Botanical micro remains in lithic artifacts of the Lapa do Santo site (Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais)

• Grant number: 17/25020-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: March 01, 2018
• End date: May 27, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Archeology - Prehistoric Archaeology
• Principal Investigator: Ximena Suarez Villagran
• Grantee: Daniela Dias Ortega
• Supervisor: Marco Madella
• Host Institution: Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Spain
• Associated to the scholarship: 17/01769-7 - Botanical Microtraces in lithic artifacts of the Lapa do Santo site (Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais), BP.MS

Abstract

During the foreign research internship (BEPE), with the specialized orientation of Prof. Dr. Marco Madella, we will perform the processing of the sediments collected at the archaeological site Lapa do Santo and the analysis of the identified botanic micro remains. This is necessary to verify if the identified micro remains retained in the lithic ones reflect their use in the past or if they come from contamination by the site environment (sediment). (AU)