Prehistoric Funeral Practices in the Brazilian Amazon: The Maracá Urns

Guapindaia, Vera

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“…In diffuse and often multicentric regional systems small and large settlements were integrated through major public ritual, notably including elite mortuary rituals (Chaumeil 2007, Guapindaia 2008b. Ritual performance in highly structured public ceremonial spaces and material culture, notably prestige goods and bodily adornment, were primary mechanisms of social communicationa symbolic language-within multiethnic and, in some cases, multilingual regional sociopolitical systems (Barreto 2009, Lathrap 1985.…”

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“…Camutins/Belém mounds are centrally located between other mound groups, more or less equidistant (∼8 km) to the southeast (Monte Carmelo), northwest (Pequaquara), and northeast (upper Camutins stream), which may have defined the territory of the regional polity, with smaller intervening domestic mounds along waterways. Shared styles of prestige goods, notably burial urns, suggest subregional identities across the island and clearly reflect important social distinctions, such as gender and social hierarchy, as true of other urn cemetery complexes in the region (Guapindaia 2008b, Schaan 2004. Marajó communities were supported by a diverse resource base and focus on managed river products, such as fish and palm farming (Meggers 2003, Roosevelt 1991, Schaan 2008.…”

Section: Amazon Floodplain Politiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Amazonian Archaeology

Heckenberger

Neves

2009

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

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Amazonian archaeology has made major advances in recent decades, particularly in understanding coupled human environmental systems. Like other tropical forest regions, prehistoric social formations were long portrayed as small-scale, dispersed communities that differed little in organization from recent indigenous societies and had negligible impacts on the essentially pristine forest. Archaeology documents substantial variation that, while showing similarities to other world regions, presents novel pathways of early foraging and domestication, semi-intensive resource management, and domesticated landscapes associated with diverse small-and medium-sized complex societies. Late prehistoric regional polities were articulated in broad regional political economies, which collapsed in the aftermath of European contact. Field methods have also changed dramatically through in-depth local and regional studies, interdisciplinary approaches, and multicultural collaborations, notably with indigenous peoples. Contemporary research highlights questions of scale, perspective, and agency, including concerns for representation, public archaeology, indigenous cultural heritage, and conservation of the region's remarkable cultural and ecological resources.

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Section: Amazon Floodplain Politiesmentioning

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Amazonian Archaeology

Heckenberger

Neves

2009

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“…Esta prática floresce de forma exacerbada em sítios da área estuarina da Amazônia, onde cerâmicas antropomorfas, em geral urnas funerárias, fazem parte de um complexo sistema de demarcação ritual dos territórios, que para além das urnas, fazem uso de referências paisagísticas naturais e construídas, tais quais grutas, aterros e megalitos. Referimo-nos aos cemitérios com urnas enterradas nos aterros monumentais de Marajó (SCHAAN, 2004), às urnas Maracá, ritualmente colocadas em exposição no interior de grutas do Amapá (GUA-PINDAIA, 2001;2008), ou ainda às urnas antropomorfas Aristé depositadas em verdadeiras tumbas subterrâneas sob estruturas megalíticas com funções astronômicas, na costa central do Amapá (SALDANHA, CABRAL, 2012;SALDANHA et al, 2016).…”

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Para além de Potes e Panelas: cerâmica e ritual na Amazônia antiga

Barreto

Oliveira

2016

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CRISTIANA BARRETO**, ERÊNDIRA OLIVEIRA*** CERÂMICA, IDENTIDADE E PRÁTICAS RITUAIS NA AMAZÔNIA ANTIGA urante o último século, a maior parte do conhecimento produzido sobre a arqueologia da Amazônia tem origem em análises cerâmicas, sua distribuição, contextos, tipologias, seriações e datações. Com exceção dos contextos mais antigos, onde não há vestígios cerâmicos, os restos de potes e panelas usados pelas populações ameríndias da Amazô-nia pré-colonial foram, sem dúvida, o principal material para a construção do quadro

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“…SCHAAN, 2001SCHAAN, , 2009BARRETO, 2005;GUAPINDAIA, 2008;MACHADO, 2012;MORAES & BEZERRA, 2012). Recentemente, o trabalho de Loredana Ribeiro (2017) e colaboradores (2017) buscou discutir assimetrias de gênero tanto no discurso arqueológico quanto na relação entre arqueólogas e arqueólogos no Brasil.…”

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A produção científica sobre a Arqueologia Amazônica é marcada por duas mulheres, Betty Meggers e Anna Roosevelt. Apesar da inegável contribuição destas arqueólogas para as pesquisas posteriores, podemos afirmar que há equidade entre mulheres e homens na arqueologia dessa região? Realizamos um levantamento da bibliografia de artigos publicados nos últimos quinze anos, por autoras e autores brasileiros e estrangeiros, em treze periódicos nacionais e internacionais. Verificamos que, apesar da alta produtividade das mulheres na Arqueologia Amazônica, elas não são citadas de maneira proporcional, privilegiando-se os trabalhos de homens. Por fim, questionamos se as bibliografias selecionadas representam, de fato, o percentual de arqueólogas e arqueólogos em atividade ou se não são reflexo da iniquidade de gênero na ciência arqueológica. Palavras-chave: Arqueologia Amazônica; Produção Científica; Mulheres. ABSTRACTThe scientific production on Amazonian Archeology is marked by two women, Betty Meggers and Anna Roosevelt. Despite the undeniable contribution of these archaeologists to the research that succeeded their work, could we affirm that there is equity between women and men on the archeology in this region? We have carried out a survey of the bibliography in articles published in the last fifteen years, by Brazilian and foreign authors, in thirteen national and international periodicals. We verified that, despite the high productivity of women in Amazonian Archeology they are not cited in a proportional manner, being noticed a privilege towards men's works. Finally, we question whether the bibliographic selections identified represent in fact the percentage of female and male archaeologists in activity or if they are not a reflection of gender inequity in the archaeological science.

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Prehistoric Funeral Practices in the Brazilian Amazon: The Maracá Urns

Cited by 12 publications

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Amazonian Archaeology

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Para além de Potes e Panelas: cerâmica e ritual na Amazônia antiga

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