Charcoal analysis: new source of evidences to Brazilian Archaeology.

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  • Rita Scheel Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional. Departamento de Antropologia. Université de Montpellier II. Institut de Botanique. Laboratoire de Paléobotanique, Environnement et Archéologie
  • Maria Dulce Gaspar Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional. Departamento de Antropologia
  • Jean-Pierre Ybert ORSTOM, France.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.1996.109250

Palabras clave:

Charcoal analysis - Plant anatomy - Ethnoarchaeology - Palaeoecology.

Resumen

Charcoal analysis is the taxonomic and quantitative study of charcoal remains found in soils or archaeological deposits, based on plant anatomy. This discipline may provide both ethnoarchaeological and palaeoecological evidences. In this paper we present its methods and possible applications, as well as a few examples. We suggest that important results may be expected from charcoal analysis applied to brazilian archaeology.

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1996-12-12

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SCHEEL, Rita; GASPAR, Maria Dulce; YBERT, Jean-Pierre. Charcoal analysis: new source of evidences to Brazilian Archaeology. Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, São Paulo, Brasil, n. 6, p. 3–9, 1996. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.1996.109250. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/revmae/article/view/109250.. Acesso em: 23 may. 2024.