Human-Sharks interaction in chroniclers’ accounts from the XVIth and XVIIth centuries: A rich source of information for Brazilian zooarchaeological studies
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Sharks teeth are abundant in Brazilian coastal archaeological sites. The interac- tion between natives and sharks, including the capture and differentiated use of this resource, however, has been little discussed probably due to the lack of consistent material evidences and methodologies of analysis that supports more elaborate inferences. In the face of gaps in the data obtained for archaeological contexts, the use of travelling chroniclers’ accounts of sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as a rich source of information is a common methodology among social scientists who study the past. The objective of this article is to present the reports available in the traveller’s literature about the interaction between native groups of the south and southeast Brazilian coast and sharks, demonstrating their importance as useful data sources for discussions on the matter.
Source: Archaeofauna
Authors: SIMON-PIERRE GILSON, ANDREA LESSA
Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Language: Spanish
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2995881063