کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10501258 944840 2005 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Holocene dryness and human occupation in Brazil during the “Archaic Gap”
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات زمین شناسی
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Holocene dryness and human occupation in Brazil during the “Archaic Gap”
چکیده انگلیسی
An overview of the archaeological data produced over the last decades for Brazil, coupled with a background of recent paleoenvironmental studies, suggests that during the mid-Holocene vast areas of Central Brazil ceased to be occupied by human groups. Independent data from dated human skeletons, rock-shelter stratigraphy, and chronology of open-air sites converge to support the inference that these areas were depopulated or altogether abandoned. Paleoenvironmental data suggest that dryness events constitute the major cause behind the observed trends. This phenomenon expands the already perceived notion that climatic stresses had a major role in the shaping of human settlement patterns in marginal environments, such as deserts and high-altitude settings.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Quaternary Research - Volume 64, Issue 3, November 2005, Pages 298-307
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