Fishing strategies among prehistoric populations at Saquarema Lagoonal Complex, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



Document title: Fishing strategies among prehistoric populations at Saquarema Lagoonal Complex, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000357252
ISSN: 0001-3765
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Departamento de Arqueologia, Laranjeiras, Sergipe. Brasil
Year:
Season: Mar
Volumen: 85
Number: 1
Pages: 415-429
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English 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
Portuguese abstract Duas tecnologias pesqueiras distinas foram identificadas junto aos grupos construtores de sambaquis do Complexo Lagunar de Saquarema, no estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: a tecnologia das pontas ósseas e a dos espinhos de peixe trabalhados. Essas tecnologias estavam relacionadas à aquisição de recursos ictiológicos específicos; os espinhos de peixe trabalhados foram usados na captura do Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest) e as pontas ósseas foram usadas na pesca de representantes da família Ariidae. A tecnologia dos espinhos trabalhados foi predominante entre 6.726 anos cal AP e 3.699 anos cal AP, enquanto que a tecnologia de pontas ósseas foi predominante após 3.699 anos cal AP. Acreditamos que essas diferenças estratégicas para obter recursos aquáticos antes de 3.699 anos cal AP estejam relacionadas a fatores de ordem ambiental, notadamente à gradual regressão do nível relativo do mar ocorrido ao longo do Holoceno médio e tardio
Disciplines: Antropología
Keyword: Arqueología,
Pesca,
Estrategias de pesca,
Artes de pesca,
Holoceno
Keyword: Anthropology,
Archaeology,
Fishing,
Fishing strategies,
Fishing gears,
Holocene,
Fisheries
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