People on the move: early peopling of Central Brazilian Plateau, eastern South America

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The aim of this presentation is to discuss the peopling process of the Central Brazilian Plateau through the study of archaeological sites located in the Middle Valley of the Tocantins River. The Central Brazilian Plateau is the region where there are the earliest dates available for the occupation of eastern South America; therefore, it is a crucial area for discussions on the Initial Peopling of South America. The sites selected for the present research present evidence of being occupied since the end of the Pleistocene, and thus, they have an enormous potential for discussing the age and dynamics of the occupation of the inner South American continent. The case of the Middle Tocantins area draws attention to the need for a contextual approach to studying the dynamics of interaction between human behavior and environmental variations and the need for a complex look at the articulation arrangements between the archaeological record and the behavioral interpretation. We expect to contribute to a wider discussion about the dynamic involved in the occupation process of uninhabited or poorly inhabited areas, as well as on the interactions between human behavior and environmental variations. Therefore, we will work with key concepts such as technology, mobility, territory, and territoriality.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38658.0