Abstract
Two distinct fishing technologies were identified among the shellmound builders of the Saquarema Lagoonal Complex, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro: bone point technology and worked fish spines. These technologies were related to the acquisition of specific fish resources; Worked fish spines were used in the capture of Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest), and bone points used for fishing specimens of the Ariidae family. Worked spines technology was predominant between 6,726 cal. years BP and 3,699 cal. years BP, while the bone point technology was dominant after 3,699 cal. years BP. It is believed these different strategies for obtaining fishing resources before 3,699 years cal. BP was related to environmental. Notably the gradual regression of relative sea level occurred during the mid- and late Holocene.
Highlights
Archaeology has always been associated with environmental studies since the 19th century
The fishing technique for this species seems to be associated with the manufacture of worked fish spines, and the results point to a direct relationship between the prevalence of M. furnieri specimens and the commonness of this technology in all archaeological layers in sites of this group
This fishing technology was predominant between 6,726/6,356 and 3,699/3,600 cal. years BP among the shellmounds builders of the Saquarema Lagoonal Complex
Summary
Archaeology has always been associated with environmental studies since the 19th century (see Trigger 1992). It is only since the latter half of the 20th century that archaeologists have explicitly designed projects and field methods (e.g., flotation, pollen and phytolith analysis, zooarchaeology, etc.) to study these relationships (Jochim 1990:75). The recent global climate change agenda has influenced a number of archaeologists on paleo-climate studies and their influence on past societies, viewed under the current environmental possibilities of understanding the processes of socio-cultural changes, especially in regard to climatic oscillations, geological and geomorphological processes and their effects during the Holocene (Shennan 2005)
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