This research comes to contextualize the process of formation of the archaeological record of hun... more This research comes to contextualize the process of formation of the archaeological record of hunter-gatherer groups in semi-arid environments with a case study about the area of sites Várzea do Boi I, II and III, located in the current limits of Tauá, in the southwest from Ceará. On account of its genesis environmental and inappropriate uses of the landscape, this city has a high susceptibility to desertification. In this scenario different geomorphological processes contribute to the erosion and destruction of environmental dynamics and, consequently, the archaeological contexts. Through an geoarchaeological approach which considers the archaeological record as a dynamic origin, fragmented and current processes were investigated syn and postdepositional processes of origin environmental and cultural that created and modified over time, the current time-context of the sites. The data that supported this research are formed by rescue and file processing information about the archaeological campaign conducted in 2006, as well as the analysis of the collection of lithic industry, use of resources of remote sensing and GIS techniques, field trips, photographic images and environmental studies. Thus, we intended to contribute to the inclusion of Ceará in archaeological research, to promote the rescue and dissemination of primary data, share the paths used in the interpretations, and mainly, to discuss about the interference of agents and postdepositionals processes on the archaeological sites and its influence on the study of collections.
RESUMO: Todas as sociedades adotam algum procedimento para dar um destino aos seus mortos. Esses ... more RESUMO: Todas as sociedades adotam algum procedimento para dar um destino aos seus mortos. Esses procedimentos envolvem ações realizadas na preparação do morto e na destinação final do seu corpo. Em algumas sociedades, as práticas envolvem complexos e extensos rituais. Compartilhando da ideia que os vestígios funerários constituem os remanescentes dos rituais funerários, este artigo apresenta uma caracterização inicial das práticas funerárias dos grupos ceramistas do sítio pré-histórico Serra do Evaristo I, localizado no Município de Baturité, norte do Ceará, Brasil. O estudo foi realizado por meio da análise dos remanescentes ósseos, acompanhamentos do contexto arqueológico de seis deposições funerárias. Como resultados são apresentados, de forma preliminar, os elementos de recorrência que caracterizariam as práticas funerárias naquele sítio como o enterramento individual e primário, e o uso de vasilhas cerâmicas com a função de urna funerária. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Práticas Funerárias. ...
Todas as sociedades adotam algum procedimento para dar um destino aos seus mortos. Esses procedim... more Todas as sociedades adotam algum procedimento para dar um destino aos seus mortos. Esses procedimentos envolvem acoes realizadas na preparacao do morto e na destinacao final do seu corpo. Em algumas sociedades, as praticas envolvem complexos e extensos rituais. Compartilhando da ideia que os vestigios funerarios constituem os remanescentes dos rituais funerarios, este artigo apresenta a caracterizacao das praticas funerarias dos grupos ceramistas do sitio pre-historico Serra do Evaristo 1, localizado no Municipio de Baturite, norte do Ceara, Brasil. O estudo foi realizado por meio da analise dos remanescentes osseos de seis deposicoes funerarias e da caracterizacao das praticas funerarias. Como resultados sao apresentados elementos de recorrencia que caracterizam as praticas funerarias naquele sitio como o enterramento individual e primario, e o uso de vasilhas cerâmicas com a funcao de urna funeraria.
En la zona Serra do Evaristo I, localizada en el municipio de Baturité, en Ceara, nordeste de Bra... more En la zona Serra do Evaristo I, localizada en el municipio de Baturité, en Ceara, nordeste de Brasil, fueron identificadas urnas funerárias, en las cuales se recogieron fragmentos de carbón y huesos humanos bien conservados, además de material lítico y faunístico. Para estos materiales fué obtenida una datación radiocarbónica (14C), a partir de carbón, de 670+- 30 BP (BETA – 328350). Este estudio tiene como finalidad la recuperación de los macro- (carbónes) y microvestigios vegetales (granos de polen, fitolitos y granos de almidon), contenidos tanto en las vasijas cerámicas como en los sedimentos encontrados en su interior. En este sentido fueron aplicadas técnicas de procesamiento químico y análisis de microscopia en luz blanca transmitida y polarizada. Se espera que a partir de esos datos se pueda levantar una hipótesis sobre los hábitos alimentarios, el cultivo y manejo de vegetales y inferir sobre el contexto paleoambiental del periodo de ocupación de esos grupos.
The first cultural traces of ancient pottery towns in the Serra de Baturité are presented. The po... more The first cultural traces of ancient pottery towns in the Serra de Baturité are presented. The pollen spectrum of sediments reveals a mosaic of moist mountainous vegetation, xerophytes, annual nitrophilous, hygrophilous and bog plants. Useful pollen recovered from ceramic, such as cassava (Manihot type), sweet potatoes (Ipomoea type), cotton (Gossypium type), palm trees and fruitful (Arecaceae, cf. Astronium and Anacardium type), together with pathogenic microfungi corn, cotton and some tubers (Curvularia type, Alternaria, Puccinia type and cf. Ustilago maydis) indicate agricultural and livelihood activities. The coprophilous fungi of humans and other animals (Cercophora type, Gelasinospora type and Sordariaceae) reflect the time spent by these groups in the archaeological area. The Gelasinospora fungus also shows the use of fire as fuel for agricultural practices and hunting. These data demonstrate the use of ceramics in funerary and domestic contexts.
This research comes to contextualize the process of formation of the archaeological record of hun... more This research comes to contextualize the process of formation of the archaeological record of hunter-gatherer groups in semi-arid environments with a case study about the area of sites Várzea do Boi I, II and III, located in the current limits of Tauá, in the southwest from Ceará. On account of its genesis environmental and inappropriate uses of the landscape, this city has a high susceptibility to desertification. In this scenario different geomorphological processes contribute to the erosion and destruction of environmental dynamics and, consequently, the archaeological contexts. Through an geoarchaeological approach which considers the archaeological record as a dynamic origin, fragmented and current processes were investigated syn and postdepositional processes of origin environmental and cultural that created and modified over time, the current time-context of the sites. The data that supported this research are formed by rescue and file processing information about the archaeological campaign conducted in 2006, as well as the analysis of the collection of lithic industry, use of resources of remote sensing and GIS techniques, field trips, photographic images and environmental studies. Thus, we intended to contribute to the inclusion of Ceará in archaeological research, to promote the rescue and dissemination of primary data, share the paths used in the interpretations, and mainly, to discuss about the interference of agents and postdepositionals processes on the archaeological sites and its influence on the study of collections.
This research comes to contextualize the process of formation of the archaeological record of hun... more This research comes to contextualize the process of formation of the archaeological record of hunter-gatherer groups in semi-arid environments with a case study about the area of sites Várzea do Boi I, II and III, located in the current limits of Tauá, in the southwest from Ceará. On account of its genesis environmental and inappropriate uses of the landscape, this city has a high susceptibility to desertification. In this scenario different geomorphological processes contribute to the erosion and destruction of environmental dynamics and, consequently, the archaeological contexts. Through an geoarchaeological approach which considers the archaeological record as a dynamic origin, fragmented and current processes were investigated syn and postdepositional processes of origin environmental and cultural that created and modified over time, the current time-context of the sites. The data that supported this research are formed by rescue and file processing information about the archaeological campaign conducted in 2006, as well as the analysis of the collection of lithic industry, use of resources of remote sensing and GIS techniques, field trips, photographic images and environmental studies. Thus, we intended to contribute to the inclusion of Ceará in archaeological research, to promote the rescue and dissemination of primary data, share the paths used in the interpretations, and mainly, to discuss about the interference of agents and postdepositionals processes on the archaeological sites and its influence on the study of collections.
RESUMO: Todas as sociedades adotam algum procedimento para dar um destino aos seus mortos. Esses ... more RESUMO: Todas as sociedades adotam algum procedimento para dar um destino aos seus mortos. Esses procedimentos envolvem ações realizadas na preparação do morto e na destinação final do seu corpo. Em algumas sociedades, as práticas envolvem complexos e extensos rituais. Compartilhando da ideia que os vestígios funerários constituem os remanescentes dos rituais funerários, este artigo apresenta uma caracterização inicial das práticas funerárias dos grupos ceramistas do sítio pré-histórico Serra do Evaristo I, localizado no Município de Baturité, norte do Ceará, Brasil. O estudo foi realizado por meio da análise dos remanescentes ósseos, acompanhamentos do contexto arqueológico de seis deposições funerárias. Como resultados são apresentados, de forma preliminar, os elementos de recorrência que caracterizariam as práticas funerárias naquele sítio como o enterramento individual e primário, e o uso de vasilhas cerâmicas com a função de urna funerária. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Práticas Funerárias. ...
Todas as sociedades adotam algum procedimento para dar um destino aos seus mortos. Esses procedim... more Todas as sociedades adotam algum procedimento para dar um destino aos seus mortos. Esses procedimentos envolvem acoes realizadas na preparacao do morto e na destinacao final do seu corpo. Em algumas sociedades, as praticas envolvem complexos e extensos rituais. Compartilhando da ideia que os vestigios funerarios constituem os remanescentes dos rituais funerarios, este artigo apresenta a caracterizacao das praticas funerarias dos grupos ceramistas do sitio pre-historico Serra do Evaristo 1, localizado no Municipio de Baturite, norte do Ceara, Brasil. O estudo foi realizado por meio da analise dos remanescentes osseos de seis deposicoes funerarias e da caracterizacao das praticas funerarias. Como resultados sao apresentados elementos de recorrencia que caracterizam as praticas funerarias naquele sitio como o enterramento individual e primario, e o uso de vasilhas cerâmicas com a funcao de urna funeraria.
En la zona Serra do Evaristo I, localizada en el municipio de Baturité, en Ceara, nordeste de Bra... more En la zona Serra do Evaristo I, localizada en el municipio de Baturité, en Ceara, nordeste de Brasil, fueron identificadas urnas funerárias, en las cuales se recogieron fragmentos de carbón y huesos humanos bien conservados, además de material lítico y faunístico. Para estos materiales fué obtenida una datación radiocarbónica (14C), a partir de carbón, de 670+- 30 BP (BETA – 328350). Este estudio tiene como finalidad la recuperación de los macro- (carbónes) y microvestigios vegetales (granos de polen, fitolitos y granos de almidon), contenidos tanto en las vasijas cerámicas como en los sedimentos encontrados en su interior. En este sentido fueron aplicadas técnicas de procesamiento químico y análisis de microscopia en luz blanca transmitida y polarizada. Se espera que a partir de esos datos se pueda levantar una hipótesis sobre los hábitos alimentarios, el cultivo y manejo de vegetales y inferir sobre el contexto paleoambiental del periodo de ocupación de esos grupos.
The first cultural traces of ancient pottery towns in the Serra de Baturité are presented. The po... more The first cultural traces of ancient pottery towns in the Serra de Baturité are presented. The pollen spectrum of sediments reveals a mosaic of moist mountainous vegetation, xerophytes, annual nitrophilous, hygrophilous and bog plants. Useful pollen recovered from ceramic, such as cassava (Manihot type), sweet potatoes (Ipomoea type), cotton (Gossypium type), palm trees and fruitful (Arecaceae, cf. Astronium and Anacardium type), together with pathogenic microfungi corn, cotton and some tubers (Curvularia type, Alternaria, Puccinia type and cf. Ustilago maydis) indicate agricultural and livelihood activities. The coprophilous fungi of humans and other animals (Cercophora type, Gelasinospora type and Sordariaceae) reflect the time spent by these groups in the archaeological area. The Gelasinospora fungus also shows the use of fire as fuel for agricultural practices and hunting. These data demonstrate the use of ceramics in funerary and domestic contexts.
This research comes to contextualize the process of formation of the archaeological record of hun... more This research comes to contextualize the process of formation of the archaeological record of hunter-gatherer groups in semi-arid environments with a case study about the area of sites Várzea do Boi I, II and III, located in the current limits of Tauá, in the southwest from Ceará. On account of its genesis environmental and inappropriate uses of the landscape, this city has a high susceptibility to desertification. In this scenario different geomorphological processes contribute to the erosion and destruction of environmental dynamics and, consequently, the archaeological contexts. Through an geoarchaeological approach which considers the archaeological record as a dynamic origin, fragmented and current processes were investigated syn and postdepositional processes of origin environmental and cultural that created and modified over time, the current time-context of the sites. The data that supported this research are formed by rescue and file processing information about the archaeological campaign conducted in 2006, as well as the analysis of the collection of lithic industry, use of resources of remote sensing and GIS techniques, field trips, photographic images and environmental studies. Thus, we intended to contribute to the inclusion of Ceará in archaeological research, to promote the rescue and dissemination of primary data, share the paths used in the interpretations, and mainly, to discuss about the interference of agents and postdepositionals processes on the archaeological sites and its influence on the study of collections.
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Ustilago maydis) indicate agricultural and livelihood activities. The coprophilous fungi of humans and other animals (Cercophora type, Gelasinospora type and Sordariaceae) reflect the time spent by these groups in the archaeological area. The Gelasinospora fungus also shows the use of fire as fuel for agricultural practices and hunting. These data demonstrate the use of ceramics in funerary and domestic contexts.
Ustilago maydis) indicate agricultural and livelihood activities. The coprophilous fungi of humans and other animals (Cercophora type, Gelasinospora type and Sordariaceae) reflect the time spent by these groups in the archaeological area. The Gelasinospora fungus also shows the use of fire as fuel for agricultural practices and hunting. These data demonstrate the use of ceramics in funerary and domestic contexts.