The record of molluscs in the prehistoric archaeological traces of Brazil.
Shellfish have been important as a subsistence item in some Brazilian prehistoric coastal cultures, but their shell has also been used as constructive material (in shellmounds along Atlantic Ocean, and as foundation material for the earthmounds built in the Pantanal swamps). The shells hav...
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Centro de Estudios Históricos. UA CONICET
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/comechingonia/article/view/25966 |
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| Sumario: | Shellfish have been important as a subsistence item in some Brazilian prehistoric coastal cultures, but their shell has also been used as constructive material (in shellmounds along Atlantic Ocean, and as foundation material for the earthmounds built in the Pantanal swamps). The shells have been used as instruments to cut, to scrape, to sew, to drill and to plane. They also provided ornaments (pearl necklaces, bracelets, labrets), clothing and mask accessories, even music instruments. Crushed shell tempered the first Amazonian ceramics found in shellmounds. In this paper, we discuss the significance of mollusk shells in archaeological sediments – some of them brought by humans and others intrusive, because their presence may be misunderstood by the excavator. |
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