Uma sociedade complexa na Amazônia brasileira

At the mouth of the Amazon River, the Marajoara culture flourished: a fascinating culture marked by highly technological ceramic production, social stratification, environmental alteration, and possibly a matriarchal or matrilineal society. How can we explain the flourishing of such a unique culture in a territory traditionally seen as limiting to social complexity? In attempting to grapple with this past, we often encounter fake news and evolutionary views of history, which can greatly hinder our understanding of Brazil's indigenous past. 🫶 Join the members area :)    / @arqueolobia   🫶 Archaeology and history books here: https://www.amazon.com.br/?&linkCode=... -- Access the shop: https://www.amazon.com.br/shop/arqueo... Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:12 Who researched in Marajó? 05:35 How to explain the complexity of Marajoara? 10:57 The “dictatorship of the waters” 14:34 Marajoara Ceramics 20:10 Matriarchy?? 23:20 This past today Bibliography: Amorim, L.B. (2005). Marajoara Ceramics: a path to understanding the prehistory of the Amazon. Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Undergraduate Thesis. Araújo, L.M., Pacheco, A.S. (2023). William Barnard's “Notes” and Marajoara Archaeology. Bulletin of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 18(3). Bezerra, M. (2011). “The coins of the Indians”: a case study on the meanings of archaeological heritage for the inhabitants of the village of Joanes, Marajó Island, Brazil. Bulletin of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 6(1). McCray, B. Ancient Marajó. UC Berkeley Professional Development Providers. https://orias.berkeley.edu/resources-... Schaan, D.P., Marques, F.L. (2012). Why not a son of Joanes? Archaeology and local communities in Joanes, Marajó Island. Revista de Arqueologia 25(1), 106-132. Schaan, D.P. (2010). Long-Term Human Induced Impacts on Marajó Island Landscapes, Amazon Estuary. Diversity 2, 182-206. Schaan, D.P. (2007). The art of Marajoara ceramics: encounters between the past and the present. Habitus 5(1), 99-117. Schaan, D.P. (2007). The Children of the Serpent: Rite, Myth and Subsistence in the Chiefdoms of Marajó Island. International Journal of South American Archaeology 1, 50-56. Schaan, D.P. (2006). Archaeology, the public and the commodification of cultural heritage: the case of the Marajoara culture. Revista Arqueologia Pública 1, 31-48. Schaan, D.P., Veiga e Silva, W.F. (2004). The people of the waters and their territorial expansion: a regional approach to pre-colonial societies on Marajó Island. Revista de Arqueologia 17, 13-32. Schaan, D.P. (2003). The potter, her pot and her loincloth: identity and social roles in a Marajoara Chiefdom. Archaeology Magazine 16, 31-45. Schaan, D.P. (2000). Evidence for the permanence of the Marajoara culture at the time of European contact. Archaeology Magazine 12(13), 23-42. Image credits used: https://aguasamazonicas.org/basins/es...   / 1281562773973228   https://ww w.researchgate.net/figure/ndigenous-funerary-urns-of-the-Marajoara-people-at-the-Museu-de-Arte-de-Sao-Paulo-and-at_fig1_380785062 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/D... https://www.researchgate.net/figure/F... https://www.researchgate.net/figure/F... https://ambiental.media/crise-climati...