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Recent Radiocarbon Dates for Central and Southern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Wesley R. Hurt*
Affiliation:
Indiana University Museum, Bloomington, Indiana

Abstract

Radiocarbon dates from caves and shellmounds in central and southern Brazil indicate occupation extending over a 10,000-year period, during which major climatic changes occurred. Correlation of these dates with geologic context of the sites indicates a close agreement with the theoretical climatic fluctuation and changes of sea level proposed by Fairbridge.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1964

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