Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / This dissertation has the purpose of producing a regional history of the occupations of the producers of the pottery associated with the Amazonian Polychrome Tradition (TPA) in the area of the middle Solimões River. The case study of this research is the excavation and ceramic analysis of the São João site, near Lake Caiambé (Tefé-AM). To complete the objective the form and validity of the production of regional long-term indigenous histories will be discussed, a theoretical choice that will prioritize, in turn, the identification and analysis of past choices accumulated in the archaeological record and in the pottery remains. To size the scope of the research a literature review will present studies about the “TPA” category and about the archaeology and ethno-history of the Middle Solimões. The excavation and ceramic analysis of the São João site allowed a glimpse to the various forms that the producers of TPA occupied the landscape of the Solimoes River. The site and its ceramic analysis served as basis for the reinterpretation of the archaeology of the Middle Solimões and for the production of the regional history of these communities. The accumulated data led to the interpretation that this history is marked by the formation of interaction mosaics between ceramist groups. / A presente dissertação tem como propósito produzir uma história regional das ocupações de produtores das cerâmicas associadas a Tradição Polícroma da Amazônia (TPA) na área do médio rio Solimões. O estudo de caso da pesquisa é a escavação e análise cerâmica do sítio São João, próximo ao lago Caiambé (Tefé-AM). Para realizar esse objetivo será discutida a forma e validade da construção de histórias indígenas de longa duração, uma escolha teórica que priorizará, por sua vez, a identificação e análise das escolhas do passado acumuladas no registro arqueológico e nos vestígios cerâmicos. Para dimensionar o escopo da pesquisa, uma revisão bibliográfica apresentará trabalhos sobre a categoria TPA e sobre a arqueologia e etno-história do Médio Solimões. A escavação do sítio São João e sua análise cerâmica permitiram um vislumbre das variadas formas que os produtores da TPA ocuparam a paisagem do rio Solimões. A análise do sítio e de seu material cerâmico são a base para reinterpretar as pesquisas arqueológicas do Médio Solimões e produzir uma história regional dessas comunidades. Os dados acumulados levaram à interpretação que essa história é marcada pela formação de mosaicos de interações entre grupos ceramistas. / Laranjeiras, SE

Au début de notre ère, les hautes terres du sud du Brésil furent occupées par des peuples précoloniaux qui édifièrent de grandes constructions en terre sur le sol - tels que monticules funéraires, dépôts de terre, murs, remblais, terrassements - et sous le sol - les structures souterraines et semi-souterraines. Dans le but d'obtenir davantage de données et de mieux comprendre le mode de vie de ces populations, ce travail s'est basé sur l'approche de l'archéologie du paysage lors des fouilles entreprises dans l'ensemble des structures édifiées du site RS-AN-03 et de la prospection archéologique dans une zone pilote de 1 500 km² dans la région de Bom Jesus, située dans l'État le plus méridional du Brésil. Envisageant le paysage comme un participant actif dans les actions sociales humaines, cette approche a donné à l'archéologie des hautes terres brésiliennes un nouveau support interprétatif. Elle a également permis d'élaborer un modèle de comportement territorial à partir des analyses des niveaux intrasite, intersite et régional, ainsi qu'un nouveau discours narratif sur l'occupation humaine précoloniale. Établi à partir du constat d'expansion de la forêt d'araucarias sur un paysage de champs, concomitante de l'expansion et de la fixation des groupes humains vers 1 500 avant J.C. environ, ce discours met en évidence une dynamique socio-environnementale sur le Planalto das Araucárias, un aspect anthropique du paysage. La concentration élevée des ressources disponibles et assurées annuellement a favorisé la concentration de personnes, qui construisirent des villages et de grands hameaux à caractère permanent et constituèrent des sociétés complexes, hiérarchisées, avec des territoires délimités et protégés. / The highlands in southern Brazil were settled around the beginning of our era by precolonial peoples who built large earth buildings on the ground in the form of small burial hills, earth deposits, walls, landfills, terraces, in addition to building underground and semiunderground structures. In order to get more information and better understand the way of life of these populations, the landscape archeology approach was used to make diggings in the set of buildings on site RS-AN-03 and on the archeological survey conducted at a pilot area of 1,500 Km² located in Bom Jesus in the southernmost Brazilian state. This approach, which views the landscape as an active player in human social actions, provided a new interpretative contribution to the archeology of Brazilian highlands, enabling the design of a territory behavior model based on the analyses performed within sites, across sites and at the regional level and a new narrative discourse on pre-colonial human settlements. This discourse, made from the realization of the expansion of araucaria forecast on a grassland landscape that took place together with the expansion and settlement of human groups around 1,500 BC shows evidence of a social-environmental dynamics at the araucaria plateau, a landscape anthropogenization. The high concentration of resources available and ensured all year round enabled the concentration of people who built permanent towns and larges villages and constituted complex hierarchized societies that kept their territories delimited and protected.

Au début de notre ère, les hautes terres du sud du Brésil furent occupées par des peuples précoloniaux qui édifièrent de grandes constructions en terre sur le sol - tels que monticules funéraires, dépôts de terre, murs, remblais, terrassements - et sous le sol - les structures souterraines et semi-souterraines. Dans le but d'obtenir davantage de données et de mieux comprendre le mode de vie de ces populations, ce travail s'est basé sur l'approche de l'archéologie du paysage lors des fouilles entreprises dans l'ensemble des structures édifiées du site RS-AN-03 et de la prospection archéologique dans une zone pilote de 1 500 km² dans la région de Bom Jesus, située dans l'État le plus méridional du Brésil. Envisageant le paysage comme un participant actif dans les actions sociales humaines, cette approche a donné à l'archéologie des hautes terres brésiliennes un nouveau support interprétatif. Elle a également permis d'élaborer un modèle de comportement territorial à partir des analyses des niveaux intrasite, intersite et régional, ainsi qu'un nouveau discours narratif sur l'occupation humaine précoloniale. Établi à partir du constat d'expansion de la forêt d'araucarias sur un paysage de champs, concomitante de l'expansion et de la fixation des groupes humains vers 1 500 avant J.C. environ, ce discours met en évidence une dynamique socio-environnementale sur le Planalto das Araucárias, un aspect anthropique du paysage. La concentration élevée des ressources disponibles et assurées annuellement a favorisé la concentration de personnes, qui construisirent des villages et de grands hameaux à caractère permanent et constituèrent des sociétés complexes, hiérarchisées, avec des territoires délimités et protégés. / The highlands in southern Brazil were settled around the beginning of our era by precolonial peoples who built large earth buildings on the ground in the form of small burial hills, earth deposits, walls, landfills, terraces, in addition to building underground and semiunderground structures. In order to get more information and better understand the way of life of these populations, the landscape archeology approach was used to make diggings in the set of buildings on site RS-AN-03 and on the archeological survey conducted at a pilot area of 1,500 Km² located in Bom Jesus in the southernmost Brazilian state. This approach, which views the landscape as an active player in human social actions, provided a new interpretative contribution to the archeology of Brazilian highlands, enabling the design of a territory behavior model based on the analyses performed within sites, across sites and at the regional level and a new narrative discourse on pre-colonial human settlements. This discourse, made from the realization of the expansion of araucaria forecast on a grassland landscape that took place together with the expansion and settlement of human groups around 1,500 BC shows evidence of a social-environmental dynamics at the araucaria plateau, a landscape anthropogenization. The high concentration of resources available and ensured all year round enabled the concentration of people who built permanent towns and larges villages and constituted complex hierarchized societies that kept their territories delimited and protected.

Au début de notre ère, les hautes terres du sud du Brésil furent occupées par des peuples précoloniaux qui édifièrent de grandes constructions en terre sur le sol - tels que monticules funéraires, dépôts de terre, murs, remblais, terrassements - et sous le sol - les structures souterraines et semi-souterraines. Dans le but d'obtenir davantage de données et de mieux comprendre le mode de vie de ces populations, ce travail s'est basé sur l'approche de l'archéologie du paysage lors des fouilles entreprises dans l'ensemble des structures édifiées du site RS-AN-03 et de la prospection archéologique dans une zone pilote de 1 500 km² dans la région de Bom Jesus, située dans l'État le plus méridional du Brésil. Envisageant le paysage comme un participant actif dans les actions sociales humaines, cette approche a donné à l'archéologie des hautes terres brésiliennes un nouveau support interprétatif. Elle a également permis d'élaborer un modèle de comportement territorial à partir des analyses des niveaux intrasite, intersite et régional, ainsi qu'un nouveau discours narratif sur l'occupation humaine précoloniale. Établi à partir du constat d'expansion de la forêt d'araucarias sur un paysage de champs, concomitante de l'expansion et de la fixation des groupes humains vers 1 500 avant J.C. environ, ce discours met en évidence une dynamique socio-environnementale sur le Planalto das Araucárias, un aspect anthropique du paysage. La concentration élevée des ressources disponibles et assurées annuellement a favorisé la concentration de personnes, qui construisirent des villages et de grands hameaux à caractère permanent et constituèrent des sociétés complexes, hiérarchisées, avec des territoires délimités et protégés. / The highlands in southern Brazil were settled around the beginning of our era by precolonial peoples who built large earth buildings on the ground in the form of small burial hills, earth deposits, walls, landfills, terraces, in addition to building underground and semiunderground structures. In order to get more information and better understand the way of life of these populations, the landscape archeology approach was used to make diggings in the set of buildings on site RS-AN-03 and on the archeological survey conducted at a pilot area of 1,500 Km² located in Bom Jesus in the southernmost Brazilian state. This approach, which views the landscape as an active player in human social actions, provided a new interpretative contribution to the archeology of Brazilian highlands, enabling the design of a territory behavior model based on the analyses performed within sites, across sites and at the regional level and a new narrative discourse on pre-colonial human settlements. This discourse, made from the realization of the expansion of araucaria forecast on a grassland landscape that took place together with the expansion and settlement of human groups around 1,500 BC shows evidence of a social-environmental dynamics at the araucaria plateau, a landscape anthropogenization. The high concentration of resources available and ensured all year round enabled the concentration of people who built permanent towns and larges villages and constituted complex hierarchized societies that kept their territories delimited and protected.

This research studies ten archaeological sites, being nine of them of graphic records (eight painting sites and one of engraving) and one of lytic material (fixed bases of pestle and surface fragments), associated with the previous ones and closely connected to Rio do Peixe, whichcrosses the whole unit of study. Due to the intimate connection of the sites with the direct area across the river, it was considered viable to define the site as Archaeological Complex of Rio do Peixe. The sites studied are located in a geomorphological formation of the Inserberg type, characterized and described as a Monadnocks formation, which presents a residual form and varied features such as ridges and slopes,creating a flattening top surface that stands out in the landscape. The study area is located in the rural area of Coronel João Sá City, Northeast of Bahia. It stands out due to its relationship and environmental location: micro and macro scales; in the search for elements that allow to construct and to insert the graphic registers in temporal and spatial scale for the archaeological reality. The choice of this area as a work proposal was conditioned by the total absence of systematic studies on this material and its environmental dynamics. The need to identify cultural elements and their relation with the group(s) fixed in place in past periods has led us to elaborate this study and the propositions derived therefrom. This work consists, above all, of a documentation of traces exposed to a diversity of degrading factors which are subject to gradual and linear disappearance. The research problem is built on the assumption that the choice of places for fixation, graphic practice, reappropriation or use forpassage areas is not something done by chance, quite the contrary, they are detailed choices, inspected areas because they present the possibility of group interaction, and also because they show conditions so that the choices and the culture can be developed or expanded in a constant dynamic with the environment and with the most varied and diverse ecological contexts. This leads us to think about the choice of these landmarks in the landscape. We emphasize as general objective of research to reach data that contribute to the identification of the identity of pre-colonial groups that inhabited the northeast region of Bahia. The hypothesis proposes that the rock paintings of Rio do Peixe Complex, located in the high, middle and low slope, belongs to the Tradition of São Francisco. This is due to the geographic proximity where the characteristic elements have already been defined, because of the type of pigmentation used, the of cognosity pattern or the mental map of clothing, the type of themes found, the emblematic graphics of the tradition, and the type of features and supports chosen for general graphic practice. It is also suggested that the whole region, composed not only of the geomorphological complex mentioned above, may have been used as a zone of passage for different groups and for significant periods of time and that they may be attested by the material evidences, identified in the direct area of the sites and surroundings. Therefore, all intentional cultural variety or not, as well as the natural and landscape elements, gain relevance and base the reflections coming from the analyzes. / La recherche a consisté à étudier dix (10) sites archéologiques, et 09 documents iconographiques (08 [huit] sites de peinture et 01 [un] de l'image) et l’un (01) de matériel lithique (base fixe pylône plusieurs fragments sur la surface ), associéaux site préc´dents et étroitement lié ausite « Rio do Peixe », qui traverse l'ensemble de l'unité d'étude. En raison de la connexion intime des sites avec la zone directe de la rivière, il a été jugé possible de définir le Complexe Archéologique de « Rio do Peixe ». Les sites sont placés dans formation géomorphologique du type Inserberg, caractérisée comme Monadnocks, ayant une forme résiduelle et diverses caractéristiques telles que les crêtes et les pentes dominants aplatis sur le paysage. La zone d'étude est située dans la ville rurale de Coronel João Sá, nord-est de Bahia.Il met l'accent sur leur relation et l'emplacement de l'environnement sur les sites de échelles micro et macro dans la recherche de preuves pour construire et insérer les enregistrements graphiques à l'échelle spatiale et temporelle de la réalité archéologique. Le choix de la région, notamment une proposition de travail a été conditionnée par l'absence totale d'études systématiques sur ce matériel et sa culture de la dynamique de l'environnement. Le bésoin d'identifier les éléments culturels et leur relation à des groupes installés dans le région au passé nous a conduit à développer cette étude et les propositions concernant. Ce travail est surtout une documentation des vestiges archéologiques exposés à une variété de facteurs dégradants lesquels sont soumis à une disparition progressive et linéaire. Le problème de la recherche repose sur l'hypothèse que le choix des sites pour la fixation, la pratique graphique, ré-appropriation ou l'utilisation en tant que zones depassage, n'est pas fait au hasard, para contre, ce sont des choix détaillés, leszones inspectées pour la présentation de la possibilité d'interaction des groupes et les conditions de développement des cultures dans une dynamique constante avec l'environnement et les contextes écologiques les plus divers et variés. Cela nous mène à nous demander la raison du choix de ces points de repère dans le paysage.Nous mettons en évidence l'objectif général de la recherche, les données d'accès qui aident à identifier l'identité des groupes pré-coloniaux qui habitaient le nord-est de Bahia. Le cadre hypothétique propose que les peintures rupestres du Complexe Rio do Peixe situés en haute, moyenne et faible inclinaison, appartiennent à la tradition de San Francisco. Nous nous basons sur ce point en raison de la proximité géographique où les éléments caractéristiques ont déjà été définies par le type de pigment utilisé, le modèle de cognition ou d’une représentation mentale d’elaboration,le type des thèmes trouvés, le graphisme emblématique de la tradition, la caractéristique et les supports sur roche choisis pour l'impression. Onsuggère également que la région est composée non seulement par le complexe géomorphologique ci-dessus pourtant il peut avoir été utilisé comme une zone de passage par différents groupes, pour de longues périodes, ce qui peut être démontrée par des preuves physiques, identifiées dans la zone directe des sites et de l’environnement. A cet égard, toute la diversité culturelle intentionnelle ou non, ainsi que les éléments naturels et les paysages gagnent en importance et sous-tendent les réflexions concernant l'analyse. / A pesquisa em questão estuda 10 (dez) sítios arqueológicos, sendo 09 de registros gráficos (08 [oito] sítios de pintura e 01 [um] de gravura) e 01 (um) de material lítico (bases fixas de pilão mais fragmentos em superfície), associado aos anteriores e intimamente ligado ao Rio do Peixe que corta toda a unidade de estudo. Devido a intima ligação dos sítios com a área direta do rio, considerou-se viável definirmos como Complexo Arqueológico do Rio do Peixe. Os sítios trabalhados estão localizados numa formação geomorfológica do tipo Inserberg, caracterizado e descrito como uma formação do tipo Monadnocks que apresenta uma forma residual e feições variadas tais como cristas e declives dominando uma superfície de aplanamento superior que se destaca na paisagem. A área de estudo localiza-se na zona rural da cidade de Coronel João Sá, Nordeste da Bahia. Enfatiza-se sua relação e localização ambiental em escalas micro e macro sítios, na busca por elementos que permitam construir e inserir os registros gráficos em escala temporal e espacial para a realidade arqueológica. A escolha da área em particular como proposta de trabalho teve condicionada pela total ausência de estudos sistemáticos sobre essa cultura material e sua dinâmica ambiental. A necessidade de identificação de elementos culturais e sua relação com grupo(s) fixado(s) no local em períodos pretéritos, nos levou a elaborar esse estudo e as proposições nele decorrente. Esse trabalho consiste, acima de tudo, numa documentação de vestígios expostos a uma diversidade de fatores degradantes e que estão sujeitos ao desaparecimento gradual e linear. A problemática de pesquisa é construída a partir do pressuposto de que a escolha de locais para fixação, prática gráfica, reapropriação ou utilização como áreas de passagem, não é algo feito ao acaso, muito pelo contrário, são escolhas detalhadas, áreas vistoriadas por apresentarem possibilidade de interação grupal, e por permitirem condições para que as escolhas e a cultura possa ser desenvolvida ou ampliada em uma constante dinâmica com o ambiente e com os mais variados e diversificados contextos ecológicos. Isso nos leva a pensar o porquê da escolha desses marcos na paisagem. Destacamos como objetivo geral de pesquisa, alcançar dados que contribuam na identificação da identidade de grupos pré-coloniais que habitaram a região nordeste da Bahia. O quadro hipotético propõe que as pinturas rupestres do Complexo Rio do Peixe, localizados na alta, média e baixa vertente, pertence à Tradição São Francisco. Fundamenta-se isso, pela proximidade geográfica onde os elementos característicos já foram definidos, pelo tipo de pigmentação utilizada, pelo padrão de cognoscibilidade ou mapa mental de confecção, pelo tipo de temáticas encontradas, pelos grafismos emblemáticos da tradição, e pelo tipo de feição e suportes escolhidos para a prática gráfica em geral. Se sugere ainda que, toda essa região, composta não apenas pelo complexo geomorfológico acima mencionado, pode ter sido utilizada como zona de passagem de diferentes grupos e por expressivos períodos de tempo e que podem ser atestadas pelas evidências materiais, identificadas na área direta dos sítios e entorno. Nesse aspecto, toda a variedade cultural intencional ou não, bem como, os elementos naturais e paisagísticos, ganham relevância e fundamentam as reflexões advindas das análises / Laranjeiras, SE

Throughout almost forty years of research on Rock Art in Brazil, many studies have already contributed to the current scenario of well-established regional traditions. However, concerning what is known as geometric elements, initially included in the generic Geometric Tradition, there are still many aspects to be discussed. These nonfigurative elements cover all the reasons that were not assigned into the other existing traditions in the Brazilian Northeast and became a single category of analysis that, by now, does not reach the symbolic complexity imbricated in the aforementioned motifs. Dealing with this panorama, this mastership thesis analyzed the geometric signs starting from the notion of grammar, which understands the rupestrian records as a symbolically constructed social communication. Following an alternative model to traditional theoretical-methodological perspectives, we aimed a typological identification of the signs and their symbolic associations. In order to accomplish this, the research used as corpus the geometric paintings present in the four rock art sites that form the Serra das Paridas Archaeological Complex, located in the city of Lençóis, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia. In this sense, we used the technical detailing based on the identification of the traces, colors, shapes and graphical compositions of the paintings, to investigate the existence of possible graphic repertoires that point out the existence of a symbolic grammar of the signs. / Ao longo de quase quarenta anos de pesquisa com arte rupestre no Brasil, muitos estudos já contribuíram para o cenário atual de tradições regionais bem estabelecidas. No entanto, em relação aos chamados elementos geométricos, encaixados inicialmente na genérica Tradição Geométrica, ainda há muitos aspectos a serem discutidos. Tais elementos, não figurativos, abrangem todos os motivos que não foram incorporados nas outras tradições existentes no Nordeste brasileiro e se transformaram numa única categoria de análise que, por hora, não dá conta da complexidade simbólica imbricada nesses motivos. Diante desse panorama, esta dissertação de mestrado analisou os signos geométricos a partir da noção de gramática, que encara os registros rupestres como uma comunicação social simbolicamente construída. Seguindo um caminho alternativo às perspectivas teórico metodológicas tradicionais, buscou-se a identificação tipológica dos signos e suas associações simbólicas. Para tanto, a pesquisa utilizou como corpus as pinturas geométricas presentes nos quatro sítios rupestres que formam o complexo Arqueológico Serra das Paridas, situado no município de Lençóis, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia. Nesse sentido, empreendeu-se o detalhamento técnico, a partir da identificação dos traços, cores, formas e composições gráficas das pinturas, para investigar a existência de possíveis repertórios gráficos que indiquem a existência de uma gramática simbólica dos signos. / Laranjeiras