THE BURNED BONES IN TOCA DO ALTO DO CAPIM
Funerary practices are acts performed by a group and/or a family to the body of one or more individuals after death. Relating the terms funeral and practice is to admit the straight intentions of this research. By the way, it aims to search for archaeological evidence to attest the mortuary behavior...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal de Pelotas
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Cadernos do LEPAARQ |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufpel.edu.br/ojs2/index.php/lepaarq/article/view/3905 |
| Summary: | Funerary practices are acts performed by a group and/or a family to the body of one or more individuals after death. Relating the terms funeral and practice is to admit the straight intentions of this research. By the way, it aims to search for archaeological evidence to attest the mortuary behavior in Toca do Alto do Capim, in the National Park of Serra das Confusões (Piauí). This site was dug up during three turns of researchthat happenedin 2008 and 2009. The remnants that were found are summarized in artifacts of chipped and polished stones, human and animal bones withburning marks, fires and a burial of a child. The results of this research were reached through spatial andosteological analysis, whichal lowed identifying a minimum number of five individuals, three chronological moments of occupation, as well as practices of primary burial and cremation. |
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| ISSN: | 1806-9118 2316-8412 |