Antropologia
Images by Mariana Cabral
in the Indigenous Land of the Tumuc-Humac
Workshop of Scientific Initiation for the Indigenous Teachers (IEPÉ)
The plaza of the village
Coming back from fieldwalk.
Preparation of the trip to the famous cave of the carvings 
A 3 hours trip starts
The old tractor got stuck in the mud...
Working the problem
Tïtakarewai mountain
The entrance to the cave
Interpreting the drawings of the Aïbuba (the ancestors)
Copying drawings to a plastic sheet.
- Rediscovering Pottery
Pottery is no longer made among the peoples of the Paroo Savanna. The native teachers (mostly 20-30 years old) didn't remember to have watched pottery making. We invited a old woman, who got very happy to be able to teach the team. We got two kinds...
- Tumuc-humac
Visit to the stone setting (alignment) refered by Protasio Frikel. The stones have been slightly moved, perhaps by children. We have been able to put several stones back to their original position, making them fit with the marks visible on the outcrop....
- Tumuc-humac
The impressive inselberg, visible from very far, and called by the indians the Big Stone. It is located close to the Orokofa village. Mário, the Cacique of Orokofa, promised me to take me there to the top... ...
- Tumuc-humac
Working with the indigenous teachers: starting archaeology. General concepts, archaeology in the Tumuc-Humac, basic research techniques (including mapping with the use of GPS). ...
- Pedras E Calendários 5
Alguns sítios com eventuais notações calendáricas, no divisor de águas Amazonas-Caribe. Referidos no artigo: BOOMERT, A. (1981) - The Taruma Phase of Southern Suriname. Archaeology and Anthropology, 4, n. 1 e 2, p, 104-157. 143 ?...situated...
Antropologia
Mission to the Cave
Images by Mariana Cabral
in the Indigenous Land of the Tumuc-Humac
Workshop of Scientific Initiation for the Indigenous Teachers (IEPÉ)
The plaza of the village Stone flaking workshop
Analizing stone artifacts
Coming back from fieldwalk. Preparation of the trip to the famous cave of the carvings A 3 hours trip starts The old tractor got stuck in the mud... Working the problemIn the Ponoto village, in the house of Marciano
Tïtakarewai mountain The entrance to the cave Interpreting the drawings of the Aïbuba (the ancestors)Copying drawings to a plastic sheet.
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- Rediscovering Pottery
Pottery is no longer made among the peoples of the Paroo Savanna. The native teachers (mostly 20-30 years old) didn't remember to have watched pottery making. We invited a old woman, who got very happy to be able to teach the team. We got two kinds...
- Tumuc-humac
Visit to the stone setting (alignment) refered by Protasio Frikel. The stones have been slightly moved, perhaps by children. We have been able to put several stones back to their original position, making them fit with the marks visible on the outcrop....
- Tumuc-humac
The impressive inselberg, visible from very far, and called by the indians the Big Stone. It is located close to the Orokofa village. Mário, the Cacique of Orokofa, promised me to take me there to the top... ...
- Tumuc-humac
Working with the indigenous teachers: starting archaeology. General concepts, archaeology in the Tumuc-Humac, basic research techniques (including mapping with the use of GPS). ...
- Pedras E Calendários 5
Alguns sítios com eventuais notações calendáricas, no divisor de águas Amazonas-Caribe. Referidos no artigo: BOOMERT, A. (1981) - The Taruma Phase of Southern Suriname. Archaeology and Anthropology, 4, n. 1 e 2, p, 104-157. 143 ?...situated...