2017
DOI: 10.1590/1981.81222017000300012
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O muiraquitã da estearia da Boca do Rio, Santa Helena, Maranhão: estudo arqueológico, mineralógico e simbólico

Abstract: Resumo: O muiraquitã é um artefato arqueológico raro e característico das sociedades pré-coloniais do baixo Amazonas e de área circum-caribenha. Foi confeccionado por meio de diversos tipos de minerais, sendo os mais conhecidos os de pedra verde, sobretudo a nefrita. Embora sua função ainda seja desconhecida, a literatura etnográfica e arqueológica sugere que estes objetos conotavam símbolos de poder, haja vista a ampla rede de circulação em que estavam inseridos. Este artigo descreve um muiraquitã encontrado … Show more

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“…Mineralogical analysis, using micro-Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, of a greenstone muiraquitã recovered from the central nucleus at Boca do Rio shows the artefact to be made of nephrite (tremolite/actinolite; Navarro et al . 2017) (Figure 8). The piece has two perforations and marks indicative of retouch and polish on the back.…”
Section: The Artefactsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Mineralogical analysis, using micro-Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, of a greenstone muiraquitã recovered from the central nucleus at Boca do Rio shows the artefact to be made of nephrite (tremolite/actinolite; Navarro et al . 2017) (Figure 8). The piece has two perforations and marks indicative of retouch and polish on the back.…”
Section: The Artefactsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In other respects, it resembles those of the South American Highlands, including the square eyes and bipartite motif on the head, which recall the Tolima culture from Colombia and the Tiwanaco of Bolivia (Isbell 2008). The artefact also has anthropomorphic features that are unknown among Amazonian muiraquitãs (Boomert 1987; Rodríguez Ramos 2013; Keegan & Hofman 2017; Navarro et al 2017). Given that nephrite outcrops are rare in Maranhão, especially on the Amazon coastline, the greenstone used for this object was probably imported.…”
Section: The Artefactsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Paralelamente ao registro etnohistórico, moradias palafíticas pré-coloniais conhecidas como estearias e datadas entre 100 a 1100 AD foram descobertas na Baixada Maranhense, uma área estuarina na porção ocidental do estado do Maranhão (LOPES, 1924;NAVARRO, 2017NAVARRO, , 2018aNAVARRO, , 2018bNAVARRO et al, 2017; NAVARRO; PROUS, 2020) (Figura 10). Diversas características materiais corroboram o registro etnohistórico.…”
Section: As Pesquisas Arqueológicas Sobre As Estearias No Maranhãounclassified
“…They are located in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, in the easternmost portion of the Amazon. The name of the sites derived from the wooden posts that supported the villages built in the lakes of the estuarine region of Baixada Maranhense, in order to avoid contact with the waters (Alves de Moraes et al 2021;Gonçalves et al 2021;Navarro 2018a,b;Navarro et al 2017).…”
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confidence: 99%