Prehistory of the carstic province of the upper São Francisco river valley, Minas Gerais: lithic industry of the arcaic hunter-gatherers / Pré-história da província Cárstica do Alto São Francisco, Minas Gerais: a indústria lítica dos caçadores-coletores arcaicos

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

This project is located in the carstic region (1500km²) of the upper São Francisco river valley, in the southeastern portion of the Brazilian highlands, 250km to the southwest of the well known Lagoa Santa region, State of Minas Gerais. After a period (5 years) of intensive search for sites, discovering more than 120 of them, two caves (Loca do Suim and Gruta do Marinheiro) where excavated. The objective was to prove the existence, also in this area, of archaeological material related to arcaic hunter-gatherers. For being abundant, the lithic industry produced by these pre-historic groups was chosen as main descriptive element. The analysis, based on typological, technological and chronological characteristics of the sample, points out the similarities and differences that exist between this industry and the main lithic archaeological traditions of central and southern Brazil during the arcaic period.

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caçadores-coletores lítico archaic pré-história hunter-gatherers upper são francisco valley pre-history lithic vale do alto são francisco arcaico

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