Analysis of osteodonto-malacological industry from the Capelinha I river shellmound, Jacupiranguinha river basin, Ribeira de Iguape Valley, São Paulo

• Grant number: 05/01633-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2005
• End date: December 31, 2005
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Archeology - Prehistoric Archaeology
• Principal Investigator: Levy Figuti
• Grantee: Caroline Borges
• Host Institution: Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Using the assemblage from Capelinha I site, a “fluvial sambaqui” located within the region of the Jacupiranguinha river basin (Ribeira de Iguape Valley, SP), this project aims/intends to identify the various strategies of artifact manufacture from bone, teeth and shell materials. We wish to identify and define techno-typological patterns associated with this site. During the analysis, in order to obtain the data, different variables such as raw material, shape, dimensions, morphology will be used and correlated.