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Interacciones humanos-tiburones en libros de crónicas de los siglos XVI y XVII: Una rica fuente de información para los estudios de zooarqueología brasileños

2019; Autonomous University of Madrid; Volume: 28; Linguagem: Inglês

10.15366/archaeofauna2019.28.013

1132-6891

Simon‐Pierre Gilson, Andrea Lessa,

Fish biology, ecology, and behavior

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.