Refining the Chronology and Occupation Dynamics of the Mound Villages of South-Eastern Acre, Brazil

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ID3754152
AutoresJ Iriarte (0000-0002-8155-5360, University of Exeter, autor correspondente), Jonas Gregorio De Souza (0000-0001-6032-4443, Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Mark Edward Robinson, Mark Robinson (0000-0003-4911-7106), Antonia Damasceno Barbosa (0009-0008-1813-7220), Antonia Barbosa (Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural), Franciele Da Silva
Ano2021
Volume13
Fascículo1
Páginas153
Data de publicação2021-08-31
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmazônica - Revista de Antropologia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1984-6215 • E-ISSN: 2176-0675
EditoraUniversidade Federal do Para (PUBLISHER • BR)
DOI10.18542/amazonica.v13i1.9005
OpenAlexW3200273759
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas13

This paper summarises recent test excavations at five Mound Village sites in the south-eastern sector of Acre state, Brazil, including Caboquinho, Boa Esperança, Tocantins, Dos Circulos IV and V. Radiocarbon dates obtained from the excavation of this site refine the chronology of this archaeological tradition. To improve the chronologies of the mound villages in Acre for which radiocarbon dates were available, we modelled them using Bayesian statistics. We conducted the analysis in ChronoModel, which is better suited for regional models. Bayesian modelling of new radiocarbon dates from basal contexts of nine sites in the region establish the beginning of this archaeological tradition at ~ AD 952-1216. Nine dates from ten construction phases at the Caboquinho site establish the longest sequence from ~ AD 1169-1309 to colonial times. The stratigraphy of the test units reported in this study confirms previous results indicating that mounds are the result of alternating construction and occupation episodes. Dates from the Dos Circulos IV Rectangular Mound Village ~ AD 1367-1451 indicates that Rectangular Villages are broadly contemporaneous with Circular Mound Villages. Single dates from three superimposed villages at Dos Circulos V suggest the succession of village construction. Overall, these preliminary results make a contribution to a better understanding of the timing of emergence and demise of Mound Village construction

Acre · Archaeology · Chronology · Excavation · Geography · Radiocarbon dating · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Cassava research and cyanide · Environmental Science · Urban Development and Societal Issues · Geology