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Twenty years of Amazonian archaeology in Brazil (1977–1997)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Eduardo Góes Neves
Eduardo Góes Neves*
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Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. edgneves@usp.br
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This paper presents a brief overview of Amazonian archaeology in Brazil in the last two decades, a fitting span since 1997 marked the 20th anniversary of the PRONAPABA — Programa Nacional de Pesquisas Arqueológicas nu Bacia Amazônica — created by Clifford Evans, Betty Meggers and Mário Simões with the co-operation of several Brazilian archaeologists.

In contemporary archaeology of the Brazilian Amazon, rapidly increased knowledge about the early pre-ceramic and ceramic occupation has not been matched by an understanding of the socio-political dynamics of native Amazonian societies during the last two millennia, notably immediately before the 15th century AD.

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Amazonian archaeologylowland South Americatropical forest cultureSouth American Indiansecological anthropology

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Special section: Issues in Brazilian archaeology
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Antiquity , Volume 72 , Issue 277 , September 1998 , pp. 625 - 632
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1998

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