Geochemical signature identifying features and archaeological structures in eastern Amazonian Terra Preta sites

Bibliographic Data

ID8354597
AuthorsMajd Nidal Aboul Hosn (Pós‐Graduação em Sociedade Ambiente e Qualidade de Vida Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará Santarém Pará Brazil), Bruno Apolo Miranda Figueira (0000-0002-0507-8662, Pós‐Graduação em Sociedade Ambiente e Qualidade de Vida Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará Santarém Pará Brazil, corresponding author), Paulo Sérgio Taube Junior (Instituto de Biodiversidade e Floresta Universidade Federal do Pará Santarém Pará Brazil), Paulo Sergio Taube (0000-0001-5786-7615, Universidade Federal do Pará), José Francisco Berredo Reis da Silva (Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Belém Pará Brazil), Bráulio S Archanjo (0000-0001-8145-7712, Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia), Kashif Gul (0000-0002-9678-457X, Department of Environmental Sciences University of Peshawar Peshawar Pakistan), Sumeet Malik (0000-0002-7937-0869, Department of Environmental Sciences University of Peshawar Peshawar Pakistan), Marcondes Lima Da Costa (0000-0002-0134-0432, Pos‐graduação em Geologia e Geoquímica Universidade Federal do Pará Belém Pará Brazil)
Year2024
Volume66
Issue6
Pages1191-1204
Publication date2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeometry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/arcm.12977
OpenAlexW4396935527
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited56

The present work describes the chemistry and mineralogy of soils such as Terra Preta Arqueológica (TPA) or Terra Preta de Índio (TPI) from the Bitoca I and II sites, located in the Salobo Region (Carajás Mineral Province, Pará‐Brazil). The results revealed chemical and mineralogical characteristics that are similar to other TPAs found throughout the Amazon region, such as relatively high levels of Ca (average of 3600 ppm), P (average of 850 ppm), Mn (average of 730 ppm), Zn (average of 55 ppm), and Cu (average of 63 ppm). In soils related to the characteristics of occupation by huts and campfires, the mineralogical composition is represented by quartz, kaolinite, calcite, muscovite, anatase, hematite, goethite, and gibbsite. Amorphous phases have also been identified mainly as calcium phosphates and organic matter (humic and fulvic acids). The analysis of the features/structures described here helped in the identification/verification of areas destined for different activities within the sites

Amazon rainforest · Amazonian · Archaeology · Biology · Geography · Geometry · Signature (topology) · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Cassava research and cyanide · Ecology · Geology · Indigenous Health and Education

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