Early Holocene ritual complexity in South America: The archaeological record of Lapa do Santo (east-central Brazil)

Antiquity

Volumn 90, Issue 354, 2016, Pages 1454-1473

  Strauss, André ^a,b,c,d   Oliveira, Rodrigo Elias ^c   Villagran, Ximena S ^c   Bernardo, Danilo V ^e   Salazar García, Domingo C ^a,f,g,h   Bissaro, Marcos César ^c   Pugliese, Francisco ^c   Hermenegildo, Tiago ⁱ   Santos, Rafael ^j   Barioni, Alberto ^c   De Oliveira, Emiliano Castro ^c,k   Moreno De Sousa, João Carlos ^l   Jaouen, Klervia ^a   Ernani, Max ^c   Hubbe, Mark ^m,n   Inglez, Mariana ^c   Gratão, Marina ^c   Rockwell, H ^o   Machado, Márcia ^p   De Souza, Gustavo ^q   Chemale, Farid ^r   Kawashita, Koji ^s   O'Connell, Tamsin C ⁱ   Israde, Isabel ^t   Feathers, James ^u   Campi, Claudio ^c   Richards, Michael ^a   Wahl, Joachim ^b,v   Kipnis, Renato ^c   Araujo, Astolfo ^c   Neves, Walter ^c   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Arqueologia Annette Laming Emperaire   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^j Coordenação Regional Xavante ^*  (Brazil)

^k FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^l FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^m OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^p FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^q Instituto do Patrimonio Historico e Artistico Nacional 13a Superintendencia Regional   (Brazil)

^r FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^t UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^u UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^v Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Brazil; early Archaic period; Lagoa Santa; Lapa do Santo; mortuary rituals; Palaeoindian

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997542793     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2016.220     Document Type: Article

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