sambaquín.

/sambaˈki/

Etymology: Tupi.

A form of shell heap, found on the southern Brazilian coast, resulting mainly from the action of the wind and the sea, in which remains of prehistoric and historic cultures have been found; also attributive. (See quot. 1946¹.)

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > formations by contents > [noun] > containing fossils > heap of shells

sambaquí1944

1944 S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha Rebellion in Backlands ii. 50 The pre-Columbian of the ‘Sambaquis’.

1946 A. Serrano in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians I. iii. 401 The word ‘sambaquí’ is of Tupí-Guaraní origin and means ‘hill of shells’.

1946 A. Serrano in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians I. iii. 403 The sambaquís are littoral cordons or concentrations of shells, broken and reshaped by natural forces.

1946 A. Serrano in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians I. iii. 404 Artifacts in the most ancient sambaquís, which are farthest from the sea, correspond to the primitive culture of Lagoa Santa.

1946 A. Serrano in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians I. iii. 404 The prevailing idea..has been that of a cultural unity—a single sambaquí culture—that is distinctive and characteristic of these deposits. It is no longer possible to maintain this.

1953 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 83 60 On the coast, the classic sambaquí culture, called the ‘Southern Phase’, may succeed the chipped-axe phase.

1977 G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 3) x. 447 There is evidence from the shell mounds or sambaqui sites that intensive exploitation of coastal resources had begun.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	sambaquí
释义	sambaquín. /sambaˈki/ Etymology: Tupi. A form of shell heap, found on the southern Brazilian coast, resulting mainly from the action of the wind and the sea, in which remains of prehistoric and historic cultures have been found; also attributive. (See quot. 1946¹.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > formations by contents > [noun] > containing fossils > heap of shells sambaquí1944 1944 S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha Rebellion in Backlands ii. 50 The pre-Columbian of the ‘Sambaquis’. 1946 A. Serrano in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians I. iii. 401 The word ‘sambaquí’ is of Tupí-Guaraní origin and means ‘hill of shells’. 1946 A. Serrano in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians I. iii. 403 The sambaquís are littoral cordons or concentrations of shells, broken and reshaped by natural forces. 1946 A. Serrano in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians I. iii. 404 Artifacts in the most ancient sambaquís, which are farthest from the sea, correspond to the primitive culture of Lagoa Santa. 1946 A. Serrano in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians I. iii. 404 The prevailing idea..has been that of a cultural unity—a single sambaquí culture—that is distinctive and characteristic of these deposits. It is no longer possible to maintain this. 1953 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 83 60 On the coast, the classic sambaquí culture, called the ‘Southern Phase’, may succeed the chipped-axe phase. 1977 G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 3) x. 447 There is evidence from the shell mounds or sambaqui sites that intensive exploitation of coastal resources had begun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1944
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