ONDE ACAMPAR? O SÍTIO ARQUEOLÓGICO INTERLAGOS EM SEU CONTEXTO REGIONAL

Abstract

The matter of the paper is the archaeological site RS-LN-62, a  fishing-collecting-hunting camp site of the Vieira ceramic tradition, on the  complex of lagoons of Southeast Rio Grande do Sul. Localized in the  proximity of a string of lagoons, on the north coastal plain of the federal  state, the site is testimony of the tradition’s maximum expansion, and is its  most northern site, founded when the region was uninhabited. It is a  solitary encampment of a small group of persons. The aim of the paper is  to understand the settlement and the movements of its dwellers exploring  the local environment. The site’s characterization is more comprehensive when considered in the context of the coastal lagoons peopling and in  confrontation with different and better studied sites of the same system.  The poor representation of osseous and rocky artifacts moved the authors  to compare especially the ever abundant and well preserved food  remnants.