Paleoecological reconstruction of the environment at the Teotônio archaeological site

• Grant number: 17/09718-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2017
• End date: January 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences
• Principal Investigator: Jennifer Watling
• Grantee: MARTIN TORRES CASTRO
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências (IGC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The following research proposal aims to use palaeoecological methods (phytoliths and charcoal) in the surroundings of the archaeological site of Teotônio, located in the Upper Madeira region, southwest Amazonia. The aims are to contribute to the understanding of the environmental effects caused by climate changes during the Holocene, and the scale of landscape transformation affected by the pre-colonial populations who inhabited the site. In sum, some of the elements that are necessary to better understand interactions between pre-colonial societies and their environment in Amazonia. (AU)

Scientific publications

(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)

WATLING, JENNIFER; CASTRO, MARTIN TORRES; SIMON, MARCELO F.; RODRIGUES, FLAVIO O.; DE MEDEIROS, MARCELO BRILHANTE; DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO E.; NEVES, EDUARDO G.. Phytoliths from native plants and surface soils from the Upper Madeira river, SW Amazonia, and their potential for paleoecological reconstruction. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, v. 550, p. 85-110, JUN 10 2020. (17/25157-0, 17/09718-2, 14/21207-5)