Lagoa do Quari (São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí): Palaeoenvironment and wetland archaeology in Northeastern Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorParenti, Fabio
dc.contributor.authorAimola, Giulia
dc.contributor.authorCandelato, Federica
dc.contributor.authorChaves, Sérgio
dc.contributor.authorFaure, Martine
dc.contributor.authorFerrari, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorGuérin, Claude
dc.contributor.authorMengoli, Davide
dc.contributor.authorNatali, Luca
dc.contributor.authorRioda, Vittorio
dc.contributor.authorScardia, Giancarlo [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorValli, Andrea M. F.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
dc.contributor.institutionIstituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana
dc.contributor.institutionSão Raimundo Nonato
dc.contributor.institutionFiocruz
dc.contributor.institutionUniversité Lumière Lyon-2
dc.contributor.institutionUniversité de Lyon
dc.contributor.institutionLares srl
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionSociété Scientifique du Bourbonnais
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-25T10:30:07Z
dc.date.available2021-06-25T10:30:07Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-01
dc.description.abstractNortheastern 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.en
dc.description.affiliationCentro de Estudos e Pesquisas Arqueológicas - Dep. Antropologia Universidade Federal do Paraná
dc.description.affiliationIstituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana, Piazza R. Bonghi 2
dc.description.affiliationFundação Museu do Homem Americano São Raimundo Nonato
dc.description.affiliationLaboratório de Palinologia/Ecologia—Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP) Fiocruz
dc.description.affiliationUFR Temps et Territoires Université Lumière Lyon-2
dc.description.affiliationUniversité de Lyon
dc.description.affiliationLares srl
dc.description.affiliationInstituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.description.affiliationSociété Scientifique du Bourbonnais
dc.description.affiliationUnespInstituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21855
dc.identifier.citationGeoarchaeology.
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/gea.21855
dc.identifier.issn1520-6548
dc.identifier.issn0883-6353
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85105552195
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/206318
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofGeoarchaeology
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectHolocene
dc.subjectmegafauna
dc.subjectNortheastern Brazil
dc.subjectpalynology
dc.subjectprehistory
dc.subjecttaphonomy
dc.subjectUpper Pleistocene
dc.titleLagoa do Quari (São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí): Palaeoenvironment and wetland archaeology in Northeastern Brazilen
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-5833-5925[1]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-3710-7197[11]

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