Considerations of the sambaquis of the Brazilian coast
- 1 September 1998
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Vol. 72 (277) , 592-615
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00087020
Abstract
Sambaqui is the name given to a certain type of archaeological evidence left by fisher/hunter/gatherer groups who inhabited large expanses of the Brazilian coast. The word is of Tupi etymology, tamba meaning shellfish and ki a piling-up (Prous 1991: 204). The Tupi were a horticultural/potter group who lived on the Brazilian coast at the time of the first European arrivals; they coined the term which describes the main characteristic of the sites — the accumulation of great quantities of mollusc shells (FIGURE 1) .Keywords
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