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The trees of the Water People: archeological waterlogged wood identification and near-infrared analysis in Eastern Amazonia

2021-07-01

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Trees have always been important to provide wood as a building material for human settlements. In prehistory, houses on stilts were commonly built in or near to bodies of water. This strategy allowed defense against attacks and subsistence fishing. In Brazil, archeological pile dwelling sites are found only in Maranhão state, Eastern Amazonia. These sites were inhabited by the “Water People” between 1230 and 1050...

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DOI: 10.1007/s00226-021-01288-4

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