Entre cacos e flores: apropriações, usos e significados dos vestígios arqueológicos pelos moradores do sítio Macurany, Parintins, Amazonas

Abstract

This research intended to comprehend the appropriations, uses and meaning given to the archaeological vestiges by people who lives nearby the archaeological sites located in Macurany community, Parintins, Amazon state. I present the narratives from Macurany´s people about the archaeological remains, their plurality of interactions with the Indigenous Dark Earth, the nut trees, landscape, along with the intangible – visages, haunted things, enchanted beings and other existences who can possess the body and spirit of local people and that in Macurany is also linked to the archaeological materiality. I highlight the challenges of archaeological heritage management in the Amazon, considering the archaeological domestic collections realities in Macurany and Parintins. The reflection that was brought aims at contributing to the archaeological patrimony management in the region and to better comprehend the relationships between the amazonian people and the traces from the ancestral occupations. The entanglement of agriculture cultivars, flowers and archaeological sherds, it was possible to recognize the affection and the sense of belonging of the people to their place and their traces; the things of the past and present in Macurany community.