William Chase Murphree, Cruz Ferro-Vázquez, Larissa Kulakovska, Vitalii I. Usyk, Olesia Kononenko, Marjolein D. Bosch, Paul Haesaerts, Freddy Damblon, Stéphane Pirson, Philip R. Nigst, Vera Aldeias
{"title":"Fire Use During the Last Glacial Maximum: Evidence From the Epigravettian at Korman' 9, Middle Dniester Valley, Ukraine","authors":"William Chase Murphree, Cruz Ferro-Vázquez, Larissa Kulakovska, Vitalii I. Usyk, Olesia Kononenko, Marjolein D. Bosch, Paul Haesaerts, Freddy Damblon, Stéphane Pirson, Philip R. Nigst, Vera Aldeias","doi":"10.1002/gea.70006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70006","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Last Glacial maximum (LGM), spanning from 26.5 to 19 thousand years before present (ka <span>bp</span>), is a period of extreme climatic degradation associated with reduced biomass production and resource stress throughout Eurasia. Arguably, one of the most fundamental tools for human survival during this cold and arid period was the ability to create, maintain and use fire. While fire is widely considered a ubiquitous tool in modern human behaviour, there are surprisingly few well-described combustion features during the LGM in Europe. In this paper, we provide high-resolution geoarchaeological research into three combustion features associated with Epigravettian occupations at the site of Korman' 9 (Ukraine) with ages falling in the LGM. Our results show distinct variations in the size and structure of the combustion features, potentially indicating multiple occupations within the same layer or reflect differences in site organization or function during a single occupation. Additionally, our analysis shows clear evidence of the effect of solifluction and the lack of preservation of the ash layer(s) of the combustion features, as well as the development of bioturbation features enhanced by anthropogenic input. To better estimate heating temperatures of the combustion events, we employed a novel approach using colour analysis showing temperatures reaching 600°C in the substrate underlying the combustion features. In all, the combustion features at Korman' 9 provide invaluable new insights as well as high resolution description of pyrotechnological behaviours during the LGM, which has been lacking during this critical period in our evolutionary history.</p>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.70006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peter Morrissey, Sarah Wurz, Bertrand Ligouis, Susan M. Mentzer
{"title":"Burning, Cleaning, Dumping, and Dissolution: Site Formation Processes and Stratigraphy of Pre-110,000-Year-Old MSA l Deposits in Cave 1, Klasies River Main Site, South Africa","authors":"Peter Morrissey, Sarah Wurz, Bertrand Ligouis, Susan M. Mentzer","doi":"10.1002/gea.70005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70005","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Understanding the formation and stratigraphy of sequences in southern African Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites is vital for contextualizing evidence for the evolution of modern human behaviors and cognition. Deposits at these sites often have complex formation histories, typically involving a range of anthropogenic, geogenic, and biogenic depositional and post-depositional processes, and micro-laminated deposits are common. Consequently, archaeological micromorphology and related micro-analyses are now routinely a major component of MSA geoarchaeological research in the region. In the past few decades, microscale studies of the formation of anthropogenic features and deposits at MSA sites have begun to provide important behavioral information, including evidence for varying occupational intensities and the structuring and maintenance of living spaces. Here, a microscale geoarchaeological approach is applied to deposits dating to the MSA I cultural phase (> 110 ka) in the Cave 1 Witness Baulk. The results show that humans played a considerable role in site formation and that subsequent diagenesis affected the guano, charcoal, ash, and shell, with particular impact on the carbonates which were variably dissolved, altered, or recrystallized. This latter process helped to preserve ash through reduced dissolution potential. Spatial and temporal patterns in these factors influence the macroscopic properties of the deposits in any particular area, with significant implications for the correlation of extant deposits across areas excavated at low resolution during the 1960s. Different, variably preserved, anthropogenic features and deposits were found to make up a significant proportion of the deposits. Inferred behaviors range from repeated long-term low-intensity use of individually stacked hearths to the formation of dumped deposits (including shell middens) due to repeated hearth maintenance and patterned discarding of food waste during more intensive occupations. Differences in occupational intensity and frequency both within and between the two recognized MSA I members could indicate adaptation to changing conditions as temperatures and sea levels fluctuated during Marine Isotope Stage 5e and early Stage 5d, but changes in geogenic depositional rates over the same period could skew our perception of occupational frequency. The current limited and low-resolution dating evidence prevents correlation with any specific event/s, which might have affected behavior and/or depositional rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.70005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143629833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tim C. Kinnaird, José Abellán Santisteban, Filippo Brandolini, Richard Carlton, Francesco Carrer, José Maria Martín Civantos, Maria Duggan, Justin A. Holcomb, Stelios Lekakis, Blas Ramos Rodríguez, Natalia Salazar Ortiz, José Carlos Sánchez-Pardo, Christopher Sevara, Jack R. Snyder, Lisa-Marie Shillito, Noemí Silva Sanchez, Aayush Srivastava, Alex Turner, Sam Turner
{"title":"Unearthing the Histories of Agrarian Landscapes: A Research Framework for Terraces as Sustainable Environments","authors":"Tim C. Kinnaird, José Abellán Santisteban, Filippo Brandolini, Richard Carlton, Francesco Carrer, José Maria Martín Civantos, Maria Duggan, Justin A. Holcomb, Stelios Lekakis, Blas Ramos Rodríguez, Natalia Salazar Ortiz, José Carlos Sánchez-Pardo, Christopher Sevara, Jack R. Snyder, Lisa-Marie Shillito, Noemí Silva Sanchez, Aayush Srivastava, Alex Turner, Sam Turner","doi":"10.1002/gea.70004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article presents an interdisciplinary programme for research on historic landscapes that has emerged since 2020 in the framework of the project <i>Terraces as Sustainable Agricultural Environments</i> (‘TerraSAgE’). While the methodology has been tested in specific Mediterranean case studies, it is also applicable in other locations and regions. Our integrated approach provides new insights into the development of terraced agrarian landscapes and the changing dynamics in land management. It can provide knowledge of the extent to which past change has influenced present-day landscapes and has implications for the development of sustainable landscape practices. The research framework proposed here has been tested through case studies in different landscape types across southern Europe, including small-scale mixed farming landscapes of the Aegean islands (Naxos, Greece); terraces for vines and olives (Pelješac, Croatia); a landscape of dairy production (northern Apennines, Italy), which was until quite recently agroforestry; modern cereal cultivation (around Els Prats de Rei, Catalonia, Spain); upland irrigated landscapes on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada (Andalucia, Spain) and mixed farming in a wooded Atlantic environment (Galicia, Spain).</p>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.70004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143622422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Methodology for Gleaning Human Behavior From Spectral Chert Nanometers With Application at a Terminal Pleistocene Site in Tennessee, USA","authors":"Ryan M. Parish","doi":"10.1002/gea.70003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70003","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Chert sourcing is conducted at various spatial scales from regional to local to match the scope of the human behavioral question asked. Understanding where past peoples acquired tool stone resources can span hundreds of kilometers from mountain ranges to open plains and across broad river valleys as the study attempts to both quantify and differentiate various material types and exploited deposits. However, to successfully characterize (quantify and differentiate) each potential source, data collection at a microscopic scale is often necessary. The study's primary goal is to examine the benefit of reflectance spectroscopy data at the nanometer scale using diagnostic atomic, molecular, and structural information locked inside chert to match artifacts to a geologic/geographic source. Working at Carson-Conn-Short, a terminal Pleistocene hunter-gatherer site along the Tennessee River, United States, the analysis of 58 artifacts identified seven sources and sub-sources. This study demonstrates how the collection of thousands of electromagnetic reflectance data per chert sample and artifact allows for the reconstruction of group mobility, social networks, selection decisions, and the use of a landscape of lithic resources. A case study using a terminal Pleistocene hunter-gatherer site along the Tennessee River, United States is given to illustrate how human behavior can be learned from source data at the nanometer scale.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143581596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Duncan Williams, Kate Welham, Stuart Eve, Philippe De Smedt
{"title":"Minimally Invasive Approaches to the High-Resolution Mapping of Colluvial Deposits at the Battlefield of Waterloo: Implications for Archaeological Practice","authors":"Duncan Williams, Kate Welham, Stuart Eve, Philippe De Smedt","doi":"10.1002/gea.70001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70001","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Soil erosion poses a considerable threat to ecosystem services around the world. Among these, it is extremely problematic for archaeological sites, particularly in arable landscapes where accelerated soil degradation has been widely observed. Conversely, some archaeological deposits may obtain a certain level of protection when they are covered by eroded material, thereby lessening the impacts of phenomena such as plow damage or bioturbation. As a result, detailed knowledge of the extent of colluvial deposition is of great value to site management and the development of appropriate methodological strategies. This is particularly true of battlefield sites, where the integrity of artifacts in the topsoil is of great importance and conventional metal detection (with its shallow depth of exploration) is relied upon as the primary method of investigation. Using the Napoleonic battlefield of Waterloo in Belgium as a case study, this paper explores how different noninvasive datasets can be combined with ancillary data and a limited sampling scheme to map colluvial deposits in high resolution and at a large scale. Combining remote sensing, geophysical, and invasive sampling datasets that target related phenomena across spatial scales allows for overcoming some of their respective limitations and derives a better understanding of the extent of colluvial deposition.</p>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.70001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143564848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin Kehl, Diana Marcazzan, Christopher E. Miller, Armando Falcucci, Rossella Duches, Marco Peresani
{"title":"The Upper Sedimentary Sequence of Grotta di Fumane, Northern Italy: A Micromorphological Approach to Study Imprints of Human Occupation and Paleoclimate Change","authors":"Martin Kehl, Diana Marcazzan, Christopher E. Miller, Armando Falcucci, Rossella Duches, Marco Peresani","doi":"10.1002/gea.70000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70000","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Fumane Cave contains a sequence of natural and anthropogenic deposits documenting key transitions in the Paleolithic of Northern Italy. Open questions remain concerning the stratigraphic integrity, the formation processes, postdepositional alterations, and paleoclimatic implications of the sedimentary record. We examine these aspects through an extensive investigation based on field descriptions and micromorphological analysis of thin sections sampled during the last 25 years of excavations. Major components of the sediments are carbonate sands and limestone rubble originating from the physical breakdown of the cave roof and walls. Limited amounts of mica and quartz grains attest to weak eolian inputs. Sediments contain anthropogenic features and variable amounts of charcoal, bone, and lithic artifacts reflecting different uses of the site. Cryoturbation features observed in the field suggest an increased intensity of frost mainly after the accumulation of unit A2. This unit as well as unit A6 also show increased abundance of silt and clay cappings under the microscope, probably reflecting higher rates of snowfall and percolating meltwater during colder periods of the Last Glacial. However, limited expression of micromorphological features related to frost suggests rather modest changes in climate during the accumulation of the sequence. Overall, field descriptions and the micromorphological approach mostly corroborate the stratigraphic integrity of the sequence, underlining the high value of Fumane Cave as an archive of the late Middle to early Upper Paleolithic in Southern Europe.</p>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.70000","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143530410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christian Mader, Philipp Godde, Elena Hägele, Mike Lyons, Ann-Kristin Weber, Rachel Odenthal, Paul Stryjski, Christoph Binder, Fernando Leceta, Johny Isla, Markus Reindel, Julia Meister
{"title":"Mapping and Geospatial Analysis of Ancient Terrace Agricultural Systems in Lucanas Province, Peruvian Andes, Based on Satellite Imagery, High-Resolution DSMs, and Field Surveys","authors":"Christian Mader, Philipp Godde, Elena Hägele, Mike Lyons, Ann-Kristin Weber, Rachel Odenthal, Paul Stryjski, Christoph Binder, Fernando Leceta, Johny Isla, Markus Reindel, Julia Meister","doi":"10.1002/gea.70002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper presents a unique set of maps and geospatial data covering 16 ancient terrace agricultural systems in the upper part of the Río Grande de Nasca drainage. These systems are located on the western Andean flank (1200 and 3800 m asl), in the districts of Llauta, Laramate, and Ocaña in Lucanas province, Ayacucho region, southern Peru (14.5° S). Spanning various periods of the prehispanic era (1000 <span>bce</span>–1532 <span>ce</span>), only limited sections of these terraces are still in use today. Our field methods include archaeological, geomorphological, and drone surveys. The terrace systems were mapped using (1) satellite imagery and (2) high-resolution Digital Surface Models (DSMs) within a Geographic Information System (GIS). The geospatial analysis and mapping results encompass parameters such as elevation range, terrace area, number and condition of terrace walls, length and height of terrace walls, area of individual terraced fields, associated architecture (e.g., irrigation canals), slope, current vegetation and use, and chronology. By documenting the widespread distribution, extent, and diversity of agricultural terraces in the region, this data set is extremely valuable for understanding prehispanic human-environment interactions and land use dynamics, as well as indigenous agricultural practices and resilience strategies in response to environmental and climate change.</p>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.70002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143521958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Anita Quiles, Julien Jacquet, Mike Allison, Régis Braucher, Laetitia Léanni, Emmanuel Malet, Jeremy Ash, Johan Berthet, Angela Clyburn, Yago Delannoy, Jean-Michel Geneste, Brenda Gould, Megan Harris, Susan Rowley
{"title":"Landscape Archaeology of the Chuchuwayha Sacred Site (British Colombia, Canada)","authors":"Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Anita Quiles, Julien Jacquet, Mike Allison, Régis Braucher, Laetitia Léanni, Emmanuel Malet, Jeremy Ash, Johan Berthet, Angela Clyburn, Yago Delannoy, Jean-Michel Geneste, Brenda Gould, Megan Harris, Susan Rowley","doi":"10.1002/gea.22038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.22038","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>New research is being conducted at the Chuchuwayha sacred site (British Columbia, Canada) at the request of the Upper Similkameen Indian Band, who want to pass on the site's history to future generations. The project's aims were to determine when this site in the glacial Similkameen Valley became accessible to human communities, to reconstruct the formation of the surrounding landscape, and to describe the rock shelter's evolution during the period of human frequentation (rock art). To this end, we combined geomorphological, archaeometric, and geochemical (cosmogenic dating) data to construct a robust chronological framework for the site's evolution and human occupations. Results showed that the Similkameen Valley became ice-free 18,000 years ago, that the site's morphology was shaped by postglacial processes, and that its general topography had formed around 7000 years ago. The site's morphology—a rock shelter behind a mound of rockfall boulders—created a trap for eolian and autochthonous sediments, which have preserved a record of human occupations. Our multidisciplinary approach also enabled us to determine age ranges for the shelter's paintings, to draw up a new time frame for human occupations of the site, which lies on a traditional Syilx trail, and to relate these occupations to changes in the surrounding landscape.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143447208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geoarchaeology of an Early Mycenaean Tumulus and Mortuary Practices at Eleon, Greece","authors":"Amanda M. Gaggioli, Trevor Van Damme","doi":"10.1002/gea.22037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.22037","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>From a geoarchaeology and soil micromorphology perspective, mound-type structures, including tumuli, in the Americas are the best studied in terms of understanding the details of stratigraphy that have revealed their construction phases, fill materials, and social meanings. This study extends these approaches and perspectives to the ancient Mediterranean and the particular case of Eleon in Greece during the late Middle Helladic to Late Helladic (LH) I period (c. 1700–1550 B.C.E.)—the first such study in an Aegean Bronze Age (c. 3000–1050 B.C.E.) context. Investigations of a low tumulus and associated built chamber tomb (Tomb 5) reveal the building materials and techniques, ritual activities related to the tumulus construction, and the multi-generational reopening, use, and maintenance of Tomb 5. Furthermore, sediment characteristics and features preserve environmental conditions influencing site formation and preservation of the burial complex and associated remains. This research advances geoarchaeology and soil micromorphology for understanding mortuary practices and rituals, as well as socio-cultural processes, such as the shaping and transfer of collective identity and memory, across time and space.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143431754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicolás Batalla, Mercedes Okumura, Casimiro S. Munita, Charles French, Astolfo G. M. Araujo
{"title":"Among Land Snail Shells and Ashes: Geoarchaeological Analysis of the Maximiano Rockshelter, Southeast Brazil","authors":"Nicolás Batalla, Mercedes Okumura, Casimiro S. Munita, Charles French, Astolfo G. M. Araujo","doi":"10.1002/gea.22035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.22035","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Geoarchaeological studies, particularly those incorporating micromorphology and associated techniques, have revealed the complex depositional and post-depositional history of mollusk shell-matrix archaeological sites, mostly in coastal areas where these sites are more widespread. But geoarchaeology can also be crucial to disentangle human and natural agencies in inland shell-rich settings, including caves and rock-shelters. In this paper, the site formation processes of the land snail-rich Maximiano Rockshelter, located in the karstic upper Ribeira de Iguape River valley of southern São Paulo state, Southeast of Brazil, are tackled. Embedded in the neotropical Atlantic Forest, the site contains lithics, bone artifacts, and faunal and human remains dating between ~11,165 and 1282 cal year B.P. Facies and microfacies were characterized in exposed stratigraphic profiles through micromorphology, particle size analysis, major, minor, and trace elements, and FTIR spectroscopy. Despite the strong humification affecting most of the site, results indicate deposits resulting from anthropic activities such as the dumping of land snail shells and other remains, the tossing of entire and fragmented shells in sub-horizontally distributed layers, primary combustion features, and dumping/sweeping of combustion-derived materials. Shell-bearing facies exhibit similarities with chronologically contemporaneous Ribeira de Iguape basin's riverine <i>sambaqui</i>s.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143380476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}