THE ORIGINS OF THE BRAZILIAN SAMBAQUIS (SHELLMOUNDS): FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The theme of the origin of the sambaquis is an interesting one to academic research since the nineteenth century. Attempts to elucidate the question are diverse, and present implications and developments from both human biology and sociocultural perspectives. The pages that follow seek to address all these implications through a historiographical approach, proposing a discussion of revisional and integrating character, composing an explanatory hypothesis.

Keywords

• Sambaquis, origens possíveis, povoamento costeiro, revisão histórica