Jabuticabeira II
Shell mound on the coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil, 200 m wide and 6 m high, built up over centuries as a communal cemetery: layer upon layer of shells and sediment laid down over burials. It is the most closely studied of the thousands of sambaquis raised along the Brazilian coast.
Dated events and their evidence
- 851 BCE mainstream
mound building begins (2851 cal BP) source - 466 CE mainstream
last dated construction phase (1534 cal BP) source
Where
28.5904° S, 48.9601° W
Sources
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