Distribuição etnográfica da região do médio Tapajós e a sua relação com o meio ambiente

Abstract

The work I develop is related to a more comprehensive project entitled: Prehistoric and Ethno-Historical Settlement of the Tapajós Micro Region and its Relationship with the Environment. The specific region referring to my study covers the following indigenous areas located in the municipality of Itaituba: : Jardim das Araras, Praia do Índio and Sai Cinza, where a team from the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi identified several archaeological sites, which will be the subject of in-depth study throughout the development of the project. Currently, I work more precisely with living populations, aiming at a cultural socioeconomic analysis. To achieve this goal I started doing a bibliographic survey; and for the field work I elaborated a questionnaire that will be applied in the indigenous areas mentioned above, in order to better know the social relations established there, the adaptation of man to the environment and its cultural material.