Gardens on the coast: Considerations on food production by Brazilian shellmound builders

Scheel-Ybert, Rita; Boyadjian, Célia

doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2020.101211

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“…The abundance of ADE sites across Amazonia suggests that this pattern is widespread in the region, including in interfluvial areas far from the major rivers (see maps in [263]). The expansion of araucaria forests in the southern Atlantic forest appears to be a less intensive manifestation of the same pattern [21,162,264].…”

Section: Are the Neotropics Different?mentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Maize and squash appear bỹ 3 k BP [160,161]. Although Araucaria angustifolia remains have been associated with more recent human occupations (~1.5 k BP) in southern Brazilian sites [161], the expansion of Araucaria forests began by~4 k BP, associated with human landscape management [21,162].…”

Section: Early Human Entanglements In the Neotropicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the Atlantic Forest of southern and southeastern Brazil, the Tupi-Guarani and Macro-Jê linguistic families were particularly important along the coast and in the interior, respectively, where they used and managed at least 29 tree species commonly found in present-day forest fragments [230]. Starting~4 k BP, araucaria (Araucaria angustifolia) expanded through the gallery forests in the interior of the southern Atlantic Forest [162]. Between~1.4 and 1 k BP, this was mainly driven by human dispersal [231].…”

Section: South American Lowlandsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Disentangling Domestication from Food Production Systems in the Neotropics

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The Neolithic Revolution narrative associates early-mid Holocene domestications with the development of agriculture that fueled the rise of late Holocene civilizations. This narrative continues to be influential, even though it has been deconstructed by archaeologists and geneticists in its homeland. To further disentangle domestication from reliance on food production systems, such as agriculture, we revisit definitions of domestication and food production systems, review the late Pleistocene–early Holocene archaeobotanical record, and quantify the use, management and domestication of Neotropical plants to provide insights about the past. Neotropical plant domestication relies on common human behaviors (selection, accumulation and caring) within agroecological systems that focus on individual plants, rather than populations—as is typical of agriculture. The early archaeobotanical record includes numerous perennial and annual species, many of which later became domesticated. Some of this evidence identifies dispersal with probable cultivation, suggesting incipient domestication by 10,000 years ago. Since the Pleistocene, more than 6500, 1206 and 6261 native plant species have been used in Mesoamerica, the Central Andes and lowland South America, respectively. At least 1555, 428 and 742 are managed outside and inside food production systems, and at least 1148, 428 and 600 are cultivated, respectively, suggesting at least incipient domestication. Full native domesticates are more numerous in Mesoamerica (251) than the Andes (124) and the lowlands (45). This synthesis reveals that domestication is more common in the Neotropics than previously recognized and started much earlier than reliance on food production systems. Hundreds of ethnic groups had, and some still have, alternative strategies that do involve domestication, although they do not rely principally on food production systems, such as agriculture.

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Section: Are the Neotropics Different?mentioning

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Section: Early Human Entanglements In the Neotropicsmentioning

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Section: South American Lowlandsmentioning

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“…The newly generated faunal baseline for pre-Columbian sites in Babitonga Bay, coupled with BSIMMs, indicate that the exploitation of marine-brackish resources provided the majority of dietary protein to coastal groups before and after the introduction of ceramic technology, being a fundamental subsistence strategy to enhance resilience during climate, environmental and social instability in the Late Holocene. Plants supplied the majority of dietary calories, as documented by other lines of evidence 41,43,47 , and their importance to diet may have led to some local intensi cation 31 . Interestingly, individuals with mixed marine and C 3 terrestrial diets or with diets dominated by terrestrial resources from C 3 ecosystems were mostly found among Middle-Late Holocene populations (e.g.…”

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Fishing intensification as response to Late Holocene socio-ecological instability in southeastern South America

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The emergence of plant-based economies have dominated evolutionary models of Middle and Late Holocene pre-Columbian societies. Comparatively, the use of aquatic resources and the circumstances for intensifying their exploitation, have received little attention. Here we reviewed the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of 390 human individuals from Middle and Late Holocene coastal sambaquis, a long-lasting shell mound culture that flourished for nearly 7000 years along the Atlantic Forest coast of Brazil. Using a newly generated faunal isotopic baseline and Bayesian Isotope Mixing Models we quantified the relative contribution of marine resources to the diet of some of these groups. Through the analysis of more than 400 radiocarbon dates we show that fishing sustained large and resilient populations during most of the Late Holocene. A sharp decline was observed in the chronology of non-ceramic sites from ca. 2200 years ago, possibly reflecting the dissolution of several nucleated groups into smaller social units, coinciding with substantial changes in coastal environments. The adoption of ceramics from ca. 1200 years ago is marked by innovation and intensification of fishing practices, in a context of increasing social and ecological instability in the Late Holocene.

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“…Em relação aos sambaquis registrados entre o Rio Grande do Sul e o Rio de Janeiro, as pesquisas apontam uma certa manutenção dos aspectos tecnológicos dos conjuntos artefatuais (DeBlasis, Afonso, et al, 1998;Tenório, 2004), bem como na dieta, baseada no consumo majoritário de peixes (D. Bandeira, 1992;Figuti, 1993;DeMasi, 2001;Hansel & Schmitz, 2006;Klokler, 2008Klokler, , 2014Klokler et al, 2010;Colonese et al, 2014;Bastos et al, 2014Bastos et al, , 2015, além de vegetais (Scheel-Ybert et al, 2003;Wesolowski, 2007;Wesolowski et al, 2007;Boyadjian et al, 2016;Scheel-Ybert & Boyadjian, 2020) e animais terrestres em menor quantidade, como apontam estudos isotópicos (Bastos et al, 2014;Oppitz et al, 2018). O compartilhamento longevo dos padrões culturais observados nos sambaquis é considerado um indicador de intensa interação e articulação entre tais grupos (M. Gaspar et al, 2008, p. 323).…”

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Arqueologia dos encontros no litoral sul de Santa Catarina: os sambaquis tardios e sítios Jê entre 2000 a 500 cal AP

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Esta tese é resultado de um longo processo que envolveu a participação e colaboração, direta e indireta, de muitos pesquisadores e instituições, e certamente não seria possível sem as inúmeras pesquisas realizadas no litoral sul de Santa Catarina, que proporcionaram diferentes olhares para o contexto arqueológico regional. Ao longo deste trabalho, tive a felicidade de receber o apoio e a ajuda de diversas pessoas que foram essenciais em incontáveis momentos.Em primeiro lugar, agradeço imensamente ao prof. Dr. Paulo DeBlasis, responsável pelo direcionamento desta pesquisa. Muito obrigada por me apresentar a arqueologia do litoral de Santa Catarina e me ajudar a pensar este trabalho; por todas as conversas, sugestões e reuniões atenciosas, além da confiança depositada e amizade. Sua orientação e apoio foram fundamentais! Agradeço, também, ao prof. Dr. Rafael Corteletti (UFPEL) por acreditar no meu potencial ao me apresentar ao prof. DeBlasis, e por me incentivar a iniciar essa jornada em um contexto tão novo para mim.Agradeço aos membros da banca de qualificação, prof. Dra. Marisa Afonso (MAE-USP) e prof. Dr. Astolfo Araujo (MAE-USP), pelos comentários, sugestões valiosas, e questionamentos que auxiliaram no direcionamento desta pesquisa. À prof. Dra. Verônica Wesolowski e demais colegas da disciplina de Análise Crítica de Projetos de Pesquisa, pelos comentários e sugestões que muito contribuíram no amadurecimento do projeto de pesquisa inicial. Aos professores Dra. Ximena Villagran (MAE-USP), Dra. Maria Dulce Gaspar (Museu Nacional), Dr. Andreas Kneip (UFTO) e Dr. Juliano Bitencourt Campos (PPGCA-UNESC) por aceitarem o convite para compor a banca de defesa desta tese e por todos os comentários e sugestões valiosas que contribuíram, e muito, no amadurecimento deste trabalho. À Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, pela concessão da bolsa de doutorado para a realização desta pesquisa (FAPESP nº 2017/08131-8), bem como ao apoio financeiro concedido ao projeto Jê Landscapes of Southern Brazil (FAPESP nº 2012/51328-3) coordenado pelo Dr. Paulo DeBlasis (MAE-USP) e Dr. José Iriarte (University of Exeter/UK). À equipe do Grupep-Unisul, por todo o apoio ao longo deste trabalho, tanto nas etapas de campo, como nas consultas ao acervo e pelas trocas de experiências. Muito obrigada: Jéssica

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Gardens on the coast: Considerations on food production by Brazilian shellmound builders

Cited by 31 publications

References 49 publications

Disentangling Domestication from Food Production Systems in the Neotropics

Disentangling Domestication from Food Production Systems in the Neotropics

Fishing intensification as response to Late Holocene socio-ecological instability in southeastern South America

Arqueologia dos encontros no litoral sul de Santa Catarina: os sambaquis tardios e sítios Jê entre 2000 a 500 cal AP

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