Geometric Morphometrics (GM) is a method originally applied in Evolutionary Biology
studies, using the analysis of change in size and shape in order to better understand …

During the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene and in the early Holocene period,
hunter-gatherer communities across tropical South America deployed a range of …

Fishtail points are considered an indicator of the presence for one of the earliest and most
successful human adaptations during the late Pleistocene in South America (~ 12,900 …

In this article, we will provide a brief history of the appropriation and development of the
concepts of “culture,”“tradition,”“technocomplex,” among others, in Eastern South America …

Uruguai 1 is a recently discovered site in the Foz do Chapecó Archaeological Area, which
contains an exceptional archaeological record, documenting the expansion of Homo …

The lack of a standard protocol for analyzing and comparing multiple assemblages of lithic
artifacts has hindered the advance of a better understanding of the cultural diversity …

ABSTRACT The Lagoa Santa region, located in southeastern Brazil, has been studied
archaeologically since the nineteenth century. Paleoindian lithic industries in Brazil have …

1 L'histoire des premiers peuplements humains du sol brésilien et la question de leur
origine ont été des sujets d'intérêt dès les premiers contacts entre les populations locales et …

Lapa do Santo rockshelter, a Paleoindian site located in Eastern-Central Brazil, presented
two main occupations; one during Early Holocene (12,460 to 8700 cal BP), and a latter in …

Abstract The Umbu Tradition is an archaeological cultural unit created in late 1960s to better
describe the variation observed in sites presenting lithic bifacial points in southern Brazil …