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Beyond Typology: Looking for Processes and Diversity in the Study of Lithic Technology in the Brazilian Amazon

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Author	Bue, Lucas
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	This article describes how the lithic industries of the Amazon have been studied in Brazilian archaeology, and presents a historical record of research in the region. The article then attempts to analyze the reasons for the relative paucity of work on this research theme. The record includes studies of lithic industries related to the presence of pottery-using (ceramist) groups as well as those related to occupation of areas by hunter–gatherers. It points to different factors that have contributed to the type and quantity of information currently available, notably the issues of changing environmental conditions relating to site preservation and visibility that necessarily interface with the disciplinary history of archaeology within the Amazon Basin region. The paper seeks to highlight the issues that have dominated the research field, contextualizing them and redefining them in order to indicate future prospects for work in relation to the lithic industries of the macro-region.Este artigo discute como as indústrias líticas da Amazônia têm sido estudadas na arqueologia Brasileira e apresenta um histórico da pesquisa na região. O registro utilizado envolve tanto estudos de indústrias líticas relacionadas a ocupações de grupos ceramistas, quanto àquelas associadas a grupos caçadores-coletores. A partir deles se analisam as razões para a escassez de trabalhos sobre o tema. Discuti-se a respeito dos diferentes fatores que contribuiram para o tipo e a quantidade de informação atualmente disponível, como a caracterização ambiental e sua dinâmica, assim como aqueles relacionados com a história da arqueologia enquanto disciplina no Brasil. Este artigo procura realçar questões que dominaram e ainda dominam esse campo de pesquisa, contextualizando-as e redefinindo-as no sentido de indicar propostas futuras de trablaho com indústrias líticas nessa macro-região.
Starting Page	121
Ending Page	143
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	08927537
Journal	Journal of World Prehistory
Volume Number	23
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15737802
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2010-10-21
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Lithic Classification Brazilian archaeology Amazon basin Anthropology Archaeology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Archeology Archeology (arts and humanities)

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