Traditional Fishing, Mollusk Gathering, and the Shell Mound Builders of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Maria Dulce Gaspar; Daniela M. Klokler; Paulo DeBlasis

doi:10.2993/0278-0771-31.2.188

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Maria Dulce Gaspar,¹ Daniela M. Klokler,² Paulo DeBlasis³

¹Museu Nacional/Departamento de Antropologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and researcher of the CNPq. Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, 20940-040, Brazil (e-mail: ) madugaspar@terra.com.br
²Museu Nacional/Departamento de Antropologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
³Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Av. Prof. Almeida Prado, 1466, São Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil

Abstract

This article presents results of ethnographic research on modern fishers and mollusk gatherers from the state of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil. Information from interviews is correlated with questions regarding the lifeways of groups that built large shell mounds along the Brazilian coast between 6,000 and 1,000 years ago. Ethnoarchaeological research helps deconstruct misconceptions regarding these prehistoric communities, demonstrating that large-scale sedentary groups could have successfully utilized estuarine resources on a year-round basis.

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Maria Dulce Gaspar, Daniela M. Klokler, and Paulo DeBlasis "Traditional Fishing, Mollusk Gathering, and the Shell Mound Builders of Santa Catarina, Brazil," Journal of Ethnobiology 31(2), 188-212, (1 December 2011). https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-31.2.188

Published: 1 December 2011