Variabilidade artefactual na indústria lítica da idade da pedra inferior: interpretação a partir da estação arqueológica da barragem de Massingir

Abstract

Massingir (dam) is a complex of Stone Age archaeological sites on the Elephant River (IPI) archaeological sites on the banks of the Elephants River, with lithic artefacts evidence of the earliest human human activities and has been central to the reconstitution of the human past in Mozambique as well as Africa. It is one of the most important Stone Age sites that places Mozambique as a reference in the archaeological map of IPI, known as the first period of cultural manifestation. Massingir is located in a region with geological potential, which facilitated in obtaining raw material for the diversified manufacture of artefacts, whose technological attributes technological attributes demonstrate human development and adaptation to the environment. A Massingir collection, manufactured mainly in quartz, quartzite and granite show the presence of various artefacts, that is, an artefactual variability, in which humans developed different lithic industries, such as, the Acheulense and Sangoano. With this study, we intend to know the artifactual variability and lithic industries that occurring in Massingir, through the observation of the collection collected and patent in the DAA-UEM. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)