A ocupação Tupi no Médio Rio Doce/MG : análise de material lítico e espacialidade do sítio arqueológico Florestal I

Abstract

This study is focused on the analysis of the results of the lithic material from the archaeological site Florestal I, located in the Middle Rio Doce region. Through the results of the lithic material analysis, we discuss the technological choices used to obtain the identified tools, trying to understand the implementation of the operative production chain and the functionality of these objects and how these choices help to understand the use and occupation of space and covers other aspects understood within the social and economic dynamics of these Tupiguarani ceramic bearers who lived in the past the region of the Middle Rio Doce. At the same time, we present a discussion of how the concepts of culture and civilization, arising from the Western thought, greatly influenced the theoretical and methodological frameworks of scientific research and construction of a colonialist discourse which archeology participated actively.