A tradição Tupiguarani no Alto Uruguai: estudando o acervo Marilandi Goulart

Abstract

In this dissertation I tried to understand the total number of people living in Alto Uruguai by human groups of the ceramic tradition named Tupiguarani, analyzing the archaeological sites of the flooded area by the UHE Itá. The analysis was based on the “Acervo Marilandi Goulart”, composed by the recovered cultural material and the reports produced during the development of the “Projeto Salvamento Arqueológico Uruguai” and of the “Projeto Salvamento Arqueológico Uruguai: Usina Hidrelétrica de Itá”, between 1980 and 1997. To emphasize the product and to critically evaluate the possibilities and limitations of researches based on collections resulting from rescue or contract projects, it was necessary to reconstruct the history of the mentioned projects, and also the activities of the executing archaeologist Marilandi Goulart. The information about the sites and their environmental insertion as well as the data about the lithic and the ceramic artifacts, produced by Marilandi Goulart and her staff were used as