concerning teaching and learning mechanisms in the past.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• “The South Also Exists”: The Current State of Prehistoric Archaeology in Brazil: Dialogues across Different Theoretical Approaches and Research Agendas   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 37869.0