A tradição Umbu no Vale do Rio Pardo

Abstract

The dissertation studies open archaeological sites of the Umbu lytic tradition in the Pardo river valley, affluent of the Jacuí River, in the center of Rio Grande do Sul, seeking to understand its settlement pattern and system. It uses a sample of 14 sites located along the highway RS/471, which begins in the Pardo River plain, climbs the Encosta da Serra and follows in the Planalto, covering various altitudes and environments. The sites were surveyed by CEPA / UNISC during the construction of the highway and the materials classified according to the Annette Laming-Emperaire Classification Manual. For my dissertation, I was allowed to use the documentation and classification of the material of this work. Comparing the implantation of the sites, their size, the quantity and distribution of materials, we can distinguish intensive production sites, medium production sites and occasional sites of occupation. To explain the difference, at first glance, it seemed important to consider the implantation in the environment, the total theoretical availability of its resources and its distribution by the seasons of the year. To establish the settlement system with the different classes of sites, we used the hypothesis of small group (s), composed by few associated families, moving in a delimited space, along of the Plateau Hill. Therefore, the size of the site resulted predominantly of the number of times it was occupied, the distribution of the material within the site of the natural dispersion of the camped and their places of activity. The first hypothesis does not rule out the possibility that larger sites of the valley also have brought together a greater number of families, giving rise to parties, exchanges and a combination of marriages.