The ceramic artifacts in archaeological black earth (terra preta) from lower Amazon region, Brazil: mineralogy Artefatos cerâmicos em sítios arqueológios com terra preta na região do baixo Amazonas, Brasil: mineralogia

Several archaeological black earth (ABE) sites occur in the Amazon region. They contain fragments of ceramic artifacts, which are very important for the archaeological purpose. In order to improve the archaeological study in the region we carried out a detailed mineralogical and chemical study of th...

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Main Authors: Marcondes Lima da Costa, Dirse Clara Kern, Alice Helena Eleotério Pinto, Jorge Raimundo da Trindade Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2004-01-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672004000200004