A ocupação sambaquieira no entorno da Baía de Guanabara

Rio de Janeiro, Niteroi, Duque de Caxias, Sao Goncalo and Mage, located on the shores of Guanabara Bay, have developed in territory previously occupied by shellmound-builders. Throughout the process of urbanization, many sites were destroyed and some small portions are covered by sidewalks of streets and buildings of cities. In order to investigate the settlement of this system, were systematized information about the northeast of the bay which still contains groupings of shellmounds, some of them composed of sites in a good state of conservation. A projection has been drawn up for around the bay with the objective of outlining its main characteristics, draw a picture of the former sambaqui occupation and establish correlations with other coastal regions.