CEstA Dupla with Fernanda Aires Bombardi and Rafael de Almeida Lopes

Fernanda Aires Bombardi
Holds a PhD in Social History from USP and is a professor at the Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Pará, working in the city of Cametá. She has experience in colonial indigenous America, focusing on the study of religious missions and long-distance indigenous trade networks in the Amazon during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Tupi and Arawak Peoples in the Construction of Indigenous Trade Networks in the Middle and Upper Amazon (17th and 18th Centuries)
From the first chronicles that described Amazonian indigenous societies in the 16th century, there is ample reference to a rich and diverse production of artifacts and foodstuffs that circulated throughout the Amazonian interior in regionalized exchange networks. Throughout the 17th century, with the increasing incorporation of European products, these networks not only expanded but also became more complex, transforming into an indigenous system of circulation and exchange that was simultaneously multidirectional and long-distance. Within these networks, both products of indigenous origin and Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese manufactured goods were mobilized, in addition to indigenous people captured in interethnic wars. Therefore, this presentation proposes to map these circulation networks and specifically analyze the role of the Tupi and Arawak peoples in their construction, articulation, and dynamization, highlighting their leading role in shaping complex territorializations in colonial Amazonia.

Rafael de Almeida Lopes
He is a postdoctoral researcher in archaeology at MAE-USP, holds a doctorate in archaeology from the same institution, a master's degree in archaeology from the Federal University of Sergipe, and a bachelor's degree in History from FFLCH-USP. He is an associate researcher at the Laboratory of Archaeology of the Tropics and the Research Group on Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management of the Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development (IDSM) in Tefé, where he conducts most of his research. It studies Amazonian ceramic groups, especially producers of Amazonian Polychrome Tradition ceramics, and the long-term Indigenous history of the Amazon during the Late Holocene and the colonial period.

Between ancient Amazonian history and its ethnographic present: colonialism and persistences in the long-term indigenous trajectories of the middle Solimões, Amazonas This presentation proposes a dialogue between historical and archaeological records of the Amazon, focusing on the long-term indigenous history of the middle Solimões, especially the period associated with the occupations of the Amazonian Polychrome Tradition (TPA), which extends beyond the pre-colonial and colonial periods. I discuss how the integration of written sources and archaeological data can improve the understanding of colonialism in the region and, on the other hand, elucidate the more recent moments of the TPA. The contexts, sources, methods, and results of the research are briefly presented, which, although covering up to the beginning of the 20th century, prioritizes the 16th to 18th centuries. Finally, I reassess the history and periodizations of the TPA and discuss ways to broaden the dialogue between history, archaeology, and ethnology in the Amazon, with special attention to the archaeology of colonialism. Images from the poster: Quai-Branly Museum: Constant Tastevin collection Fünf-Kontinente Museum: Spix and Martius collection Kambeba Indian: In: FERREIRA, 1971, vol. I, board 117

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