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September 5, 2025

Progresso Lagoon’s Archaic Period Occupation and the Elusive “Orange Soils”

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RRRobert M. RosenswigUniversity at Albany, State University of New York

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Field surveys documented early human occupation and orange soils in Progresso Lagoon, highlighting significant environmental impacts.

Key Points

  • Systematic surveys made 160 sites of potential Archaic-period occupation, based on orange soils presence.
  • Excavations at 17 sites yielded thousands of lithics along with AMS dates from the fourth and fifth millennia BP.
  • Sediment cores collected revealed 8000 years of pollen and charcoal evidence, supporting the environmental context.
  • Orange soils may indicate material transport across the Atlantic during the 'Green Sahara' period, offering insight into human interactions.

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Robert M. Rosenswig (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68bb421a2b87ece8dc95878ehttps://doi.org/10.62064/rrba.19.25
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