Comparative petrographic and formal analyzes of ancient ceramics from tropical South America and the Caribbean

• Grant number: 21/13754-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: March 31, 2022
• End date: March 30, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Archeology - Prehistoric Archaeology
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Góes Neves
• Grantee: Thiago Kater Pinto
• Supervisor: Richard L. Burger
• Host Institution: Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Yale University, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 18/24509-3 - Archaeological diversity in the upper Madeira River basin, BP.DR

Abstract

This research is looking to integrate two fundamental aspects of archaeological ceramics analysis, to discuss technology and its cultural and historical meanings. The intention of this project is to produce a technological and stylistic characterization of the Pocó-Açutuba ceramics of the Upper Madeira River and a regional macro comparison between this ancient polychromic pottery in the Amazon and samples of the Saladoid series collection stored at the Peabody Museum, excavated by Dr. Rouse on the Orinoco Basin and dated from 4,000 to 2,000 years BP. The two main research fronts are the ceramic petrography and technological and formal analysis of ceramics collection's of Saladoid series stored at the Peabody Museum. Through these activities, it will be possible to contribute with questions related to models of Amazonian archeology and propose interpretations regarding the process of anthropization of the Amazon forest by indigenous populations over time. (AU)