História e arqueologia no Brasil: do século xix ao xx

Abstract

Materiality is articulated with social life. This dissertation is about the relationship between history and materiality; history with other fields such as archeology, anthropology. Initially, we aimed to present only the prehistoric indigenous materiality, but during the research, understood the need to move, tracking the materiality by sources such as archaeological sites, but also the records of traveling naturalists of the sixteenth century. Still, the materiality of indigenous peoples is the most displayed. The research is divided into 03 chapters, which present since the diversity of theoretical approaches to the field dealing with materiality in Brazil, especially archeology, the contributions of countries such as France and new currents such as social archeology, born in Latin America. Aimed to trace the beginning of the study of history, archeology and material culture in Brazil, featuring the work of the Danish Peter Lund in the nineteenth century by the then province of Minas Gerais. In addition to an explanation of areas of possible material traces of the northern part of Minas Gerais. Reflect on the materiality and its relationship with social life may support empirical research from different historical periods and geographic areas in Brazil and Latin America, resulting in analyzes that contribute to revisions of the history of Indians, Africans and their descendants, ie, these people but also domestic stories. The assumptions for this story were sought out, but mostly within our domains ... The history!