24.0 kyr cal BP stone artefact from Vale da Pedra Furada, Piauí, Brazil: Techno-functional analysis

Current archaeological paradigm proposes that the first peopling of the Americas does not exceed the Last Glacial Maximum period. In this context, the acceptance of the anthropogenic character of the earliest stone artefacts generally rests on the presence of projectile points considered no more as...

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Autores: Boëda, Eric, Ramos, Marcos Paulo de Melo, Pérez Balarezo, Antonio, Hatté, Christine, Pino, Mario, Clemente-Conte, Ignacio, Fontugne, Michel, Guérin, G., Villagran, Ximena S., Santos, J.C., Costa, Lucas, Germond, Lucie, Ahmed-Delacroix, Nelson Eric, Costa, Amélie da, Borges, Carolina, Hoeltz, Sirley, Daltrini Felice, Gisele, Gluchy, Maria, Van Havre Grégoire, Griggo, Christophe, Lucas, Livia, Souza, Iderlan de, Viana, Sibeli, Strauss, Andre, Kerner, Jennifer, Guidon, Niède
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2021
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositório:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/235113
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/235113
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Archaeology
Archaeological dating
Stratigraphy
Sediment
Paleoanthropology
Radioactive carbon dating
Pleistocene epoch
Raw materials
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Resumo:Current archaeological paradigm proposes that the first peopling of the Americas does not exceed the Last Glacial Maximum period. In this context, the acceptance of the anthropogenic character of the earliest stone artefacts generally rests on the presence of projectile points considered no more as typocentric but as typognomonic, since it allows, by itself, to certify the human character of the other associated artefacts. In other words, without this presence, nothing is certain. Archaeological research at Piauí (Brazil) attests to a Pleistocene human presence between 41 and 14 cal kyr BP, without any record of lithic projectile points. Here, we report the discovery and interpretation of an unusual stone artefact in the Vale da Pedra Furada site, in a context dating back to 24 cal kyr BP. The knapping stigmata and macroscopic use-wear traces reveal a conception centred on the configuration of double bevels and the production in the same specimen of at least two successive artefacts with probably different functions. This piece unambiguously presents an anthropic character and reveals a technical novelty during the Pleistocene occupation of South America.

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