Human mobility on the Brazilian coast: an analysis of strontium isotopes in archaeological human remains from Forte Marechal Luz Sambaqui

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2011
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional. Departamento de Antropologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública. Departamento de Endemias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Brasilia. Instituto de Geociências. Brasília, DF, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Brasilia. Instituto de Geociências. Brasília, DF, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional. Departamento de Antropologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional. Departamento de Antropologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
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This study investigated strontium isotopes in the dental enamel of 32 human skeletons from Forte Marechal Luz sambaqui (shellmound), Santa Catarina, Brazil, aiming at identifying local and non-local individuals. The archeological site presents pot sherds in the uppermost archeological layers. Dental enamel was also examined from specimens of terrestrial fauna ((87)Sr/(86)Sr = 0.71046 to 0.71273) and marine fauna ((87)Sr/(86)Sr = 0.70917). The (87)Sr/(86)Sr isotope ratio for individuals classified as locals ranged from 0. 70905 to 0. 71064 and was closer to the isotope ratio of the seawater than to the ratio of the terrestrial fauna, indicating a strong influence of marine strontium on the inhabitants of this sambaqui. The results indicate the existence of three non-local individuals ((87)Sr/(86)Sr = 0.70761 to 0.70835), buried in both the level without pottery and the layer with pottery, possibly originated from the Santa Catarina Plateau, close to the municipality of Lages, or from the Curitiba Plateau. The occurrence of a slight difference between the isotope ratios of local individuals buried in the archeological layer without pottery, when compared to those in the layer with pottery, suggests a possible change in dietary patterns between these two moments in the site's occupation.
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Brasil, Migração, Mobilidade Humana, Esmalte dentário, Santa Catarina, Região Sul, Índios Sul-Americanos
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Brasil, Saúde de Populações Indígenas, Índios Sul-Americanos, Isótopos de Estrôncio, Esmalte dentário
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BASTOS, Murilo Q. R.; SOUZA, Sheila M. F. Mendonça de; SANTOS, Roberto V.; LIMA, Bárbara A. F.; SANTOS, Ricardo V.; RODRIGUES-CARVALHO, Claudia. Human mobility on the Brazilian coast: an analysis of strontium isotopes in archaeological human remains from Forte Marechal Luz Sambaqui. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 83, n. 2, p. 731-743, 2011.
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