Peopling the South American Inland
2011 – 2011
Peopling the South American Inland: routes, chronology and cultural diversity
Resumo: The Peopling of the Americas started with the occupation and transformation of a landscape previously not inhabited by humans. The first migrants arrived in a land that was never occupied before. There was a whole continent to occupy, new lands to be discovered and new decisions and choices to be made. But first of all, they needed to learn, to map this landscape with their previous knowledge, looking for places and references that they could recognize to situate themselves in this new world, attaching them to this landscape and constructing territories. In this project I am concerned with this initial period of entrance, dispersal and cultural diversification in the peopling of eastern South America. What were the initial routes that were chosen for this first entrance, how many episodes of entrance and what choices did these first inhabitants make in terms of technology, subsistence and modes of displacement. The aim of this proposal is to discuss the process of the peopling of South American Inlands using two sets of related data: a bibliographical review of eastern South America, focusing on Brazilian archaeological context and case studies from two areas in central Brazil – Lajeado, TO, and Jangada, MT.
Integrantes: Agueda Vilhena Vialou, Denis Vialou e Lucas de Melo Reis Bueno (coord.).
Financiamento: Fondation Maison Sciences de l’Homme (Bolsa).
