A Arqueologia em sítios submersos: estudo do sítio depositário da Enseada da Praia do Farol da Ilha do Bom Abrigo - SP

Abstract

Less studied than theshipwreck sites, however notless important, the depository sites are remarkable sources of archaeological documentation. The Cove of the Lighthouse Beachin Bom Abrigo Island, locatedon the south coast of São Paulo state, is a excellent natural anchorage, a depository site par excellent, formed from the social use of the small geographical space. This process of "use-occupation", of long duration, has beenoccurring since the beginning of 16 thcentury andplaysthe main responsible of formation of the archaeology submerged record.Adopting method of research with minimally intrusive techniques, which demonstrated effective result, was able to search, toregister, and to identifyvarious sunkartifacts, loss or discarded, in thebottomof the cove. From the findings,inferencescould thenbe made regarding the relationship between man and this not built maritime anchorage, but fully inserted in the history of navigation made along of the south coast of São Paulo.