Prehistoric occupation and palaeoenvironmental changes along Santa Catarina's Coastal Plain, Brazil: An integrated approach based on palynological data

Val-Peón, Cristina; Cancelli, Rodrigo Rodrigues; Santos, Luís; Soares, André Luís Ramos

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.11.017

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“…6000-5000 yr BP followed by a regressive event (e.g., Borel and Gómez, 2006;García-Rodríguez et al, 2010;Mourelle et al, 2015;Vilanova and Prieto, 2012). In general, the environmental zone succession identified in this study is similar to those presented in previous palaeoenvironmental studies developed on the southern Brazil coastal plain, in particular in the Santa Catarina sector (e.g., Amaral et al, 2012;Cancelli, 2012;Kuhn et al, 2017;Val-Peón et al, 2019;Silva et al, 2021). Most of these studies indicate a succession of three zones from a lagoonal/estuarine environment (I) to a transitional/swampy regime (II) and an arboreal forest environment (III).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…11). Moreover, other palynological studies in the southern Brazil coastal plain in the Rio Grande do Sul (e.g., Cordeiro and Lorscheitter, 1994;Lorscheitter and Dillenburg, 1998;Meyer et al, 2005;Masetto and Lorscheitter, 2019) and Santa Catarina states (Behling and Negrelle, 2001;Amaral et al, 2012;Cancelli, 2012;Kuhn et al, 2017;Val-Peón et al, 2019;Cohen et al, 2020;Silva et al, 2021), also identified the marine influence ca. 6000-5000 yr BP at their sites and showed a similar sea-level dynamic.…”

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confidence: 90%

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Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental evolution and sea level oscillation of the Santa Catarina Island (southern Brazil)

Kuhn

Zonneveld

Souza

et al. 2023

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Abstract. Sea level oscillation during the Quaternary played a major role in the geomorphology and vegetation dynamics of coastal areas in southern Brazil, encompassing ecosystems that often have a unique biodiversity. Understanding the natural evolution of these areas is essential for decision-making of land use regulations towards sustainable development as well as to preserve the uniqueness of the coastal ecosystems. The southern Brazil coastal plain is formed by marine, transitional and continental Quaternary deposits controlled by relative past variations of the sea level. These variations shaped the coastal landscape and influenced the development of different Atlantic Rainforest formations, such as mangroves and restingas. In particular, the restinga formation corresponds to a specific ecosystem that covers sandy soils of marine and fluvial-marine origin formed during the Quaternary on the Brazilian coastal plain. In this contribution, we present high-resolution palynological and stable isotope data from a Holocene core retrieved from the coastal plain of the Santa Catarina Island (southern Brazil). We were able to identify four different environmental zones in the last 6500 yr BP. The first zone (6500–2820 cal yr BP) is characterized by a lagoon with large marine water influence. Notably, the observed dinoflagellate cyst association suggests that marine waters entering the region had its origin in the relatively warm saline Brazil Current waters. During the second zone (2820–1480 cal yr BP), marine water contribution to the lagoon decreased until it became disconnected with the sea. The third zone (1480–520 cal yr BP) was marked by the decrease of the water level until it dried out and led to the colonization of herbaceous vegetation over the palaeo-lagoon. The last zone (520 cal yr BP–recent) is characterized by the consolidation of the coastal plain Atlantic Rainforest (restinga vegetation). Our results form an example of the strong sensitivity of southern Brazilian ecosystem change caused by relative sea level variations. As such, it might contribute to the debate about potential effects of current climate change induced by global sea level variations.

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Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental evolution and sea level oscillation of the Santa Catarina Island (southern Brazil)

Kuhn

Zonneveld

Souza

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…Palynological data from Santa Catarina State are concentrated in coastal plains (e.g. Behling and Negrelle, 2001; Cancelli et al, 2012a, 2012b; Kuhn et al, 2023; Val-Peón et al, 2019). For the highlands, there are studies from Northern Santa Catarina State Plateau (Oliveira et al, 2006), Serra Geral (Behling, 1995) and Serra do Tabuleiro State Park (de Oliveira et al, 2012; Jeske-Pieruschka et al, 2013), all of the sites having altitudes over 850 m. Jeske-Pieruschka et al (2013) pointed out that the dense ombrophilous forest moved from the lowlands over the slopes in the Early Holocene due to warmer and wetter conditions.…”

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Forest stability during the Holocene in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil revealed by small mammals from Gruta do Presépio

Hadler,

Fernández,

Cherem

et al. 2023

The Holocene

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Quaternary small mammals are important proxies for paleoenvironmental reconstructions. The Brazilian record, although famous and continuously growing, is hampered by poor chronological control due to the nature of most of the published assemblages. Here, we present a taphonomic analysis and paleoenvironmental reconstruction based on marsupials, bats, and rodents (480 remains) from the Gruta do Presépio archeological site (GPR, hereafter), Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. The site is a rock shelter located in an Atlantic Forest biome, an important biodiversity hotspot. The GPR sedimentary sequence spans the Early Holocene (8330 ± 30 years 14C BP) to recent Historical time (after the arrival of Europeans). Most of the small mammal remains were deposited by strigiforms, although for the oldest units some strongly digested remains could indicate the activity of diurnal birds or carnivorous mammals. The GPR small mammal assemblages include 28 taxa (five marsupials, nine chiropterans, and 14 rodents). Most of them indicate the occurrence and persistence of forested environments during the Holocene around the site, which is in overall agreement with regional palynological data. A major community change, implying the increment of rodents allied to disturbed ecosystems (e.g. Akodon, Oligoryzomys, Mus), is very recent and reflects human forest clearance as a signature of the Anthropocene.

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“…2012; Behling & Oliveira 2018; Val‐Peón et al . 2019). Mammals recorded in the GPR excavation units corroborated these data, since Tapirus terrestris , Nasua nasua and Eira barbara occur predominantly in forest, occasionally feeding in or crossing open environments (e.g.…”

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The first fossil record of a bone assemblage accumulated by New World vultures (Gruta do Presépio, Holocene, southern Brazil)

Ballejo

Hadler

Cherem³

et al. 2022

Boreas

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Here we present the first fossil record of a bone assemblage that could have been accumulated by New World vultures (Cathartidae). The bone remains were found in an archaeological rockshelter called Gruta do Pres epio (GPR), located in the tropical rainforest environment of Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, where groups of hunters and gatherers lived from the Early to Middle Holocene (9.3-4.6 cal. ka BP) until the Late Holocene (1.3 cal. ka BP). The results of taphonomic analysis of the archaeological sample are compared with actualistic taphonomic modifications produced by New World vultures. The findings of autopodials (mainly phalanges) of medium and large mammals, with a high degree of digestive corrosion but without tooth marks, could be related to the pellet deposit pattern of New World vultures. Seven mammal taxa associated with a forest environment were identified, four of which were obtained from pellets deposited by Cathartidae; these included some native taxa (Cervidae, Dasypodidae, Felidae and Tayassuidae) that are frequently consumed today by these scavenger birds. The bone and tooth remains contained in the pellets regurgitated by Cathartidae were found together with faunal remains discarded by humans that lived in GPR from the Early to the Late Holocene. This palimpsest highlights the relevance of archaeological and actualistic taphonomic studies.

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Prehistoric occupation and palaeoenvironmental changes along Santa Catarina's Coastal Plain, Brazil: An integrated approach based on palynological data

Cited by 9 publications

References 22 publications

Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental evolution and sea level oscillation of the Santa Catarina Island (southern Brazil)

Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental evolution and sea level oscillation of the Santa Catarina Island (southern Brazil)

Forest stability during the Holocene in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil revealed by small mammals from Gruta do Presépio

The first fossil record of a bone assemblage accumulated by New World vultures (Gruta do Presépio, Holocene, southern Brazil)

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