#shellmounds — Public Fediverse posts
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Florida State University: FSU archaeologists find preservation of cultural heritage sites plays key role in coastal community resilience. “In a new study, FSU archaeologists Jayur Madhusudan Mehta and Mark D. McCoy in the Department of Anthropology argue that current coastal management efforts overlook key cultural sites, putting both ecosystems and heritage at risk. Their research shows that […]
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Florida State University: FSU archaeologists find preservation of cultural heritage sites plays key role in coastal community resilience. “In a new study, FSU archaeologists Jayur Madhusudan Mehta and Mark D. McCoy in the Department of Anthropology argue that current coastal management efforts overlook key cultural sites, putting both ecosystems and heritage at risk. Their research shows that […]
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#MoundMonday, let's make it trend #archaeologists.
Built over about seven millennia, #Sambaqui #ShellMounds found on the Brazilian coast range up to 70m high and 500m wide.
Photo is Garopaba Sambaqui -28.62547 -48.8929, largest shell mound in Santa Catarina area, about 700,00 cubic meters - nearly equal to Monks Mound.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sambaqui_Garopaba_do_Sul.jpg
See bibliography here: Sambaquis from the Southern Brazilian Coast ...
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353362658_Sambaquis_from_the_Southern_Brazilian_Coast_Landscape_Building_and_Enduring_Heterarchical_Societies_throughout_the_Holocene
#Archaeology #Brazil #Mounds #MoundBuilding