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This paper is about the presence and distribution of zoomorphic (and anthropomorphic) sculptures of sambaquian style in Rio Grande do Sul and their relations with the ethnological knowledge of contemporary fisherman. From this perspective, it is believed that it is possible to propose new inferences on the interpretation of these sculptures and on the dynamics of sambaquian occupation in Rio Grande do Sul, as well assess the continuity of human activity in the litoral environment and coastal resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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How and why people construct, maintain, and transform the material styles associated with cultural boundaries is a central issue in understanding continuity and change in the archaeological record. Questions about transmission of domestic pottery style from mother to daughter in matrilocal societies were a fundamental impetus for the development of many archaeologists' interests in learning and cultural transmission. In such contexts, archaeologists initially expected strong intergenerational continuity in pottery style and well-delineated social boundaries. However, continuity in material culture is not simply the result of unconscious transmission of ideas from generation to generation, a form of native conservatism, or a propensity to do things in the same way as the previous generation, according to the manner in which one is taught. As shown in ethnoarchaeological research conducted in the Zapara Territory of the Ecuadorian Amazon, similarities and differences in women's pottery style can be associated with women's active strategies of signifying and building political alliances through their lives, even though kinship, the early learning context, and status also are important contributing factors. These political strategies of signification may change through women's lives, consistent with different stages of life history and the developmental cycle of their communities of practice. Patterned variation in pottery style may be understood in these terms, across time and space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Acta Scientiarum: Human & Social Sciences Journal has published a special issue dedicated to Ethnopsychology, as a result of a partnership with the Ethnopsychology Working Group of the National Association of Research and Graduate Studies in Psychology. The volume presents several articles that address topics such as Georges Devereux's anthropology, Lacanian psychoanalysis and ethnopsychology, participant listening in Umbanda temples, Yoruba notions of health, illness, and healing, among others. The articles explore the importance of traditional knowledge and emerging epistemologies in understanding human phenomena. [Extracted from the article]

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This paper discusses material vestiges - ceramic fragments and industrial objects (iron and glass) found in the Karitiana territory, Rondônia, as well as the indigenous interpretations of these materials in the process of defining their territoriality, which leads to important theoretical consequences for a renewed reflection on history and ethnicity in the indigenous Amazon. From this starting point, this paper speculates some approaches between anthropology and archaeology, in the form of an indigenous critique of archaeological remains and in the reflection about the mutual fertilization of the disciplines in contexts of field research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Since the 1970s, the ethnoarchaeology was held in the Amazon region with different issues, problems and goals. Regardless of their perspectives, these works have contributed to the views of prehistory of Amazon, expanding the possibilities to analyze the archaeological record. They also contribute to criticism and revision of traditional paradigms that have dominated since for long time the explanations about the ways of life of present and past Amazonians populations. This paper presents a review of ethnoarchaeological research in Amazon emphasizing the importance of ethnoarchaeology to knowledge of prehistory of Amazon as well as to the continuity of archaeological research in Amazon region.

Ethnographic fieldwork (1994-1998) by the author among the Palikur of French-Guiana and Amapá State, in Brazil, provided a description of the actual state of their pottery tradition. It shows how the last Palikur potters manufacture ceramics and how they decorate their pottery. The Palikur decoration motifs reflect the organisation of Palikur society which is embedded in their oral tradition. They play an important role during public (ritual) events such as marriage, initiation and death. This information can be used as a tool for archaeologists to gain a better understanding of pre-Columbian ceramic complexes.

Desde 1986, nuestros proyectos de investigación (en colaboración con una contraparte argentina) en la Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego han tenido como objetivo destacado el desarrollo de una metodología para un adecuado reconocimiento de la organización social a partir de la evidencia arqueológica. El trabajo aquí presentado se concentra en uno de los asentamientos excavados durante estos proyectos, Túnel VII, ubicado en la parte argentina de la Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. El yacimiento, un «conchero», es altamente representativo de las sociedades canoeras de los canales fueguinos, al menos en su fase final. El método de excavación nos ha permitido reconocer la detallada secuencia de una serie de, al menos, diez episodios discretos de ocupación a lo largo de un siglo, que tuvieron lugar en la práctica totalidad de las estaciones del año. Los momentos de ocupación de Túnel VII no llevan vinculadas específicas pautas estacionales. Son estrategias de subsistencia especializadas pero «flexibles» que no se ven representadas en la estructura conceptual dual «collector» o «forager», es decir, una «especialización en la no especialización». La misma evidencia ha servido para fijar claros y definitorios comportamientos generales respecto al uso del espacio. ENGLISH: From 1986, our research projects in Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego, in collaboration with other Argentinian team, have emphasized the goal of developing a methodology for a proper archaeological recognition of the social organization from archaeological evidence. The work presented here focuses on one of the settlements excavated during these projects, VII Tunnel, located on the Argentine side of the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego. The site is highly representative of the canoe societies of the fueguian channels, at least in its final phase. The excavation method allow us to recognize the detailed sequence of a series of at least ten discrete episodes of occupation, over a century, which took place in almost all the seasons. The Tunnel VII moments of occupation do not carry specific seasonal patterns linked. Livelihood strategies are highly specialized but "flexible" that are not represented in the conceptual dual "collector" or "forager", ie "specialization in non-specialization". The same evidence has served to set clear and defining general behavior regarding the use of space.

Trata-se de um primeiro e abrangente estudo daquilo que permanece. Apesar de sua centralidade e múltiplas articulações, a Etnoarqueologia é uma das menos conhecidas subdisciplinas da Antropologia. Primeiramente desenvolvida como o estudo da cultura material etnográfica a partir de perspectivas arqueológicas, ela expandiu seu alcance e relevância ao longo do último meio século. Os autores são renomados profissionais, e suas abordagens teóricas englobam tanto o processualismo da Nova Arqueologia, como o pós-processualismo dos anos 80 e 90. O livro traz uma abordagem de estudo de caso e é equilibrado em sua cobertura geográfica e temática, incluindo exames de materiais em francês e alemão. Três capítulos introduzem o assunto e sua história, fazem um levantamento do amplo espectro teórico necessário e discutem métodos de campo e ética. Dez capítulos temáticos tratam de processos de formação, subsistência, o estudo da produção e estilos de artefatos, estrutura e arquitetura de sítios, produção especialista de artesanato, comércio e troca, e práticas mortuárias e ideologia. O livro conclui com a apreciação das contribuições, de fato e potenciais, da Etnoarqueologia e de seu lugar dentro da Antropologia. Generosamente ilustrado, o livro inclui fotografias de renomados etnoarqueólogos em ação.Ethnoarchaeology is still one of the lesser known areas of study in Anthropology, although it is central and has multiple relations to other fields. Initially, Ethnoarchaeology evolved as the study of the ethnographic material culture from an archeaological perspective, and during the past fifty years it has expanded both its scope and importance. Both authors are well-known professionals and their theoretical approaches involve both the processualism of the New Archeaology and the post-procesualism of the 1980s and 90s. The book is based on case studies, giving ample and equal coverage to different geographical regions and diverse themes, including analysis of material both in French and German. The introduction to Ethnoarchaeology and its history, and also a survey of the necessary ample theoretical spectrum and a discussion of field methods and ethics, are made in three chapters. Ten different thematic chapters deal with formation processes, subsistence, the study of production and styles of manufactured articles, sites' structures and architecture, craft work specialist production, commerce and trade, mortuary practices and ideology. The book concludes by examining both how Ethnoarchaeology has contributed and may still bring contributions to Anthropology, as well as the place it occupies in the discipline of Anthropology. The book is generously illustrated, including photographs of well known ethnoarchaeologists at work.

La Etnoarqueología es una disciplina de desarrollo aun muy limitado en América del Sur a pesar del potencial de la región para este tipo de investigaciones. Sin embargo, en la última década se han incrementado los proyectos etnoarqueológicos, sobre todo por parte de los arqueólogos sudamericanos. En este artículo se revisan las bases conceptuales de esta subdisciplina y se analizan sus tendencias en América del Sur. Se discute el potencial de la Etnoarqueología, no solo para vincular la conducta humana con los derivados materiales, sino tambien para entender bajo que condiciones es esperable cierto tipo de registro arqueológico Por último, se explora la utilidad de la Etnoarqueología para abordar otras formas de pensamientos y de patrones de racionalidad, que aunque difíciles de indentificar en el registro arqueológico, son claves para entender aspectos esenciales de las sociedades del pasado.Despite all of the potential that South America has for ethnoarchaeo-logical research, the development of Ethnoarchaeology is still very limited in this region. Only in the last decade ethnoarchaeological projects have grown, specially among South American archeologists. The present article revises the conceptual foundations of this field of study and analyses its present tendencies in South America. A discussion of the field's potential is made, not only as to what it can bring to the study of the relationship between human conduct and material derivations, but also as to the conditions in which we can expect to find certain types of archeological data. At last, the present article explores the uses that can be made out of Ethnoarchaeology in the study of other forms of thought and other patterns of rationality - forms and patterns that are hard to be identified in archeological data but are essential to understanding fundamental aspects of past societies.

Reconstitui-se a modalidade doméstica da produção econômica entre os Guarani pré-históricos, integrando as informações arqueológicas e etno-históricas relativas ao passado, com os dados obtidos pela Etnografia e pela Etnologia sobre grupos Guarani mais atuais. Estas informações são avaliadas desde os referenciais da Antropologia econômica, permitindo reconhecer o sistema econômico Guarani como fundado nas relações familiares de produção, circulação e consumo de serviços/recursos/bens, subordinados pela lógica do dom e da reciprocidade. Analisa-se a economia guarani como um campo não-emancipado do campo social, estando a produção voltada principalmente ao abastecimento alimentar do núcleo doméstico, fundada sobre tecnologia simples, sem complexa divisão do trabalho e com relativa liberdade na utilização dos recursos. Conceitos de autores como Karl Marx, Karl Polanyi, Maurice Godelier e Marshal Sahlins são avaliados em sua propriedade de aplicação ao caso da economia Guarani.This paper traces back the domestic mode of economic production that existed among the prehistoric Guarani, bringing together the archeological and ethno-historic information about the past with the more current ethnographic and ethnological data on Guarani groups. By means of an analytical framework borrowed from economic anthropology, we can recognize the Guarani economic system as one founded on familiar relations of production, circulation and consumption of services, resources and goods; these relations are all subordinated to a Logic of Gift and Reciprocity. The Guarani economy is seen as field that is dependant upon the social field. Production is made so as to furnish the domestic unit with food and is founded on simple technology, without any complex division of labor and with relative freedom as to the use of resources. This paper also reflects upon how ideas from authors such as Karl Marx, Karl Polanyi, Maurice Godelier, and Marshall Sahlins may be applied for the Guarani economy.

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The article focuses on archaeological methodology and the interpretation of the variability of archaeological assemblages. It considers the variability of archaeological artifacts and the development of typologies and classification techniques, discusses the categories and concepts employed in the study of style and explores the analytical categories used to assess the relationship between style and function. The author also applies these methodological considerations to the study of the interface between Zooarchaeology and Ethnoarchaeology.