Lagoa do Quari (São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí): Palaeoenvironment and wetland archaeology in Northeastern Brazil
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Resumo: | Northeastern Brazil has thousands of wetland fossiliferous deposits with megafauna and, in some cases, associated lithic artifacts. The timing of the arrival of humans in South America and the extinction of megafauna is still debated and these sites contribute both to this discussion and to the reconstruction of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoenvironment. Lagoa do Quari, 40 km south of São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí state, is a marsh deposit in the present semiarid caatinga environment, excavated by an interdisciplinary team in 2002–2003. This paper presents the archaeological, palaeontological, geological, chronological, stratigraphical and palynological results and their implications for the Quaternary of northeastern Brazil. The site has a rich megafaunal bonebed at the bottom, dominated by Eremotherium giant sloth remains with poor biodiversity, and a sandy-silty deposit at the top; two 14C dates constrain this latter layer to 9,944–9,557 and 6,308–6,177 cal. years BP and the associated rich lithic industry of quartz and chert shows a technical continuity throughout the Holocene in the region. Palynology describes an open landscape with periodic wet phases, which could explain the richness of the archaeological occurrences in Holocenic Brazilian prehistory. This study offers a model of interdisciplinary enquiry into the paleoenvironment and prehistory of lowland South America. |
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Lagoa do Quari (São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí): Palaeoenvironment and wetland archaeology in Northeastern BrazilHolocenemegafaunaNortheastern BrazilpalynologyprehistorytaphonomyUpper PleistoceneNortheastern Brazil has thousands of wetland fossiliferous deposits with megafauna and, in some cases, associated lithic artifacts. The timing of the arrival of humans in South America and the extinction of megafauna is still debated and these sites contribute both to this discussion and to the reconstruction of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoenvironment. Lagoa do Quari, 40 km south of São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí state, is a marsh deposit in the present semiarid caatinga environment, excavated by an interdisciplinary team in 2002–2003. This paper presents the archaeological, palaeontological, geological, chronological, stratigraphical and palynological results and their implications for the Quaternary of northeastern Brazil. The site has a rich megafaunal bonebed at the bottom, dominated by Eremotherium giant sloth remains with poor biodiversity, and a sandy-silty deposit at the top; two 14C dates constrain this latter layer to 9,944–9,557 and 6,308–6,177 cal. years BP and the associated rich lithic industry of quartz and chert shows a technical continuity throughout the Holocene in the region. Palynology describes an open landscape with periodic wet phases, which could explain the richness of the archaeological occurrences in Holocenic Brazilian prehistory. This study offers a model of interdisciplinary enquiry into the paleoenvironment and prehistory of lowland South America.Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas Arqueológicas - Dep. Antropologia Universidade Federal do ParanáIstituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana, Piazza R. Bonghi 2Fundação Museu do Homem Americano São Raimundo NonatoLaboratório de Palinologia/Ecologia—Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP) FiocruzUFR Temps et Territoires Université Lumière Lyon-2Université de LyonLares srlInstituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Société Scientifique du BourbonnaisInstituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia UmanaSão Raimundo NonatoFiocruzUniversité Lumière Lyon-2Université de LyonLares srlUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Société Scientifique du BourbonnaisParenti, FabioAimola, GiuliaCandelato, FedericaChaves, SérgioFaure, MartineFerrari, SoniaGuérin, ClaudeMengoli, DavideNatali, LucaRioda, VittorioScardia, Giancarlo [UNESP]Valli, Andrea M. F.2021-06-25T10:30:07Z2021-06-25T10:30:07Z2021-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21855Geoarchaeology.1520-65480883-6353http://hdl.handle.net/11449/20631810.1002/gea.218552-s2.0-85105552195Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengGeoarchaeologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-10-23T03:12:44Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/206318Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T20:24:24.863958Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Lagoa do Quari (São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí): Palaeoenvironment and wetland archaeology in Northeastern Brazil |
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Lagoa do Quari (São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí): Palaeoenvironment and wetland archaeology in Northeastern Brazil |
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Lagoa do Quari (São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí): Palaeoenvironment and wetland archaeology in Northeastern Brazil Parenti, Fabio Holocene megafauna Northeastern Brazil palynology prehistory taphonomy Upper Pleistocene |
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Lagoa do Quari (São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí): Palaeoenvironment and wetland archaeology in Northeastern Brazil |
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Lagoa do Quari (São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí): Palaeoenvironment and wetland archaeology in Northeastern Brazil |
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Lagoa do Quari (São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí): Palaeoenvironment and wetland archaeology in Northeastern Brazil |
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Lagoa do Quari (São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí): Palaeoenvironment and wetland archaeology in Northeastern Brazil |
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Lagoa do Quari (São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí): Palaeoenvironment and wetland archaeology in Northeastern Brazil |
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Parenti, Fabio |
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Parenti, Fabio Aimola, Giulia Candelato, Federica Chaves, Sérgio Faure, Martine Ferrari, Sonia Guérin, Claude Mengoli, Davide Natali, Luca Rioda, Vittorio Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP] Valli, Andrea M. F. |
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Aimola, Giulia Candelato, Federica Chaves, Sérgio Faure, Martine Ferrari, Sonia Guérin, Claude Mengoli, Davide Natali, Luca Rioda, Vittorio Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP] Valli, Andrea M. F. |
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Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana São Raimundo Nonato Fiocruz Université Lumière Lyon-2 Université de Lyon Lares srl Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Société Scientifique du Bourbonnais |
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Parenti, Fabio Aimola, Giulia Candelato, Federica Chaves, Sérgio Faure, Martine Ferrari, Sonia Guérin, Claude Mengoli, Davide Natali, Luca Rioda, Vittorio Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP] Valli, Andrea M. F. |
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Holocene megafauna Northeastern Brazil palynology prehistory taphonomy Upper Pleistocene |
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Holocene megafauna Northeastern Brazil palynology prehistory taphonomy Upper Pleistocene |
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Northeastern Brazil has thousands of wetland fossiliferous deposits with megafauna and, in some cases, associated lithic artifacts. The timing of the arrival of humans in South America and the extinction of megafauna is still debated and these sites contribute both to this discussion and to the reconstruction of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoenvironment. Lagoa do Quari, 40 km south of São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí state, is a marsh deposit in the present semiarid caatinga environment, excavated by an interdisciplinary team in 2002–2003. This paper presents the archaeological, palaeontological, geological, chronological, stratigraphical and palynological results and their implications for the Quaternary of northeastern Brazil. The site has a rich megafaunal bonebed at the bottom, dominated by Eremotherium giant sloth remains with poor biodiversity, and a sandy-silty deposit at the top; two 14C dates constrain this latter layer to 9,944–9,557 and 6,308–6,177 cal. years BP and the associated rich lithic industry of quartz and chert shows a technical continuity throughout the Holocene in the region. Palynology describes an open landscape with periodic wet phases, which could explain the richness of the archaeological occurrences in Holocenic Brazilian prehistory. This study offers a model of interdisciplinary enquiry into the paleoenvironment and prehistory of lowland South America. |
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