Notes on the ancient Indian settlements of the upper Trombetas and Mapuera rivers, Pará, Brazil
This is the first geographical and ethnohistorical analysis of the 1728 narrative of friar Francisco de São Manços on the first expedition to the Trombetas and Mapuera rivers in Northwestern Pará. The relevance of this document consists in the naming and approximate location of near 50 Indian ‘natio...
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doaj-9738e61d0da245c89038fc787d1a03b32020-11-24T22:51:52ZengMuseu Paraense Emílio GoeldiBoletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas1981-81222008-12-0133387397Notes on the ancient Indian settlements of the upper Trombetas and Mapuera rivers, Pará, BrazilAntônio PorroThis is the first geographical and ethnohistorical analysis of the 1728 narrative of friar Francisco de São Manços on the first expedition to the Trombetas and Mapuera rivers in Northwestern Pará. The relevance of this document consists in the naming and approximate location of near 50 Indian ‘nations’, most of them not mentioned by later historical and ethnographical sources, including many names of their villages and local chiefs. The reconstruction of the expedition’s course showed that São Manços, known as the “Trombetas’ discoverer”, had in fact traveled mostly through the Mapuera, its western tributary, up to the Guyana highlands. Outstanding in the author’s scarce ethnographic information, there are references to a two levels political chieftainship, and to war as means to capture slaves targeted to trade for goods.http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bh/artigos/chv3n3_2008/notas(porro).pdfCapuchin OrderGeographical explorationsEthnohistoryTrombetas RiverMapuera RiverAmazon |
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Antônio Porro Notes on the ancient Indian settlements of the upper Trombetas and Mapuera rivers, Pará, Brazil Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas Capuchin Order Geographical explorations Ethnohistory Trombetas River Mapuera River Amazon |
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Notes on the ancient Indian settlements of the upper Trombetas and Mapuera rivers, Pará, Brazil |
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Notes on the ancient Indian settlements of the upper Trombetas and Mapuera rivers, Pará, Brazil |
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Notes on the ancient Indian settlements of the upper Trombetas and Mapuera rivers, Pará, Brazil |
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Notes on the ancient Indian settlements of the upper Trombetas and Mapuera rivers, Pará, Brazil |
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notes on the ancient indian settlements of the upper trombetas and mapuera rivers, pará, brazil |
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Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi |
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Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas |
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This is the first geographical and ethnohistorical analysis of the 1728 narrative of friar Francisco de São Manços on the first expedition to the Trombetas and Mapuera rivers in Northwestern Pará. The relevance of this document consists in the naming and approximate location of near 50 Indian ‘nations’, most of them not mentioned by later historical and ethnographical sources, including many names of their villages and local chiefs. The reconstruction of the expedition’s course showed that São Manços, known as the “Trombetas’ discoverer”, had in fact traveled mostly through the Mapuera, its western tributary, up to the Guyana highlands. Outstanding in the author’s scarce ethnographic information, there are references to a two levels political chieftainship, and to war as means to capture slaves targeted to trade for goods. |
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Capuchin Order Geographical explorations Ethnohistory Trombetas River Mapuera River Amazon |
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