Stratigraphic and zooarchaeology of cerritos from Santa Vitória do Palmar, Rio Grande do Sul. New data on the site RS-158: Alberto Talayer

Abstract

This study aims to present the stratigraphic and zooarchaeological results of the RS-158 archeological site Alberto Talayer, located in the municipality of Santa Vitória do Palmar, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The study aims to review the stratigraphic information from the excavation campaigns of the 1970s and to present the new zoo-archaeological and stratigraphic results of the excavation carried out in 2014. The stratigraphic data indicate that the occupations of this site have a sequence of more than 2 meters in depth, with five layers, and evidence of different levels of occupation (archaeological levels IIa and IIIa) marked by pre-ceramic and ceramic periods (Vieira tradition). In the two mounds that make up the RS-158 archaeological site, hunting of mammals would have been the main economic activity, as shown by the abundance of pampas deer. Thus, the site presents specific characteristics of the environment in which it is located, with interactions with Pampa ecosystems such as its southern plains, rivers and lakes.