Origins and microevolution of man in the Americas: a paleoantrhopological approach

• Grant number: 99/00670-7
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: July 01, 2000
• End date: September 30, 2004
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Walter Alves Neves
• Grantee: Walter Alves Neves
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant(s): 03/02446-4 - David Webb | Kutztown University - Estados Unidos, AV.EXT

Abstract

The aim in this research project is to develop decision support systems based on networks and geographic information systems. The focus on spatial distribution will be used in the problems and applications. Considering the previous experience of the members of the project, the emphasis will be on urban applications, taking into account the urban network with digitalized data and maps. Also the identification, study and solution of problems related to networks in the agricultural and telecommunication environments will be initiated. One main goal of the project is to provide useful tools for decision-makers in order to solve problems such as facility location, vehicle routing, transportation problems and other related problems. These problems deserve attention since they arise in many applications and are considered difficult problems to solve. New algorithms for solving some of these problems have been successfully developed by members of this project. An important phase of the project will be the collection and analysis of geographically referenced data in order to generate practical applications. The basic research team is formed by experienced researchers that have been worked together in previous thematic projects, and will permit practical applications defined for some Vale do Paraíba cities. (AU)

Scientific publications

(12)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ARAUJO, ASTOLFO G. M.; STRAUSS, ANDRE M.; FEATHERS, JAMES K.; PAISANI, JULIO CESAR; SCHRAGE, THOMAS J.. Paleoindian Open-Air Sites in Tropical Settings: A Case Study in Formation Processes, Dating Methods, and Paleoenvironmental Models in Central Brazil. GEOARCHAEOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, v. 28, n. 3, SI, p. 195-220, MAY-JUN 2013. (04/01321-6, 99/00670-7, 08/51747-0)

NEVES, W. A.; PROUS, A.; GONZÁLEZ-JOSÉ, R.; POWELL, J.; KIPNIS, E.. Early Holocene human skeletal remains from Santana do Riacho, Brazil: implications for the settlement of the New World. Journal of Human Evolution, v. 45, n. 1, p. 759-782, Jul. 2003. (99/00670-7)

ARAUJO, ASTOLFO G. M.; PUGLIESE, JR., FRANCISCO A.; DOS SANTOS, RAFAEL O.; OKUMURA, MERCEDES. Extreme cultural persistence in eastern-central Brazil: the case of Lagoa Santa Paleaeoindians. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 90, n. 2, 1, p. 2501-2521, AUG 2018. (04/01321-6, 99/00670-7)

DA-GLORIA, PEDRO; OLIVEIRA, RODRIGO E.; NEVES, WALTER A.. Dental caries at Lapa do Santo, central-eastern Brazil: An Early Holocene archaeological site. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 89, n. 1, p. 307-316, MAR 2017. (13/00069-0, 04/01321-6, 99/00670-7)

FLORES, RODRIGO ANGELES; MORENO DE SOUSA, JOAO CARLOS; DE MELLO ARAUJO, ASTOLFO GOMES; CECCANTINI, GREGRIO. Before Lagoa Santa: Micro-remain and technological analysis in a lithic artifact from the Itaparica industry. JOURNAL OF LITHIC STUDIES, v. 3, n. 1, 2016. (99/00670-7)

NEVES, WALTER A.; ARAUJO, ASTOLFO G. M.; BERNARDO, DANILO V.; KIPNIS, RENATO; FEATHERS, JAMES K.. Rock Art at the Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary in Eastern South America. PLoS One, v. 7, n. 2, FEB 22 2012. (04/01321-6, 99/00670-7)

AULER‚ A.S.; PILÓ‚ L.B.; SMART‚ P.L.; WANG‚ X.; HOFFMANN‚ D.; RICHARDS‚ D.A.; EDWARDS‚ R.L.; NEVES‚ W.A.; CHENG‚ H.. U-series dating and taphonomy of Quaternary vertebrates from Brazilian caves. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, v. 240, n. 3, p. 508-522, 2006. (99/00670-7)

FLORES, RODRIGO ANGELES; VENEZIA, MARIA ESTER; ARAUJO, ASTOLFO GOMES DE MELLO; CECCANTINI, GREGORIO. Confirmation of Starchy Plant Processing in Lagoa Santa by Paleoindian People: Results of Microrremain and Use-Wear Analysis at Lapa Grande de Taquaracu. PALEOAMERICA, v. 9, n. 1, p. 18-pg., 2023-01-02. (99/00670-7)

ARAUJO, ASTOLFO G. M.. On Vastness and Variability: Cultural Transmission, Historicity, and the Paleoindian Record in Eastern South America. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 87, n. 2, p. 1239-1258, JUN 2015. (04/01321-6, 13/13794-5, 99/00670-7)

ALVES NEVES, WALTER; OKUMURA, MARIA MERCEDES M.; GONZÁLEZ-JOSÉ, ROLANDO; FIGUTI, LEVY; EGGERS, SABINE; BLASIS, PAULO ANTONIO DANTAS DE; HUBBE, MARK OLIVER ROHRIG. A new early Holocene human skeleton from Brazil: implications for the settlement of the New World. Journal of Human Evolution, v. 48, n. 4, p. 403-411, Apr. 2005. (98/14254-2, 99/00670-7, 99/12684-2)

NEVES, WALTER ALVES; GONZÁLEZ-JOSÉ, ROLANDO; KIPNIS, RENATO; ARAUJO, ASTOLFO G. M.; BLASIS, OLDEMAR; HUBBE, MARK OLIVER ROHRIG. Early holocene human skeletal remains from Cerca Grande, Lagoa Santa, Central Brazil, and the origins of the first americans. World Archaeology, v. 36, n. 4, p. 479-501, Dec. 2004. (99/00670-7)

ARAUJO, ASTOLFO G. M.; FEATHERS, JAMES K.; ARROYO-KALIN, MANUEL; TIZUKA, MICHELLE M.. Lapa das boleiras rockshelter: stratigraphy and formation processes at a paleoamerican site in Central Brazil. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, v. 35, n. 12, p. 3186-3202, DEC 2008. (99/00670-7)