What is it about?
The article summarizes new archaeological data fromSantarém area, Lower Amazon (settlement patterns; C14 dates; ceramic analysis;iconography etc.). It also presents an ontological interpretation for the development of late pre-colonial societies.
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Based on a non-representational approach, the article offers a unique explanation for the current debate on the emergence of complexity in Amazonia, which emphasizes village fission and the spread of a shamanistic ritual as part of a cosmopolitical strategy to avoid political centralization.
Perspectives
A new perspective emerged to consider the political specificity of late pre-colonial Amazonian societies.
Dr. Denise D Gomes
Museu Nacional-UFRJ
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This page is a summary of: Politics and Ritual in Large Villages in Santarém, Lower Amazon, Brazil, Cambridge Archaeological Journal, December 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0959774316000627.
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