TITLE:
Prehistoric Maritime Domain and Brazilian Shellmounds
AUTHORS:
Gustavo Peretti Wagner, Lucas Antonio da Silva
KEYWORDS:
Halieutics; Coastal Populations; Shellmounds (Sambaquis); Fishing Communities
JOURNAL NAME:
Archaeological Discovery,
Vol.2 No.1,
January
13,
2014
ABSTRACT: For at least six thousand
years, the Brazilian coast
has been explored extensively by different fishing communities. This article
deals with the
fishing-gatherer societies as coastal communities proposing an interface
between shell sites archaeology and maritime anthropology.