Formation processes and anthropic process in the Itapeva Rock Shelter, SP: contributions from soil micromorphology

The study of soil micromorphology is a useful tool for detecting archaeological materials that archaeologists are unaware of in their excavations. The objective of this research is to present the results of Itapeva’s rock shelter, located in the southwest of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The resul...

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Autores: Souza, Tatiane de, Porto, Vagner Carvalheiro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Sociedade de Arqueologia Brasileira (SAB)
Repositorio:Revista de Arqueologia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.revista.sabnet.org:article/835
Acceso en línea:https://revista.sabnet.org/ojs/index.php/sab/article/view/835
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:micromorfologia de solos
processos formativos
processos antrópicos
micromorfología del suelo
procesos formativos
procesos antrópicos
soil micromorphology
formative processes
anthropic processes
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Sumario:The study of soil micromorphology is a useful tool for detecting archaeological materials that archaeologists are unaware of in their excavations. The objective of this research is to present the results of Itapeva’s rock shelter, located in the southwest of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The results are derived from the production of thin sections that describe materials from two different areas of the site, called excavation units D18 and G6, referring to the north and south area and pointed to the existence of an anthropogenic soil with differentiation in its compositions. The conclusion is that the formed sediment is a mixture of sand, ash, wood and clay with long deposition periods derived from human occupation and natural deposition.