Crop Management Practices in the Humid Hills from Northeastern Brazil between 670-530 Yrs BP: Palynological Evidences from Archaeological Site Evaristo I

• Main Authors: Aline Gonçalves Freitas, José Sebastián Carrión García, Santiago Fernández Jiménez, Igor Pedroza, Caroline Fernandez Caromano, Leandro Mathews Cascón, Gina Faraco Bianchini, Sergio Francisco Serafim Monteiro da Silva, Neuvania Curte Ghetti, Claudia Alves de Oliveira
• Format: Article
• Language: Catalan
• Published: Universitat de València 2015-12-01
• Series: Sagvntum
• Online Access: https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/saguntum/article/view/6433

The first cultural traces of ancient pottery towns in the Serra de Baturité are presented. The pollen spectrum of sediments reveals a mosaic of moist mountainous vegetation, xerophytes, annual nitrophilous, hygrophilous and bog plants. Useful pollen recovered from ceramic, such as cassava (<em>Manihot</em> type), sweet potatoes (<em>Ipomoea</em> type), cotton (<em>Gossypium</em> type), palm trees and fruitful (Arecaceae, cf. <em>Astronium</em> and <em>Anacardium</em> type), together with pathogenic microfungi corn, cotton and some tubers (<em>Curvularia</em> type, <em>Alternaria</em>, <em>Puccinia</em> type and cf. <em>Ustilago maydis</em>) indicate agricultural and livelihood activities. The coprophilous fungi of humans and other animals (<em>Cercophora</em> type <em>Gelasinospora </em>type and Sordariaceae) reflect the time spent by these groups in the archaeological area. The <em>Gelasinospora</em> fungus also shows the use of fire as fuel for agricultural practices and hunting. These data demonstrate the use of ceramics in funerary and domestic contexts.