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In 1969, a geological team of the IDESP made a surface collection and a stratigraphic test excavation in a habitation site on the right bank of the lower Rio Fresco in the State of Pará. The site covers approximately 20000 square meters in a forested zone; blackened soil and archeological remains occurred to a depth of 1.2m. At the time of invesgation, there were several modern structures, fruit tress, and garden plots on the site. The archeological remains consist of a small vessel and a moderate number of sherds, various stone objects, flakes, and rocks. Pottery appears to have been utilitarian, although the presence of large corrugated fragments suggests possible burial urns. The seherds, tempered with sand containing quartz grains and particles of mica, were classified into two plain types (coarse sand and fine sand temper), 8 decorated types (painted black or red on white, red slipped, corrugated,grooved, insised, coiled, brushed, and modeled), and one um classified plain type (cariapé tempered). Ten vessel forms were resconstructed, representing globular, sub-globular, and carenated jars, rounded bowls, and t-shaped axes, a bead or cylindrical pendant, and a fragment of a possible spade, raw materials were andesite, andesite-porphyry, diabase, and gabbro,; technique of manufacture was pecking and polishing. In spite of the small size of the artifact samples, this and other types of evidence permit the recognition of a distinct cultural complex, which has been designated as the Carapanã Phase. It represents a semi-permanent sedentary agricultural gropu of the Northern Kayapó. Comparison with archeologial evidence fron adjacents areas (Rios Xingú, Iataciunas, and Pau d´Arco) reveals ceramic similarities in paste, decoration, and vessel shape that imply that the Xingú-Araguaia basinwas occupied in relativelyrecent times by groupes with a different pottery-making tradition, among the one or more of probable Tupi-Guarani origin. The proximity of the villages, trade relations, or some other mechanism of intertribal communication apparently facilitated the dissemination and adoption of certain ceramic patterns characteristic of the Tupiguarani Tradition of the Coasted Strip.

Durante os trabalhos de campo na região do Salgado,em 1968-70, paralelamente à prospecção arqueológica efetuada nos sambaquis litorâneos (Projeto Salgado) foram também pesquisados diversos sítios cerâmicos abertos, considerando-se o fato de alguns encontrarem-se ameaçados de destruição e, principalmente, pelo que poderiam representar em têrmos de correlacionamento cronológico e cultural com os sambaquis. neste trabalho é apresentada uma nova fase arqueológica - Areão -, definida até o momento pela cerâmica e outras evidências coletadas em dois destes sítios localizados na área de areões, dunas e campos a noroeste da Ilha de Marudá, próximo ao litoral banhado pelo furo ou rio Camará, no Município de Marapanim.

Although Brazil includes a variety of a landscaps and climates, two large general divisions can be recognized: the Amazon basin and the Coastal Strip. These bioclimatic regions have independent prehistories, impling the existence of a strong natural barrier betwenn them. Along the Coastal Strip, the Preceramic Period lasted until about A.D. 500 except for an enclave on the Bahia coast. The earliest lithic complexes from the interior appear to lack stone projectiles points, but crude types occur in contemporary sambaquis. Otherwise, gros typology reveals little change in artifact types.

Fil: Rosel Albero, E.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

Fil: Linares Málaga, Eloy. Universidad Nacional San Agustín (Arequipa, Perú). Museo de Arqueología e Historia

Fil: Schobinger, Juan. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras

The region surveyed lios in the state of Mato Grosso, in a zone of gallery forest and savanna, with warm wet winters and cool dry summers. Twelve habitation sites were investigated, 7 on the upper Xingu and 5 on the lower Culuene (fig 11), with two or more stratigraphic excavations made in each. Preliminarys analysis of the pottery suggest that this geographical division corresponds to two archeological phases, but names have not been assigned pending more detailed study of the material.

Fil: Rebitsch, Mathias. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Fil: Krahl T., Luis. Club Andino de Chile. Grupo de Alta Montaña Fil: González F, Oscar. Club Andino de Chile. Grupo de Alta Montaña

Fil: Le Paige, Gustavo.

Archeological ,investigations were undertaken in two cemetery sites of the Aristé Phase, the last culture to occupy the northern part of the Territory of Amapá, Brazil. The first site, Vila Velha, is on the left bank of the Rio Cassiporé, 80 kilometers above the mouth. It covers a large area, the front part of which is occupied by the modem town. Two excavations were made, one in the part of the site nearest the river and the other in the most distant sector. Burial urns were encountered 10 -20 cm.below the surface. No systematic arrangement could be detected. The vessels from Vila Velha I, farthest from the river, were buried close together and frequently touching. They contained dirt and: bone fragments. At Vila Velha II, near the shore, the jars were widely spaced. All but one contained cremated remains and all had glass trade beads associated. The second site, Ilha das Igaçabas, is on the Igarapé Grande, southeast of Vila Velha. Here II broken burial urns were lying on the surface of a small knoll in the swamp. Associated with the large jars were a nwnber of small offertory bowIs of unusual form and well executed decoration. Some contained glass trade beads. Horizontal stratigraphy at Vila Velha, analysis of the characteristics of the pottery andof the buriaI pattern on the basis of the framework established by Meggers and Evans(1957) makes it possible to place these three Aristé manifestations in chronological order. Vila Velha I is the oldest, Ilha das Igaçabas next, and Vila Velha II the most recent. This sequence is characterized by: 1) a decrease in the size of the burial vessels, correlated with the change from secundary buriaIto cremation; 2) a change from simplé painting Iimited to the neck and shoulders of the vessel to elabora te over-all designs;and 3)substitution of well made painted bowIs for grater bowls as urn lids. An attempt was made to identify the archeologicaI Aristé Phase with one of the tribes reported historically in the northern part of the Territory of Amapá. The Palikúr have been most often mentioned as the probable descendants. Although it is difficult to find very elose resemblances. between Palikúr pottery elements and those of the Aristé Phase, some significant details are similar and suggestive. Final solution of this problem will depend on future research.

Las investigaciones a que se refiere la presente noticia fueron realizadas durante el mes de febrero de 1972, gracias a un subsidio del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, al que pertenece quien escribe estas líneas, y a la colaboración del Centro de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Río Negro. En la referida fecha tuvimos oportunidad de reconocer el Cañadón Supayniyeu en los alrededores de la propiedad del señor Emin Bichara, ubicada en la sección III (9 de Julio) de la provincia de Río Negro. La zona visitada comprende los lotes de campo nos. 4, 5 y 6, caracterizada por extensas formaciones mesetiformes que bordean el Bajo de los Menucos, en las que sobresalen diversos cerros, siendo el Supay el que ha motivado la designación del paraje. (Párrafo extraído del texto a modo de resumen), Sociedad Argentina de Antropología

El presente artículo es el producto de diversas investigaciones destinadas al análisis y definición de cinco estrategias que han permitido la conservación de vestigios arqueológicos de arquitectura de tierra localizados en diversos sitios de Iberoamérica. Con base en el estudio de la relación de las estructuras con su entorno natural y cultural, se genera una serie de nociones que buscan contribuir a la definición de principios teóricos aplicables a la preservación de las singulares características del patrimonio construido con tierra. This abstract is the result of several researches dedicated to the analysis and definition of five strategies, which have enabled the conservation of archaeological remains of earth-made architecture located through Latin America. Based on the study of the structures relation with their cultural and natural environment, a series of notions are generated in the quest for a definition of theoretical principles that may be applied to the preservation of the unique characteristics of earthen built heritage. O presente artigo é o resultado de diversas investigações destinadas à análise e definição de cinco estratégias que permitiram a conservação de vestígios arqueológicos em terra localizados em diversos sítios do território Iberoamericano. Com base no estudo da relação das estruturas com o seu ambiente natural e cultural, gera-se uma serie de noções que procuram contribuir à definição de princípios teóricos aplicáveis à preservação das singulares características do património construído em terra.

O projecto da Carta Arqueológica do Concelho de Mértola tem vindo a ser desenvolvido desde 1978 por alguns investigadores do Campo Arqueológico de Mértola, que por motivos vários se têm debruçado sobre este vasto território. Ao longo dos anos ficaram registados diversos sítios de interesse arqueológico, informações dispersas e para muitos desconhecidas, e que merecem ser salvaguardadas. Partindo deste conjunto de registos e de algumas referências bibliográficas, a equipa do Campo Arqueológico de Mértola começou em 2004 a organizar toda a informação, fazendo um ponto da situação que permitiu, em 2005, iniciar o trabalho de campo, prospecção arqueológica, em busca de resultados mais abrangentes.

A partir de 1960, los métodos geofísicos se han incorporado de manera sistemática a la investigación arqueológica, en especial en Europa y Estados Unidos. Sus cualidades más importantes residen en su carácter no intrusivo- invasivo, no destructivo y de planificación previa para el tratamiento de los espacios arqueológicos.1 Más allá de las ventajas que ofrecen desde el punto de vista exploratorio y de descubrimiento, ayudan a una mejor delimitación de lentes, rasgos y estructuras enterradas, permitiendo ajustar convenientemente las técnicas de excavación (Thomas 1998, Buscaglia 2001, Lascano 2001, Neubauer 2001). Fil: Buscaglia, Silvana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina Fil: Lanata, Jose Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Diversidad Cultural y Procesos de Cambio. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones en Diversidad Cultural y Procesos de Cambio; Argentina Fil: Lascano, María Eugenia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina Fil: Osella, Ana Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina Fil: Senatore, Maria Ximena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina