Archaeological and paleontological research in Lagoa Santa : the quest for the first Americans

Weitere Verfasser: Da-Gloria, Pedro , [HerausgeberIn]
Neves, Walter A. , [HerausgeberIn]
Hubbe, Mark , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
Umfang/Format: xvi, 401 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1.
  • Introduction /
  • Pedro Da-Gloria, Walter A. Neves, and Mark Hubbe
  • Part I.
  • History of research in Lagoa Santa.
  • 2.
  • Peter Wilhelm Lund : life and work /
  • Birgitte Holten and Michael Sterll ;
  • 3.
  • Peter Wilhelm Lund's scientific contributions /
  • Augusto S. Auler and Luís Beethoven Piló ;
  • 4.
  • The anthropological studies of Lagoa Santa in the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro : insertion, debates, and scientific controversies at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century /
  • Adriana T.A. Martins Keuller ;
  • 5.
  • The physical anthropology archives of the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro : Lagoa Santa in the first half of the twentieth century /
  • Verlan Valle Gaspar Neto and Claudia Rodrigues-Carvalho ;
  • 6.
  • The Minas Gerais Academy of Sciences : Lund's inheritors /
  • Fernando Walter da Silva Costa ;
  • 7.
  • Archaeological missions to the Lagoa Santa region in the second half of the twentieth century /
  • André Prous ;
  • 8.
  • The National Museum's contributions to Lagoa Santa research in the second half of the twentieth century /
  • Sheila Mendonça de Souza and Andersen Liryo ;
  • 9.
  • The Origins Project and the First Americans' controversy /
  • Danilo Vicensotto Bernardo, Walter A. Neves, and Renato Kipnis
  • Part II.
  • Research topics.
  • 10.
  • The repercussions of the human skeletons from Lagoa Santa in the international scenario /
  • Mark Hubbe and Walter A. Neves ;
  • 11.
  • The Lagoa Santa skeletons and the cranial morphology of the First Americans /
  • Danilo Vicensotto Bernardo and Walter A. Neves ;
  • 12.
  • History of the research into health and lifestyle in Lagoa Santa /
  • Pedro Da-Gloria and Rodrigo Elias Oliveira ;
  • 13.
  • Burial practices in the Lagoa Santa region /
  • André Strauss ;
  • 14.
  • Constructing the past.
  • A look at Lagoa Santa paleontology /
  • Cástor Cartelle ;
  • 15.
  • The history of the studies of prehistoric rock paintings in the Lagoa Santa karst /
  • Alenice Baeta and André Prous ;
  • 16.
  • Lithic technology in Lagoa Santa in the early Holocene /
  • Lucas de Melo Reis Bueno and Andrei Isnardis ;
  • 17.
  • Towards the development of a tropical geoarchaeology : Lagoa Santa as an emblematic case study /
  • Astolfo Gomes de Mello Araujo and Luís Beethoven Piló.