Buried in ashes: Site formation processes at Lapa do Santo rockshelter, east-central Brazil

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 77, Issue , 2017, Pages 10-34

  Villagran, Ximena S ^a,b   Strauss, André ^a,c,d,e   Miller, Christopher ^b   Ligouis, Bertrand ^b   Oliveira, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoecology   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Centro de Arqueologia Annette Laming Emperaire   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Experimental hearths; Lagoa Santa; Micromorphology; Organic petrology; Paleoamerican; Tropical geoarchaeology; FTIR

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; KARST; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PETROLOGY;

BRAZIL; LAGOA SANTA; MINAS GERAIS;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 84979713565     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2016.07.008     Document Type: Article

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