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Books by Fernanda Neubauer

Springer, 2024

The book is the first-ever manual for the study of fire-cracked rock (FCR), one of the most ubiqu... more The book is the first-ever manual for the study of fire-cracked rock (FCR), one of the most ubiquitous yet understudied classes of artifacts worldwide. The book is part of Springer’s series Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique and focuses on the ways practicing archaeologists can infer function from their FCR collections, spanning from paleoanthropology and the early adoption of fire through to present archaeology.

The book provides a history and background of fire-cracked rock and leads the reader through the entire process of identifying, categorizing, and analyzing FCR and related features, from the first steps through to interpretations of function, use alteration, fracturing patterns, experimentation, ethnographic/ethnohistoric uses, and so forth. In addition to exploring the fundamentals of FCR analysis, the book also covers new and cutting-edge techniques.

It targets a wide global audience and serves as a laboratory and field guide for students and professionals, packed with illustrations and photographs in order to familiarize readers with the identification and analysis process while also providing a theoretical and methodological guide for advanced academic and cultural resource management research.

Papers by Fernanda Neubauer

American Antiquity, 2018

Although it is now commonplace for archaeologists to study use-alteration patterns on ceramics, t... more Although it is now commonplace for archaeologists to study use-alteration patterns on ceramics, the same cannot be said of one of the most ubiquitous classes of hunter-gatherer artifacts, fire-cracked rocks (FCR). It can be shown, however, that many of the same methods and theories applied to the study of cooking ceramics are also relevant to the investigation of rocks used as heating elements. Because use alteration analyses of FCR are so scarce, I describe a range of attributes with the goal of helping researchers identify use alterations (e.g., sooting, reddening, various fracturing patterns) on lithic artifacts from sites worldwide and evaluate their potential function in various cultural practices. These attributes are also outlined in order to create a standardized terminology for describing FCR use-alteration patterns. I discuss my analysis of FCR from three Late Archaic sites (Duck Lake, 913, and 914) on Grand Island in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, followed by an interpretation of their cooking contexts, as a case study. The results indicate great intersite variability among FCR characteristics, cooking methods, and cooking facilities (earth oven, stone boiling, and rock griddle). This use alteration analysis can be applied in archaeological contexts worldwide where similar materials are recovered.

Revista de Arqueologia (Journal of the Society for Brazilian Archaeology; Thematic Issue: Archaeology of Childhood), 2018

This paper discusses how archaeologists can potentially identify the presence of children in the ... more This paper discusses how archaeologists can potentially identify the presence of children in the archaeological record through the study of finished lithic products. As a case study, I use Adelar Pilger (RS-C-61), a hunter-gatherer rockshelter habitation site in southern Brazil dated to approximately 8500 BP. By linking decisions related to raw material selection with the aesthetic and technological properties of projectile points, I have identified three types of points potentially made by experts, advanced apprentices, and children and/or initial apprentices. I suggest that children at the Adelar Pilger site were producing points as a form of play imitation. Children were able to roughly imitate formal shapes but could not properly reproduce the tools in a three dimensional or technological sense.

Habitus (Thematic Issue: Archaeology of Violence and Warfare), 2021

The Tupinambá were sedentary agriculturalists inhabiting the Eastern Coast of Brazil. Sixteenth-c... more The Tupinambá were sedentary agriculturalists inhabiting the Eastern Coast of Brazil. Sixteenth-century European explorer accounts offer rich details of Tupinambá life and warfare practices, suggesting the presence of a highly organized violence and warfare system embedded in their daily practices, animistic and cosmological beliefs, celebrations, cannibalism, and in their ideals of honor, prestige, and revenge. Building on ethnohistoric information, this article discusses the potential to further understanding of Tupinambá warfare practices through study of material culture signatures. Because archaeological studies on Tupinambá warfare are sparse, we attempt to correlate the ethnohistoric information with the types of objects and features archaeologists could reasonably expect to recover, should the accounts be accurate and the materials preserved. We argue that by using such analogies as a starting point, future researchers will be able to better test their hypotheses against the archaeological record in efforts to augment knowledge about Tupinambá lifeways.
Keywords: Tupinambá, Violence, Warfare practices, Ethnohistory, Archaeology.

Revista Habitus - Revista do Instituto Goiano de Pré-História e Antropologia, 2022

The Wisconsin Archeologist (Thomas Pleger Memorial Issue), 2018

This paper investigates seasonal mobility practices on Grand Island on Michigan's Upper Peninsula... more This paper investigates seasonal mobility practices on Grand Island on Michigan's Upper Peninsula during the Late Archaic period (c. 5000–2000 B.P.). Evidence for seasonality and food production are drawn from lithic, faunal, and floral data, as well as lipid residue analysis. Comparisons are made with seasonal mobility models for the Late Archaic occupants of the Saginaw Valley, the Terminal Woodland peoples of the Mackinac phase (c. A.D. 750–1000), and the Ojibwa of the subsequent Historic period (c. A.D. 1600s–1900s) living in the Mackinac region. These models propose that people aggregated seasonally during the fall to process foods communally on a relatively large scale, in order to produce food surpluses for winter consumption. I have identified archaeological signatures for the Grand Island sites that are argued to have resulted from fall seasonal aggregation, indicating that food gathering, hunting , fishing, and their subsequent laborious processing and cooking were recurring socioeconomic activities. Therefore, I suggest that Grand Island represented an important place on the landscape for the Late Archaic peoples who repeatedly utilized the island for these fall social and food-processing aggregations. Other seasons were characterized by the dispersal of smaller groups throughout the landscape.

Revista de Arqueologia (Journal of the Society of Brazilian Archaeology; Thematic Issue: Feminist Critique and Archaeology), 2017

We discuss the important role of the feminist critique in bringing awareness to gender, childhood... more We discuss the important role of the feminist critique in bringing awareness to gender, childhood, and identity research, and in giving voice to the perspectives of underrepresented groups. As a case study of ancient social lives and gender, we discuss a range of Marajoara identity markers interpreted through the study of ceramic tangas (female pubic coverings) from Marajó Island in the Brazilian Amazon (A.D. 400-1400). There, tangas were made and used by women as a material representation of social position, gender, and individual identity. We argue that identity constitutes a fundamentally important aspect of archaeological research, and that the strongest case studies in identity are those that encompass a variety of gendered inferences to understand social lives of the past.

Cazadores Recolectores del Cono Sur: Revista de Arqueología, 2010

Neste artigo apresentamos os resultados das escavações e do estudo da coleção lítica do sítio de ... more Neste artigo apresentamos os resultados das escavações e do estudo da coleção lítica do sítio de caçadores coletores RS-C-61: Adelar Pilger, pesquisado no âmbito do Projeto Arqueológico do Vale do Rio Caí (PACA), Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil). Com datações entre 3.000 e 8.400 anos AP a coleção lítica caracteriza-se por padrões de descarte primário, associado à periferia de estruturas de fogueiras formadas a partir de vários episódios de reutilização. A análise da organização tecnológica priorizou aspectos da seleção das matérias primas e das seqüências de produção empregadas, identificando estratégias caracterizadas por uma alta regularidade em termos sincrônicos e diacrônicos, a semelhança de outros contextos contemporâneos associados à Tradição Umbu estudados em áreas adjacentes.

Journal of Anthropology, 2014

In the last ten years, new fossil, archaeological, and genetic data have significantly altered ou... more In the last ten years, new fossil, archaeological, and genetic data have significantly altered our understanding of the peopling of the Old World in the Late Pleistocene. Scholars have long been challenged to define humanity’s place in evolution and to trace our phylogeny. Differences in the skeletal morphology of hominin fossils have often led to the naming of distinct new species, but recent genetic findings have challenged the traditional perspective by demonstrating that modern human DNA contains genes inherited from Neanderthals and Denisovans, thus questioning their status as separate species. The recent discovery of Homo floresiensis from Flores Island has also raised interesting queries about how much genetic and morphological diversity was present during the Late Pleistocene. This paper discusses the nature and implications of the evidence with respect to Homo floresiensis, Neanderthals, and Denisovans and briefly reviews major Late Pleistocene discoveries from the last ten years of research in the Old World and their significance to the study of human evolution.

Cadernos do LEPAARQ, 2019

Nos últimos dez anos, novos dados fósseis, arqueológicos e genéticos alteraram significativamente... more Nos últimos dez anos, novos dados fósseis, arqueológicos e genéticos alteraram significativamente nossa compreensão sobre o povoamento do Velho Mundo no Pleistoceno Superior. Os pesquisadores muito têm sido desafiados a definir o lugar da humanidade na evolução e a rastrear nossa filogenia. Diferenças na morfologia esquelética de fósseis de hominídeos muitas vezes levaram à nomeação de novas espécies distintas, mas descobertas genéticas recentes desafiaram a perspectiva tradicional, demonstrando que o DNA humano moderno contém genes herdados dos Neandertais e Denisovans, questionando assim seu status como uma espécie separada. A recente descoberta do Homo floresiensis da Ilha de Flores também levantou questões interessantes sobre a quantidade de diversidade genética e morfológica que estava presente durante o Pleistoceno Superior. Este artigo discute a natureza e as implicações da evidência em relação ao Homo floresiensis, Neandertais e Denisovans, e analisa brevemente as principais descobertas do Pleistoceno Superior nos últimos dez anos de pesquisa no Velho Mundo e sua importância para o estudo da evolução humana.

The Wisconsin Archeologist, 2019

Neubauer, F., J. Skibo, and E. Drake. Proceedings of the XV Congresso Nacional da Sociedade de Arqueologia Brasileira, 2009 Sept. 20-23, Belém, Brazil, v.1, p.44-62., 2010

Arqueologia no Sul do Brasil [Archaeology of Southern Brazil], 2011

In: Arqueologia no sul do Brasil [Archaeology of southern Brazil], edited by A. H. Barcelos, J. B... more In: Arqueologia no sul do Brasil [Archaeology of southern Brazil], edited by A. H. Barcelos, J. Bitencourt, and C. I. Parellada, organized by the Southern Chapter of the Society of Brazilian Archaeology (SAB/SUL), Ed. UNESC, Criciúma, Brazil, pp. 85-100.

v. 31 n. 2, 2018

Este artigo discute como as arqueólogas e arqueólogos podem potencialmente identificar a presença... more Este artigo discute como as arqueólogas e arqueólogos podem potencialmente identificar a presença de crianças no registro arqueológico através do estudo de produtos líticos acabados. Como um estudo de caso, eu uso Adelar Pilger (RS-C-61), um sítio em abrigo-sob-rocha habitado por caçadores-coletores no sul do Brasil e datado de aproximadamente 8500 AP. Ao relacionar as decisões associadas à seleção de matéria-prima com as propriedades estéticas e tecnológicas de pontas do projétil, eu identifiquei três tipos de pontas potencialmente produzidas por especialistas, aprendizes avançados e crianças e/ou aprendizes iniciais. Eu sugiro que as crianças no sítio Adelar Pilger produziram pontas de projétil como uma forma de brincadeira de imitação. Através desta brincadeira, as crianças foram capazes de imitar grosseiramente somente as formas e o contorno geral das pontas do projétil, mas não foram capazes de reproduzir estes instrumentos em um sentido tridimensional ou tecnológico.

The Wisconsin Archeologist, 2015

The Wisconsin Archeologist, 2014

Pfaffenroth, J., F. Neubauer, S. Tate, and H. Walder. Archaeology around Wisconsin: University of... more Pfaffenroth, J., F. Neubauer, S. Tate, and H. Walder. Archaeology around Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Wisconsin Archeologist, v. 95, n. 1, pp. 132-135.

The Wisconsin Archeologist, 2013

Walder, H., J. Pfaffenroth, F. Neubauer, and S. Tate. The Wisconsin Archeologist, v.94, n. 1 & 2... more Walder, H., J. Pfaffenroth, F. Neubauer, and S. Tate. The Wisconsin Archeologist, v.94, n. 1 & 2, pp. 278-279.

TCC (Senior thesis), Department of History, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2010

TCC (Senior thesis), Department of History, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2009

PhD Dissertation by Fernanda Neubauer

Revista de Arqueologia (Journal of the Society of Brazilian Archaeology), 2017

Neubauer, F. Revista de Arqueologia, v. 30, n. 1, pp. 260-262, 2017. (Journal of the Society of B... more Neubauer, F. Revista de Arqueologia, v. 30, n. 1, pp. 260-262, 2017. (Journal of the Society of Brazilian Archaeology)

Springer, 2024

The book is the first-ever manual for the study of fire-cracked rock (FCR), one of the most ubiqu... more The book is the first-ever manual for the study of fire-cracked rock (FCR), one of the most ubiquitous yet understudied classes of artifacts worldwide. The book is part of Springer’s series Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique and focuses on the ways practicing archaeologists can infer function from their FCR collections, spanning from paleoanthropology and the early adoption of fire through to present archaeology.

The book provides a history and background of fire-cracked rock and leads the reader through the entire process of identifying, categorizing, and analyzing FCR and related features, from the first steps through to interpretations of function, use alteration, fracturing patterns, experimentation, ethnographic/ethnohistoric uses, and so forth. In addition to exploring the fundamentals of FCR analysis, the book also covers new and cutting-edge techniques.

It targets a wide global audience and serves as a laboratory and field guide for students and professionals, packed with illustrations and photographs in order to familiarize readers with the identification and analysis process while also providing a theoretical and methodological guide for advanced academic and cultural resource management research.

American Antiquity, 2018

Although it is now commonplace for archaeologists to study use-alteration patterns on ceramics, t... more Although it is now commonplace for archaeologists to study use-alteration patterns on ceramics, the same cannot be said of one of the most ubiquitous classes of hunter-gatherer artifacts, fire-cracked rocks (FCR). It can be shown, however, that many of the same methods and theories applied to the study of cooking ceramics are also relevant to the investigation of rocks used as heating elements. Because use alteration analyses of FCR are so scarce, I describe a range of attributes with the goal of helping researchers identify use alterations (e.g., sooting, reddening, various fracturing patterns) on lithic artifacts from sites worldwide and evaluate their potential function in various cultural practices. These attributes are also outlined in order to create a standardized terminology for describing FCR use-alteration patterns. I discuss my analysis of FCR from three Late Archaic sites (Duck Lake, 913, and 914) on Grand Island in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, followed by an interpretation of their cooking contexts, as a case study. The results indicate great intersite variability among FCR characteristics, cooking methods, and cooking facilities (earth oven, stone boiling, and rock griddle). This use alteration analysis can be applied in archaeological contexts worldwide where similar materials are recovered.

Revista de Arqueologia (Journal of the Society for Brazilian Archaeology; Thematic Issue: Archaeology of Childhood), 2018

This paper discusses how archaeologists can potentially identify the presence of children in the ... more This paper discusses how archaeologists can potentially identify the presence of children in the archaeological record through the study of finished lithic products. As a case study, I use Adelar Pilger (RS-C-61), a hunter-gatherer rockshelter habitation site in southern Brazil dated to approximately 8500 BP. By linking decisions related to raw material selection with the aesthetic and technological properties of projectile points, I have identified three types of points potentially made by experts, advanced apprentices, and children and/or initial apprentices. I suggest that children at the Adelar Pilger site were producing points as a form of play imitation. Children were able to roughly imitate formal shapes but could not properly reproduce the tools in a three dimensional or technological sense.

Habitus (Thematic Issue: Archaeology of Violence and Warfare), 2021

The Tupinambá were sedentary agriculturalists inhabiting the Eastern Coast of Brazil. Sixteenth-c... more The Tupinambá were sedentary agriculturalists inhabiting the Eastern Coast of Brazil. Sixteenth-century European explorer accounts offer rich details of Tupinambá life and warfare practices, suggesting the presence of a highly organized violence and warfare system embedded in their daily practices, animistic and cosmological beliefs, celebrations, cannibalism, and in their ideals of honor, prestige, and revenge. Building on ethnohistoric information, this article discusses the potential to further understanding of Tupinambá warfare practices through study of material culture signatures. Because archaeological studies on Tupinambá warfare are sparse, we attempt to correlate the ethnohistoric information with the types of objects and features archaeologists could reasonably expect to recover, should the accounts be accurate and the materials preserved. We argue that by using such analogies as a starting point, future researchers will be able to better test their hypotheses against the archaeological record in efforts to augment knowledge about Tupinambá lifeways.
Keywords: Tupinambá, Violence, Warfare practices, Ethnohistory, Archaeology.

Revista Habitus - Revista do Instituto Goiano de Pré-História e Antropologia, 2022

The Wisconsin Archeologist (Thomas Pleger Memorial Issue), 2018

This paper investigates seasonal mobility practices on Grand Island on Michigan's Upper Peninsula... more This paper investigates seasonal mobility practices on Grand Island on Michigan's Upper Peninsula during the Late Archaic period (c. 5000–2000 B.P.). Evidence for seasonality and food production are drawn from lithic, faunal, and floral data, as well as lipid residue analysis. Comparisons are made with seasonal mobility models for the Late Archaic occupants of the Saginaw Valley, the Terminal Woodland peoples of the Mackinac phase (c. A.D. 750–1000), and the Ojibwa of the subsequent Historic period (c. A.D. 1600s–1900s) living in the Mackinac region. These models propose that people aggregated seasonally during the fall to process foods communally on a relatively large scale, in order to produce food surpluses for winter consumption. I have identified archaeological signatures for the Grand Island sites that are argued to have resulted from fall seasonal aggregation, indicating that food gathering, hunting , fishing, and their subsequent laborious processing and cooking were recurring socioeconomic activities. Therefore, I suggest that Grand Island represented an important place on the landscape for the Late Archaic peoples who repeatedly utilized the island for these fall social and food-processing aggregations. Other seasons were characterized by the dispersal of smaller groups throughout the landscape.

Revista de Arqueologia (Journal of the Society of Brazilian Archaeology; Thematic Issue: Feminist Critique and Archaeology), 2017

We discuss the important role of the feminist critique in bringing awareness to gender, childhood... more We discuss the important role of the feminist critique in bringing awareness to gender, childhood, and identity research, and in giving voice to the perspectives of underrepresented groups. As a case study of ancient social lives and gender, we discuss a range of Marajoara identity markers interpreted through the study of ceramic tangas (female pubic coverings) from Marajó Island in the Brazilian Amazon (A.D. 400-1400). There, tangas were made and used by women as a material representation of social position, gender, and individual identity. We argue that identity constitutes a fundamentally important aspect of archaeological research, and that the strongest case studies in identity are those that encompass a variety of gendered inferences to understand social lives of the past.

Cazadores Recolectores del Cono Sur: Revista de Arqueología, 2010

Neste artigo apresentamos os resultados das escavações e do estudo da coleção lítica do sítio de ... more Neste artigo apresentamos os resultados das escavações e do estudo da coleção lítica do sítio de caçadores coletores RS-C-61: Adelar Pilger, pesquisado no âmbito do Projeto Arqueológico do Vale do Rio Caí (PACA), Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil). Com datações entre 3.000 e 8.400 anos AP a coleção lítica caracteriza-se por padrões de descarte primário, associado à periferia de estruturas de fogueiras formadas a partir de vários episódios de reutilização. A análise da organização tecnológica priorizou aspectos da seleção das matérias primas e das seqüências de produção empregadas, identificando estratégias caracterizadas por uma alta regularidade em termos sincrônicos e diacrônicos, a semelhança de outros contextos contemporâneos associados à Tradição Umbu estudados em áreas adjacentes.

Journal of Anthropology, 2014

In the last ten years, new fossil, archaeological, and genetic data have significantly altered ou... more In the last ten years, new fossil, archaeological, and genetic data have significantly altered our understanding of the peopling of the Old World in the Late Pleistocene. Scholars have long been challenged to define humanity’s place in evolution and to trace our phylogeny. Differences in the skeletal morphology of hominin fossils have often led to the naming of distinct new species, but recent genetic findings have challenged the traditional perspective by demonstrating that modern human DNA contains genes inherited from Neanderthals and Denisovans, thus questioning their status as separate species. The recent discovery of Homo floresiensis from Flores Island has also raised interesting queries about how much genetic and morphological diversity was present during the Late Pleistocene. This paper discusses the nature and implications of the evidence with respect to Homo floresiensis, Neanderthals, and Denisovans and briefly reviews major Late Pleistocene discoveries from the last ten years of research in the Old World and their significance to the study of human evolution.

Cadernos do LEPAARQ, 2019

Nos últimos dez anos, novos dados fósseis, arqueológicos e genéticos alteraram significativamente... more Nos últimos dez anos, novos dados fósseis, arqueológicos e genéticos alteraram significativamente nossa compreensão sobre o povoamento do Velho Mundo no Pleistoceno Superior. Os pesquisadores muito têm sido desafiados a definir o lugar da humanidade na evolução e a rastrear nossa filogenia. Diferenças na morfologia esquelética de fósseis de hominídeos muitas vezes levaram à nomeação de novas espécies distintas, mas descobertas genéticas recentes desafiaram a perspectiva tradicional, demonstrando que o DNA humano moderno contém genes herdados dos Neandertais e Denisovans, questionando assim seu status como uma espécie separada. A recente descoberta do Homo floresiensis da Ilha de Flores também levantou questões interessantes sobre a quantidade de diversidade genética e morfológica que estava presente durante o Pleistoceno Superior. Este artigo discute a natureza e as implicações da evidência em relação ao Homo floresiensis, Neandertais e Denisovans, e analisa brevemente as principais descobertas do Pleistoceno Superior nos últimos dez anos de pesquisa no Velho Mundo e sua importância para o estudo da evolução humana.

The Wisconsin Archeologist, 2019

Neubauer, F., J. Skibo, and E. Drake. Proceedings of the XV Congresso Nacional da Sociedade de Arqueologia Brasileira, 2009 Sept. 20-23, Belém, Brazil, v.1, p.44-62., 2010

Arqueologia no Sul do Brasil [Archaeology of Southern Brazil], 2011

In: Arqueologia no sul do Brasil [Archaeology of southern Brazil], edited by A. H. Barcelos, J. B... more In: Arqueologia no sul do Brasil [Archaeology of southern Brazil], edited by A. H. Barcelos, J. Bitencourt, and C. I. Parellada, organized by the Southern Chapter of the Society of Brazilian Archaeology (SAB/SUL), Ed. UNESC, Criciúma, Brazil, pp. 85-100.

v. 31 n. 2, 2018

Este artigo discute como as arqueólogas e arqueólogos podem potencialmente identificar a presença... more Este artigo discute como as arqueólogas e arqueólogos podem potencialmente identificar a presença de crianças no registro arqueológico através do estudo de produtos líticos acabados. Como um estudo de caso, eu uso Adelar Pilger (RS-C-61), um sítio em abrigo-sob-rocha habitado por caçadores-coletores no sul do Brasil e datado de aproximadamente 8500 AP. Ao relacionar as decisões associadas à seleção de matéria-prima com as propriedades estéticas e tecnológicas de pontas do projétil, eu identifiquei três tipos de pontas potencialmente produzidas por especialistas, aprendizes avançados e crianças e/ou aprendizes iniciais. Eu sugiro que as crianças no sítio Adelar Pilger produziram pontas de projétil como uma forma de brincadeira de imitação. Através desta brincadeira, as crianças foram capazes de imitar grosseiramente somente as formas e o contorno geral das pontas do projétil, mas não foram capazes de reproduzir estes instrumentos em um sentido tridimensional ou tecnológico.

The Wisconsin Archeologist, 2015

The Wisconsin Archeologist, 2014

Pfaffenroth, J., F. Neubauer, S. Tate, and H. Walder. Archaeology around Wisconsin: University of... more Pfaffenroth, J., F. Neubauer, S. Tate, and H. Walder. Archaeology around Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Wisconsin Archeologist, v. 95, n. 1, pp. 132-135.

The Wisconsin Archeologist, 2013

Walder, H., J. Pfaffenroth, F. Neubauer, and S. Tate. The Wisconsin Archeologist, v.94, n. 1 & 2... more Walder, H., J. Pfaffenroth, F. Neubauer, and S. Tate. The Wisconsin Archeologist, v.94, n. 1 & 2, pp. 278-279.

TCC (Senior thesis), Department of History, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2010

TCC (Senior thesis), Department of History, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2009

Revista de Arqueologia (Journal of the Society of Brazilian Archaeology), 2017

Neubauer, F. Revista de Arqueologia, v. 30, n. 1, pp. 260-262, 2017. (Journal of the Society of B... more Neubauer, F. Revista de Arqueologia, v. 30, n. 1, pp. 260-262, 2017. (Journal of the Society of Brazilian Archaeology)

V. 30 N. 1 (2017) / Resumo de Tese e Dissertação, 2017

This doctoral research highlights the complicated trajectories of hunter-gatherers by offering a ... more This doctoral research highlights the complicated trajectories of hunter-gatherers by offering a case study from an understudied but rich hunter-gatherer landscape, the Late Archaic period (c. 5,000-2,000 BP) on Grand Island in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, United States. Although there is a paucity of Late Archaic period archaeological data from the mainland of the Upper Peninsula, recent excavations by the Grand Island Archaeological Program (GIAP), directed by James M. Skibo (Illinois State University) and co-directed by Eric C. Drake (Hiawatha National Forest), have yielded a sizable body of evidence of Late Archaic occupations on Grand Island. I have been a staff member and collaborator with GIAP since 2007, conducting research, laboratory work, and co-directing excavations. My analysis of 39,186 lithics from five sites on the island more than doubles the current number of c. 32,000 lithics analyzed in the entire southern shore of Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula from dated Late Archaic sites. Similarly, the 495 faunal remains identified and analyzed by Terrance Martin and Elizabeth Scott for this dissertation also more than doubles the total 296 pieces of animal bones analyzed from dated Late Archaic sites of the Upper Peninsula. In addition, in contrast to those sites, where no complete and finished projectile points have been recovered in context, GIAP have identified a total of five projectile points. These points may contribute to data on diagnostic artifact types in the Upper Peninsula, which is currently almost non-existent, and to our general understanding of exchange practices and social interactions.

PhD dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016

Revista de Arqueologia (Journal of the Society for Brazilian Archaeology; Thematic Issue: Archaeology of Childhood), 2018

Lillehammer, Grete. 2018. Uma criança nasce. O mundo da criança em uma perspectiva arqueológica. ... more Lillehammer, Grete. 2018. Uma criança nasce. O mundo da criança em uma perspectiva arqueológica. Translated by Fernanda Neubauer. Revista de Arqueologia, v. 31, n. 2, pp. 14-24. [Original reference: Lillehammer, Grete. 1989. A child is born. The child's world in an archaeological perspective. Norwegian Archaeological Review, v. 22, n. 2, pp. 89-105].

Revista de Arqueologia, 2018

O mundo da criança foi deixado de fora da pesquisa arqueológica. A principal contribuição do suje... more O mundo da criança foi deixado de fora da pesquisa arqueológica. A principal contribuição do sujeito está no campo da história social. Especial atenção é dada à transferência cultural. É apresentada uma definição do mundo da criança em conjunto com aspectos metodológicos, históricos e étnico-culturais. É feita uma revisão da história da pesquisa escandinava sobre o assunto. A classificação e os problemas na distinção de crianças no registro material são discutidos. O principal obstáculo da arqueologia está em seu conhecimento restrito do antigo mundo adulto. O estudo de material osteológico humano e testes em material lítico é visto como promissor.

v. 31 n. 2, 2018

O mundo da criança foi deixado de fora da pesquisa arqueológica. A principal contribuição do suje... more O mundo da criança foi deixado de fora da pesquisa arqueológica. A principal contribuição do sujeito está no campo da história social. Especial atenção é dada à transferência cultural. É apresentada uma definição do mundo da criança em conjunto com aspectos metodológicos, históricos e étnico-culturais. É feita uma revisão da história da pesquisa escandinava sobre o assunto. A classificação e os problemas na distinção de crianças no registro material são discutidos. O principal obstáculo da arqueologia está em seu conhecimento restrito do antigo mundo adulto. O estudo de material osteológico humano e testes em material lítico é visto como promissor.

v. 31 n. 2: Arqueologia da Infância, 2018

O mundo da criança foi deixado de fora da pesquisa arqueológica. A principal contribuição do suje... more O mundo da criança foi deixado de fora da pesquisa arqueológica. A principal contribuição do sujeito está no campo da história social. Especial atenção é dada à transferência cultural. É apresentada uma definição do mundo da criança em conjunto com aspectos metodológicos, históricos e étnico-culturais. É feita uma revisão da história da pesquisa escandinava sobre o assunto. A classificação e os problemas na distinção de crianças no registro material são discutidos. O principal obstáculo da arqueologia está em seu conhecimento restrito do antigo mundo adulto. O estudo de material osteológico humano e testes em material lítico é visto como promissor.

The Wisconsin Archeologist, 2019

The Wisconsin Archeologist, 2019

The Wisconsin Archeologist, 2019

Habitus (Thematic Issue: Archaeology of Violence and Warfare), 2021

Published in English (p. 161-162) & Portuguese (p. 159-161). Publicado em português (p. 159-161) ... more Published in English (p. 161-162) & Portuguese (p. 159-161).
Publicado em português (p. 159-161) e inglês (p. 161-162).

Revista de Arqueologia (Journal of the Society of Brazilian Archaeology; Thematic Issue: Archaeology of Childhood), 2018

Revista de Arqueologia (Journal of the Society of Brazilian Archaeology; Thematic Issue: Archaeology of Childhood), 2018

Revista de Arqueologia (Journal of the Society of Brazilian Archaeology), 2018

https://revista.sabnet.com.br/revista/index.php/SAB/issue/view/41

v. 31 n. 2, 2018

As arqueólogas e arqueólogos tradicionalmente assumiam que crianças eram agentes invisíveis em su... more As arqueólogas e arqueólogos tradicionalmente assumiam que crianças eram agentes invisíveis em suas pesquisas, muitas vezes considerando-as como não importantes e não agentivas, ou como sendo impossíveis de ser endereçadas nos estudos arqueológicos. No entanto, a invisibilidade das crianças na interpretação arqueológica tem sido questionada há décadas pela crítica feminista. Grete Lillehammer (1989) publicou o primeiro artigo pedindo o estudo arqueológico de crianças quase 30 anos atrás, intitulado A child is born. The child's world in an archaeological perspective (Uma criança nasce. O mundo da criança em uma perspectiva arqueológica, tradução minha). Dada a importância deste artigo seminal para a disciplina de arqueologia, eu o traduzi para o português para esta edição temática, a fim de torná-lo mais acessível às arqueólogas, arqueólogos e estudantes brasileiras. A permissão para publicar esta tradução foi concedida por Grete Lillehammer e por Francis & Taylor, os editores do artigo original.

Habitus, 2021

The systematic study of warfare and violence in archaeology has led to advances in our understand... more The systematic study of warfare and violence in archaeology has led to advances in our understanding of the scale and roles that they played in the past, and how they relate to society and culture. A wide range of archaeological evidence has been used to identify warfare and violence across time and space, such as skeletal trauma, weapons, fighting technologies, war-related ritual paraphernalia and mass graves, fortifications, and martial iconographies, along with ethnographic and ethnohistoric information. This volume welcomes archaeological, anthropological and multidisciplinary papers in English, Portuguese, and Spanish from scholars researching violence and/or warfare in any time and place. Topics include, but are not limited to: the social impact of warfare; the ways in which communities have viewed, responded to, and used violence; and the potential interconnections of violence and warfare with gender, childhood, race, ethnicity, and class, as well as with ritual, cosmology, ideology, and other forms of cultural practice and performance. Case studies are particularly welcome, as well as theoretical and methodological discussions of the ways that researchers can study violence and/or warfare in the past.

Habitus, 2021

O estudo sistemático da guerra e da violência na arqueologia contribuiu para avançar nossa compre... more O estudo sistemático da guerra e da violência na arqueologia contribuiu para avançar nossa compreensão da escala e dos papéis que elas desempenharam no passado, e como estas se relacionam com a sociedade e a cultura. Uma ampla gama de evidências arqueológicas tem sido usada para identificar a guerra e a violência no tempo e no espaço, como traumas esqueléticos, armas, tecnologias de combate, valas comuns e apetrechos rituais relacionados à guerra, fortificações e iconografias marciais, além de informações etnográficas e etno-históricas. São aceitos neste dossiê temático artigos arqueológicos, antropológicos e multidisciplinares em inglês, português e espanhol que tratam sobre a violência e/ou guerra em qualquer época e lugar. Os tópicos incluem, mas não estão limitados: ao impacto social da guerra; as maneiras pelas quais as comunidades consideraram, responderam e usaram a violência; e as interconexões potenciais da violência e da guerra com gênero, infância, raça, etnia e classe, bem como com ritual, cosmologia, ideologia e outras formas de prática e desempenho cultural. Os estudos de caso são particularmente bem-vindos, bem como discussões teóricas e metodológicas sobre as maneiras pelas quais pesquisadorxs podem estudar a violência e/ou a guerra no passado.

The invisibility of children in the interpretation of the archaeological record has been question... more The invisibility of children in the interpretation of the archaeological record has been questioned by the feminist critique since late 1980s. Archaeologists traditionally assumed children to be invisible agents in their research. Children were often unimportant, non-agentive, or impossible to address in archaeological studies. However, we know that children represent a major component of social groups, both in number and social influence. Therefore, it should be expected that they played a relevant role in the creation of the archaeological record, even though we as archaeologists struggle to identify and interpret their impact in the material record. Although the feminist critique has stimulated the systematic study of the archaeology of childhood worldwide, especially in the last few decades, such studies are still rare in the context of Brazilian archaeology. To help overcome this problem, this thematic issue of the Revista de Arqueologia, entitled Archaeology of Childhood, invites article submissions aimed at broadening discussions related to the archaeology of childhood through papers that address case studies related to the material culture created by or for children in different societies and time periods. Articles that discuss theoretical and methodological approaches and cognitive studies are also welcome. The submission deadline is May 30, 2018.

A invisibilidade das crianças na interpretação do registro arqueológico tem sido questionada pela... more A invisibilidade das crianças na interpretação do registro arqueológico tem sido questionada pela crítica feminista desde o final da década de 1980. Arqueólogos tradicionalmente presumiam que crianças eram agentes invisíveis em suas pesquisas. Crianças frequentemente eram consideradas irrelevantes, não-agentivas ou impossíveis de serem endereçadas em estudos arqueológicos. Entretanto, sabemos que as crianças representam um componente importante na sociedade, tanto em número quanto em influência. Por isso, espera-se que elas tenham desempenhado um papel relevante na criação do registro arqueológico, mesmo que nós, como arqueólogos, tenhamos dificuldade em interpretar seu impacto no registro material. Embora a crítica feminista tenha estimulado mundialmente o estudo sistemático sobre a arqueologia da infância, especialmente nas últimas décadas, tais estudos ainda são raros no contexto da arqueologia brasileira. A fim de amenizar esta problemática, este dossiê temático da Revista de Arqueologia, intitulado Arqueologia da Infância, convida a pôr em circulação artigos que visam ampliar as discussões relacionadas à arqueologia da infância através de artigos que abordem estudos de caso relacionados à cultura material criada por ou para crianças em diferentes sociedades e períodos temporais. São igualmente bem-vindos estudos cognitivos e artigos que discutam abordagens teóricas e metodológicas. A data limite para submissão de artigos é 30 de maio de 2018.

Istoé, 2021

A Arte Neandertal, por Vinícius Mendes, revista Istoé, edição n. 2686, p. 48. 14 de julho de 2021.

The Current: Newsletter of the Society for American Archaeology's Island & Coastal Archaeology Interest Group, 2015

Neubauer, F. The Current: Newsletter of the Society for American Archaeology's Island & Coastal A... more Neubauer, F. The Current: Newsletter of the Society for American Archaeology's Island & Coastal Archaeology Interest Group, v.3, n. 1, pp. 9, 2015.

The Current: Newsletter of the Society for American Archaeology's Island & Coastal Archaeology Interest Group, 2013

Neubauer, F., J. M. Skibo, and M. J. Schaefer. The Current: Newsletter of the Society for America... more Neubauer, F., J. M. Skibo, and M. J. Schaefer. The Current: Newsletter of the Society for American Archaeology's Island & Coastal Archaeology Interest Group, v.1, n. 2, pp. 6-7, 2013.

This course provides an introduction to the archaeology of North America. We will explore alterna... more This course provides an introduction to the archaeology of North America. We will explore alternative histories and decolonizing practices that promote a more diverse and inclusive archaeology. We will also examine how the practice of archaeology in North America has changed since its early days while exploring how recent social movements have led to a more ethically committed archaeological practice. This course is designed to challenge students to examine the past to better understand the present though socially engaged perspectives, such as: Black Lives Matter, feminism, gender, queer theory, indigenous archaeology, and multivocality. African diaspora, racism, colonialism, NAGPRA, and repatriation will also be discussed. We will cover a large time-frame, from the initial peopling of the Americas to the present day. Furthermore, the topics we will cover include: environmental archaeology, foodways, childhood, fieldwork, dating methods, interpretation, materiality, everyday life, ethnoarchaeology, experimental archaeology, warfare, and the archaeology of California. By the end of the course, students will have a better understanding of the dynamic theories and methods of North American archaeology, and will be capable of critically reflecting upon how to conduct archaeology within a decolonizing framework. One of the greatest values of studying the past is the awareness we gain of ourselves and the present world by assessing our own and others' experiences, and by evaluating how our own background and beliefs may color our interpretations of the past.

Course Description: This course is an advanced introduction to the field of archaeology that expl... more Course Description: This course is an advanced introduction to the field of archaeology that explores how archaeologists think about the archaeological record and the methods they use to study ancient and contemporary societies. Major topics that will be discussed include site formation processes, field techniques and research design, dating methods, artifact analysis, and the archaeological study of social organization and human-environment relationships.
We will also explore approaches to diversifying archaeology, including black, feminist, queer, and indigenous archaeologies. We will examine how the discipline has integrated recent social movements (e.g., #MeToo and Black Lives Matter) with the goal of bringing a greater awareness of inclusivity and ethically committed practices. By the end of the course, students will be capable of critically reflecting upon socially engaged perspectives and on how to conduct archaeology within a decolonizing framework.

Esta disciplina tem por finalidade analisar as diversas abordagens teórico-metodológicas da pesqu... more Esta disciplina tem por finalidade analisar as diversas abordagens teórico-metodológicas da pesquisa arqueológica em campo e laboratório e suas implicações interpretativas no campo das ciências humanas, assim como discutir as implicações sociais e políticas das práticas e interpretações da pesquisa arqueológica.

Esta disciplina abordará as trajetórias técnicas, culturais e da evolução biológica da humanidade... more Esta disciplina abordará as trajetórias técnicas, culturais e da evolução biológica da humanidade e que remetem ao conhecimento pré-histórico sobre o processo de desenvolvimento das sociedades humanas no Velho Mundo e nas Américas. Este conhecimento tem por base, notadamente, o conjunto de evidências e inferências produzidas pela Arqueologia e Paleoantropologia ao longo das últimas décadas.

Course Description: This course addresses human evolution in the Old and New World using archaeol... more Course Description: This course addresses human evolution in the Old and New World using archaeological, paleoanthropological, and genetic evidence. The class consists of weekly lectures (3 credits) and discussions (1 credit).