Incremental events in the construction of sambaquis, southeastern Santa Catarina

Moundbuilding is a cross-cultural phenomenon of nearly world-wide scope. In this article some of the moundbuilding processes related to the sambaquis (shellmounds) from the coast of Santa Catarina State, Brasil, are examined, focusing on field research at the sambaqui Jaboticabeira II. By means of a...

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Published inRevista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia no. 10
Main Authors Suzanne K. Fish, Paulo De Blasis, Maria Dulce Gaspar, Paul R. Fish
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia 01.12.2000
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Shellmounds (sambaquis) - Moundbuilding - Social complexity of fishing-collecting-hunting groups
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Summary:Moundbuilding is a cross-cultural phenomenon of nearly world-wide scope. In this article some of the moundbuilding processes related to the sambaquis (shellmounds) from the coast of Santa Catarina State, Brasil, are examined, focusing on field research at the sambaqui Jaboticabeira II. By means of analysing the mounding up processes at that site, attention is drawn to its social and demographic corollaries, which speak of considerable social elaboration and territorial permanence in time.
ISSN:0103-9709
2448-1750
DOI:10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.2000.109378