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Dorath Pinto Uchôa

1927 – 2014

Brazilian archaeologist

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Lived 1927 – 2014 (aged 86–87). Dorath Pinto Uchôa was a Brazilian scientist and archaeologist.

Dorath Pinto Uchôa (1 November 1947 – 28 March 2014) was a Brazilian archaeologist and one of the founders of Brazilian Society of Archaeology. She specialized in the study of prehistoric coastal human settlements with a special emphasis on the study of prehistoric middens in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.

Biography In 1967, she obtained a degree in Geography from the Pontificia Catholic University of São Paulo. She earned a master's degree in history in 1972 and a PhD in anthropology, Archaeology, and Ethnology, in 1972, both from the University of São Paulo, with a thesis titled: "Arqueologia de Piaçaguera e Tenório: Análise de dois tipos de sítios pré-cerâmicos de Litoral Paulista".

During her training as archaeologist, she studied middens located in Piaçaguera, near the municipality of Cubatão, close to the port of Santos. She spent part of her career in the Instituto de Pré-História. She became professor of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of the University of São Paulo.

Scientific publications

Books Clássicos da Arqueologia. Erechim, RS: Habilis. 224 pp. 2007 Arqueologia de Piaçagüera e Tenório: análise de dois tipos de sítios pré-cerâmicos do litoral paulista. Clássicos da Arqueologia. Editor Habilis, 221 pp. 2007 O sítio arqueológico Mar Virado, Ubatuba: relatório. Editor Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, 32 pp. 1999 Demografia esqueletal dos construtores do sambaqui de Piaçaguera, São Paulo, Brasil. Vol. 1.230 pp. ed. São Paulo: Grafons, 1988

Articles Ilha do Mar Virado: um estudo de um sítio arqueológico no litoral do Estado de São Paulo. CLIO. Série Arqueológica (UFPE), vol. 24, pp. 7–40, 2009 Presença de Fungos na dentina humana: implicaçãoes arqueológicas e forenses. Rev. de Odontologia da Pós Graduação da Faculdade de Odontologia da Usp, São Paulo, vol. 11, Nº 3, 2004 Estimativa da idade através da análise do desgaste oclusal em molares de remanescentes esqueléticos arqueológicos brasileiros. RPG. Rev. de Pós-Graduação (USP), São Paulo, vol. 11, Nº. 3, 2004 A Ilha Comprida e o Litoral de Cananéia sob a ótica arqueológica e geoambiental. Revista Clio Arqueológica, UFPE -Recife, vol. 1, Nº. 15, 2002 Fungal infiltration in the human dentine: archaeology and forensic implications (poster). 14th European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Coimbra, pp. 116–116, 2002 Estimativa de idade em remanescentes esqueléticos arqueológicos pela análise do desgaste oclusal em molares. Pesquisa Odontológica Brasileira, São Paulo, vol. 16, pp. 86–86, 2002 A Ilha Comprida e o Litoral de Cananéia sob a ótica arqueológica e geoambiental. Rev. Clio Arqueológica, UFPE -Recife, vol. 1, Nº. 15, 2002 Presença de fungos na dentina humana: possíveis implicações arqueológicas e forenses. RPG. Rev. de Pós-Graduação (USP), São Paulo, vol. 8, pp. 260–260, 2001 Hiperosteose Porosa Em Cranios de Indios e Mulatos do Sudeste Brasileiro: Correlacao Entre As Lesoes Na Calvaria e Na Orbita. Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, 1996 Coletores-pescadores do Litoral Meridional Brasileiro. Revista de Pré História, Sãao Paulo, vol. 6, pp. 103–106, 1984

Honours 2000: homage by the Conselho National de Mulheres Do Brazil 1997: homage by the Instituto de Pré-História 1996: medal of the Municipal Government of Cubatão 1995: homage of the Society of Brazilian Archaeology 1988: medal Martim Afonso de Souza

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Important facts

Born
1927, Belém
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Nationality
Education
University of São Paulo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Employers
University of São Paulo
Also known as
Dorath Paint Uchôa

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Who was Dorath Pinto Uchôa?

Brazilian archaeologist

When was Dorath Pinto Uchôa born?

Dorath Pinto Uchôa was born in 1927 in Belém.

When did Dorath Pinto Uchôa die?

Dorath Pinto Uchôa died on 28 March 2014 in São Paulo.

What was Dorath Pinto Uchôa's occupation?

Dorath Pinto Uchôa was a scientist and archaeologist.

What nationality was Dorath Pinto Uchôa?

Dorath Pinto Uchôa was Brazilian.

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