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The Oldest Case of Decapitation in the New World (Lapa do Santo, East-Central Brazil) by Strauss, André, Oliveira, Rodrigo Elias, Bernardo, Danilo V, Salazar-García, Domingo C, Talamo, Sahra, Jaouen, Klervia, Hubbe, Mark, Black, Sue, Wilkinson, Caroline, Richards, Michael Phillip, Araujo, Astolfo G M, Kipnis, Renato, Neves, Walter Alves

“…We present here evidence for an early Holocene case of decapitation in the New World (Burial 26), found in the rock shelter of Lapa do Santo in 2007. Lapa do…”
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Rock art at the pleistocene/holocene boundary in Eastern South America by Neves, Walter A, Araujo, Astolfo G M, Bernardo, Danilo V, Kipnis, Renato, Feathers, James K

“…Most investigations regarding the first americans have primarily focused on four themes: when the New World was settled by humans; where they came from; how…”
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Cultural taxonomies in the Paleolithic—Old questions, novel perspectives by Riede, Felix, Araujo, Astolfo G.M., Barton, Michael C., Bergsvik, Knut Andreas, Groucutt, Huw S., Hussain, Shumon T., Fernandez‐Lopez de Pablo, Javier, Maier, Andreas, Marwick, Ben, Pyne, Lydia, Ranhorn, Kathryn, Reynolds, Natasha, Riel‐Salvatore, Julien, Sauer, Florian, Serwatka, Kamil, Zander, Annabell

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Long-term cultural stability in hunter–gatherers: a case study using traditional and geometric morphometric analysis of lithic stemmed bifacial points from Southern Brazil by Okumura, Mercedes, Araujo, Astolfo G.M.

“…Irrespective of the great number of archaeological sites from Southern Brazil presenting bifacial stemmed points, not many detailed studies on their…”
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On Vastness and Variability: Cultural Transmission, Historicity, and the Paleoindian Record in Eastern South America by Araujo, Astolfo G M

“…Eastern South America, or what is today Brazilian territory, poses interesting questions about the early human occupation of the Americas. Three totally…”
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Benchmarking methods and data for the whole‐outline geometric morphometric analysis of lithic tools by Araujo, Renata P., Riede, Felix, Okumura, Mercedes, Araujo, Astolfo G. M., Leplongeon, Alice, Wren, Colin, Rabuñal, José R., Cardillo, Marcelo, Cruz, María B., Matzig, David N.

“…Originally developed for the quantitative analysis of organismal shapes, both two-dimensional (2D) and 3D geometric morphometric methods (GMMs) have recently…”
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Contributions to the Dart versus Arrow Debate: New Data from Holocene Projectile Points from Southeastern and Southern Brazil by Okumura, Mercedes, Araujo, Astolfo G M

“…Lithic bifacial points are very common in the southern and southeastern regions of the Brazilian territory. Dated from Early to Late Holocene, these artifacts…”
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Bioturbation and the upward movement of sediment particles and archaeological materials: comments on Bueno et al by Araujo, Astolfo G.M.

“…The literature on bioturbation, both from the biological and archaeological points of view, is growing steadily. Available data suggests that ants and termites…”
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Preliminary evidence of prehistoric human activity by chemical analysis of sediments from Lapa Grande de Taquaraçu archaeological site using INAA by Tudela, Diego R. G., Araujo, Astolfo G. M., Tatumi, Sonia H., Mittani, Juan C. R., Munita, Casimiro S.

“…This paper analyzes the mass fractions of Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, Hf, K, La, Lu, Nd, Rb, Sc, Sm, Ta, Tb, Th, U, Yb and Zn determined from sixty sediment…”
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The Southern Divide: Testing morphological differences among bifacial points from southern and southeastern Brazil using geometric morphometrics by Okumura, Mercedes, Araujo, Astolfo G. M.

“…Bifacial points have been used to characterize the “Umbu” tradition in southern and southeastern Brazil. This archaeological tradition has been related to…”
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The “Lagoa do Camargo 1” Paleoindian site: some implications for tropical geomorphology, pedology, and paleoenvironments in southeastern Brazil by Araujo, Astolfo G. M., Paisani, Julio César, Schrage, Thomas J., Feathers, James K., Hartmann, Gelvam A., Ricci, Olivia

“…Lagoa do Camargo 1, a Paleoindian archaeological site located in southeast Brazil dated between 10.5 and 8.3 ka, was studied using a variety of analyses:…”
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Extreme cultural persistence in eastern-central Brazil: the case of Lagoa Santa Paleaeoindians by Araujo, Astolfo G M, Pugliese, Jr, Francisco A, Santos, Rafael O Dos, Okumura, Mercedes

“…Lapa do Santo rockshelter, a Paleoindian site located in Eastern-Central Brazil, presented two main occupations; one during Early Holocene (12,460 to 8700 cal…”
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Lapa das boleiras rockshelter: stratigraphy and formation processes at a paleoamerican site in Central Brazil by Araujo, Astolfo G.M., Feathers, James K., Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, Tizuka, Michelle M.

“…Lapa das Boleiras rockshelter, a Paleoamerican archaeological site in Central Brazil, was intensely occupied by humans from 10,000 14C BP (11.8 cal kyr BP),…”
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Fronteiras sul e sudeste: Uma análise morfométrica de pontas bifaciais de Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Paraná e Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil) by Okumura, Mercedes, Araujo, Astolfo G. M.

“…Estilo e função em artefatos arqueológicos ou etnográficos têm sido estudados por uma miríade de pesquisadores através das mais diversas abordagens teóricas…”
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Archaeology, biology, and borrowing: A critical examination of Geometric Morphometrics in Archaeology by Okumura, Mercedes, Araujo, Astolfo G.M.

“…Geometric Morphometrics (GM) is a method originally applied in Evolutionary Biology studies, using the analysis of change in size and shape in order to better…”
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Early Holocene human skeletal remains from Cerca Grande, Lagoa Santa, Central Brazil, and the origins of the first Americans by Neves, Walter, González-José, Rolando, Hubbe, Mark, Kipnis, Renato, Araujo, Astolfo, Blasi, Oldemar

“…We present the results of comparative multivariate morphological analyses based on nine skulls from Cerca Grande. The site is in the Lagoa Santa karst in…”
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Chronologic constraints on hominin dispersal outside Africa since 2.48 Ma from the Zarqa Valley, Jordan by Scardia, Giancarlo, Parenti, Fabio, Miggins, Daniel P., Gerdes, Axel, Araujo, Astolfo G.M., Neves, Walter A.

“…Recent discoveries constrain the presence of hominins in North Africa since ca. 2.4 Ma and in China since ca. 2.1 Ma, providing a new temporal framework for…”
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Lagoa Santa Revisited: An Overview of the Chronology, Subsistence, and Material Culture of Paleoindian Sites in Eastern Central Brazil by Araujo, Astolfo G. M., Neves, Walter A., Kipnis, Renato

“…Lagoa Santa, a karstic area in eastern Central Brazil, has been subject to research on human paleontology and archaeology for 175 years. Almost 300 Paleoindian…”
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Lithic Landscapes and Early Inhabitants in Southeastern Brazil: First Perspectives from a Case Study in Dourado, São Paulo State by Batalla, Nicolás, Correa, Letícia C., Araujo, Astolfo G. M.

“…Lithic landscapes are formed by minerals and rocks suitable for human purposes and also by the knowledge and transformations involved in their use. The Dourado…”
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Paleoindian Open-Air Sites in Tropical Settings: A Case Study in Formation Processes, Dating Methods, and Paleoenvironmental Models in Central Brazil by Araujo, Astolfo G.M., Strauss, André M., Feathers, James K., Paisani, Julio César, Schrage, Thomas J.

“…Paleoindian sites in eastern South America are generally found inside rock‐shelters. Recently, we designed a program to find open‐air Paleoindian sites in the…”
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