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Archaeological research on two sugar plantations of the Chapada dos Guimarães region of West Brazil, the engenhos (sugar mills) of Rio da Casca and Água Fria, has provided an opportunity to study the organization and use of these... more
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      Historical ArchaeologyLandscape ArchaeologyBlack/African DiasporaCultural Memory
In the region of Chapada dos Guimarães, Western Brazil, planters relied heavily on slave labor during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In this article, we examine the locally produced pottery found on slaves contexts in five rural... more
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      ArchaeologyHistorical ArchaeologyAfrican Diaspora StudiesCreolization
This article discusses the processes of cultural exchange between Portuguese, Portuguese-Brazilian, Amerindians, and mestizos based on the analysis of the material culture from households of Santarém (PA), occupied during the eighteenth... more
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      ArchaeologyHistorical ArchaeologyArchaeology of IdentityArqueología
These preliminary research notes present theoretical and methodological questions regarding a recently inaugurated investigation in historical archeology that intends to analyze daily life under slavery, demographic regimes, cultural... more
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      Plantation ArchaeologyAfrican American ArchaeologySocial Identity and Inequality (RaceCritical Archaeologies of Race, Class and Gender
It is our goal, in this article, to discuss the process of ethnogenesis of the African-Brazilian population that inhabits the Guaporé valley, between the states of Mato Grosso and Rondônia, since the eighteenth century. In the beginning... more
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      ArchaeologyHistorical ArchaeologyBlack/African DiasporaArchaeology of Maroon Societies (quilombos, palenques etc.)
In: Cenários Regionais em Arqueologia Brasileira. Organizadores: Walter Fagundes Morales e Flavia Prado Moi. Editora: Annablume/Acervo Ano: 2009 pp. 279-310
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      Historical ArchaeologyArqueología históricaArqueologia Histórica
Refined earthenwares, domesticity and identities in Brazil.
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      Historical ArchaeologyArqueología históricaAfrican American ArchaeologySocial Identity and Inequality (Race
Neste trabalho são analisadas as louças resgatadas de uma unidade doméstica porto-alegrense de meados do século XIX: o Solar Lopo Gonçalves. A partir da análise desse material e da própria estrutura de habitação buscou-se discutir... more
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      Historical ArchaeologyHousehold Archaeology
"In a critical analysis about the beginning of the unilinear evolutionist anthropology, Fabian (1983) noticed that the first anthropologists adopted an intellectually conservative notion of time, based on natural history and Newtonian... more
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      ArchaeologyHistorical ArchaeologyMaterial Culture StudiesArqueología
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      Historical ArchaeologyBrazilian ArchaeologyCeramic Stamps
Archaeological research in two peasant households, located on the sertão do Cariri /CE, furnished important information on both the social and economic practices of the Brazilian backlands population. Using an economic anthropology... more
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      Historical ArchaeologyArchaeology of Identity
H rstóRtcA: ALGUMAS nlttclçots ARTIGO 'As cotnpu ter sitn Lt /¡ tots h¿,e r'/iscotcretl, tonal/1, pcrfèct ntusic is borìng it is thc slight intpct.lèctions in rone afi(l tintltc that nnkc a ¡>ìccc ol-ntusic ich mtl pleas|ng to thc car,... more
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      Historical ArchaeologyArchaeological Method & Theory
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      Historical ArchaeologyAfrican DiasporaCaribbean ArchaeologyArqueología
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Syntanski 2 RESUMO Durante a etapa de análise do material recuperado em dois sítios históricos oitocentistas de Porto Alegre, o Solar Lopo Gonçalves e o Mercado Público Central, verificoLt-se a presença de artefatos reciclados de vidro e... more
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      Historical ArchaeologyArqueologíaArqueología históricaArqueologia
O atigo apresenta os resultados da análise da amostra de vidros de um sítio doméstico oitocentista, o solar Lopo Gonçalves. A identificação da forma, função e período de produção de um número considerável de peças possibilitou a... more
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    • Historical Archaeology
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      Historical ArchaeologyHousehold ArchaeologyArqueologíaArqueología De La Arquitectura
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      Historical ArchaeologyUrban archaeologyArqueología históricaArqueología urbana
Este artigo discute os modos nos quais os grupos escravos dos engenhos de Chapada dos Guimarães (MT) utilizaram cerâmicas localmente produzidas visando a afirmar identidades diferenciadas. A análise explora as dimensões de variação dessas... more
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      Historical ArchaeologyCreolizationArchaeology of IdentityArqueología histórica
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      Historical ArchaeologyUrban archaeologyArqueología históricaArqueología urbana