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Characterization and distribution of pyrogenic carbon in a fraction of archaeological black earth from Caxiuanã
(2015-08) MORAES, Milena Carvalho de; LEMOS, Vanda Porpino; MORAES, Dorsan dos Santos; MORAES, Cláudio Nery Lamarão
This study aims to determine the atomic ratio of O/C in an archaeological black earth (ABE) profile of the Ilha de Terra site, a region of Caxiuanã in the Pará State, Brazil, to determine the types of pyrogenic carbon (PyC) particles and to infer the source of biomass and burning temperature necessary to produce the PyC. The O/C ratios were monitored using scanning electron microscopy combined with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM/EDS). The results indicated atomic ratios for clay, silt and fine sand fractions that were between those registered for the PyC particles types: condensed combustion (CC) (0.09, 0.1, 0.13), charcoal (0.32, 0.31, 0.34) and char (0.43, 0.45, 0.52). CC is the predominant type of particle found because of the high firing temperature (> 350 °C), which is consistent with the probable biomass sources of wood, cellulose and lignin.
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Comportamento do arsênio em perfis de solos do Sítio Ilha de Terra de Caxiuanã-Pará
(2009-06) LEMOS, Vanda Porpino; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; GURJÃO, Robson da Silva; KERN, Dirse Clara; MESCOUTO, Cleide Samara Tavares; LIMA, Wivian Thaís dos Santos de; VALENTIM, Taynara Lima
Arsenic concentrations in soil profiles with archaeological black earth (ABE) and surroundings (SA) from the Sítio Ilha de Terra, Caxiuanã, in the State of Pará, Amazon region, may provide information on anthropogenic activity in the Amazonian habitat. The samples of ABE and SA soil profiles were submitted to chemical and mineralogical analysis. The obtained data show that Fe and As concentrations increase with depth while organic matter (OM) decreases. The highest concentrations of Fe and As are observed in the SA profile. These results indicate interactions between Fe and As and suggest that OM promotes the dissolution of goethite and leaching of Fe and As in the ABE profile.
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Comportamento do mercúrio em perfis de solos do sítio Ilha de Terra-Caxiuanã, Pará
(2010) GURJÃO, Robson da Silva; LEMOS, Vanda Porpino; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; DANTAS FILHO, Heronides Adonias; DANTAS, Kelly das Graças Fernandes; LIMA, Wivian Thaís dos Santos de; KERN, Dirse Clara
Behavior of mercury in soil profiles with archaeological black earth (ABE) and surroundings area (SA) from Sítio Ilha de Terra, Caxiuanã, can provide information on anthropogenic activity of the Amazonian habitat. The samples of ABE and SA soil profiles were submitted to mineralogical chemical (total and sequential) analysis. The data show that the Hg occurs mainly in goethite and kaolinite in the two soil profiles. The highest concentrations of Hg and Fe are observed in the SA profile. These results indicate that the prehistoric human occupation contributed to the decrease of the concentration of Hg in soil ABE from Caxiuanã.
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Distribution and availability of copper, iron, manganese and zinc in the archaeological black earth profile from the Amazon region
(2011-08) MESCOUTO, Cleide Samara Tavares; LEMOS, Vanda Porpino; DANTAS FILHO, Heronides Adonias; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; KERN, Dirse Clara; DANTAS, Kelly das Graças Fernandes
The archaeological black earth soils are rich in organic matter, contain ceramic fragments and lithics artifacts and feature nutrients in higher concentrations than other types of soils. To contribute information about micronutrient concentrations available in black earth soils, the distribution and availability of Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn in the archaeological black earth profile from the municipal district of Juruti, Pará State, was evaluated through sequential chemical extractions. The largest concentrations of Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn in the profile are found in the residual fraction. This study showed that the iron, manganese and zinc are preferentially available from the fractions associated with Fe-Mn oxides ranging from 1265.39 to 1818.12 mg kg-1, 0.83 to 48.51 mg kg-1 and 1.92 to 12.05 mg kg-1 respectively, and the copper from organic matter, ranging from 0.13 to 0.45 mg kg-1.
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Os fragmentos de cerâmica arqueológica como fonte potencial de fertilidade dos solos TPA
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-09-26) RODRIGUES, Suyanne Flavia Santos; KERN, Dirse Clara; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8351785832221386; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1639498384851302
Soils of the Amazon Dark Earth (ADE) type are known for their high fertility, which contrasts with the typically poor soils found throughout most of the Amazon. The fertility of these soils appears to persist even after their intensive use for agriculture. The ADE are usually rich in sherds, important evidence linking them to the occupation of the region by prehistoric populations. Many studies have focused on the stylistic characteristics of the vessels represented by these sherds, although less attention has been paid to the chemical and mineralogical features of this material, which are important for the identification of the raw material use to produce the artifacts, provenience, technology, and in particular the origin of their relatively high P content. These high levels of P are derived from aluminum phosphates, which are generally amorphous to variscite-strengite, and have been linked to the use of the pots for the preparation of food. While the possible role of the sherds in the maintenance of the fertility of ADE has been widely discussed, no experimental data have been presented to confirm this connection. This study presents systematic evidence that the sherds contribute to the fertility of the soils. For this, sherds were obtained from three archeological sites with distinct characteristics located in different parts of the Amazon: Monte Dourado 1 (Almeirim, Pará), Jabuti (Bragança, Pará), and Da Mata (São José de Ribamar, Maranhão). Initially, 325 sherds were first described mesoscopically and then their chemical and mineralogical composition was determined by XRD, optical microscopy, TGA/DTA, FT-IR, SEM-EDS, ICP-MS and ICP-OES. Different parameters of fertility were then measured, followed by gaseous adsorption tests, and finally, P desorption assays. These data were used to identify the raw materials used in the fabrication of the vessels, details of the productive process, modifications occurring during the use of the utensils and after being discarded, with the aim of evaluating the potential contribution of these sherds to the fertility of the ADE soils. The hypothesis of contamination by nutrients from foods during the use of the vessels for the preparation of meals was confirmed by a laboratory experiment simulating cooking conditions using ceramic pots similar to the archeological artifacts, and measuring the incorporation of Ca and P during the cooking process. The results indicate that the ancient ceramicist peoples used raw materials available in the area surrounding their habitation sites. The composition of the sherds, all of which are made from a matrix of metakaolinite and quartz, and occasionally muscovite, indicating raw materials rich in kaolinite and quartz, which are fundamental to the production of ceramic artifacts. The presence of metakaolinite indicates that the pots were fired at approximately 550°C. However, the addition of different types of antiplastic contributed to chemical and mineralogical variation among sites in the overall composition of the sherds. At Da Mata, only cariapé was used, while at Monte Dourado 1, the cariapé was mixed with crushed rocks with a complex mineralogical content, and at Jabuti, shells were used in addition to cariapé. Amorphous phosphates are common to all the sites, albeit at distinct levels, with crystalline aluminum phosphates of the crandallite-goyazite type being found only at Jabuti, and Fe-Mg-Ca phosphates, segelerite, being exclusive to Monte Dourado 1. The amorphous phosphates and crandallite-goyazite were considered to be indicators of the use of the original pots (from which the sherds were derived) for the preparation of food, whereas the segelerite was interpreted as a neoformation following exposure of the fragments to the hydromorphic conditions that persist to the present day. The lowest phosphorus concentrations-1.04% of P2O5 on average- were recorded at Da Mata, and were similar to the majority of sherds studied up until now, whereas the highest concentrations (a mean of 7.75%) were recorded at Jabuti, the highest values yet reported. At Monte Dourado 1, the mean concentration was 2.23%. It seems likely that the high levels of P, Ca, and Sr are related to a diet rich in shellfish, as reflected in the diversity of shells fragments found in the sherds. The high levels of calcium recorded at Monte Dourado 1 reflect the presence of labradorite in the temper. The potential fertility of the sherds is clearly greater than that of the ADE soil when analyzed without the ceramics. It thus seems reasonable to assume that the sherds are the source of the macro- and micronutrients found in the soil. This was confirmed through desorption assays, which showed that P was desorbed at a slow rate, a characteristic which may be especially important for the persistence of fertility. This process is best described by the Freundlich model, which indicates the occurrence of interactions among the adsorbed ions. The experiment that simulated cooking conditions indicated that the Ca and P may be adsorbed into both the sides and lids of the ceramic pots, albeit with higher concentrations being accumulated in the sides. While calcium was adsorbed, no phase of this element was identified, either amorphous or crystalline, probably because the duration of the experiment was too short. By contrast, the chemical adsorption of the P did occur, and after 600 h of cooking, variscite, an aluminum phosphate, formed in the sides of the pots. Aluminum phosphates may thus form in the ceramic vessels during the cooking of food. These results indicate that the presence of aluminum phosphates in the matrix of the ceramic vessels represents a reliable indicator of their use as cooking vessels, and that the sherds of these utensils in the soil constitute a potentially important source of fertility.
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Geoquímica e pedogeoquímica em sítios arqueológicos com terra preta na Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã (Portel-PA)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1996-06-04) KERN, Dirse Clara; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1639498384851302
The main objective of the present work is to identify the geochemical and pedological distribution patterns in archeological black earth (ABE) sites and adjacent areas, as well as, the anthropogenic action on the chemical elements responsible for the typical ABE geochemical associations. Three archeological sites were selected in the Caxiuanã region, Portel Municipality, Pará State. Trenches were excavated in these sites and in adjacent areas as well. At Manduquinha cite, the soil-horizon sampling have been carried out by collecting at each 5 m along N-S trending traverses. The archeological-material sampling has been based on an Al-horizon P2O5-distribution map on which even-spaced points have been plotted from places bearing the lowest and the highest P2O5 concentrations. For each of these points, chemical and mineralogical analyses have been made aiming at the following determinations: a) mineralogical composition by X-ray diffraction; b) SiO2, TiO2, Fe2O3, P2O5 (Al2B4O7), Al2O3, Na2O, K2O, CaO, MgO, Cd, Co, Cu, Mn, Pb, and Zn (HF + HC1PO4 total dissolution), and C (modified Walkley-Black method), by atomic absorption, colorimetry, and titration; c) As, Se (hydrides), Hg (vapor), Zn, Mn, and Fe (NH4 oxalate + oxalic acid), sorptive ion-complexes (NH4 acetate at pH 7.0), by atomic absorption; d) Cr, B, V, Sc, by optical-ernission spectrochemical analysis, U, by fluorometry, and F by specific-ion electrode analysis; e) Ba, Cl, Ga, Nb, Sr, Y, and Zr by X-ray fluorescence; f) qualitative chemical composition of ceramic and sou by means of scanning electron microscopy; and, g) radiocarbon (C") dating of ceramic artifacts. From a geological point of view, the Caxiuanã region is made up of sediments belonging to Alter do Chão Formation which have been laterized in Tertiary. Ironstones also occur in that region, outcropping at the bay water level and, sometimes, they were used as abrasive material by the prehistoric man. The main drainage system is constituted by the Caxiuanã bay and the Anapu river. Yellow latosol predominates compared with lateritic profiles; hydromorphic soils also occur at the lower portions. The ABE occurrences, known as archeological sites, are found in the higher portions of the latosol domain and are characterized by a dark-colored soil and by the presence of numerous ceramic fragments and lithitic artifacts. In comparison with the adjacent areas, the ABE's A-horizons, besides exhibiting a dark color, are sandier and structurally better organized. Their bases exchange_sum, cation exchange capacity, base saturation, and pH values are higher than those of the adjacent soils, being thus more fertile than the other ones are. The B horizons do not show significant changes regarding their morphological, physical and chemical aspects both in ABE's and adjacent arcas. The chemical composition essentially constituted by SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, and TiO2 is consistent with the described mineral assemblage which comprises quartz, kaolinite, ghoetite, and anatase, The ABE's A-horizon, compared with the B horizon, presents higher contents of SiO2, MgO, CaO, P2O5, C, Ba, Cl, Cu, K, Mn, Sr, and Zn; and lower values of Al2O3, Fe2O3, Na2O, As, Cd, Co, Ga, Cr, F, Pb, Se, and V, that is the first group got enriched and the second one depleted in these elements. Some elements such as Nb, Hg, and Zr do not show significant relative variations from ABE to adjacent areas. In Manduquinha site, soil morphologic features allowed the separation of the ABE's into N and S domains. Due to the fact of being at a slightly lower topographic level, the S-dornain generates an anaerobic microenvironment during the rainier season. The geochemical distribution of the elements in the A, horizon reflects the environmental changes which took place in ABE's. The S-domain is enriched in Si, Mg, P, Ba, Cl, Cu, K, Mn, Sr, and Zn; and presents lower concentrations of the remaining elements, The geochemical data treated through R-type cluster analysis, isocon maps, and factor analysis allowed the identification of three major geochemical associations and their respective concentration areas. 1) P2O5, MgO, CaO, Ba, Cu, Cl, Mn, Sr, and Zn represent the elements, closely related to the ABE's, which have been added to soil; 2) Fe2O3, Na2O, As, Cd, Co, Cr, F, Ga, Pb, and V correspond to the regional latosol geochemical signature which has indirectly been modified by the prehistoric human activity in the site; e, 3) B, Hg, Nb, Sc, Y, and Zr also constitute the regional latosol geochemical signature although they have not undergone significant changes in consequence of the past human occupation. Manduquinha site has been occupied by the prehistoric man during a period of at least 300 years (1280 to 1600 AD). Characteristics of their ceramic manufacture such as the use of antiplastic materials as well as burning and ornamentation techniques corroborate the hypothesis of cultural continuity. The occupation by the people which inhabited that place may have been contínuos or not. In both cases, the small ABE's surface extension (0.5 ha), the shallow depth of the anthropogenic-modified bed, and the small amount of archeological material suggest an occupation with low population density. The cultural habit of disposing organic leavings at separated places led to a significant increase in P, Ba, Ca, Cl, Cu, K, Mg, Mn, Sr, and Zn in the ABE's. The elevated Ca contents at the southwestern limit may be accounted for remains of shells, commonly found in the form of pockets in other archeological cites in the region. In the west- and northwestern ABE's parts there has been a greater addition of materials Mg- and P-rich in such as bones, feces, urine etc., while in the southeast- and northeastern portions it has been observed predominance of Zn-, Mn-, and Cu-rich materials. In the northern part, where the soil is more compact, and at the central portion as well, the occurrence of lower contents of the above-mentioned elements is interpreted to be a consequence of the localization of circulation areas of the group. The pedogenetic processes, which took place after the prehistoric human occupation, related to the own ground surface conformation favored a stronger leaching of P, Ba, B, Ca, Cl, Cu, K, Mg, Mn, Sr, and Zn which concentrate at the extreme-south, in the adjacent area Fe2O3 and associated elements are found in greater concentrations in the northern part with clear dispersion southward.
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Mineralogia, química e avaliação da fertilidade potencial de fragmentos cerâmicos de sítio de terra preta: Caxiuanã, Juruti, Barcarena e Quebrada Tacana.
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2010-06-24) SILVA, Glayce Jholy Souza da; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1639498384851302
Small areas with Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE) soils stretch across the Amazon region. Among its most striking features stand out the high nutrient content and contain human occupation remains. Ceramic fragments are the most frequently recovered in these soils. The high content of phosphorus in the ADE has long been reported and recent studies show that the fragments also contain them. In order to relate the fertility of the ADE to the abundant presence of ceramic fragments, this work aimed to investigate the chemical and mineralogical composition as well as evaluating the fertile character of the fragments and their ability to release nutrients to the soil. For this goal it was selected 44 ceramic fragments collected at four sites: Barcarena, Caxiuanã, Juruti and Tacana at Leticia in Colombia. The mineralogical analysis was performed by x-ray diffraction (XRD), and the determination of antiplásticos and textural aspects of optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The composition was determined by ICP-MS via alkaline fusion. The extraction of the nutrients phosphorus, potassium, calcium, copper, zinc, manganese, magnesium, iron and sodium was performed with Mehlich 1. In the desorption tests were used only suspensions containing citric acid (pH 4.5-5.5) in allusion to the presence of humic acids in TPA soils. The fragments contain quartz and metakaolin as common stages and distinguish each other by the presence of talc, calcite and hematite fragments in Raimundo site; chlorite in Quebrada Tacana and Barcarena; cristobalite in Raimundo and Quebrada Tacana. The high content of SiO2 and Al2O3 agree with the dominant mineralogy, quartz and kaolinite; K2O composes the feldspars and micas, especially in Juruti; CaO are in low concentrations, except for Raimundo because of the presence of shells in both fragments and in the soil; whereas P2O5 reached values of 0.9, 2.9 and 4.7% in the fragments of the Raimundo, Quebrada Tacana and Juruti sites, respectively, without finding crystalline mineral phase; in Barcarena is virtually absent. The microcrystalline nature of the metakaolinite plasmic observed under an optical microscope, constitutes the matrix. The amorphous nature is indicated by the high background observed in most diffraction patterns and the classification as metakaolinite as permitted by the high content of SiO2 and Al2O3; together they represent more than 50% of bulk composition. The tempers ranged from according to the origin of the fragments. Cariape is common in the fragments of Raimundo, Quebrada Tacana and Barcarena; cauixi in Juruti’s fragments; coal in Quebrada Tacana, while shells are restricted to fragments of Raimundo. The results for fertility showed that the fragments of Quebrada Tacana and Juruti stand out in the contents of available P reaching 1045 e 2250 mg/dm³, respectively, while very low concentrations of this nutrient were found in Barcarena fragments. With reference to exchangeable K all fragments showed high contents, the largest variations were found for Zn, Mg, Mn, while exchangeable Ca stood out in fragments of the Raimundo site. Tests for desorption prove that the fragments release nutrients, especially phosphorus, found in high contents in samples from the Quebrada Tacana and Juruti, and even nutrients like calcium and magnesium, present in low concentrations also undergo desorption. These results indicate that ceramic vessels were made from basic clayey raw material, common, represented by kaolinite and quartz, in other words clays. The mineralogical variations are reflections of local geology and the different tempers added to the ceramic. The kaolinite present in some fragments is a new-formed product from the changes experienced by the fragment rich in SiO2 and Al2O3. The metakaolinite is a product of burned of raw material (rich in kaolinite). Different tempers added could be related to preference or availability of each people in the region, whose importance for the manufacture of ceramic materials was known. The nutrient contents of the fragments are favorable to agriculture, especially phosphorus (except in Barcarena) and potassium. Moreover, they are able to release them in the presence of an organic acid, which is common product of decomposition of organic matter and is exuded by the roots of some plant species, indicating that the fragment can assume the same behavior in the soil.
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Mineralogy and chemistry of archaeological ceramic fragments from archaeological Dark Earth site in Colombian Amazon
(2011-03) COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; RIOS, Heli Gaspar Morcote; SILVA, Mônia Maria Carvalho da; SILVA, Glayce Jholy Souza da; MOLANO-VALDES, Uliana
Several Archaeological Dark Earth (ADE) sites have been already found in the Colombian Amazon forest showing high content of archaeological ceramic fragments similarly to those in the Brazilian Amazon represented by Quebrada Tacana site. Their fragments are yellow to grey colour, display a burned clayey matrix which involves fragments of cariapé and coal and ash particles, besides grains of quartz and micas. The clay matrix is made of metakaolinite, quartz, and some mica flakes, chlorite and sepiolite. Cariapé and cauixi spicules are constituted of cristobalite, which is also the main mineral component of the coal and ashes. Although not detected by X-ray diffraction, the phosphate minerals should be present, since the contents of phosphor reach up to 2.90 Wt.% P2O5. Possibly it occurs as aluminium-phosphate, since Ca contents fall below 0.1 Wt.%. These mineralogical and chemical characteristics allow to correlate these ceramic fragments with those found in the ADE in Brazil and reinforce phosphor as an important chemical component, which indicates human activity by the daily use of pottery all over the Amazon region.