ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE BACANGA SHELL MIDDEN, SÃO LUÍS, MARANHÃO: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE OCCURENCE OF CERAMICS IN THE EQUATORIAL AMAZONIC COASTLINE

Abstract

The present article deals with  the pre-historic occupation of   the equinoctial Amazonian seashore using as a leading axis the resultsobtained from archaeological research undertaken at the Bacanga shellmound  in  São Luís, Maranhão. Fieldwork  at  the mentioned shellmound  indicated  occupation  by  fshing,  gathering,  hunting, and  pottery  production  populations  settled  in  the  region  from 6.600 to 900 yBP. The investigation sought to place the study in the broad context of  the inestigations already carried out in the area, in order to fnd support for the current case study interpretation.Key words: Ceramics, shell mounds, Amazonian equinoctial sea-shore.