The symbolic borders between Arawak and Tupi in the southwest Amazon from the pre-colonial period to the current indigenous context
Frontier; Arawak; Tupí; Barrancoid style; upper Madeira; Iconographic Analysis
This master's research deals with the symbolic border between the Arawak and Tupi folks. Methodologically, it brings together archaeological, historical and anthropological approaches to abstract hypotheses about the Arawak and Tupí expansion through their social organization and, mainly, their social interactions. The study focuses on samples from the Pocó-Açutuba, Barrancoid and Polychrome technological sets to make comparisons regarding characteristics and decorations. In other words, based on the results of the iconographic analyzes and based on the hermeneutic comparative method, the study presents a comparative discussion of the results of the analyzes of the Pocó-Açutuba and Barrancoide sets, with a synthesis of research done by other researchers of Jatuarana ceramics of Polychrome Tradition of the Amazon, raising recurring and continuous motifs. Finally, it also proposes to problematize the issue of appropriation, uses and representations of these data by universit, society and indigenous peoples.