Holocene dryness and human occupation in Brazil during the Archaic Gap

Late Quaternary tropical ecosystem dynamics. Special issue

Auteurs :
ARAUJO, A.G.M.
NEVES, W.A.
PILÓ, L.B.
ATUI, J.P.V.
GILLESPIE, A.R.

Description :
An overview of the archaeological data produced over the last decades for Brazil, coupled with a background of recent paleoenvironmental studies, suggests that during the mid-Holocene vast areas of Central Brazil ceased to be occupied by human groups. Independent data from dated human skeletons, rock-shelter stratigraphy, and chronology of open-air sites converge to support the inference that these areas were depopulated or altogether abandoned. Paleoenvironmental data suggest that dryness events constitute the major cause behind the observed trends.


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
International Palynology Congress, 14, Granada, Espagne, 2004-07, Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 2005, vol. 64, n°. 3, p. 298-307, nombre de pages : 10, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 84 ref.

Date :
2005

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier