Techno-Cultural Diversities in the Early Holocene: Brazilian Hinterlands and the Bolivian Chaco

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Abstract
Abstract Considering the technicalities of the Early Holocene, this chapter addresses the techno-cultural diversity of archaeological contexts in the highlands of the Brazilian countryside (covering the central, northeastern, southeastern south-central regions of Minas Gerais and São Paulo) and the southern plateaus, as well as the lowlands of Pantanal and the Bolivian Chaco, between 11,700 and 8,200 cal BP. Based on an exhaustive survey of dating, material culture, environment, and sites, we examine the techno-cultural diversity of these regions, based on the principles of debitage, modelling, and affordance, highlighting the technical means applied in different contexts. This diversity does not result from a set of isolated or rigidly defined techno-cultural blocks but from continuous interactions between peoples, techniques, and landscapes, inserted in a dynamic system in which technical objects are interconnected and in constant transformation. In addition to the specificity of the archaeological contexts analyzed, this techno-cultural diversity transcends regional particularities, functioning as an “atrium” (a symbolic space of transition between past and future). Questions about the antecedents of these technologies allow us to get closer to ancestral knowledge and consider the leading role of Indigenous peoples in the construction of new paths, demonstrating the continuity and resignificance of technological practices over time.
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Authors Sibeli A. Viana, Sirlei E. Hoeltz
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195391367.013.29
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195391367.013.29
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