Shark Teeth Aren’t Just ‘Triangular Pointy Things’
This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine.
When a real-estate development threatened the remains of a 13th-century coastal fishing site on southern Brazil’s Santa Catarina Island in 1996, archaeologists rushed to excavate. They rapidly collected what they could from the Rio do Meio site—pottery, tools, animal remains. The historical site now sits under a popular beachfront property.