A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions

In this article, it is in debate the assumed correlation between pottery industry (phase) and social group. It is argued that this assumption is not adequate to understand either variability or change in material culture. Three case studies are presented in order to demonstrate that technological an...

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Main Author: Denise Pahl Schaan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 2007-04-01
Series:Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
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Online Access:http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bh/artigos/chv2n1_2007/janela(schaan).pdf