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7 - Biocultural Adaptation and Resilience in the Hunter-Gatherers of Lagoa Santa, Central-Eastern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2018

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Pedro Da-Gloria  and
Lucas Bueno
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Daniel H. Temple  and
Christopher M. Stojanowski
Daniel H. Temple
Affiliation:
George Mason University, Virginia
Christopher M. Stojanowski
Affiliation:
Arizona State University
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This chapter synthesizes the bioarchaeological evidence for the hunter-gatherer occupation at Lagoa Santa, Brazil within the context of persistent places and resilience theory. The occupation of this region began with exploratory hunter-gatherer groups probably associated with the Itaparica Tradition. During the Holocene, the region was more intensively occupied with the appearance of multi-burial rockshelter sites around 9000 BP associated with reduced mobility, a high reliance on plants, and an increase in developmental stress associated with a persistent occupation of a burgeoning social landscape. After 7000 BP, there was a return to a high mobility lifestyle with hunterg-gatherers dispersing across larger territories, living in smaller groups and sharing knowledge to abate climatic instability typical of the Middle Holocene in cntral Brazil. Thus, instead of interpreting this change in archaeological visibility as a result of abandonment, it likely represents social strategies aimed at maintaining permanence of the landscape and thus reflects a specific example of resilience.
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Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience
A Bioarchaeological Perspective
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Print publication year: 2018

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