Ilusion and paradise: history and archaeology in Amazonia (1948-1965)
Cássia Santos da Rosa
cassiadarosa@gmail.com, Master Dissertation, Pos-Graduation Program in History Social of Amazônia, Federal University of Pará Belém (PA) - Brazil 2008
The modern written of the Amazonian archaeology is related to the researches of north-americans Betty Meggers (1921-) and Clifford Evans (1920-1981). The historical relevance of the research effected by the couple and especially by Meggers is the focus of this dissertation. The objective is to present a social and intellectual history of Amazonian archaeology being taken as central focus the activity of Betty Meggers in the Amazon rain forest with the purpose to understand the process of production, circulation, reception and discussion around the hypotheses about the occupation of the Amazon, and theirs influences contemporaries in the field of Amazonian archaeology. And, in this way, to analyze the historical insertion that the couple reached in the scientific field about the Amazon.
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Aug 2008
