Criação de uma Coleção Osteológica de referência da Ictiofauna Amazônica

Abstract

The zooarchaeological studies were still underdeveloped in the Amazon. Nevertheless, based on the few researches done, it can be said that fish traces are abundant in archaeological sites. However, the lack of a reference collection hampers a comparative analysis and systematization of the data on the species found in the archaeological record, as well as the interpretation of the interaction of the previous societies with the environment. This project elaborates a reference osteological collection with current fish from the ichthyofauna found in the archaeological site Hatahara (Iranduba-AM) and produces a literature review that addresses the man-environment relations in the Amazon. These tasks constitute fundamental steps for the development of the zooarchaeological study, which contributes to the understanding of the means of subsistence used by the populations that occupied large settlements between terra firme and lowland ecosystems in the pre-colonial period.